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BUZZ Urban Wilderness celebration Find out how the Urban Wilderness is helping SoKno and how it can help you at “Celebrate the Urban Wilderness� Tuesday, April 19, at Ijams Nature Center. Refreshments will be served at 6 p.m., and at 6:30 Dr. Charles Sims of the Howard Baker Jr. Center will recap his research of the financial impact of the UW. He will also join a panel including Matthew Kellogg of the AMBC, Carol Evans of Legacy Parks, Debbie Sharp of TREK South, Molly Gilbert of Molly Gilbert Marketing and Paul James of Ijams to discuss and answer questions on the UW. Sponsors are the South Knoxville Neighborhood & Business Coalition and South Knoxville Alliance.

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River’s Edge close to launch

SOUP winner Passion and ambition weree rewarded at the latest Knoxville SOUP. The community microfunding event raised $660 forr the winning project, Psalm 911 Inc., which plans to provide a local safehouse for women who’ve been subjected to human trafficking. The group is in the process of gaining 501(c)3 status. The fifth SOUP event was held at Dara’s Garden on Maryville Pike. The Rothchild d property donated the space, food and servers for the night, which drew the largest crowd SOUP has seen so far, with 113 attendees.

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Mark Taylor, president of Dominion Development Group, stands in front of the fitness center at River’s Edge. Photo by Betsy Pickle

By Betsy Pickle One of the South Waterfront’s most intensely questioned and closely watched new residential projects is nearly complete, and the reality sets a high standard for future development along the south side of the Tennessee River. River’s Edge Apartments, 1701 Island Home Ave., is sprinting toward its finish after several years of neighborhood concerns and many months of construction and road closures. There will be an open house 12-7 p.m. Friday, April 29, and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 30, with a move-in date of May 31. “People can come by, look at units, have a beer with us and hang out,� says Mark Taylor, presi-

dent of Dominion Development Group, which constructed and is managing the property. The beer will come from Alliance Brewing Co. on nearby Sevier Avenue. River’s Edge is offering a couple of promotions for early birds. The first 50 people to move in “get a pretty significant discount� off the first month’s rent, Taylor says. The first 100 people to move in will receive a Legacy Parks membership for a year. “We’re excited about getting

this place full and vibrant quickly,� he says. Several apartments have already been reserved. The leasing office will be open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m.-12 Saturdays beginning Monday, May 2. The first of the 134 units should be ready by late April or early May, and the rest should be done by the middle of June. During a tour for the Shopper last Friday, Taylor explained how DDG built up the land for the riv-

erwalk across the street, which will be completed after the five apartment buildings are finished. The concrete-decked walk will be up to 60 feet wide in some places, with plenty of room for pedestrians and bicyclists. There will be benches and seating areas and some river access. The developers are building the riverwalk to the city’s specifications. To page 3

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Career Magnet showcases programs Everyone is invited to join students from the Career Magnet Academy from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, April 14, at the Pellissippi State Community College Strawberry Plains campus to celebrate unique learning through pathway-specific Project Based Learning (PBL) experiences. â– Homeland Security scholars designed and will demonstrate an emergency response plan for a terrorist attack.

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 Newbery 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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■Advanced Manufacturing scholars modified sports equipment for children with handicaps. They also earned their OSHA 10 certifications and made safety videos showcasing the knowledge they gleaned from that process. ■Teaching as a Profession scholars visited Nature’s Way Montessori School, Paideia Academy and The Emerald School. Using some of the things they ex-

perienced at each school, as well as knowledge they gained from guest speakers, they created their own schools and classrooms complete with mission statements and teaching philosophies. â– Sustainable Living scholars designed plans for installing raised garden beds at CMA@ PSTCC. They also earned OSHA 10 certifications. The Knox County Schools Career Magnet Academy is a true

magnet. No students are zoned there. The academy offers students a chance to graduate with “hard-skills,� “soft-skills� and an associate’s degree from Pellissippi State Community College. Students choose one of four career paths – Advanced Manufacturing, Homeland Security, Sustainable Living or Teacher Preparation. The school is at 7171 Strawberry Plains Pike. Info: 865622-3800

South schools: Turmoil spreads as Rountree seeks answers By Betty Bean 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

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 immediate 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 To page 3

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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

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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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COMMUNITY NOTES â– Colonial Village Neighborhood Association. Info: Terry Caruthers, 5795702, t_caruthers@hotmail. com.

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â– Knoxville Chapter of the Tennessee Firearms Association meets 6 p.m. each first Tuesday, Gondolier Italian Restaurant, Chapman Highway, 7644 Mountain Grove Drive. The public is invited. Info: Liston Matthews, 316-6486.

Valerie Boyd, third from left, shows off the cash she and partners Cathy Keeton, Ellen Kimball and Jamie Heath won for their project at Knoxville SOUP. Photo by Betsy Pickle

SOUP winner aims to help human trafficking victims Passion and ambition were rewarded at the latest Knoxville SOUP. The community microfunding event raised $660 for the winning project, Psalm 91 Inc., which plans to provide a local safehouse for women who’ve been subjected to human trafficking. The group is in the process of gaining 501(c)3 status. The fifth SOUP event was held at Dara’s Garden on Maryville Pike. The Rothchild property donated the space, food and servers for the night, which drew the largest crowd SOUP has seen so far, with 113 attendees. South Knoxvillian Alan Williams of WVLT-TV returned as master of ceremonies and also got lucky – his wife won a wine fridge in the raffle. He also joked about leaving soon on vacation, but there were plenty of witnesses who saw Valerie Boyd, representing Psalm 91, receive an envelope filled with the cash donations from the evening. In SOUP tradition, four people made presentations about community-minded projects for which they need funding. Each presentation was met with solid applause, and many attendees were overheard debating about which project was most deserving. In addition to Psalm 91,

South schools 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. Fur-

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

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the projects included the Pets Without Parents Shelter, a no-kill animal shelter, presented by Lory Souders; the Vestal Gateway Project, a makeover at the corner of Martin Mill Pike and Ogle Street, presented by Gene Burr for the Vestal Community Organization; and a marketing project for Marble Springs Farmers Market, aiming to increase visibility for the May-September market, presented by Marble Springs State Historic Site executive director Anna Chappelle. After the speakers pitched their projects and answered questions, attendees dined on loaded potato, chicken tortilla and vegan tomato soups, bread, salad and cookies. Dinnertime also afforded an opportunity to visit with old and new friends and discuss the four projects before voting. Throughout the evening, musician Gwynn Evans – Just South of Crazy entertained by singing and playing guitar and autoharp.

From page 1 thermore, 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. 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.

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.

Boyd, who lives in Sweetwater, was accompanied by her partners in the project: Jamie Heath of East Knoxville, Cathy Keeton of Seymour and Ellen Kimball of South Knoxville. The four were friends and coworkers at a halfway house for women before the facility changed direction and closed earlier this year. Boyd pointed out, ironically, that the facility was just across the street from Dara’s Garden. “We ran a transition house for women coming out of incarceration with substance-abuse issues,� said Boyd. “We helped them to become productive members of society through a six-month program. Our goal now is to assist women, again, who are victims of human trafficking.� Boyd said that having the intersection of Interstates 40 and 75 here makes Knoxville a hub. She cited National Human Trafficking Resource Center statistics that put the number of human trafficking victims at over 60,000 in the United States and between 21 million and 30 million worldwide. Psalm 91 plans to start with a safehouse for immediate rescue and later open a transition house for longterm programming.

“They’ve decided to cut related arts programs at a school that is desperately in need of continued positive things,� she said. “Parents 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.

at Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Guest speaker: Rick Dover of Dover Development Company, current renovator of the Farragut Hotel, will speak on the development of the Historic Knoxville High School building into Senior Living Units. Info: Wayne Smith, 696-9858.

REUNION NOTES â– Halls High classes of 2005 and 2006 combined reunion, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30, Knoxville Hilton. Tickets: Eventbrite.com. â– Historic Knoxville High School all classes reunion, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 30,

■Knoxville Tri-County Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each second and fourth Monday, Connie’s Kitchen, 10231 Chapman Highway, Seymour. Info: facebook.com/ TriCountyLions/info. ■Lake Forest Neighborhood Association. Info: Molly Gilbert, 209-1820 or mollygilbert@yahoo.com.

Just across the street along the Tennessee River, the developers of River’s Edge Apartments on Island Home Avenue will construct a wide, public riverwalk.

In keeping with South Waterfront code, all the utilities are underground. With downtown and the heart of the University of Tennessee campus just a 10-minute bike ride away, Taylor believes that the â– Old Sevier Community complex will appeal to those Group meets 7 p.m. each who like the downtown vibe third Thursday, South but at a lower price. Knoxville Elementary School library, 801 Sevier Ave. Info: “With where rents are goGary E. Deitsch, 573-7355 or ing downtown and close to garyedeitsch@bellsouth.net. downtown, we saw this as ‌ â– South Haven Neighborhood an area that will draw a more Association meets 10 a.m. diverse crowd who still likes each third Saturday, Hillcrest an urban lifestyle and wants UMC, 1615 Price Ave. Info: Pat to be connected to downtown Harmon, 591-3958. and also with what’s going on â– South Knox Republican in the Urban Wilderness. You Club meets 7 p.m. each get the best of both worlds.â€? third Thursday, South Around 80 of the units Knox Optimist Club, 6135 are two bedroom, with anMoore Road. Kevin Teeters, other 45 or so one bedroom kevinteeters018@gmail.com. and the rest three bedroom. â– South of the River DemoThey range from about 900

to about 1,300 square feet. Rent averages $1.05 per square foot. First-level units have patios, second-level units have balconies and third-level apartments have sunrooms (they also have vaulted ceilings). All the apartments have generous closet and storage space. The kitchens feature granite countertops and solid wood cabinetry. Bathrooms have subway tile. More than half the units have river views. Cats and dogs up to 75 pounds are allowed. The complex also has a swimming pool, fitness center and grilling area. The G&O Rail with Trail, expected to open in 2017, is at the back of the property. Floor plans and more info: riversedgeknox.com.

â– South-Doyle Neighborhood Association meets 7 p.m. each first Tuesday, Stock Creek Baptist Church fellowship hall, 8106 Martin Mill Pike. Info: Mark Mugford, 609-9226 or marksidea@aol.com.

â– Vestal Community Organization meets 6 p.m. each second Monday, South Knoxville Community Center, 522 Maryville Pike. Info: Katherine Johnson, 566-1198.

â– Lindbergh Forest Neighborhood Association meets 6:30 p.m. each third Wednesday, Graystone Presbyterian Church, 139 Woodlawn Pike. Info: Kelley DeLuca, 660-4728, kelleydeluca@gmail.com.

crats (9th District) meet 6:30 p.m. each third Monday, South Knoxville Community Center, 522 Maryville Pike. Info: Debbie Helsley, 7898875, or Brandon Hamilton, 809-3685.

â– South Woodlawn Neighborhood Association. Info: Shelley Conklin, 686-6789.

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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-

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

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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

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

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 ■South Knox Senior Center 6729 Martel Lane 573-5843 knoxcounty.org/seniors Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Offerings include: dulcimer and guitar lessons; arts and crafts classes; dance classes; exercise programs; Tai Chi; card games; Joymakers practice; free swim 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Senior Meals program noon each Wednesday and Friday. Register for: Dogwood Trail field trip, 9:30 a.m. Monday, April 18. Senior Day at the Smokies, Wednesday, April 20; CAC bus leaving center at 9:15 a.m.; registration deadline: April 18. Dogwood Arts Festival, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, April 26; CAC bus will leave the center 11 a.m. ■South Knox Community Center 522 Old Maryville Pike 573-3575 Monday-Friday Hours vary Offerings include a variety of senior programs. ■John T. O’Connor Senior Center 611 Winona St. 523-1135 knoxseniors.org/oconnor. html Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Offerings include: Card games, billiards, senior fitness, computer classes, bingo, blood pressure checks 10:30-11:30 a.m. Monday-Friday. Free tax preparation available 9 a.m. through Wednesday, April 13. Flower Lovers Club meeting, 2 p.m. Thursday, April 7. Register for: Smokies Baseball Game and Brunch, Wednesday, April 20; register before Wednesday, April 13.

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

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Freedom Song uses Passover story to address addiction By Wendy Smith A musical that draws parallels between being a slave in Egypt and being a slave to addiction will be staged at 8 p.m. on Thursday, April 14, at Heska Amuna Synagogue, 3811 Kingston Pike. “Freedom Song� was written in 2005 as part of a Music in Recovery program at Beit T’Shuvah, a nonprofit addiction treatment center in Los Angeles. It tells the story of a Jewish family’s struggle with an addicted daughter during Passover, as well as the story of a group of Jewish addicts who are each on a personal exodus from the slavery of addiction. The performers are part of a revolving cast of recovering addicts. After the show, performers share their stories and facilita-

The Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your needs in parched places, ‌ and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. (Isaiah 58:11 NRSV) April is the cruelest month, breeding Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing Memory and desire, stirring Dull roots with spring rain. (“The Waste Land,â€? T. S. Eliot)

The cast of “Freedom Song� is composed of recovering addicts.

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tors engage the audience in a discussion. Heska Amuna Rabbi Alon Ferency saw the production several years ago and is thrilled that it’s coming to Knoxville. “I love the music. It’s a

ciated with addiction. The message of the musical is that any family can struggle with addiction, no matter what faith they practice or how normal they seem. A $5 donation is suggested.

beautiful production, and you walk away singing it.� He thinks the message of the story is important for everyone in the community. A promotional video for “Freedom Song� points out that Jews are rarely asso-

Roofing with a view is perk of mission trip By Carolyn Evans Mom-of-three Laura Shockley just went on her first international mission trip. It was so meaningful that she now has a new picture on her iPhone: Coco di Mama beach where she sat at the end of a workday. Thirty people from Concord United Methodist Church spent spring break in the Bahamas. The multigenerational group included mission-minded workers from age 12 to 77. They roofed houses and mudded sheetrock and sat on a different beach each afternoon. “In the beauty of the place, you can’t help but feel God’s presence,� Shockley says. “After work every afternoon we tried a different beach, some on the Caribbean side and some on the Atlantic side,� says Jane Currin, missions director at the church. “We called it the pre-rinse before your shower. It was a good way to start getting the paint or tar off.� This was CUMC’s fourth trip to the non-commercialized Bahamian island of Eleuthera. The group worked in a small settlement called Gregory Town and stayed at Camp Symonette, the missions headquarters of the Bahamas Methodist Habitat. They split into four work crews to repair roofs, build a gate and remodel two houses. Shockley had company on the trip: Her husband and two of their daughters. Shockley, who is afraid of heights, got some on-thejob training in roofing. “It’s roofing with a view,� laughs Currin. “All the houses are single-story,

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“Miss Frances� visits with Laura Shockley and her daughters, Anna and Kelsey, at one of the local stores in Gregory Town.

but since the 110-mile long island is only about a mile wide, from up on the roof we could usually see one ocean or the other.� Shockley and daughter Anna sealed metal sheeting that connected two roof sections with tar. It was one of the lowest-to-the-ground jobs, says Shockley. “It’s hard every day because of the environment,� Shockley says. “It’s hot and humid, but everybody loved doing the work. All the youth I’ve talked to here have loved it. That’s one thing I loved about this trip, that it was multi-generational.� Jesse Rodriguez, now 14, was one of two young people who celebrated birthdays on the trip. The mission work was not only really fun, but eye-opening, he says. “Being able to spend my birthday helping a community in need not only gave me a new outlook on life, but a new perspective on the way of life for those less fortunate people.� The group became

T. S. Eliot was right. April will break your heart. There are, so I’m told, people who are sad in the autumn. Death, they claim: the dying year. The leaves turn gold and russet and scarlet, and then fall to the earth. Winter will be next, they say. I am a child of the autumn, so it is life to me: sparkling skies and rustling leaves and cool evenings and a fire in the fireplace. April, on the other hand, always makes me sad. I have no idea why that is. There have been many happy occasions in April throughout my life – my brother Warren’s April birthday, the birth of my daughter Eden, my marriage to my wonderful Lewis and his own April birthday – but there is an ache around the heart that I can’t define. Maybe it is the beauty of the reborn world, the

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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!

FAITH NOTES Jane Currin, missions director at Concord United Methodist Church, stops for a picture on the island of Eleuthera. Photos submitted

â– Sevier Heights Church, 3232 Alcoa Highway, will host a free lunch-and-learn event about arthritis 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, April 23. Speaker: Dr. Paul Yau of Tennessee Orthopaedic Clinics. RSVP by April 16 to PYau@tocdocs.com or 633-0220. â– Seymour First Baptist Church, 11621 Chapman

Highway, will host a spring rummage sale, 8 a.m. Saturday, April 16. Donations may be brought by the church 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday or 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday. For large item pickup: Jeff Sovastion, 719-4145, or Frank Enter, 474-0199. Proceeds go to support the church’s missions ministries. Info: 577-1954.

friends with their Bahamian construction leader, Luke. On the last day Luke took them to his own roadside food stand where he served them conch salad. At another stop, the group stood on the Glass Window Bridge where the dark blue water of the Atlantic splashes into the light blue of the Caribbean. Currin is pleased with the work they did on the island. “The older folks on the trip have told me over and over how much they enjoyed getting to know our youth. These will be people these kids will invite to their weddings one day. Through missions, the families are connected in ways they would never be just going to church together.�

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Talking sustainable living at Career Magnet Career Magnet Academy’s sustainable living pathway students had breakfast and chatted with community members to learn more about the importance of their field in the real world. Farm Bureau’s Knox County women’s group brought breakfast for the students and staff members. The group’s goal is to work to bring agricultural awareness and interest to the classroom and community with hopes of inspiring a new generation of future farmers. Neal Denton, Knox County extension agent with UT Extension, spoke about county careers and changes in agriculture, sharing areas of growth including farmer’s markets

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and home gardening. Zach Johnson with Knox County solid waste and Becca Bratcher with AmeriCorp also spoke to the class about water quality. CMA principal John Faulconer spoke briefly about the school and the pathways offered to students. For more information on the school and its pathways of learning, contact Faulconer at john.faulconer@ knoxschools.org or 6223800.

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Knox County extension agent Neal Denton talks with students in Career Magnet Academy’s sustainable living pathway during a recent breakfast meeting. Photos by R. White

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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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Cheryl Martin and Jessica Williamson provide manicures for Grace Washam and Natalie Washam. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Princesses have their night even brothers – turned out When the girls at South to dress up, have manicures Knoxville Elementary School and generally sparkle like asked for a fun night out, the princesses. They even got an administration and faculty etiquette lesson along with pulled out all the stops for a their dinner. Word is, the boys will get Pamper Me Pretty party. About 30 third- through their turn before school’s fifth-graders – plus big sis- out, but no tiaras will be on ters, little sisters, moms and display.

By Betsy Pickle

REUNION NOTES ■Halls High classes of 2005 and 2006 combined reunion, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30, Knoxville Hilton. Tickets: Eventbrite.com. ■Historic Knoxville High School all classes reunion, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 30, at Buddy’s Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Guest speaker: Rick Dover of Dover Development Company, current renovator of the Farragut Hotel, will speak on the development of the Historic Knoxville High School building into Senior Living Units. Info:

Rory Dalton and Hannah Newland pose before entering the Pamper Me Pretty party.

Wayne Smith, 696-9858. â– Powell High Class of 1962, 2-6 p.m. Saturday, April 16, Beaver Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 7225 Old Clinton Pike.

Brianne Green wears her heart on her eyes.

â– Sultana Descendants Reunion, 7-9 p.m. Friday, April 22, Mount Olive Baptist Church, 2500 Maryville Pike. Includes speakers and music. Public welcome. Saturday, April 23 events: Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Sultana monument, 3 p.m., at the monument; banquet, 7 p.m., Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Cost: $22. Info: Norman, shawclan4@bellsouth.net.

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With grandmother on her mind By Sherri Gardner Howell There was a definite chill in the air for the Knoxville Alzheimer’s Tennessee Walk on Saturday. The setting, however, screamed “Spring,� so participants had little trouble warming up to the cause. Held at the University of Tennessee Gardens off Neyland Drive, the Alzheimer’s Tennessee Walk drew close to 1,000 walkers and several celebrities, including Alzheimer’s Tennessee champions, Coach Phillip and Vicky Fulmer and their family and Karns High School’s rising star, Emily Ann Roberts. The Fulmer family threw their support behind the fight against Alzheimer’s more than 10 years ago, and the coach recently shared that the cause is now personal for them as his moth-

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passion for all types of watercraft. And I have quite the collection of plastic carnival ducks now.� Gary Sharp grew up in Sharp works as a Bulk Fountain City but he albatch processor. “Ironically we make cleaning ways loved spending time products.� on Norris Lake when he was Cindy As part of his goal to keep a child. These days Sharp Taylor Norris Lake clean Sharp owns property on the lake always tries to participate and spends much of his free in both the spring and fall time trying to keep the lake cleanups. In addition he is he loves as beautiful as he worked on the TVA wild always collecting and disremembers. “My grandfather was area called Stiners Woods posing of floating trash on born in Loyston which is close to Helms ferry and the his own lake property. He now under the lake,� said Union County boat dock. He says there never seems to be Sharp. “I bought property says he hopes to increase a shortage of plastic bottles on Norris Lake in Sharps the number of volunteers and empty chewing tobacco Chapel 10 years ago and got next year as that area is in tins. “Our area lakes are a treinvolved with the lake clean great need of cleaning up. Sharp has spent time in mendous treasure and add up soon after.� More than 120 concerned cleanup both on the land so much to our quality of volunteers from TVA and the surrounding the lake and on life here in East Tennessee. five counties that touch the the water by boat. He says Norris is a wonderful amelake showed up for the Norris he has found everything nity and is reported to be Lake Project Cleanup April 2. from Styrofoam to dead the cleanest lake in the TVA They picked up and hauled animals and even a kitchen system. I think we should off 13.2 tons of garbage from sink. What stands out in his do all that we can to proon and around Norris Lake. mind are the little plastic tect and preserve that. If we don’t who will?� Bags for the cleanup were carnival ducks. provided by TVA. “Doing cleanup by boat is Contact Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@ gmail.com Sharp and his group by far my favorite. I have a

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Envision Gallery hosts artist Sarah Moore By Sara Barrett Georgia

native Sarah Moore has always been i nt e r e s t e d in art, but she didn’t realize she wanted to be a full time artist until Sarah Moore she was half way through graduate school. When working on architectural drawings, Moore says she would find herself thinking about her passion for painting and drawing. “There’s never a moment

when I’m painting that I’d rather be drawing a building,� she says with a laugh. She decided to switch her focus and she hasn’t looked back. She now works for a nonprofit in South Carolina while nurturing her career as an artist. Envision Gallery in Bearden at 4050 Sutherland Avenue will host Moore’s solo exhibition “Find Ourselves� April 22 through May 20. An opening reception will be held 5-8 p.m. Friday, April 22. Refreshments and wine will be served, and a violinist will perform. Moore’s paintings are done in acrylics and feature

nature, people and travel. “I learned to paint in oil like most artists, but it didn’t dry quickly enough for me,� she says. Moore also creates drawings from India ink and fine art markers. They will be included in the show as well. It isn’t a coincidence the show’s opening falls on Earth Day. “Find Ourselves’ reminds us that the root of our existence is the natural environment, and the celebration of that existence is the tie we spend with those we love,� says a press release about the exhibition. Info: envisiongallery.com and smoorestudio.com

Run through the wringers The wringer washer, primitive though it now seems, was a vast improvement over my maternal grandmother’s washboard with the ribbed glass surface for manually scrubbing clothes. I never met Margaret Raby “Tiny� Sampson, but I still have her washboard passed down to me by her daughter, my mother Mary Elizabeth “Lizzie� Sampson Mincey. I can imagine Mamaw and Mother with the washboard and a washtub of hot water (heated on the wood cookstove), using laundry soap to scrub dirt from soiled clothes. Those clothes were wrung by hand like dishrags, then shaken for hanging on the clothesline. Imagine the resulting wrinkles in those days before wrinkle-free fabric! The next logical step was ironing, most likely with a non-electric device made of solid cast iron heated either in the fireplace or on the wood cookstove. Lots of industrious women in those days demonstrated true pride and work ethic by even ironing bedsheets. The earliest wringer washers were manually operated. My mother’s, more modern, was a white, por-

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celain-coated electric Maytag (“May�) with teal green release levers for her yellow wringers. May had rollers on each of her four legs to allow her to be pulled alongside the kitchen sink for use; otherwise she occupied a place of honored rest in the kitchen corner. May had a teal green pull knob right in her front center that activated the agitator (also teal green). It was easy for a young child to imagine that knob as the “belly button� of a very short, stout sumo wrestler! The lid to the clothes tub had a (you guessed it) matching green teal handle in its center. First, the tub was filled with water from the kitchen sink tap via part of a green garden hose. As we had no hot water heater, initially water was boiled on the stove in a two-bushel galvanized tub, then poured into the clothes tub. Later Mother heated water with a portable, electric heater

dropped directly into the clothes tub. Next, clothes were sorted into three piles by color. Each pile comprised one load, washed in order from light to dark. A load was placed in the clothes tub and the agitator activated. After about 30 minutes of wash, clothes were rinsed. In a straight-back chair behind the machine Mother placed a No. 2 galvanized washtub filled with cold water. As clothes were removed from the washer, they were “run through� the wringers (operated by a foot pedal) to remove water. The process was reversed by a white lever on top of the machine to remove rinse water before hanging clothes on the line to dry. After this bi-weekly, halfday chore, the wash water was drained from the machine by a 50 foot garden hose. In summer the warm water roused earthworms which my dad collected for fishing. The Maytag repairman of commercial lore might have been bored, but no one who washed many clothes on his “wringers� could have said the same. Next week I’ll share a little word play.

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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. Rotary is about making connections at home and abroad and this was a 3,345-mile connection between Knoxville and Lima Rotarians. It was the ninth trip for the 34-voice college choir, there from March 4-12. One of the choir’s seven performances was a benefit concert for the Lima Sunrise club. The club is helping establish a rural center outside of Lima to help young boys with behavioral

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problems. The Lima club has only 25 members and the benefit raised $1,000, a huge sum for such a small 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,� 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 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.

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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

What’s next for the Union County Chamber? mour won. In an opinion written by Judge John W. McClarty, the local decision was reversed and the case remanded for further action. Essentially, the Court of Appeals held that Knoxville City Council had to vote one way or the other on the petition to tear down the garage to build a surface parking lot. The trial court held that the council’s failure to vote was a “de facto denial.� Now there’s no guarantee that a formal vote by the Union County Commission would result in a different outcome. Probably it would not. But the Chamber deserves a discussion by the full commission. And it looks like there’s a legal basis to demand it, thanks to that great public servant Arthur Seymour Jr. Roads: State Rep. Harry Brooks said Knox County was projected to receive $546,000 from the state for road projects in this fiscal year; “however, due to the governor’s initiative the new budget plan proposed

that Knox County will receive $1.637 million for road projects.� And that’s some initiative. Scholarships: Our friend Emmette Thompson, executive director of Mission of Hope, is raising money for scholarships for high school graduates in the counties served by his agency. “Last year we assisted a total of 43 scholars with awesome scholarships,� he wrote. He’s shooting for 15 new scholarships this year, each for $2,500, while continuing to support previous scholarship classes “who keep pressing forward.� This is a contribution worth making. Info: missionofhope.org or 865584-7571. Or just do it the old-fashioned way. Mail a donation to Mission of Hope, P.O. Box 51824, Knoxville TN 37950. Business: Got a business idea to feature in an upcoming issue of Shopper News? Give me a call at 865661-8777 or email News@ ShopperNewsNow.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 ■Katherine Clark, PA-C, has joined Rheumatology Associates of East Tennessee, a Summit Medical Group practice, as a physician assistant. She previously worked with Summit Concord Medical Center. Clark earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from UT in 2010 and a master’s degree in health science from the South College physician assistant studies program in 2014. She is the daughter of Dr. Charles and Jane Clark of Farragut. Her father is a physician with Summit Concord Medical Center. Info: 865-691-4100. ■Braden’s Lifestyles Furniture is now offering home-staging. The service helps homeowners sell their property faster, said owner Nick Braden. Some people struggle with space planning and conceptualization, he said. They find it difficult when looking at an empty house to visualize the space in use. The service is available to homeowners and Realtors alike. Info: 865-777-4059.

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Strange happenings in Committee meeting, the our neighboring county to Chamber’s interim president, Mayme Taylor, asked the north. for reimbursement of $15,000, of which $11,000 is already obligated. Her request died for lack of a Sandra motion. Clark Now the committee had four choices: a motion to recommend to the full commission; a motion to send to the full commission without The Union County recommendation; a motion Chamber of Commerce lob- to recommend a portion of bied for a hotel/motel tax the request; or no motion to promote tourism. Now at all. there are neither hotels nor By making no motion, motels in Union County. there was no discussion and But there are marinas and the request did not move to one of them even serves the full commission. hard liquor (thanks to a And that got me to thinkfriendly legislator and an ing about the 2015 appeal absent press). from Knox County ChanOnce the hotel/motel tax cery Court in a case involvrevenue started coming in, ing destruction of the Pryor the mayor and commission Brown Garage. As is often eyed it with desire and thus the case, attorney Arthur withheld reimbursement to Seymour Jr. (and his college the Chamber for advertising Taylor D. Forrester) reprealready placed. sented the appellant, Royal At last week’s Budget Properties Inc. And Sey-

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THROUGH FRIDAY, APRIL 15 Selected works by artist Kay List on exhibit, Envision Art Gallery, 4050 Sutherland Ave. Hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday. Info: kaylistart.com; envisionartgallery.com; 438-4154.

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 “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. Knoville’s WNOX-Radio: The Cradle of Country Music, a Brown Bag Lecture with Bradley Reeves, noon-1 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8824.

THURSDAY, APRIL 14 Appalachian family square dance, 8 p.m., Laurel Theater, 1538 Laurel Ave. Sponsored by Knoxville Square Dance. Music by The Hellgramites. Callers: Leo Collins, Stan Sharp and Ruth Simmons. No experience necessary. Admission: $7, $5 students and JCA members. Info: jubileearts.org. “Freedom Song,� a transformative musical that interweaves a Passover Seder with personal stories of addiction, 8 p.m., Heska Amuna Synagogue, 3811 Kingston Pike. Instead of actors, the cast is made up of actual addicts that have broken off the shackles of drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other destructive behaviors. Suggested donation: $5. “Ginseng: Gold in the Smoky Mountains,� 3:154:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardener Janie Bitner. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892. 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. “Landscaping with Native Plants,� 6:30 p.m., UT Arboretum, 901 S. Illinois Ave. Presented by horticulturalist Hank Bruno. Free event; donations are welcome to help support the UT Arboretum Society and its programs. Info: 483-3571. 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.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 14-15 AARP Driver Safety class, 1-5 p.m., Asbury Place, 2648 Sevierville Road, Maryville. Registration: Diane Lewis, 982-1887. Info: Carolyn Rambo, 382-5822.

FRIDAY, APRIL 15 Alive After Five: Kukuly & The Gypsy Fuego, 6-8:30 p.m., Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair Park Drive. Admission: general, $10; museum members and students, $5. Info: knoxart.org. Introduction of Sundress Academy for the Arts exhibit: “Scruffy ’Scrapes and Sonnets,� 6-8 p.m., Preservation Pub’s second floor Speakeasy. Exhibit on display through May 5.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, APRIL 15-16 Children’s consignment sale, 9 a.m.-7 p.m.

Friday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Central Baptist Church Bearden, 6300 Deane Hill Drive. Proceeds go to West Hills Elementary School Back Pack Program. Info: cbbclothingsale@gmail.com or 588-0586. Friends Mini Used Book Sale, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: knoxfriends.org.

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 Arty Party, a fine arts and crafts show, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Design Studio & Woodstream Hardwoods, 3636 Division St. Live music, food, door prizes. Info: 5240001. “Beethoven 9!,� 7:30 p.m., Oak Ridge High School Performing Arts Center. Featuring: Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra and Oak Ridge Chorus, led by Maestro Dan Allcott, along with Pellissippi State Chorus, South Doyle High School Choir, Sound Company and international guests, the Swiss Youth Choir Stimmwerkbande. Info/tickets: ORCMA.org or 483-5569. Cyndis Genealogical Source List, 1-3 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Instructor: Eric Head, BA, Knox Co. Archives and/or Dr. George K. Schweitzer, PhD, ScD. Info/registration: 215-8809. 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: knox-earthfest.org. Emi Sunshine performing, noon, Disc Exchange, 2615 Chapman Highway. Celebration of Record Store Day. Info: 573-5710. Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org. Saturday Stories and Songs: Robin Bennett, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033. Spring Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., UT Arboretum, 901 S. Illinois Ave., Oak Ridge. “Members Only� sale, 5-7 p.m., Friday, April 15. Memberships available Friday for early-bird shopping opportunity. Info: utarboretumsociety.org. Spring rummage sale, 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1:30-3 p.m., Bearden UMC, 4407 Sutherland Ave. Hosted by the United Methodist Women of Bearden UMC. Bag Sale begins 1:30 p.m.: receive a brown grocery bag and whatever fits in the bag is $5.

Adopt a pet today! Yo ur new best friend is waiting at Yo ung-Williams Animal Center. Visit our two Knoxville locations to find a dog, cat or other furry friend in need of a loving home. Adoption fee includes spay/neuter surgery, vet exam and much more.

Churro Adopted by the Sisson family

6400 Kingston Pike

3201 Division Street

On Bearden Hill

Just off Sutherland Avenue

Open every day from noon-6 p.m.

Already have a furry famil y member? S pa y or neuter yo ur pet today!

Young-Williams offers low-cost spay/neuter surgeries at $70 for dogs and $45 for cats. Surgeries can be scheduled at the 6400 Kingston Pike location or on our mobile Spay Shuttle. Help us end animal homelessness in Knoxville. Call 865-215-6677 to request an appointment to spay or neuter your pet!

(865) 215-6599 www.young-williams.org

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