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‘ROUND TOWN

➤ Is it your turn to serve the town?Do you have a better idea?

Farragut residents who are

interested in city government

and running for a political offi ce

have just a few weeks left to pick

up and return the paperwork

necessary to run for any of the

three positions up for election in

the Aug. 7 municipal election.

The deadline to fi le a nominating

petition is noon Thursday, April

3, for the non-partisan town

election.

Petitions must be fi led at the

offi ces of the Knox County

Election Commission, located

in the Old Court House in

downtown Knoxville.

The seats of mayor and two

aldermen, one each from Ward

I and Ward II, will comprise the

slate. To be eligible for the offi ce

of alderman, a person must be a

registered voter and reside within

the desired ward for at least one

year preceding the election. Ward

I consists of residents on the

north side of Kingston Pike while

Ward II consists of residents on

the south side of Kingston Pike.

➤ Applications for community grants due March 31Nonprofi ts charitable and civic

organizations have until 5 p.m.

Monday, March 31, to apply for

the town’s 2015 Community

Grants Program, which run from

July 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015.

The grant monies are intended to

be used to promote the general

welfare of the residents of the

town and are awarded by a vote

of the Farragut Board of Mayor

and Aldermen.

Allison Myers has all the info:

966-7057 or allison.myers@

townoff arragut.org.

➤ Upcoming at town hall Personnel Committee –

workshop all day on Tuesday,

March 18; Farragut Planning

Commission – 7 p.m. Thursday,

March 20; Visual Resources

Review Board – 7 p.m.

Monday, March 24; Farragut

Folklife Museum Board – 1

p.m. Tuesday, March 25; Board

of Mayor and Aldermen – 7

p.m. Thursday, March 27;

Farragut/Knox County

Schools Education Relations

Committee – 5 p.m. Tuesday,

April 1; Arts Council – 7 p.m.

Tuesday, April 1; Economic

Development Committee

– 8 a.m. Wednesday, April

2; Stormwater Advisory

Committee – 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 10; BOMA – 7

p.m. Thursday, April 10.

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By Betty Bean Time is running out on the

open enrollment period to sign up for health insurance under the Af-fordable Care Act.

The deadline is Monday, March 31, and local residents can fi nd in-formation on the city of Knoxville website at www.cityofknoxville.org/AffordableCareAct, as well as at healthcare.gov, the federal gov-ernment website. Or call 1-800-318-2596.

Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rog-ero is making a strong push to en-

courage her constituents to enroll:“For the fi rst time, those who

have been shut out of the health-insurance system in the past have a new way of access-ing quality, af-fordable options,” Rogero told more than 50 repre-sentatives of area churches at an

ACA signup rally last week. “Faith leaders like you share a vision of

a responsibility to care for our na-tion’s sick, our nation’s children and the overall health of our com-munity.”

The city is sponsoring an en-rollment event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 22, at Pellis-sippi State Community College’s Magnolia Campus, 1610 E. Mag-nolia Ave. Trained enrollers will be on hand to provide free assis-tance to people who want to apply for health coverage.

For more information or to vol-unteer to help at the event, contact

Looming health-care deadline spawns signup pushElizabeth Wright at [email protected] or 865-203-4691.

Becky Harmon, a registered nurse who served as Knox Coun-ty’s ACA volunteer coordinator last year, has gotten back into the fray for the last big push after tak-ing a couple of months off. She says the state has been unhelpful.

“State government has made it really diffi cult for us (to help peo-ple sign up). For example, the only way you can enroll in Tenncare

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Rogero

By Sherri Gardner HowellWhat are the ingredients need-

ed to brighten a day? A pastor’s idea, brought back from a confer-ence. A church member with a love of children and a get-it-done attitude. A community of volun-teers willing to give not only time, but money above and beyond their church tithes.

Farragut Christian Church has been mixing those ingredients to-gether annually since 2003 with Prom of the Stars, a free prom for physically and mentally chal-lenged individuals, ages 15 and older.

Senior pastor Jason Warden brought the idea back from a con-ference he attended in early 2000. He mentioned it, briefl y, to one of his church members, Jim Riner, who had already put together a soccer program for challenged children.

“He didn’t say much when I told him about it,” remembers Warden. “But a couple of days later, he came to me and said, ‘We’re going to make this prom happen.’ Jim ran the event every year until he died suddenly in 2008.”

Riner’s daughter, Jessica, is now a major part of Prom of the Stars. Jim Riner, the father of fi ve children, was 53 when he suddenly of a heart attack in May of 2008.

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A night for shining brightJacob Terry knows how to get the

party started at the Prom of the Stars,

a Farragut Christian Church outreach

program for mentally and physically

challenged. Photos by Justin Acuff

The success can be seen on pa-per: The prom is so successful that the church has to cap attendance

at 1,200 and reluctantly turns people away each year. Volunteers number more than 200 and range

from women who fi t and alter free prom dresses for the girls to a church photographer who makes sure everyone gets one free pic-ture of their evening to those who work the event. The annual budget of approximately $20,000 – with $18,000 of that going for food – is raised in the community.

“The money comes from the community, but 98 percent of it comes from our church family,” says Warden. “What is even more signifi cant is that this is not a bud-geted item for the church, so these donations are above and beyond what they give each week.”

Did we mention that Farragut Christian Church has a member-ship of approximately 250?

The Knoxville Convention Cen-ter donated the space that fi rst year and have continued to do that every year, says Warden.

“And the staff is wonderful. They serve the dinners, and they accommodate all those special requests that are necessary when you have a dinner for the mentally and physically challenged. I can’t say enough good things about them.”

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the Sierra Club has unveiled its new outings schedule, which in-cludes hikes for beginners, over-night trips, canoe/kayak fl oats and even a snorkeling expedition. Outings chair Ron Shrieves said Sierra Club membership isn’t re-quired for participation.

“We won’t even bug you to join.”Thirteen outings are part of

the group’s Take-a-Hike program, which is aimed at inexperienced hikers who are in good enough shape to walk at least four miles. The hikes are generally easy and offer historical or ecological edu-cation.

Urban hikes are offered in con-junction with the meet-up group Knoxville Greenway Walkers. Benefi ts of urban hiking are con-

venience, architectural interest and easy access to restaurants and parks, said Shrieves. See the schedule at www.meetup.com/Knoxville-Greenway-Walkers.

Fifteen of the outings are in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, nine are in the Cumberland Plateau area, and other destina-tions include Big South Fork Na-tional Recreation Area and Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in North Carolina. To see the entire sched-ule: harveybroome.home.com-cast.net.

Preregistration for each outing is required. To register: [email protected].

The Harvey Broome Group meets at 7 p.m. on second Tuesdays at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Uni-versalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike.

Time to take a hike

Anyone with the appropriate fi tness level can participate in the Sierra Club’s

Harvey Broome Group’s outings, like last year’s 5.8-mile trek on Honey Creek

Loop in Big South Fork. Photo submitted

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CAK held its 2014 National Signing Day Ceremony on Feb. 5 in the High School Commons. Six student athletes signed national letters of intent to play their respective sports at the next level:

■ Patrick Dalton – Football – Austin Peay ■ Hannah Schoutko – Soccer – Carson-Newman ■ Melissa Garvey – Soccer – Campbellsville ■ Shannon Plese – Softball – Chattanooga State ■ Abby Allen – Tennis – Milligan ■ Brandon Zortman – Baseball – Bryan College

Congratulations to all six student athletes!

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CAK athletes at National Signing Day: Brandon Zortman,

Shannon Plese, Patrick Dalton, Hannah Schoutko, Melissa

Garvey, Abby Allen.

Chess Club excelsSeveral CAK students participated Feb. 15 in the state

individual chess tournament at Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville.

Nathan Redford (3rd grade) performed well by fi nishing in the top 10 with 3 out of 5 wins. Ellie Nath, Johney Green III and Luke Tedford participated in the elementary sec-tion where the competition was tough.

Matthew Swanger earned 3rd place in the junior high section.

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Amy Brock was the featured soloist at the 45th annual Knoxville Nativity Pageant this past December. Amy was accompanied by the Nativity Pageant choir and orchestra to tell the story of the birth of Christ to more than 13,000 people who at-tended this Knoxville holiday tradition.

“It was a wonderful expe-rience to be able to perform with so many other musi-cians and actors to tell this story of Christmas,” Brock said. “In the midst of such a busy time of year this also al-lowed time for me to refocus on Christ and his birth.”

Amy, a CAK graduate, has returned to CAK this year as a middle school/high school music teacher. Amy has a degree in Vocal Performance from Carson-Newman, where she was the recipient of the Tarr Full Tuition Vocal Scholarship, and is currently

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fi nishing a master’s degree in education.

“I am so excited to have the opportunity to teach music at CAK,” Brock said. “I feel very blessed to be able to combine my passions of music, teaching and per-forming.”

Amy will be performing next with The WordPlayers production of “The Secret Garden” at the Bijou Theatre in July.

Six sign forcollege athletics

Wrestler wins state title

CAK junior wrestler Ryan Long

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his weight class, marking the

fi rst wrestling championship in

CAK history. Congrats to Ryan

and the CAK wrestling program!

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now is through Healthcare.gov. You used to be able to go to the Department of Human Services and apply, but you can no longer do that. They put a kiosk in and point people to it. There’s no assistance.

“Supposedly, the state was to have its website up and running, but that still hasn’t happened. It’s hard to explain to people where they fall fi nancially, and it’s kind of frustrating. But enroll-ments have been happen-ing,” Harmon said.

Here are Tennes-see Health Care Cam-paign’s Knox County enrollment events until March 31:

■ Wednesday, March 19, 3-7 p.m. – South Knoxville Community Center, 522 Maryville Pike

■ Saturday, March 22, 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. – Pellissippi State’s Magnolia Campus, 1610 E. Magnolia Ave.

■ Saturday, March 29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. – Mount Cal-vary Baptist Church, 1807 Dandridge Ave.

■ Monday, March 31, 3-8 p.m. – Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Ave.

Tennova Healthcare is sponsoring enroll-ment events 8 a.m. to

noon Saturday, March 29, at these locations:

■ Turkey Creek Medi-cal Center, West Lobby (Walmart side), 10820 Parkside Drive

■ Physicians Regional Medical Center (the former St. Mary’s), admitting en-trance (Fulton High School side), 900 E. Oak Hill Ave.

■ North Knoxville Medi-cal Center, Outpatient De-partment, 7565 Dannaher Drive off Emory Road

Anyone wishing to enroll will need these documents:

■ Social Security num-bers (or document numbers for legal immigrants)

■ Employer and in-come information for every household member to be covered (numbers from pay stubs or W-2 forms – Wage and Tax Statements, modi-fi ed adjusted gross income)

■ Policy numbers for any current health-insurance plans covering household members

■ A completed Employer Coverage Tool for every job-based plan for which a member of the household is eligible (www.healthcare.gov/downloads/ECT_Ap-pl ic at ion _ 508 _130615 .pdf).

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smiles, sweet laughter and such pride at being dressed up in prom fi n-ery for a special evening. There is never a need to cajole dancers to the dance fl oor. It fi lls quickly and rocks all night.

It is a night for the stars to shine, and they do.

It takes a host of volunteers to

make Prom of the Stars a real-

ity. Bill Seal, a volunteer from

Farragut Christian Church, cap-

tures the fun for partygoers.

The weather may be unpredictable, but members of Fox Den Country Club in Farragut know what’s on the horizon for spring.

The club’s annual Girlfriend Fashion Show was held March 12. Dinner featured chicken and mushroom strudel with brown rice and a vegetable medley. For dessert? The club’s Foxy Caramel Bar.

Ready for the Girlfriends Fashion Show are Catharyn Kaye, Leslie Tamer, Missy Fannon and Gena

Justice.

catwalk in fashions fromfour of the area’s boutiques– White House BlackMarket, Lily Pad, Val’s andDiana Warner’s.

From the looks of thebeautiful fashions, springwill feature a host of sweetpastels with pops of primarycolors.

Approximately 175 guestscame to enjoy the dinnerand fashions.

Spring hits runway at Fox Den

Nancy Alford strolls among

the guests in a casual ensem-

ble from Lily Pad Boutique’s

spring line.

Brenda Bryan, owner of Lily Pad Boutique, adjusts model Liza

Bieby’s collar.

Clowning for the camera at the Fox Den fashion show are Mar-

garet Dean, Holland Camara and Christy Hamdi. Camara is as-

sistant manager at White House Black Market.

Philip Boatner takes a break from

dancing to wave at the camera.

Showing off fashions from Val’s Boutique are Lauren Fannon,

Whitney Childers, Tina Thompson and owner Valerie Guess.

Models weaved through tables and walked the

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The First Creek Green-way, announced by Mayor Rogero in her fi rst budget in 2012, still has not been built two years later as she prepares her third budget. Perhaps no one at city hall is really pushing it, so little delays become long delays and people spend time on other issues.

New city press spokes-person Eric Vreeland says the greenway is actually ahead of schedule with a completion date of Decem-ber 2016. Surely he jests, but actually not.

Announced in April 2012 and not going to be completed for 4 1/2 years and that is ahead of schedule? Apparently, if you set the completion date far enough out then any project will come in ahead of schedule. If Rogero is not re-elected in 2015, her successor will be cutting the ribbon in 2016.

I t’s stunning that a green way takes 4 1/2 years to construct. Someone is not on top of this … or maybe no one.

■ Ted Welch, Nashville and national Republican fundraiser, died March 8, marking the passing of an era. He was commissioner of fi nance for Gov. Winfi eld Dunn. He was national fi nance chair for the GOP. He was close to every major Republican offi ceholder since 1970 including Lamar Alexander, Bill Frist, Bill Brock, Winfi eld Dunn, Fred Thompson, Don Sundquist and others.

Former Gov. Dunn said of Welch, “If Ted had lived to be 100, it still would have been a premature death.”

Dunn himself is 86 and in excellent health.

■ State Rep. Steve Hall will face an active summer if West Knoxvil-lian Martin Daniel turns in his petition to run for state representative and they face each other in the August primary. Hall is a strong backer of state Sen. Stacey Campfi eld and often sponsors Campfi eld legisla-tion such as the bill to sell Lakeshore Park before it was transferred to the city of Knoxville.

Hall has generally been an invisible member of the General Assembly except when he defends the con-troversial Campfi eld.

Interestingly, Daniel lives in the Rocky Hill precinct off Northshore Drive that Hall insisted on being placed in his district so his district would be overwhelmingly Republi-can instead of going to the Gloria Johnson district where it would have tilted that district toward the GOP. Consequently, Hall faces a stiff challenge this summer due to his insistence on protecting himself.

Hall should remember the old adage, be careful what you ask for, you might get it.

■ It has been eight months since the special court appointed by Gov. Bill Haslam heard arguments in Nashville on the John J. Hooker lawsuit challenging the selection method for appellate judges, and there has been no decision. Why is this? Are they purposely slow-walking their deci-sion? What is their motive?

Eight months is plenty of time for fi ve people to write their decision (whatever it is) for a single case. Two of the fi ve special justices are from Knoxville: former city law director Morris Kizer and former U.S. attorney Russ Dedrick.

Some wonder if the panel is waiting on the legislature to adjourn so this session cannot react to their deci-sion with legislation. Some wonder if they plan to wait until after the constitu-tional amendment is voted on this November to change the judicial-selection pro-cess. There is no deadline on writing opinions for the state Supreme Court. Retir-ing Supreme Court Justice Bill Koch has taken as long as two years to write an opinion on cases assigned to him.

The fact is, this was a case where the opinion could have been written in days. Have they reached a decision that is unanimous or divided? One also won-ders why the mainstream media has not jumped on the lengthy delay here. They should have issued an opin-ion months ago if they were doing their job properly.

■ John Gill, former U.S. attorney and top aide to District Attorney Randy Nichols, contrary to some speculation, will not be re-tiring Aug. 31, but will con-tinue working for the new district attorney general elected this August. Gill is married to Margie Nich-ols, top aide to University of Tennessee Chancellor Jimmy Cheek.

Last summer, shiny hap-py school board members gathered around Superin-tendent James McIntyre to cheer the announcement that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation was giv-ing Knox County Schools a humongous grant to help fi gure out how to spend tax-payer money. It was festive.

Nobody was rude enough to correct McIntyre’s math when he said it was a $1.2 million Gates grant, when in fact $840,000 came from Gates and the other

Hang on to your hats, y’all. This Circuit Court judge’s race could be a heck of a lot of fun.

Three Republican can-didates – Kristi Davis, Ray Hal Jenkins and Billy Stokes – are running for the Division I seat being vacated by Dale Workman. Their contrast in styles was displayed at the Fountain City/North Knox Republi-can Club meeting last week.

Stokes spoke fi rst. He’s the most familiar face of the three and is a former Knox County GOP chair.

Billy started blabbing – rambling a bit, to be honest – telling his life’s tale. After three minutes or so, I drank a big shot of Coca-Cola just to stay awake and thought, “What is he doing?”

Then it hit me. He was emphasizing his experience.

About the time the light bulb lit up in my head, he said:

“I’ve tried just about ev-erything (as a lawyer). Run-ning for judge seems like it would be another progres-sion on the path. I’m pre-pared to do this.”

Davis gave the best

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Rick Ross hopes Republicans in Fountain City and in North Knoxville will attend the combined club meet-ings, which are held at 7 p.m. each second Monday at Shoney’s on North Broadway. Dues are $5 a year, and Ross says he’ll work out a payment plan if anybody needs one.

Circuit judge race photo fi nish

Checking that gift horse’s dentures

Greenway project drags

speech. She is cogent and calm.

She kept her biography brief, talked about her ex-perience trying cases in circuit courts “from Chat-tanooga to Erwin.” Said her experience is “very broad and very general,” and that she’s represented plaintiffs and defendants, adding that it’s benefi cial for a judge to view cases from both points of view.

Davis said a good judge should possess three things – experience, a good work ethic and a fi rm but respectful de-meanor in the courtroom.

Why is she running?“We need strong leaders

who can come out of the pri-vate sector and (serve). I’m not the most experienced politician in this room, but that’s OK.”

Note the lines about the public sector and experi-enced politicians. Davis made the ever so subtle distinction that both Jen-

Kristi Davis Ray Hal JenkinsBilly Stokes

kins and Stokes have long involvement in the Knox County Republican Party.

Jenkins is jovial, gre-garious. He cracked jokes, said he’s made the switch from being “a corporate attorney to a country law-yer.”

He said his work ethic was displayed when he held down a full-time job while going to law school at night.

Jenkins is proud of his work as a former party chair.

“I tell people that my two jobs were to raise money and elect Republicans. We did both.”

Stokes probably has the

widest support among theestablishment. But Jenkinscomes from a widely knownfamily of Republicans.

Davis is the newbie, butthat may work to her advan-tage.

My brain tells me thatthis is Stokes’s race to lose,but my gut tells me that heand Jenkins are going tosplit the traditional Repub-lican vote. That leaves Daviswith a major opportunity.

Make sure your camerabatteries are charged, folks.This race could very well be aphoto fi nish on Election Day.“Pull Up A Chair” with Jake Mabe at jake-mabe.blogspot.com.

$360,000 in equal amounts from the Knox County-subsidized Great Schools Partnership and from Knox County Schools. And nobody mentioned that the Parthe-non Group – the Gates-ap-proved, Boston-based busi-ness consultant chosen to create the “Smart Spending”

plan along with its subcon-tractor Education Resource Strategies – is known for recycling the same advice in different school districts, so there wasn’t much mystery about what the recommen-dations would be.

“We’re really excited about, not just the short-term impact this will have on the budget process com-ing up, but also the long-term impact on making sure we are getting the best possible return on our edu-cational investment in our

community,” McIntyre said with a straight face.

The media shared his ex-citement and delivered the news like a glitter bomb:

“Knox County Schools announced Monday the dis-trict is getting more than $1 million from some of the world’s top philanthropists,” said one TV newsreader.

“The Gates Foundation grant is just the latest oppor-tunity for the school district to shine on a national stage.”

But the atmosphere was

From the folks who brought you Bill Dunn, Sta-cey Campfi eld, Steve Hall

and Roger Kane, here comes Ed-die Smith.

In an un-usual press r e l e a s e , Smith said i n c u m -bent state Rep. Glo-

ria Johnson has “had her chance to prove she will stand tall,” and has “failed to serve your best interests.

“I intend to stand much

taller.”Johnson, one of the few

Democrats left in the legis-lature, led a rally Friday to support t e a c h e r s and parents who are questioning the Com-mon Core State Stan-dards.

She looked pretty tall on Market Square.

But Smith, who lives in South Knoxville and is the married father of two, says

Johnson Smith

Tall and taller: Eddie Smith comes after Gloria Johnson

he represents “the values and beliefs of state House District 13 and will hold true to those values and be-liefs in Nashville.”

Smith was media and events director at Sevier Heights Baptist Church for 13 years.

In that role, he was pro-

duction manager for the Living Christmas Tree, an annual event at Thompson-Boling Arena. He now runs a consulting fi rm special-izing in event management and audio/video produc-tion.

Johnson has made a name in Nashville, even as a fi rst-term legislator in the minority party. Her leader-ship on education issues has led to speaking invitations statewide.

She is a special-educa-tion teacher for Knox Coun-ty Schools, taking leave to serve in the legislature.

Sandra Clark

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That said, until further notice, Vic Wharton III is my favorite incoming foot-ball Volunteer. He has not caught a pass or returned a punt for the orange, but he has demonstrated a deep ap-preciation of the University of Tennessee, complete faith

in Butch Jones and sincere gratitude for an opportunity to make a difference.

Perhaps you know Whar-ton background basics. Former Volunteer all-SEC basketball guard Brandon Wharton, 1,651 points in the late 1990s, is his uncle.

Vic was an athletic fresh-man of some distinction at Catholic High.

He transferred to Christ Presbyterian Academy out-side of Nashville and had a great sophomore year in foot-ball, basketball and track.

He transferred again, to Independence High in Thompson’s Station, and became one of the better

all-around, mid-sized (6-0, 190) athletes in the coun-try. There might have been a connection between that move and the school adding his dad to the coaching staff.

Do what? You never heard of Vic Wharton Jr. or Thompson’s Station, population 2,194, steeped in history, Civil War battle-ground, Williamson Coun-ty, between Franklin and Spring Hill?

Young Vic III did what he could to make Thomp-son’s Station more famous. He played defensive back, quarterback, running back, wide receiver and kick re-turner. He did all that very

well, about 2,500 all-pur-pose yards as a senior, nine touchdowns running, eight receiving, six doing other things.

He made a bunch of tackles, intercepted some passes, threw a touchdown pass, had a 98-yard kickoff return, etc.

One college coach said Vic is an instinctive defend-er. Another said he is better as a receiver, not a burner but once under 4.4 in the 40-yard dash. If that isn’t fl ying, it is takeoff speed.

Some who do recruiting evaluations say he is a four-star prospect. That is inci-dental. Here’s what matters:

Because of Jones, Vic was more interested in Cincin-nati than Tennessee when Derek Dooley was coach.

When Jones switched schools, Wharton decided he was part of the package. He had to wait only for con-fi rmation that he was want-ed. Butch had previously offered a Cincinnati schol-arship after Vic camped with the Bearcats.

When the Tennessee of-fer came, Vic was fi rst to commit for the class of 2014. He called Jones on Christmas Day 2012. A few minutes later, he appointed himself assistant recruiting coordinator and called TK. That is code for the afore-mentioned Todd Kelly Jr.

Soon others were in the loop. The theme was the fu-

ture, trying to restore Ten-nessee football to its right-ful place of prominence.

Over and over, Vic Whar-ton III said to prospective teammates, “Once we get there, we are going to help make a difference.”

Optimism. Enthusiasm. Faith in tomorrow. And why not?

“I think he’s the great-est coach in the country,” Wharton said of Lyle Allen “Butch” Jones Jr.

“I mean, I just can’t wait to play for him.”

Even with more talent on the roster, I am almost certain there is still a place for leadership. The Vic Wharton approach is good enough for now. Marvin West invites reader response. His address is [email protected].

far different at last week’s school board work session.

The board members weren’t smiling when the Parthenon Group consultant rolled out recommendations they knew were coming and most used to be OK with – increasing classroom sizes, eliminating as many as 300 “low-performing” teach-ers based on value-added (TVAAS) scores, laying off librarians, custodians, coun-selors, social workers and nurses, stop giving pay raises for advanced degrees, ax Project Grad and most of the TAP program, quit helping poor kids to go on fi eld trips and stretch out the school year with a “balanced cal-endar,” requiring teachers to work some 20 additional days per year without com-mensurate compensation.

Last summer’s gift horse couldn’t weather the months-long public-information campaign waged by teachers, parents and even students. Parthenon’s Seth Reynolds

probably wouldn’t have got-ten a chillier reception if he’d recommended barbed-wire enemas all around.

Once he was done, librar-ians and counselors and a University of Tennessee re-searcher stood up at a pub-lic forum and challenged the board to look closer at the Parthenon gift horse. Librarian Amber Rountree observed that she’s never heard anyone ask for larger class sizes and criticized the Parthenon report for recommending hiring two recruiters and four human-resource specialists for the administrative staff while cutting personnel who work directly with students.

Finally, she urged the board to remember the in-tangibles:

“Our classrooms are a community in which our students learn skills like empathy and kindness, many of which cannot be measured by a bar graph or in a bottom line.”

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up the costs of government for the next 20-plus years. Those plans are consuming an ever-larger share of the city’s annual budget.

A decade ago, the city was contributing about $4.4 million per year to the plan (an amount roughly in line with the employees’ then-$3 million contribution, or 6 percent of salary).

The city is currently con-tributing over $22 million per year (while employees add $3.8 million) and is well

on its way to over $30 mil-lion per year in the next few years. Yikes!

The city went from near parity with the worker/ben-efi ciaries of the plan, to four or fi ve times the employees’ share. At that rate, the city’s contribution will eat nearly 20 percent of the city’s en-tire $180 million operating

budget. In simple terms, the more pension monies paid in = fewer services to you, or tax increases you don’t want and can’t afford. Yet, we are racing forward, knowing that the bridge is out.

Who pays? You do. It’s your money. The city’s rev-enues come primarily from property taxes and sales taxes (which have been fl at for the past several years). The rest comes from other fees and taxes (including a

share from the state). Budgets remain tight. So, why not act now to slow the runaway train? Thus far, the city claims nothing

more can be done. Adjust-ing pension benefi ts is said to be barred by a 33-year-old Tennessee Supreme Court decision known as the Blackwell case.

Next week, we will tackle Blackwell, looking at recent action in Chattanooga.Nick Della Volpe, an attorney, represents District 4 on Knoxville City Council.

The city of Knoxville is on a collision course with your wallet.

It manages pension plans that cover some 3,750 people (2,255 retirees and 1,491 active workers). The main plan, now closed to new entrants, had an es-timated $690 million in liabilities but only $520 million in assets as of Feb-ruary 2014.

That $170 million short-fall will weigh heavily on the city’s annual budget for decades to come. The market downturn of 2001-02 and the re-cession that began in 2008 have contributed heavily to the shortfall. The old plan currently pays out some $40 million per year in benefi ts and $3.5 million in management fees and ad-ministrative costs.

The good news is that the city (with the help of ac-tive voters) closed those old plans. A new hybrid Plan H, adopted by charter change

“We are racing forward, knowing that the bridge is out.”

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in November 2012, applies to employees hired after Jan. 1, 2013.

Problem solved? Or only a good start? Plan H covers about 90 new employees, whose pension claims will mature some 20 to 25 years

in the future. Compare that to the 3,750 retirees and ac-tive workers under the old plan, and you realize it is a fi rst step.

So what’s being done?Right now, nothing.The city is laboring un-

der the weight of the un-derfunded “closed” plans, which will continue running

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The vibe downtown was crowded and festive on a re-cent First Friday.

At the Emporium on Gay Street, the Southern Art Soul Sisters (SASS) Collec-tive was celebrating with their fi rst gallery exhibition in Knoxville.

Called “A Bird in This World” – an old Southern saying that the members say captures their collec-tive spirit – the show fea-tures mixed-media pieces by Karen Bertollini, Lynn Corsi Bland, Cynthia C. Cox, Susan Edwards, Betsy Hob-kirk, Suzanne Wedekind and Jennifer Willard. A variety of themes are explored, and the works will be displayed in the Balcony of the Emporium Center through March 29.

Meanwhile, over at the District Gallery in Bearden, Judge Harold Wimberly Jr. enjoyed a convivial reception for his latest show called “It Was a Good Time.” The show

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Carol’s CornerArtist Jennifer Willard, who is also executive director of the Community School of the Arts, stands beside her multi-media piece “Little Debbie and the Demise of Cursive,” part of a show at the Emporium on Gay Street. “My work is about seeing fairy tales and old-fashioned repre-sentations of childhood through a 21st century lens,” she says.

Good friends attorney J.D. Lee and judge Harold Wimberly Jr. pose in front of one of the judge’s landscape photographs.

Painter Betsy Hobkirk enjoys painting on found, natural materials. For these botanical watercol-ors she has used wood, and has made the grain part of the painting. Photos by Carol Zinavage

John Niceley of Strong Stock Farm is intrigued by Jennifer Wil-lard’s multimedia piece “Little Birds: The Wolf Trail.”

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runs through March 22.“You know,” said Wim-

berly, “everybody takes pic-tures. But one day I took a photo and said, ‘Hey – that’s pretty good. Maybe I should do something with it.’”

His newfound realization led him to Thompson Photo Products. The local compa-ny enlarged and printed his photos using a vivid process that really makes the colors pop, and they also did the framing. Judge Wimberly sings their praises and cred-its Thompson with much of the photos’ impact.

His dry sense of humor informs many of the shots.

A picture of Old Faith-ful, the famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park, shows no tourists or people of any kind except for a lone fi gure lying prone on the decking. “The point of that photo is the person passed out in the corner,” Wimberly said with a grin.

He’s also fond of a surreal shot of Hanna-Barbera Land, a Texas theme park closed for several decades. “The people who live near there bought it and still maintain it,” he said. His suitably cartoonish photo features a large purple dino-saur.

Talk of our nation’s vari-ous oddities prompted me to ask if he’s ever seen the Corn Palace in Mitchell, S.D. “No, I haven’t ever seen that one,” he replied, “but when you’ve been to the National Mu-seum of Vinegar, as I have, it takes a lot to impress you.”

Attorney J.D. Lee asked which photo is his favorite.

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Judge Wimberly named this photo after a sentence from “Zorba the Greek:” “My Mother SaidMy Life Would Be a Wide White Ribbon.” “It’s kind of sad,” says Wimberly of the girl standing allalone, apart from the rest of the activity. “That may be the best day of her life.”

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Emmie Fuller gets a lift from Amanda Yager during the night of music. Amanda sings soprano in the Southern Chorale.

Blessed are those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.

(Jeremiah 17: 7-8 NRSV)

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;Naught be all else to me, save that thou art.

Thou my best thought, by day or by night,Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

(“Ancient Irish,” translated by Mary Byrne, 1905)

On this St. Patrick’s Day, my mind turns to the green leaves of Tara’s Hill and the mists and mysteries of Ireland.

I remember seeing the signpost as we rode into the village of Slane, and the “Aha” that exploded in my mind. As one who no-tices the names of hymn tunes as well as the names of the hymns themselves, I recognized Slane as the name of the tune to which we sing “Be Thou My Vi-sion,” that great hymn of

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ancient Ireland. I had not known, until that moment, that the tune – also Irish – was named for a place in Ireland.

Slane was spiritually important because it was there, on the Hill of Slane,

that St. Patrick, in 433 A.D., is said to have lit a Paschal (Easter) fi re as a challenge to the pagan High King of Tara, symbolizing the tri-umph of Christianity over paganism.

There are blessed plac-es on this earth, places of mystery and portent. There are places of beauty and grace and gentleness, as well as places of stark-ness and ferocity. I have not seen them all – not nearly all – but I believe that Ireland is unique.

Shakespeare called Eng-land “this other Eden,” but I venture to say that he had not seen Ireland.

Ireland is small, an is-land surrounded by the cold waters of the North Atlantic and the Irish Sea. Its green, rolling landscape – with an occasional mountain – is quite reminiscent of East Tennessee, which may ex-plain why so many Irish immigrants settled in our beautiful hills.

The mystery of the spirals of Newgrange, a passage grave built around 3200 B.C., was only rediscovered in 1699. It was excavated by archaeologists in the 1960s, and they found that on the winter solstice (Dec. 21), rays of sun enter the tomb and light up the burial chamber, which means that it is the world’s oldest solar observatory, predating Eng-land’s Stonehenge by some 600 years.

The Cliffs of Moher, however, were the most breathtaking (literally!) adventure in Ireland. I was determined to climb all the way to the top, determined to look down the sheer face of the cliffs and see the stormy North Atlantic below. Determined, mind you!

It was not, however, the strenuous climb that got me. It was the wind! I be-came afraid that I was going to be blown away – literally, not fi guratively. I sat down

on the stony path to regroup and reconsider. Kind peo-ple, sturdier – or more stub-born – than I, passed by me, offering to help me continue on toward the abyss, but I declined the pleasure. Ul-timately, I decided that the pictures in my guidebook would have to suffi ce.

In honor of Ireland – this land of lilting music and laughter, land of deep mys-tery and meaning, land of castles and cairns, land of shamrocks and shillelaghs – on this day, in the name of St. Padraig and his Lord, I wish you a happy and blessed St. Patrick’s Day!

Mississippi music at Farragut Presbyterian

By Wendy SmithIcons are not sentimen-

tal. But, like a picture of your grandmother, they might make you stand up straighter, says Charles Chandler.

“You don’t behave the same way in front of Grand-ma,” he explains.

Chandler is member of the East Tennessee Iconog-raphers Guild that meets twice a month at the Epis-copal Church of the Ascen-sion, 800 South Northshore Drive. The group has been painting together and edu-cating each other for almost 15 years.

Iconography isn’t an art form that can be learned overnight. The creation of each piece is a spiritual ex-perience, and even an expe-rienced painter like Chan-dler might spend 100 hours on one small painting. But the process is just as impor-tant as the fi nished product. Icons, he says, should bless the iconographer as well as the viewer.

There are 24 specifi c steps to the creation of an icon, and each represents a step in the spiritual devel-opment of people.

Everything about the painting is symbolic. Each is done on a rectangle of wood, which represents the tree of life. The four corners represent the gospels.

A red frame around the subject represents a window through which the viewer gets a glimpse into the next life. A thin green line inside the frame represents the Mount of Olives.

Because the subjects are holy, there are no shadows,

Charles Chandler talks to Patricia Grecco as she works during an East Tennessee Iconographers Guild meeting at the Episco-pal Church of the Ascension. Photo by Wendy Smith

Scriptures in line and color

and no light is refl ected in the eyes. That would be like light refl ecting off a light bulb, he says. The fi gures are painted with dark colors ini-tially. Lighter colors are add-ed later to create highlights.

The perspective on icons is reversed so that objects appear larger when they are farther away. This doesn’t refl ect a lack of skill on the part of the painter, but dem-onstrates to the viewer that they are seeing something otherworldly.

Iconographers are im-age writers, he explains. Each image follows a struc-ture that can be read by

a professional career that included designing contact lenses for Bausch & Lomb and running a computer company. After retirement, he took up iconography, and he’s become an expert on icon symbolism. He’s the only member of the guild to use egg tempera − a hand-made mixture of egg yolk, water, white wine and color used by early iconographers – as his primary medium. The other painters mostly use acrylics.

Guild members come from various Christian churches, but all of them worked on icons represent-ing the 14 stages of the cross that are currently on display at Church of the Ascension as part of Lent.

Chandler designed the cartoons, and members spent approximately a year painting them. Each one was painted by multiple members, making it a true group project.

Info: Chandler at [email protected].

an informed viewer. Over 500 special symbols can be incorporated into icons. Creativity isn’t a common characteristic of an iconog-rapher.

“If you get creative, the icon can’t be read,” Chan-dler says.

More often, iconogra-phers are like him − obses-sive compulsive. He spent six years at St. Bernard Ab-bey in Cullman, Ala., before

By Nancy AndersonFarragut Presbyterian

Church brought a little bit of heaven to its congrega-tion and the community on March 1.

The church kicked off its Spring Concert Series with a group from the Univer-sity of Southern Mississippi. The event is the fi rst of two free concerts the church has planned for this spring.

The second will be at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 27, featuring reVOLution and VOLume, two University of Tennessee contemporary a capella groups.

Making up the 67-mem-ber Southern Chorale from Southern Miss were gradu-ate and undergraduate stu-dents from the school’s cho-

ral program. Directed by Dr.Gregory Fuller, the groupfi lled the church with joy-ful music from the momentthey entered from the backof the church, spilling downthe aisles in excitement –and perfect pitch.

Southern Chorale treatedthe audience to a wide rangeof musical styles, from popto gospel to classical, endingthe evening with “Circle ofLife” from “The Lion King,”complete with drumming.

Alex Favazza, a graduatestudent in choral conduct-ing, said the group enjoystaking their program on theroad. “We do this to sup-port the arts and with thehope that the audience willbe moved in their own faithjourney,” said Favazza.

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■ Arbor DayStudents at several local

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Local State Farm Insur-ance agent Cindy Doyle sponsored events at Con-

cord Chris-tian School, Saint John N e u m a n n C a t h o l i c School and Hardin Val-ley Elemen-tary with the Fourth Grade For-

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Each 4th grade student at all three schools received a sapling to take home and plant in their yard. They also learned how the earth benefi ts from folks plant-ing trees, and tree themed hands-on activities were held.

“This teaches kids at an early age to take care of something and focus on something other than them-selves,” said Doyle.

“Planting trees helps the environment,” said CCS 4th grader Madison Foshie. “And I don’t want to suffo-cate,” she said of the health benefi ts trees offer to hu-mans.

■ Athletes commitSigning ceremonies were

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Co-teachers Kayla Suter and Kaci Goodrich display a solar powered Goddard School created by

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Concord Christian School students plant a sapling with help from Cindy Doyle. Pictured are

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Donations of gently used dresses in all sizes are be-ing accepted indefi nitely for students to borrow.

KHS teacher Linda Far-rington is also helping out by collecting donated acces-sories such as purses and shoes to go with the dresses. All donations can be left in the offi ce.

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■ Children can change the worldPreschool students at the

Goddard School of Hardin Valley placed second in the nationwide 21st Century Skills Build Challenge.

Students in Preschool 2, Prek-1 and Prek-2 classes (ages 3-5) brainstormed to create a problem-solving in-vention under the guidance of their teachers. The item had to be created entirely from Tinker Toys.

Students envisioned a solar-powered Goddard School with its own garden on the side, a solar-powered water sprinkler and a solar-powered seed sprinkler that could automatically distrib-ute and plant seeds.

Inventions from all over the country were posted on the national Goddard School website and fami-lies of the students voted for fi rst place.

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By Ruth WhiteSmithfi eld and Food

City partnered to help feed Knoxville-area families by donating 80,000 pounds of meat products to the Sec-ond Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee. This is the largest donation of protein received by Second Harvest.

This signifi cant dona-tion in Tennessee is part of Smithfi eld’s Helping Hun-gry Homes tour, the com-pany’s coast-to-coast effort to help families and indi-viduals become more food secure. Through this pro-gram, Smithfi eld has made more than 180 donations to

food banks, after-school nu-trition programs, and natu-ral-disaster relief across the country.

Second Harvest distrib-utes one million meals a month. Offi cials said Thurs-day’s donation will provide more than 320,000 meals.

“Donations to food banks typically fall off after the holi-day season, so this signifi cant donation from Smithfi eld and Food City is particularly timely,” said Elaine Streno, executive director of Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee.

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Fresenius will invest up to $140 million in the proj-ect and correspondingly create about 665 new jobs over the next several years, said state Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty. He said Fresenius operates in 120 countries.

The Knoxville facility will produce dialysis-related products, which will be dis-tributed to Fresenius Medi-cal Care’s clinics and distri-bution centers in the eastern part of the United States.

“In Knoxville, we’ve found a home with an ex-cellent workforce pool, a facility that will work well for our purposes, and a lo-cation that will enable us to serve our customers in the eastern half of the U.S. more effi ciently,” said Fresenius vice president of manufac-turing Troy McGhee. “We are additionally drawn to the area’s outstanding busi-ness climate and are look-ing forward to developing

and expanding our presence here in the coming years.”

Fresenius Medical Care will begin moving one pro-duction line to the Knoxville facility in September 2014, but actual production at the site is not expected to begin until early 2016, pending a designation from the Food and Drug Administration that the facility is a qualifi ed plant for production.

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett said the expansion will fi ll a now-vacant piece of industrial property and bring “hundreds of high-tech manufacturing jobs” to the entire region.

The company will begin hiring in different phases. Toward the middle of 2014 it will begin hiring for sup-port jobs, such as engineer-ing facilities management, and in the fourth quarter of 2015, it plans to begin hir-ing for other positions such as supervisors, technicians, production line workers and maintenance. Job oppor-tunities will be posted on the Fresenius Medical Care North America website, http://jobs.fmcna.com.

By Jake MabeThis week, our search for

Where the Jobs Are takes us to one of the most famous last names in Knoxville – Clay-ton, as in Clayton Homes.

Company founder Jim Clayton has been a local fi xture since 1956, when he opened his fi rst mobile-home retail center on Clin-ton Highway. If you’ve been around here a while, you’ll no doubt remember the cen-ter’s spinning mobile-home sign. And you’ll probably re-member Clayton’s television series, “Star Time.”

Clayton started out sell-ing cars, began using mobile homes as collateral for car sales and realized modular home sales could be a lucra-tive business.

Audrey Saunders, Clay-ton Homes’ public relations and marketing coordinator, says the company has 323 home centers across the na-tion (including 30 in Tennes-see with almost all located east of Crossville), 35 home building centers and a host of supply centers. Its corporate

headquarters is in Maryville. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway bought the com-pany in 2002 after Buffett read and was impressed by Clayton’s autobiography.

Jim’s son Kevin Clayton is now the chief executive offi cer of a com-pany umbrella that also in-cludes retail and manu-f a c t u r i n g c e n t e r s , V a n d e r b i l t Mortgage and Fi-nance, 21st Century Mort-gage and Homefi rst insur-ance company.

Clayton Homes also owns companies that one might think are rivals, such as Freedom Homes, Outlook Homes and Love Homes. As of 2012, Clayton Homes is the largest homebuilder – of any kind – in the United States, Saunders said.

She says the company is always hiring.

“Our parking lot is full,” Saunders said. “We’re ex-panding the parking lot. It

seems like every week I meet 10 new (employees).”

Saunders says career op-portunities can be found at the company’s website, www.claytonhomes.com. Prospective employees can also follow the company on

Twitter through its handle, @clayton-

homes. “We post

new positions on Twitter all the time,

if people want to get alerts about when

jobs are becoming available. And they can also follow us on LinkedIn. That’s a good way to start and connect with the company.”

The home offi ce in Maryville employs 1,500. Clayton Homes employs people nationwide.

Saunders says it’s a great place to work.

“I’ve been here since 2009 and interned for two years before that. I started out at Vanderbilt Mortgage. Clayton Homes is great about promoting from with-

in, so you can move up the corporate ladder quickly.

“Our facility at the home offi ce is vertically integrat-ed. Everyone, even Kevin Clayton, sits in a cubicle, so we have a very open-door policy. We’re very team ori-ented. Teams aren’t shut off from one another.”

Saunders says the com-pany offers great benefi ts and has a greenway at the corporate offi ce and a well-ness initiative. Clayton is competing to become the fi ttest company in Knox-ville. Roughly 100 employ-ees will participate in either the upcoming Knoxville Marathon or the 5k event.

These days, Jim Clayton is the president of Clay-ton Bank, which has its headquarters in downtown Knoxville. He is known for his philanthropy. A park currently being built in Halls will bear his name be-cause of his substantial do-nation to purchase the land.

“I’m proud to work for the Clayton family,” Saun-ders said.

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Last week, chamber members were treated roy-ally at Calhoun’s, 10020 Kingston Pike, at a 5 p.m. Networking Event.

On the calendar for this week are a 10 a.m. ribbon cutting at Iron Tribe Fit-ness, Turkey Creek Drive, and an 8 a.m. networking at Comcast Spotlight, 410 N. Cedar Bluff Rd., on Thurs-day, March 20.

For directions and more about the chamber: www.farragutchamber.com.

Catching up at the Farragut West Knox Networking afternoon

at Calhoun’s are Glenna Butler with Oasis Day Spa, P.J. Prout

with Arlene’s Fun Travel and Marianne Morse with Mary Kay. Photos by Nancy Anderson

Debbie Smith, Calhoun’s bartender, serves adult beverages to Riana Mulder with Value Store

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The ribbon for the ribbon cutting on the new Knox-ville TVA Employees Credit Union, 11490 Parkside Drive, was a lovely shade of green. Made up of $10 bills, the ribbon attracted a lot of attention at the Turkey Creek Branch celebration.

The new branch is be-tween JC Penney and Pan-da Express. Doors opened in mid-February, but the grand opening was celebrat-ed on Friday, March 7.

Brandon Ford is branch manager. He told those gathered, which included the mayors of Farragut and Knox County, “When I get up in the morning, I don’t just say I’m going to work. I say I’m going to help some-one today. It’s not a job, it’s a lifestyle.”

Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fri-days with drive-thru service also available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays.

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Ford on the new offi ce in Turkey Creek. From left are Ford,

Mayor Tim Burchett, who holds declaration for TVA Employees

Credit Union Day, and Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill.

Ribbon of cash:TVA Employees Credit Union opens

Cheri Siler to speak to Karns Democrats

District 6 of the Knox County Demo-cratic Party (Karns, Hardin Valley, Solway) will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, at the Karns Library on Oak Ridge Highway.

The speakers will be Cheri Siler, candidate for Tennessee State Senate District 7, and Kim Web-ber, candidate for Ten-nessee Democratic Ex-ecutive Board District 7.

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Students from Temple com-peted along with students from Tri-Cities Christian School (Blountville, Tenn.), Cedar View Christian School (King-

sport, Tenn.), Calvary Christian School (Kingston, Tenn.), Mt. Pisgah Christian Academy (Oli-ver Springs, Tenn.), and Chris-tian Academy of the Smokies (Sevierville, Tenn.) in various categories of music, art, pho-tography, speech/drama, sci-ence, math, chess, spelling bee, etc.

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Homecoming 2014 at TBAAutumn Bonifacius was

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Soccer season ‘kicks off ’ at TBA

The 2014 soccer season start-ed off for the Royal Crusaders boys and girls teams with the “Royal Crusader Kick-off Clas-sic” soccer invitational – a sea-son-opening soccer jamboree.

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“patient,” students in two anat-omy and physiology classes at Christian Academy of Knoxville recently got a glimpse into what two top cardiothoracic surgeons at Parkwest Medical Center do daily.

“They do their calculus and don’t really know if they will ever use it again even though we know they will,” said cardiothoracic sur-geon Dr. Tom Pollard. “But with this, they can see what they’re learning really has an impact on what I do every day.”

Pollard and his partner, Dr. Chadwick Stouffer, both members of Covenant Health’s highly prized transcatheter aortic valve replace-ment (TAVR) team, brought along a 12-person contingent of regis-tered nurses, physician’s assis-tants, scrub techs and profusion technicians.

“Heart surgery is kind of a team sport – it takes a lot of people to do a heart surgery,” said Stouffer. “And this team really loves to teach.”

The surgeons and heart team worked side-by-side with the stu-dents at lab tables, exploring the pig heart’s anatomy and explain-ing the circulatory system. Stu-dents also got to try their hand at implanting an artifi cial heart valve into the heart and sewing arteries.

“It’s not only a blast teach-ing the kids and interacting with them, but it’s also very education-al for us because it isn’t every day that we get to look at a certain part of the anatomy,” said David Pep-pers, a registered nurse. “We can’t just cut it open and look at some of the internal structures. I fi nd it very helpful and educational for me.”

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“I like seeing their eyes get big and start dancing around,” said Brown. “They’re like, ‘Do what?!’ ‘I want to touch it.’ It’s a lot of fun. Last year, this student was stand-ing there as I was going over the anatomy part and he bent over like he was trying to get a better view, and his buddy stepped back, he just passed out in the fl oor.” It was the fi rst time I ever had one to go down, but it happens every now and then.”

In fact, it happens often enough that before each class, Pollard puts their minds at ease by tell-ing them, “Everyone here has had a bad experience at some time in their careers.”

“You can see it on the screen or in your book or whatever, but it’s fun to be able to go in and see the different valves and veins,” said Matthew Little, a junior.

It’s realistic enough that teach-er Karen Moore says the Feb. 27 event has likely spoiled her stu-dents. “They’ll never be happy with just a PowerPoint now,” she said with a laugh.

Stephen Pardue, a junior, agreed. “It’s going to be hard to stay awake in class now that we’ve

had the real deal,” he said. Pardue, whose parents are doc-

tors, said he still has other careers he wants to consider but medicine remains a big interest. “I had no idea what to expect,” he said. “But it was defi nitely fun. I’ve never done anything like that before.”

“It’s been fun, seeing how you can open into a heart like that,” said Jim Hahn, a junior. “It’s crazy to see what they can do in an ac-tual human heart with this blood and stuff. I can’t imagine what it’s like actually doing it. It’s cool. It’s a good simulation.”

Jacquie Downey, a senior who hopes to become a pharmacist, was clearly tickled by the chance to work with Stouffer and sew the heart valve. “It was sooo great!” she said. “I really liked being able to see it fi rsthand because the pic-tures in our book are not exactly how it looks in real life.”

Ms. Moore said of 22 students in one of the classes, 18 were weighing careers in healthcare, but the heart lab may have over-whelmed some of them. “I heard a lot of brain-dead people today who forgot everything they knew in the face of real professionals,” she said and laughed. “I heard somebody ask them, ‘What’s the

big blood vessel that leaves the left ventricle’ and they’re going … uh-hhhhhh. … They were fi ne yester-day. I don’t know what happened.”

The pig hearts were donated by Edwards LifeSciences, the Irvine, Calif., company that provides Parkwest with the bovine valve used in TAVR surgeries. The pig heart is so similar in structure and function to the human heart that it is often used as the model for research.

“People ask me, ‘Are these spe-cial pigs?’ or ‘Are they fed a spe-cial diet?’ No, there are farms that specialize in donor pigs, but they are not particularly special,” said Gary Lawrence, a sales represen-tative for Edwards Lifesciences.

“If you look at the Latin word for doctor, it means teacher, and that’s what we are doing,” said Stouffer. “We are not only teach-ing future healthcare profession-als, but we’re also educating the community about what we do. If that can help with health mainte-nance and have a healthier com-munity around us, then we’re suc-ceeding.”

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David Sparks, Farragut’s assistant town engineer, loves running, especially on the town’s greenways.

He’s never run a marathon – never had a desire to – but he’s done a lot of 5ks and a few half-marathons. The Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon’s half marathon on March 30 will be special for him: He will run it with wife Kelly, and it will be his last.

“For both of us, it will be the last big race,” says Sparks. “I usually run faster than she does, but we’re going to run the half-marathon together. We’ll hold hands as we cross the 50-yard line (at Neyland Stadium).”

Sparks isn’t old, and he’s nowhere near retirement – he just joined the town staff in October. But he’s a busy man, and training for big races takes time he doesn’t have.

At work, the town constantly has construction projects under way.

“I spend a lot of time with contractors and citizen re-quests – and complaints – and preparing documents,” he says.

At home, just over the county line in Loudon County, he and Kelly are devoted gardeners, and there are always home-improvement projects that need his attention. He also coordinates a handyman ministry at his church, First Baptist Concord, for single-parent families.

He admits that there might be tasks that need to be done at home that he’s taken care of for other people fi rst. But he’s not the kind of handyman who will let his own house fall down around him.

“I’ve hired some people to do some things,” he says. “I’m one of those guys, if I’m going to do it, I’m going to do it quickly.”

Before signing on with the town, Sparks worked for the Tennessee Department of Transportation as a construc-tion engineer. Prior to that, he had a general contractor’s license and built houses for fi ve years.

He moved to the Knoxville area in 1997 to work for Pilot Corp. as a project manager, designing travel cen-ters and handling permits and construction approvals. He was with Pilot about three years, until the company downsized.

Sparks met his wife at church, and they have been mar-ried nearly four years. Between them, they have fi ve chil-dren, all of whom graduated from Farragut High School.

“They’re all in school or out on their own,” he says. “They’re not coming back. The back door is locked.”

Sparks himself was on his own from an early age. He lived in Pittsburgh until he was 15, when his family moved to Hickory, N.C. When his father lost his job, his parents moved to Arkansas, but Sparks stayed on to fi n-ish his senior year of high school, living with a neighbor.

He went to the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and majored in civil engineering. He was working for a civil engineering and design fi rm in Greensboro when Pi-lot offered him a job.

Sparks started raising chickens last year; he’s down to nine from his original 12, thanks to some hawks, he be-lieves.

He’s not trying to make money from the venture. He just wants fresh eggs.

He and Kelly, a teacher at Hardin Valley Academy, like to go hiking and camping in the area. Their dream is to camp at the Outer Banks.

Meanwhile, he really enjoys his job.“I feel like I’m making a contribution to the commu-

nity.”Sit back and have a Coffee Break as you get to know

David Sparks.

What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?“You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel

lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?” “Dirty Harry” (1971). I like Clint Eastwood.

What are you guilty of?Being impatient. Enough said.

What is your favorite material possession?My John Deere tractor. Just as much fun as a 5-year-

old boy on his toy tractor.

What are you reading currently?“A Look at Life From a Deer Stand” by Steve Chapman.

What was your most embarrassing moment? First time I drove my grandfather’s ’63 Chevy truck with

a standard transmission on the roads. I eventually would go the long way to get somewhere just to avoid any hills.

What are the top three things on your bucket list? Before I create another list, I must fi rst fi nish the

“Honey-do” list, for once see a complete “Grocery List” and eliminate the “To-Do” list.

What is one word others often use to describe you andwhy?

Good listener. OK, so that’s two words.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what wouldit be?

A full head of hair. As odd as it sounds, I’m tired of bumping my head.

What is your passion? It’s been said, ‘Your passion is what’s on your planner

and where you spend your time and money.’ It must be my faith, the outdoors and food!

With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have along lunch?

Jesus Christ, and then Abraham Lincoln for dinner.

Other than your parents, who has had the biggest infl u-ence on your life and why?

That’s a hard one for me, as there have been many. I would say my paternal grandparents.

I still can’t quite get the hang of … Why some people drive slow in the passing lane.

What is the best present you ever received in a box?Always the last one.

What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?“Take it one day at a time, and you will get there.”

What is your social media of choice? Face to face. I prefer not spending too much time on

Facebook, and I don’t tweet.

What is the worst job you have ever had?Mowing the neighbor’s property for $2. Not profi t-

able. My dad made me do it.

What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon andwhy?

Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote. Coyote thought he was clever in inventing the next best contraption to catching Roadrunner. I liked seeing what he would devise next.

What irritates you?People who are inconsiderate of others.

What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?Your favorite restaurant, then our greenways to walk

it off.

Shopper news • MARCH 17, 2014 • B-3

THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 23World premiere of “Tic Toc” by Gayle Greene,

presented by the Tennessee Stage Company, Theatre Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St. Performances: 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info: www.tennesseestagecompany.com.

THROUGH TUESDAY, APRIL 15Registration open for UT-led Wildfl ower

Pilgrimage to be held April 15-19. Tickets: $75 per person for two or more days; $50 for single-day tickets; $15 students with ID. To register: http://www.springwildfl owerpilgrimage.org. Info: 436-7318, ext. 222.

THROUGH SATURDAY, MAY 17Tickets on sale for Tennessee Theatre’s annual

“Stars on Stage” event. Kenny Rogers will headline the event, 8 p.m., Saturday, May 17. Proceeds will benefi t the Historic Tennessee Theatre Foundation.

TUESDAY, MARCH 18UT Hospice Adult Grief Support Group

meeting, 5-6:30 p.m., UT Hospice offi ce, 2270 Sutherland Ave. A light supper is served. Info/reserva-tion: Brenda Fletcher, 544-6277.

THURSDAY, MARCH 20Parent to Parent Support meeting for parents

of children with mental health diagnoses, 6-8 p.m., K-TOWN Youth Empowerment Network, 901 E. Summit Hill Drive. Info: Alicia, 474-6692 or [email protected].

FRIDAY, MARCH 21Dale Ann Bradley in concert, 8 p.m., Laurel

Theater, corner of 16th and Laurel Avenue. Tickets: $16, available at http://www.knoxtix.com, 523-7521 and at the door. Info: Brent Cantrell or Toby Koosman, 522-5851 or [email protected].

“Funding your Art: Finding Cash” workshop presented by the Arts & Culture Alliance, 5-6 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Presentation by R.L. Gibson is $3 for members, $5 for nonmembers. To reg-ister/info: http://www.knoxalliance.com/development.html or 523-7543.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22Sarah Morgan in concert, 8 p.m., Palace

Theater, 113 W. Broadway, Maryville. Tickets: $13 advance, $15 at the door. Tickets: 983-3330 or Murlin’s Music World, 429 W. Broadway, Maryville. Info: www.palacetheater.com.

The Captain W.Y.C. Hannum Chapter #1881, United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting, 10:30 a.m., Green Meadow Country Club in Alcoa. Busi-ness sesson, 11 a.m. followed by lunch. Guest speaker: Doris Campbell, “A Hard Life for the Wives and Mothers left Behind During the WBTS.” Visitors welcome. Reser-vations/info: Charlotte Miller, 448-6716.

World Storytelling Day, 2-4 p.m., Sweet Fanny Adams Theatre, 461 Parkway, Gatlinburg. Presented by Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association. Story theme: “Dragons and Monsters.” Tickets at the door: $7; Seniors, students, groups: $5. Proceeds go to SMSA. Info: 984-0246, [email protected]; or 429-1783, [email protected].

UT School of Music gala, 6 p.m., Cherokee Country Club, 138 Lyons View Pike. Includes silent and live auction. Open to the public, reservations required. Proceeds go toward UT School of Music scholarships. Info/reservations: 974-7547 or http://www.music.utk.edu/gala2014

Performance by Dance Company Ailey II, un-der the Artistic Direction of Troy Powell, 8 p.m., Clayton Center for the Arts, located on the Maryville College campus. Tickets: 981-8590 or www.clayton artscenter.com.

MONDAY, MARCH 24“Towards a Theory of Earliness” lecture by Eva

Franch i Gilabert, 5:30 p.m., UT Art and Architecture Building, 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Part of the UT Church Memorial Lecture Series. Free and open to the public.

Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, 7 p.m., the Bijou Theater. Sponsored by Blue Ridge Mountain Sports and benefi ts the Legacy Parks Founda-tion. Tickets: Blue Ridge Mountain Sports or Knoxbijou.com. Info: Jill Sawyer, 403-762-6475 or [email protected].; www.banffmountainfestivals.ca.

Tennessee Shines featuring Irene Kelley and Wordplay guest RB Morris, 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Info: www.WDVX.com.

TUESDAY, MARCH 25“A Celebration of New Spring Fashions” fashion

show and luncheon fundraiser to benefi t Historic Ramsey House, noon, Cherokee Country Club, 5138 Lyons View Pike. Shopping in the boutique with area vendors, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Cost for luncheon and fashion show: $50 per person. Reservations: by check payable and mailed to Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorngrove Pike, Knoxville TN 37914 by March 18. Info: 675-2008 or 546-0745.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26UT Film Series: “Manufactured Landscapes”

documentary, 8 p.m., McCarty Auditorium of the Art and Architecture Building, 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Free and open to the public. Info: http://utk.edu/go/hf.

Knoxville Writers’ Group meeting, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Naples Italian Restaurant, 5500 Kingston Pike. Guest speaker: John W. Lacey talking about his book, “Smokey Tails: Smokey and the Southeastern Jungle.” All-inclusive lunch: $12. RSVP by Monday, March 24, to 983-3740.

Open house at Pellissippi State Community College Division Street Campus, 5-7:30 p.m. Free and open to all prospective students and their families. Info: www.pstcc.edu or 694-6400.

Dinner and health seminar by vegan chef Melody Prettyman, 6 p.m., Grace Seventh-day Adventist Church, 9123 S. Northshore Drive. Free but donations accepted. Preregistration required by March 24. To

register: [email protected] or 637-8160. Info: www.knoxvilleinstep.com.

THURSDAY, MARCH 27Parent to Parent Support meeting for parents of

children with mental health diagnoses, 6-8 p.m., K-TOWN Youth Empowerment Network, 901 E. Summit Hill Drive. Info: Alicia, 474-6692 or [email protected].

Open house at Pellissippi State Community College Magnolia Avenue Campus, 4-7 p.m. Free and open to all prospective students and their families. Info: www.pstcc.edu or 694-6400.

The fi rst meeting of the National Stuttering Association Knoxville Chapter, 5:30 p.m., UT Hearing & Speech Center, 1600 Payton Manning Pass.

Kindergarten Konnection, 6:30 p.m., Freedom Christian Academy, 4615 Asheville Highway. An opportu-nity for prospective kindergarten families to meet teach-ers, see classrooms. Info: Kara Robertson, 525-7807.

FRIDAY, MARCH 28UT Science Forum speaker: Stan Wullschleger,

project director of Next-Generation Ecosystems Experi-ments – Arctic at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Topic: “Arctic Alaska: Wild, Wonderful and Warming,” noon, Room C-D of Thompson-Boling Arena. Free and open to the public. Info: http://scienceforum.utk.edu.

Opening reception for “Terra Madre: Women in Clay,” 5:30-9 p.m., The District Gallery, 5113 Kings-ton Pike. The show continues through April 18.

Meet & greet reception with appraiser Lark Ma-son, 6-8 p.m., McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Hosted by East Tennessee PBS. Tickets: $35 in advance, 595-0239. Info: www.EastTennesseePBS.org or 595-0220.

“Oak Ridge Has Talent” 7 p.m., The Historic Grove Theater in Oak Ridge. Featuring performances from community partners and other locals who want to support the Grove. Tickets: www.thegrovetheater.org or Seaira Stephenson, 481-6546 or [email protected].

SATURDAY, MARCH 29East Tennessee PBS Appraisal Fair, 9 a.m.-3

p.m., McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Cost: $10 per appraisal, payable at the door. No limits. No reservations required. Info: www.EastTennesseePBS.org or 595-0220.

“Irish Pub Quiz Night,” 7 p.m., The Grove Theater in Oak Ridge. Teams compete in trivia quizzes for unique prizes. Tickets: www.thegrovetheater.org or Se-aira Stephenson, 481-6546 or [email protected].

SUNDAY, MARCH 30“East Tennessee Civil War Era Attitudes to-

ward Slavery,” 2 p.m., UT McClung Museum audito-rium, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Part of the Museum’s Civil War Lecture Series. Lecture by Civil War curator Joan Markel. Free and open to the public.

MONDAY, MARCH 31The General Shale Lecture presented by Mack

Scogin and Merrill Elam, 5:30 p.m., UT Art and Archi-tecture Building, 1715 Volunteer Blvd. Part of the UT Church Memorial Lecture Series. Free and open to the public.

Tennessee Shines featuring The Steel Wheels and Wordplay guest Dawn Coppock, 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St. Broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.BrownPaperTickets.com. Info: www.WDVX.com.

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Special Notices 15 IF YOU USED THE

BLOOD THINNER PRADAXA and suf-fered internal bleeding, hemor-rhaging, required hospitalization or a loved one died while taking Pradaxa be-tween October 2010 and the Present. You may be entitled to compensation. Call Attorney Charles H. Johnson 1-800-535-5727

Adoption 21ADOPT: Active, loving woman wishes to complete her family through adoption. A lifetime of love, opportunity and learning awaits. Expenses paid. Call Diana 1-866-997-7676.

Homes 40CHEAP Houses For Sale

Up to 60% OFF 865-309-5222

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For Sale By Owner 40aHOLSTON HILLS, move in ready. 4/5 BR, 3.5 ba. Nicely updated, hdwd. 1 block to CC. Updated HVAC. Secluded, screen porch. Agents welcome. $278,500. 423-277-3235.

Cemetery Lots 492 BURIAL Lots Highland

Memorial South, Garden of Valor, $2000. 865-919-8673.

Greenwood Cemetery, 2 plots, sec. 11, lot 472,

graves 3 & 4, $4000, buyer pays for deed transfer. 586-296-6074

Real Estate Wanted 50WE BUY HOUSES

Any Reason, Any Condition 865-548-8267

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Real Estate Service 53Prevent Foreclosure

Free Help 865-365-8888

www.PreventForeclosureKnoxville.com

Comm. Prop. - Rent 66CA$H for your House! Cash Offer in 24 Hours

865-365-8888 HVBuysHouses.com

Apts - Unfurnished 712 BR, 1 1/2 BA, Bearden

HS district. Newly renovated 4-Plex. Newly painted and re-carpeted. No Smoking, No Pets. $650 mo. 865-414-1260

Apts - Furnished 72WALBROOK STUDIOS

251-3607 $140 weekly. Discount

avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic

Cable. No Lse.

Manf’d Homes - Rent 86

PRIV. ACRE, Very clean 2 BR, garden tub, deck, & more. $155 wk. 865-771-6799

Trucking Opportunities 106Drivers: $3,000.00

Orientation Comple-tion Bonus! $3,000.00 Driver Re-ferral Bonus! Make $63,000.00yr or more! CDL-A OTR Exp. Req. Call Now: 1-877-725-8241

Dogs 141Golden Doodle Puppies,

$750. 9 wks. Confi-dent, playful. S & W. Cathy 865-466-4380

***Web ID# 380369***

GREAT PYRENEES 7 mo old male,

$150. 865-466-1903

Dogs 141

PUPPY NURSERY Many different breeds

Maltese, Yorkies, Malti-Poos, Poodles,

Yorki-Poos, Shih-Poos, Shih Tzu, $175/up. shots

& wormed. We do layaways. Health guar. Div. of Animal Welfare

State of TN Dept. of Health.

Lic # COB0000000015. 423-566-3647

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Free Pets 145

ADOPT! Looking for an addi-tion to the family?

Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official shelter for

Knoxville & Knox County.

Call 215-6599 or visit

knoxpets.org

Farmer’s Market 15016' GOOSENECK CATTLE TRAILER,

$600. Call 865-567-3442

7 ANGUS HEIFERS, 2 yrs. old, examined safe in calf by vet. $2195 ea./b.o Sold as group. Can del. 865-335-9836 Greenback

LIKE NEW Kubota tractor w/box blade, $11,500. Call Walter,

865-988-7364.

NEW IDEA 325 Corn Picker w/shelling u nit,

$5900; John Deere 7200 4 row planter,

$6500; Westfield 8"x31' Transport auger $1100;

5 gravity wagons, diff. sizes & shapes.

865-922-6075

Lawn-Garden Equip. 19016 HP CRAFTSMEN

Lawn Tractor, $300 Cash only.

865-577-4399

GARDEN TILLER, Briggs 6.5 Pro Series used less than 1 hr. $200. 423-337-1689

KUBOTA GR 2100 2005, diesel, 21 HP, w/54" cut & AWD. Bought new & dealer serviced. 784 hrs. $4750 obo. Call 865-525-1864.

Misc. Items 203HILAND glass tube

patio heater, in box Christmas present, sell $250, cost $350. 865-233-2773

Household Furn. 204ANTIQUE ICE box-

$300, China Cab.- $400, heavy glass dinn. rm tbl., 4X7 - $350. By

appt. only. 865-680-6737

DINING ROOM table, 6 chairs, 65", ext. 100", $500 or b.o. 865-977-9277

DR set, glass tables, lamps, rug, TV

armoire, ottoman, art work. 865-332-9763

NEW QN. SIZE PIL-

LOW TOP, $225/

SET, OVERSTOCK.

865-805-3058.

SOFA/LOVESEAT, leather, burgundy,

$500. Call 865-986-3775

Tanning Beds 210Tanning Bed, like new,

deluxe model, 33"x88", Dr. Kern, 3 face lights, 32 bulbs, $2,000. 931-863-4336

Sporting Goods 223ALMOST NEW

Sears Treadmill, $200 Cash Only

865-577-4399

Boats Motors 23218' Pontoon fishing

boat 2005 w/trailer, 75 HP Yamaha 4-stroke, new trolling motor, complete enclosure incl. $7500. 865-660-3602

2009 G3 Suncatcher Pontoon, 50 HP Yamaha, fish ready, w/access. No trlr. Under cover slip at Willow Point Marina on Old Maryville Pike, Knoxv. $11,500. 865-216-7762

2010 TAHOE Q4 S/F 15 Hours! $18,750 See Boattrader.com for details. Superb

condition. 843-861-5716

BAYLINER 1999, 19 ft, 135 HP I/O, apprx 100 hr w/trlr. $5200. 865-408-0756

Boats Motors 232BASS BOAT, Ranger

2000, 175 Mercury, gar. kept, great cond. $12,400. 865-742-3815.

***Web ID# 380220***

HOUSEBOAT, 1979 Stardust, sleeps 6, 120 hookup, 85 HP O/B, Norris Lake. $9200. 865-414-1448

***Web ID# 378346***

MASTERCRAFT 190 PROSTAR 1993 25th anniv. White, blk, turq. Exc. cond. All new Mastercraft int. 440 hrs. $10,900/bo. 423-312-8256

RANGER 2002 16' Bass Boat w/ Trlr, 2002 Merc. mtr, 90 HP, 20 hrs. Loaded. Details. 865-679-0009

TRACKER 1990 17 ft BMT w/40 Evinrude, runs & handles great. $3400! 755-5878

Wanted to buy 16, 18 or 20' fishing pontoon boat w/50, 60 or 70 4 stroke mtr. 457-1782

WAR EAGLE BASS BOAT 19 ft, 150 HP Yamaha mtr, custom trlr, $18,900. Unit never been in water. 865-223-2366.

Campers 2351980 Holiday Rambler

32', full BA, new 18 gal. elec. water heater, new stove, lots of storage in kit., extra 100 lb propane tank, Jensen CD plyr, $3200. Nice. 865-865-206-9979

2012 KZ Travel Trailer, 28', priced to sell. www.rvregistry.com/ 1003270.htm or call 865-456-7770 for info.

***Web ID# 380484***

24' Alum. Lite 2004 TT, new tires, front queen bed, like new, $7900. 865-908-2689

CAMPERS WANTED WE BUY CAMPERS Travel Trailers, 5th

Wheels, PopUps & Motor Homes. WILL PAY CASH

423-504-8036

EVEREST BY KEYSTONE, 32' 5th

wheel, new roof & AC, 2 slide outs, exc. cond. $17,000, 865-457-4955.

Campers 235HOLIDAY RAMBLER

2005, 30' Savoy, $14,700. Very good cond. 865-203-0670.

INNSBRUCK 1989, 30', sleeps 6-8, cvrd. roof, screened in porch at Green Cove, Tellico

Plains, Lot 28, See Lela at Green Cove Motel

to view. Call 865-919-3327 - info. NEW & PRE-OWNED INVENTORY SALE

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Northgaterv.com or call 865-681-3030

Motorcycles 238BIG DOG Mystique

2004, 10th anniv. 107 cu. in, S&S Super Stock. Like new. 9000 mi. Yellow w/green flames, $10,900/obo. 423-312-8256

CAN-AM SPYDER ST 2013, less than 50 mi, lots of motorcycle clothes, $19,500 obo. $22,000 invested. 865-233-2545; 250-5531

CUSHMAN EAGLE 1958, 8 HP, restored 200 mi ago, 10" tires, elec. start, $8400. James 865-254-8231

HD 2005 Soft Tail delx, many extras, only 1500 mi, looks/runs like new. Details 679-0009

HD Heritage Soft tail 2005, 35,000 mi., lots of extras. $9,950. Call 865-908-8855.

HONDA, Shadow 1100 Sabre, 2004, 1 owner, always gargd., exc. cond.,

incl. a lot of gear. $3100. 323-2108

ATV’s 238aHONDA RANCHER

400 2005, AT, low mileage. $2800. Call 865-521-7836.

Autos Wanted 253A BETTER CASH

OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running

or not. 865-456-3500

Utility Trailers 255UTILITY TRAILERS

All Sizes Available 865-986-5626

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Vans 256Chrysl. Town & Country

LX 2006 97K mi, $6,200.

865-201-4561

FORD E250 1995 cargo, white, well cared for, no problems, $3800 obo. 865-660-4547; 329-3282

Trucks 257CHEVY SILVERADO

LS crew 2007, 65k mi, 20" whls, $15,500. 865-983-1309

***Web ID# 377018***

FORD RANGER 1994 XLT, 2.3 5 spd., air,

low mi., all orig, must see. $3650. 865-643-7103

4 Wheel Drive 258DODGE RAM 1500 SLT quad 1998, 4x4, 129K mi., V8, 5.9L mtr. Runs Great! $4,000. 865-673-4897

GMC SIERRA 1997, Ext Cab, V8, 350, 4x4, 190K mi, very good cond, $4,400. 423-585-9701

Jeep Wrangler 2002, blk, Sahara Ed. Spec. mod. for off rd. 49k mi. extras. Details 679-0009

Comm Trucks Buses 259Ford F700 Chip Truck

1983, complete & in working order, $2800 or make offer. 865-705-7077

Antiques Classics 260CLASSIC COLLECTOR

CARS. 2 1967 Olds 442's, 1 is a black

conv., 1 is blue. Both cars fully restored. Trophy winners!

Serious inquires only. 865-368-9411.

***Web ID# 380214***

FORD, MODEL A Coupe, 1928, all orig.

exc. cond. $13,500 Call 423-351-3100

Antiques Classics 260FORD SKYLINER

1957, hard top conv. 312 V8, AT, CC, PS, $42,000. James 865-254-8231

OLDS ROYALE 1980, 1 owner, 51k act mi, $1200. Phone 865-573-7588

Sport Utility 261FORD EXP. XLT

1996, 4 dr/4 WD/V-6, cold air, new batt. Xtras. 196k mi. $2400. 865-483-6166

***Web ID# 380358***

JEEP Grand Cherokee Lmtd 2005. 2nd ownr. 5.7 Hemi V8. 49K mi., $13,995. 865-382-0365. ***Web ID# 379806***

Imports 262BMW 2013 328i Hardtop conv.

Like new. 8K mi. $34,500. 423-295-5393

CHRYSLER SEBRING conv. 24K mi., like

new. $4500 firm. Call Walter 865-988-7364.

HONDA S2000 2004, 108K mi., silver, exc. cond., Reduced for

Spring $14,000. 660-8474

Sports 264MAZA RX 2005, blue,

92,700 mi, AT, paddle shifters, loaded, heated leather seats, warr. $9900. 865-922-8352; 804-9757

Domestic 265Buick 1996 Century

Custom, 62,137 mi, new tires, exc cond, 1 ownr, $4500. 865-524-1499

CHEVY CAVILER 2004, low miles,

great cond. $4800. Call 865-966-1260.

Flooring 330

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Flooring 330CERAMIC TILE in-

stallation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328

Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER

SERVICE. Will clean front & back $20 & up. Quality work, guaran-teed. Call 288-0556.

Lawn Care 339

PERKINS LANDSCAPE & LAWNCARE

Spring Specials! Res. Lawns $25. Brn hdwd mulch $30/yd

installed. Dyed mulch $45/yd installed. Brush removal/

cleanup. 865-250-9405

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