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Retiree works more with ESL

When Mary Beth Hooker cut back her working hours to part time a few years ago, she wasn’t trying to do less. Matter of fact, she wanted to do more.

The Farragut resident has achieved her goal. Now in addi-tion to being a nurse, she helps with an English as a Second Language (ESL) program, works with a mobile health care ministry and heads up a new refugee resettlement ministry.

➤ Read Carolyn Evans on page A-7

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By Betty BeanTwo weeks ago, Amber Roun-

tree, who served on a task force that studied disparities in aca-demic performances among Knox County students, told her school board colleagues there’s some-thing badly wrong with the state’s funding formula for education.

“You need to be talking to your state legislators about the fact that the BEP (Basic Education Plan) is broken, and our kids are not get-ting what they need,” said Roun-tree, who said that working on the task force taught her that most student disparities are caused by poverty, regardless of ethnicity or disability.

“We all have to come together as a community. We have to all reach out to come up with a solu-tion.”

When asked to elaborate, Roun-tree said Knox County Schools’ greatest need is for additional so-

Rountree Brooks

Rountree calls state funding formula ‘broken’

cial workers and guidance coun-selors. She said these positions have never been adequately fund-ed by the BEP, which was created by the Education Improvement Act of 1992 to settle a lawsuit fi led by a group of small school systems that challenged the way the state distributed money between urban and rural school districts.

The BEP was updated in 2007 (becoming BEP 2.0), but leaders of the state’s larger school systems complain that the state has sim-ply shifted the burden for paying

for education to urban districts like Knox County. Periodically, lawmakers consider bills requir-ing the state to fully fund the BEP, but those measures invariably get punted to a summer study com-mittee black hole.

Rountree said many of the “en-hancements” included in the BEP 2.0 reforms have never been fully funded – guidance counselors and social workers among them.

“Whatever money (Gov. Bill) Haslam put forth this past year hasn’t enhanced that area.”

She said Moreland Heights El-ementary School shares a social worker with Pleasant Ridge El-ementary.

“That’s one person trying to meet the needs of 800-plus stu-dents,” she said. “I don’t think there’s a perfect solution, but the way we’re doing it now is obviously not working. We’re at the bottom of the barrel with educational

funding, and I’m not sure how anyone in the state can rah-rah the virtues of the BEP.”

Rountree said she feels “a lack of connection with representa-tives at the state level – like when Bill Dunn was trying to push his voucher bill through, saying he had a letter from the school board, when in reality it was a letter from (board chair) Doug Harris. The majority of the board did not support Dunn’s bill. And the con-versations I’ve had with Harry (Brooks), I’m not sure he thinks the BEP needs to be fi xed.”

Brooks, who chairs the House Education Administration and Planning Committee and served on a task force convened by Gov. Bill Haslam to work on fi nding more money for education, said that state government has worked hard

To page A-3

By Carolyn EvansFrom his vantage point in the

tree, the regal peacock casts a sideways glance over his kingdom. The aqua and brown bird, sur-rounded by blooms and tendrils, is a work of art created by Farragut resident Linda Roy. “Charming Chintz” brought her $600, a spe-cial ribbon and Best of Show at the Smoky Mountain Quilters Guild Show last year.

The hand-appliqued and hand-quilted original design could have a partner in a matter of days. Roy is putting the fi nal stitches on an-other large quilt, “Aztec Sunset,” for this year’s 36th annual quilt show and competition presented by Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee.

There will be plenty of compe-tition, which is just what Roy and other guild members always hope. This year, 160 quilts and other special exhibits will be on dis-play at the show June 17-18 at the Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clin-ton Highway. Competitors will vie for $5,000 in awards in categories that include bed quilt, wall quilt, excellence in hand workmanship and innovative design.

Throughout the show, attend-ees may shop the more than 30 vendors, a small quilt sale benefi t-ing the guild’s charitable work and the SMQ Boutique, which offers a unique selection of handcrafted items. Scissor sharpening will also be offered.

One of Roy’s fellow quilters, Farragut resident Cathy Bingham,

By Wendy SmithAn interest in beer that began

with a beer-of-the-month club membership may result in Farra-gut’s fi rst craft brewery.

Farragut resident Steve Ded-man discussed the concept at the Municipal Planning Commission’s May meeting. New zoning would have to be created for a craft brew-ery, which differs from a restau-rant because the product is creat-ed and consumed on-site and also distributed off-site.

Dedman received a beer mem-bership from his wife, Jennifer, 10 years ago. After sampling craft

beers, he was frustrated that he couldn’t fi nd local brews. So he bought a kit and began brewing with friends in his garage.

The fi ve partners have spent years thinking about starting their own brewery, he says.

“Brewing is one of those things that you’re probably not going to go into it halfway.”

According to Dedman, there are currently 10 operating craft brew-eries in the city of Knoxville, and seven others will open in the next 24 months. There are two outside of city limits in North Knoxville. Smoky Mountain Brewery in Tur-

key Creek is within city limits, and because it serves food, it’s consid-ered a brewpub.

Craft breweries are one of 11 signs that a city will succeed, ac-cording to a March story in The Atlantic, he says.

Although Farragut Mayor Ralph McGill told Dedman at the MPC meeting that he was too early in his planning for a zoning change, the mayor and the Municipal Plan-ning Commissioners were gener-ally in favor of a craft brewery in Farragut, encouraging Dedman to continue investigating the con-cept. One point of contention may

be that Dedman and his partners don’t want to offer food service.

Brewing is a big enough task, he says, and the group would rather focus on distribution. But he’s optimistic that any issues can be resolved through dialogue with town staff and leaders.

The partners have looked at three potential sites, but Dedman isn’t convinced that they’ve seen their future brewery yet. It’s im-portant to them to stay in Farra-gut, though.

To page A-3

Farragut quilters put fi nal stitches on their creationsOff to the show!

has been working on “Primrose and Promises,” a large black, pink and green hand-pieced, hand-ap-pliqued, hand-quilted and hand-beaded quilt that boasts nearly 2,000 Swarovski crystal beads. Her work of art isn’t ready for this year but will be entered in next year’s show. “I learned to quilt from my grandmother, Leola El-dert,” says Bingham. “She quilted right up till she passed away at 96.”

Bingham made her fi rst quilt when she was in junior high. Roy, on the other hand, learned to quilt

as a young adult.“I moved to Arkansas with my

husband’s job transfer. I joined the Arkansas Quilters. I made my fi rst quilt with a pattern. The next quilt I designed myself and have been doing it ever since. We’ve lived in Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Mis-sissippi and here. The fi rst thing I did when we moved was fi nd a quilt guild – for the friendships and the sharing.”

The Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee meets on the fi rst Tuesday of each month at Mes-siah Lutheran Church, at the in-

tersection of Papermill Drive and Kingston Pike. Roy says the guild is open to everybody, and there are several bees around town that anybody can attend.

“We have all different levels,” she says.

“We have people who do house-hold items like placemats and table runners. Some people do quilted clothing, utility quilts and quilts that are wall hangings. We have a lot of talented quilters.”

To page A-3

Dedman wants to build town’s fi rst craft brewery

Farragut quilters Cathy Bingham and Linda Roy hold Roy’s “Charming Chintz” quilt that won Best of Show last year at the Smoky Mountain Quil-ters Guild Show. Photos by Carolyn Evans

PSCC grows foodPellissippi State has a his-

tory of launching sustainable and service-oriented gardens.

In partnership with other local organizations, the college opened the Pond Gap Elemen-tary School community garden in 2013 as part of the Service-Learning program.

➤ Learn more on page A-3

Take One ministryOf the thousands of men

and women who are released from Tennessee prisons each year, nearly half will fi nd themselves behind bars again within three years, state of-fi cials say.

But the new Take One program by the Tennessee Department of Correction aims to reduce that number by partnering with faith-based groups and non-profi ts to help those recently released from prison make their way back into society.

➤ Read J.J. Stambaugh on page A-7

Artist Mark Cline comes to town

Envision Art Gallery is pleased to introduce West Virginia artist Mark H. Cline to the Knoxville art scene.

Cline’s works will be dis-played June 10 through July 8 at Envision Art Gallery, 4050 Sutherland Avenue. This is his fi rst exhibit in the Knoxville area.

Meet the artist while enjoy-ing live music, wine, beer, punch and refreshments from 5-8 p.m. Friday, June 10.

➤ Learn more on page A-11

Read Jake Mabe’s take on County Clerk Foster Arnett’s latest move, in the Halls edition.

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FARRAGUT Shopper news • JUNE 8, 2016 • A-3 community

to get additional funding to local education agencies.

“In Tennessee, we have moved money away from other entities into educa-tion,” Brooks said. “That’s the priority of this governor.”

The Cost Differential Fac-tor (CDF) between urban and rural counties was one of the ways the task force routed additional funds for urban districts, Brooks said.

“We considered the cost of doing business in the community – what does a $40,000 salary buy in Knox County vs. in Hancock County?” It costs more to live in Knox County.”

Brooks said it is up to the local education agencies (LEAs) to decide how to al-locate the funds they receive.

Numbers provided by the school system indicate that the bulk of Knox County’s increased funding is com-ing from enhancements mandated by the new law, particularly in salaries and

medical insurance. Therewill be a $9.4 million in-crease for instructionalfunding and a $754,000 in-crease for technology.

The news isn’t totally rosyfor KCS, whose fi nance de-partment has asked the stateto review an $860,000 fund-ing cut because of a changein the way “at-risk” studentsare defi ned. The numberswill be fi nalized in July.

Knox County fi nance di-rector Chris Caldwell saidthe state provided an addi-tional $12 million to KnoxCounty this year, bringingthe state’s local contributionto nearly $195 million.

“A chunk of that would bebecause of the revised for-mula,” Caldwell said, cau-tioning that Knox Countystill kicks in more revenueto the state than it gets back.

“We’re always going to bea donor county. Sure, we’dlove to get more, but the BEPenhancement is defi nitely astep in the right direction.”

Rountree From page A-1By Sherri Gardner Howell

Many young adults who have fi nished their degrees joke about the lean days of college – counting dimes to buy a Krystal hamburger, eating nothing but Ramen noodles for a week – but as the demographics of college campuses have expanded, hunger among students has become a more serious is-sue.

Pellissippi State Com-munity College has started a new food pantry that will support college students who struggle with chronic hunger issues. To comple-ment that project, the col-lege now has a new campus garden.

Seventy-fi ve percent of the produce from the Har-din Valley Campus Garden will supplement the food distributed through the new Pellissippi Pantry, a partner with Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee.

The garden is also an outdoor education and com-munity service hub and will supply any leftover produce to the college cafeteria.

“What makes this project unique is not only the sus-tainability aspect, but the emphasis on providing for

students in need and edu-cating them about healthy food choices amid real con-cerns about poverty,” said Annie Gray, Service-Learn-ing coordinator and leader of this project.

The Pellissippi Pantry will be available on all fi ve Pellissippi State campuses in Knox and Blount coun-ties. It will offer qualifi ed students healthy packaged and fresh food, as well as nutrition education. It will launch for at-risk students this summer.

Research shows there’s a need for this type of out-reach. A 2015 study out of the University of Wisconsin has shown that, nationally, about 52 percent of commu-nity college students experi-ence ongoing food insecuri-ty, or the inability to readily access healthy or nutritious food. The magazine Atlantic has reported that 22 per-cent of community college students nationwide report-ed they’d gone hungry due to a lack of money.

Pellissippi Pantry will operate on a confi dential basis. Students will be iden-tifi ed to workers only by an ID and will be able to dis-creetly pick up food at a pre-

Lettuce from the Pellissippi State Community College campus

garden will help feed hungry students, thanks in part to the

eff orts of Annie Gray, program coordinator of Service-Learning

at the college. Photo submitted

specifi ed time and location.Pellissippi State has a

history of launching sus-tainable and service-orient-ed gardens. In partnership with other local organiza-tions, the college opened the Pond Gap Elementary School community garden in 2013 as part of the Ser-vice-Learning program.

That community garden has been a widely-regarded success in enhancing cur-riculum and after-school programs and providing healthy food for Pond Gap students and their families.

Info: Pellissippi State Foundation, 694-6528 or www.pstcc.edu/foundation

The show hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 17, and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 18. Tickets are $7 or $10 for

a two-day pass, and parkingis free.

Info: www.smokymtnquilters.com.

They may not have a storefront, but they have a name – Chisholm Tavern Brewing − and a Facebook page. They changed their original name, Friendship Brewing, after receiving a nasty message on their Facebook page from a San Diego brewery that sells a beer called Friendship Brew.

After Knoxville-based

Saw Works Brewery had to change its name because of a similar confl ict, the Far-ragut group opted to fi nd a new name. One partner suggested Chisholm Tavern, the name of Knoxville’s fi rst tavern, which opened in 1792. Located on the same block as the Blount Man-sion, the historic tavern was demolished in the 1960s.

The Chisholm Tavern

Brian Phillips, Troy Jensen, Justin Jones, Steve Dedman and J.L. Grillot hope to open Chisholm

Tavern Brewing in Farragut. Photo submitted

Off to the show! From page A-1

Farragut resident From page A-1 Brewing partners have al-ready made a splash in the brewing world. They’ve at-tended festivals for four or fi ve years and won several awards, Dedman says.

“It turns out we brew pretty good beer.”

Info: Sample Chisholm Tavern Brewing’s product at Knoxville Brewfest, 4-8 p.m. Saturday, June 18, on Depot Avenue near the His-toric Southern Railway Ter-minal.

COMMUNITY NOTES

■ Farragut Gun Club meets 6

p.m. each second Monday,

Rosarito’s Mexican Cantina,

210 Lovell Road. The public is

invited. Info: Liston Matthews,

316-6486.

■ Farragut Rotary Club meets

12:15 p.m. each Wednesday,

Fox Den Country Club, 12284

N. Fox Den Drive. Info: far-

ragutrotary.org.

Quilters Cathy Bingham, Linda Roy, Terry Passon and Pat Davis

work on projects in preparation for the Smoky Mountain Quil-

ters Guild Show.

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Marvin West

Now that Joshua Dobbs is back from his airplane analysis internship, we can resume the discussion of dual-threat quarterbacks.

Those who can compre-hend the awesome NFL numbers achieved by Peyton Manning can score debate points on the advantages of a pro-style quarterback.

In theory, the pro stands tall in the pocket, protected by great blocking boulders. He looks to see if receivers went where he told them to go. He identifi es the desig-nated one or the alternate most likely to succeed and delivers a dart.

This formula sounds good and often prevails, game after game, season af-ter season, for half a lifetime in Peyton’s case.

When coupled with great defense, it may win Super Bowls and lead to many lu-

Dual-threat quarterbacks change the game

crative endorsements of piz-zas and Buicks.

The dual-threat quar-terback changes the game, adds dimensions, the possi-bility of premeditated runs, guaranteed scrambles when the pocket collapses and blockers and rushers are falling over each other.

Immediate relocation improves the temporary chances of remaining up-right and may transform nothing into something. Crowds cheer.

There are potential com-plications. If the dual-threat quarterback is to throw, it is

often on the run. In theory, a moving thrower will miss a moving target more often than a pro-style quarter-back might.

There is another problem. Belligerent NFL lineback-ers, pugnacious corners and mean-spirited safeties will occasionally catch the pesky dual-threat quarterback as he zigs and zags. Their goal, at a minimum, is to discour-age him, thus reducing the yards they have to sprint and the sweat to be blotted from their brows.

Down deep, they would like to disable him, punish him for being such a brat. Sometimes, in their exu-berance, they send him to the hospital. Think RG3, formerly of the Washington Redskins.

College football is differ-ent. The pro-style quarter-back is less certain to domi-

nate. Flaws often pop up in the protection plan. What the dual-threat quarter-back adds to the game keeps defensive coordinators up late at night. Think Johnny Football – before he totally ran astray.

Remember Dewey War-ren? He was a classic pro-style quarterback. He stood his ground, defi ed the rush and completed a pleas-ing number of meaningful passes. He became a legend based on how long it took to successfully complete a one-yard run.

Remember Condredge Holloway? He was a terrifi c dual-threat quarterback. Ben Byrd dubbed him “The Artful Dodger.” Even when defenses hemmed him up, they could never be sure Condredge was offi cially hemmed up.

Condredge was more

than an escape artist. He was an effi cient passer. He set a school record for low interceptions-per-attempts. Only 12 of his 407 were picked off.

Jimmy Streater came along a little later. John Majors called him one of the best athletes he ever coached.

In a dramatic victory over Notre Dame, Jimmy displayed versatility with a 48-yard pass completion, a 51-yard scamper and a fi ve-yard touchdown on an op-tion keeper.

Heath Shuler was hard-nosed. He liked to run into and over opponents. Some-times he pulled the ball down and sped away when he might have been better off staying where he was.

Tee Martin once com-pleted 23 consecutive passes. He threw for 32

Te n ne s s e e touchdowns. He ran for 17. Tee, dual threat, was best known for guiding a national champion-ship sea-son.

Peyton is in the Vol re-cord book with 11,201 pass-ing yards and 89 touch-downs. Except for one stunning naked reverse, Peyton runs were usually desperation moves to save his life.

Dobbs can run well and throw some and think deep-ly.

That creates numerous exciting possibilities. Get-ting hurt would not be the best one. Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is westwest6@netzero.com

Ever been to Turkey Creek during the holiday season? Long traffi c queues, scarce parking slots, crowd-ed store aisles, slow check-outs. Kinda makes a root canal look attractive ... at least to us guys. Too much of a good thing.

Meanwhile, buyers in the east end of the county are left to wonder where are all those farsighted entrepre-neurs with pockets full of discretionary dollars wait-ing for a suitable outlet. No wonder the likes of Amazon are prospering.

It has been suggested that we need to plan an eastside economic summit. What’s that? It’s a gather-ing of the several business and professional organiza-tions and area neighbor-hood groups to help defi ne

NickDella Volpe

Let’s plan for an eastside economic summit

what is needed and would do well here. A catalogue of what the area has to offer. Finally, a joint meeting with businesses and developers to hone a game plan.

There are active BPAs in the north, east, East Towne and Fountain City areas. Also, a dozen or so estab-lished neighborhood groups that are the very bedrock of stability. It’s time to join forces and brainstorm our future, and to educate the greater business commu-nity to look beyond the

pre-conceived perceptions that are sometimes less-than-kind and mostly un-fair, and see what is truly an untapped and desirable market. The truth is there are great communities and great people who live out here. Despite the errant ac-tions of a few – of course, we have those – and the out-of -proportion news reporting sensationalism that unfairly tar its image, the sun has al-ways risen in the east. Time for a second look. We have a lot to offer.

Among our strengths are great neighborhoods with great people! And good roads. We are surrounded by rural towns and counties to the north and east that consider Knoxville their commercial center. They shop and dine here. It’s time

we focus on and advertise those eastside assets and opportunities to the sleep-ing business world.

Good things are already happening.

The Magnolia corridor is about to get a $4.7 mil-lion infrastructure facelift by the city. The Botanical Garden and Arboretum is expanding its already amaz-ing presence, as is the heav-ily-visited tourist attrac-tion called Zoo Knoxville, as well as the many events and shows at Chillhowee Park and the newly-restored Fountain City Lake.

The East Towne business district has a number of fi ne businesses with a regional draw and improving inter-state access. Look at the ex-pansions of Sam’s Club and Walmart, or the constant

foot traffi c at Hom e Depot, Lowe’s and Target.

Did I mention the boom-ing commercial tenants at Forks-of-the-River indus-trial park? Or the planned development at Midway Road and EastBridge?

As for residential neigh-borhoods, Fountain City is a bedrock community, as are Holston Hills, North Hills, Park Ridge and Park City, Alice Bell, Fourth and Gill, and Old North Knoxville to name a few. In older areas, historic homes have been coming back to life through the vision, investment and sweat equity poured in by young families moving back into the city. And, if you didn’t notice, northeast Knox County has been one of the fastest growing hous-ing markets for subdivision

development according tothe 2010 census.

So what’s not to like? Theopportunity is here. Readyto be tapped.

How to begin? With helpfrom the city, the Chamberand meeting facilitators,the BPAs and neighborhoodgroups should meet to refi netheir thoughts, wants andneeds in order to preparefor a fall economic summitor a gathering by any othername that will synthesizethe collective thoughts ofthe greater community intoa cohesive report. Businessleaders, entrepreneurs andplanners will be invited toshare their thoughts withthe group and help reach aconsensus vision and road-map for the future. Thinkpositive. The sky is the lim-it. So let’s get cracking!

Josh Dobbs

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Betty Bean

VictorAshe

= Neighborhood Engagement

= City Staff Work

Appendix F — Flow Chart / Neighborhood Traffic Safety Program

B Kick-Off Meeting Neighbors explain

traffic issues. Staff explains Traffic

Safety Program.

Further Study

Indicated?

E Evaluation Meeting

Neighbors detail traffic problems.

F Speed Data Collection & Evaluation

Data from hoses, collisions, KPD.

Qualifies for Engineering

on Point Scale

System?

A Neighborhood

Application Neighborhood

applies for Traffic Safety Study.

H Traffic Calming Feasibilty Study

More in-depth study and analysis.

J Concept Plan

Meeting City presents

plan for deploying

devices &/or route

modifications. Neighbors

provide feedback.

Threshold Met for

Enforcement &/or Further

Study?

yes

yes

yes

Priority Ranking Project Ranks High

or Low?

high

Project will be ranked again in next round.

C Alternate Solutions Staff may suggest

solutions outside the Traffic Safety Program.

D Neighborhood Petition

Impact area defined. Neighborhood gathers

signatures.

no

no

K Detailed Design

City prepares bid-ready detailed design of the

project.

ENFORCEMENT

ENGINEERING

L Bidding &

Construction Projects are bundled for lowest cost.

M Post-Construction

Evaluation

no

More than 50%

approve?

no

EDUCATION

G Speed Data Status

Meeting City shares data results

& analysis with the neighborhood.

yes yes

I Traffic Calming Status Meeting

City shares data results & analysis with the

neighborhood.

low

Tim Wright

School’s out for Evelyn Gill, so she’s taking off her special education teacher hat and getting into cam-paign mode. She’s excited.

“The fi rst district is the heartbeat of the city,” she said. “And I don’t think most people really realize that.”

Gill, a Mississippi native who has lived in Knoxville since 1994, has an impres-sive resume that includes a master’s degree from Rut-gers and extensive experi-ence in business, educ ation and volunteer work. She and her husband, Michael, a well-known music pro-moter and employee of the Knoxville Museum of Art, live in East Knoxville, in the heart of the district, which includes the precincts in Ft. Sanders, downtown, Parkridge and all the neigh-borhoods between Spring Hill and Lonsdale. The in-cumbent commissioner, Sam McKenzie – one of just two Democrats now serv-ing on that body, and the last two elected Democrats in Knox County – is leaving offi ce this year.

Gill has run twice before – in 1997, she came in last in the fi eld of primary can-didates for this same seat after the Black Wednesday debacle. In 2012, she ran a losing campaign against prohibitive favorite Becky Duncan Massey for the District 6 state Senate seat.

For the fi rst time in over 70 years, AAA in East Tennessee will be headed by someone not named Wright. Tim Wright, 69, retires on June 30, after 36 years leading AAA. He followed his father, Luke Wright, who started in 1940, left to serve in the Army Air Corps in World

War II, and returned in 1945 as general manager.

This year marked the 60th anniversary of the safety patrol trip

to Washington for fi fth graders. Recent years have seen some 1,900 students, 240 chaperones, 46 police offi cers, 12 medical folks and 43 motor coaches be part of the weekend trek from Knoxville to Wash-ington, D.C. Wright went on the second trip in 1957 and every one since 1976, including this year’s trip.

Wright is proud of those 60 years and AAA’s spon-sorship. During his tenure, 10 AAA offi ces across the state were opened. The headquarters on Fifth Av-enue in Knoxville was given a major renovation. AAA started an active advocacy program for issues at the state and federal levels, and grew it to the point that lawmakers listened.

Wright is proud to have assembled a team of over 50 who run AAA daily. He says technology and consolidation have been the largest changes, with AAA going from 600 clubs to 20 nationwide.

He recalls being in Bel-gium when the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center occurred. He took a train to London, got to JFK airport in New York and four days later got to Knoxville.

He met his wife of 46 years, Patsy, on a blind date in Chattanooga. In retirement, he plans to spend time with their three daughters and eight grandchildren, who live in Nashville and Roswell, Ga.

■ Marshall Stair wor-ried aloud at a City Council workshop about the loss of revenue from repeal of the state’s Hall income tax, which could cost Knoxville $7 million a year or more by 2022. It is a signifi cant hit on the city treasury. For the town of Farragut, it is much larger in terms of its percentage hit. The fi nal impact will come six years away when the repeal is set to become complete.

However, the Stair

Tim Wright retires from AAA

comment, along with his letter to the editor of the News Sentinel, revealed a concern which the mayor and no other council mem-ber has evidenced publicly prior to the bill becoming law. Council never adopted a resolution expressing opposition. Their concern is being voiced after the fact. The mayor did not raise the issue during her public breakfast with law-makers. She had raised it in private one-on-one meet-ings without effect.

It should cause the council to re-examine its lobbying contract with Tony Thompson (whom this writer hired some 20 years ago) to determine if they are getting the best work, or the council should at least increase its activity in Nashville. The council also needs written reports if they exist from Thompson on what is happening in the Legislature, as the mayor’s offi ce does not brief the council on legislative devel-opments with regularity.

Basically, council leaves it to the mayor to handle relations in Nashville. Council is not invited to the mayor’s annual legislative meeting, although it is now a public meeting due to ef-forts of Reps. Eddie Smith and Martin Daniel. Also, it does not help when the mayor openly campaigns against incumbent lawmak-ers and then expects them to work with her. She would be better off staying out of the local campaigns.

■ Knox County is in a better strategic position as Mayor Burchett has extensive legislative experi-ence and knows lawmakers across the state personally. That is not true for the city, with the exception of for-mer Vice Mayor Nick Pavlis, who works in Nashville and has strong legislative ties.

■ Freedom House celebrates 75 years of activ-ity this year as it works to highlight restrictions and bans on freedom of the press. Started in 1941, it has showcased censorship through the world. A major-ity of people on this planet live in countries without free media including China, Russia and Cuba. A founda-tion of a free and demo-cratic society is freedom to express one’s views, especially the media.

Evelyn Gill with her iconic Rosie the Riveter poster

Gill ramps up campaign in District 1

This summer, as the Demo-cratic nominee, she’s no longer the underdog, and she’s planning to stick with the Rosie the Riveter theme that she rode to victory in the primary.

On the surface, it looks like an easy road. No Re-publican has been elected to serve the fi rst district in modern times. In March, Gill’s general election op-ponent, Michael Coving-ton, got 927 votes running unopposed in the Republi-can primary. He has been campaigning for at least a year (although some of his appearances, like march-ing in parades in Farragut and Karns, have been head scratchers). Most notably, he’s been holding public meetings around the dis-trict.

Meanwhile, in the Demo-cratic primary, Gill defeated Rick Staples, whom many considered the favorite, by a 1704-1507 margin, which would appear to give her an insurmountable edge in the Aug. 4 general election

But there are some pos-sible clouds on the horizon, mainly the possibility of Staples mounting a write-in campaign. Staples said he

didn’t start the talk, but he isn’t discouraging the social media rumbles urging his supporters to write him in.

“I will have to pray,” he said. “This thing took me off guard. It took off and I found out about it on the back end. Evidently a large number of people were frus-trated with how this thing went down, and a number of people took it on themselves to do it on their own. I’m go-ing to think that over and get some good advice.”

“How this thing went down” is a reference to the voting patterns that emerged in the primary, with Gill, who has been an active supporter of Bernie Sanders, rolling up large margins in the majority-dominated wards where

Sanders prevailed – down-town, Ft. Sanders and Parkridge – while Staples won the traditional African-American neighborhoods that went for Clinton. Voter turnout was higher in the Sanders wards.

Staples doesn’t have much time to make up his mind. Election coordinator Cliff Rodgers said write-in candidates have until noon, June 15, to fi le a one-page declaration of intent to run. Rodgers said it would be good if Staples made up his mind sooner than later.

“We hope if anybody’s go-ing to do a write in, they’ll do it few days before the deadline because I have to come up with a master list of all possible misspellings, so the votes will count.”

Safety fi rst!

By Sandra ClarkGuess it depends upon

which side of the road you live.

Knox County Clerk Fos-ter Arnett has closed the longtime county satellite offi ce at Halls Center and reopened it across Hwy. 33 in the old Walmart space, now undergoing roadwork on two sides.

In a front page story by Jake Mabe (Halls edition), Arnett says he made the move for safety concerns, citing dampness and mold in the basement of the space at Halls Center.

Arnett previously moved the Knoxville Center mall offi ce and another at Cedar

County Clerk Foster Arnett

has moved the satellite of-

fi ce from Halls Center, at left.

This view from Halls Cen-

ter shows construction

on Hwy. 33. Accessing

the new offi ce requires a

left turn onto Norris Free-

way, ahead on left.

CorrectionThe chart at right, which

ran larger in last week’s paper,

was NOT drawn by Don Par-

nell. The chart, which shows

the path to obtaining neigh-

borhood traffi c calming, was

taken from the city’s website.

Parnell called at 7 a.m.

Wednesday to deny author-

ship; he called again at noon

to request a correction and

apology. And he asked the

money question: How could a

mistake like this happen?

Newspaper errors almost

always occur when the report-

er writes more than we know.

Parnell says he is retired

and hasn’t worked for a pub-

lic entity since the 1980s. The

friend who sent the chart

mentioned Don’s name in the

email, and I assumed Parnell

had drawn it.

I’m sorry for any damage to

Parnell’s reputation as a result

of this error. – S. Clark

Bluff. He’s also sued Knox County because of alleged mold in his offi ces at the City County Building.

As one senior offi cehold-er put it, “Ah, mold. It just follows Foster wherever he goes.” Perhaps it will follow him home. His term ends in 2018.

A-6 • JUNE 8, 2016 • FARRAGUT Shopper news

SENIOR NOTES ■ Frank R. Strang Senior

Center:

109 Lovell Heights Road670-6693knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include: card

games; exercise programs;

dance classes; watercolor

classes; Tai Chi; blood pres-

sure checks; Mahjong;

senior-friendly computer

classes. Private one-on-one

computer classes available;

cost: $10.

Register for: Veterans

Services Offi ce visit, 11

a.m. Thursday, June 9;

RSVP: 215-5645. “Grief,

Depression and Adjusting

to Life Changes” lecture,

noon Wednesday, June 8.

Senior Mini Expo, 11 a.m.-1

p.m. Wednesday, June 15.

Wellness Lunch and Learn:

“Understanding Diabetes,”

noon Wednesday, June 22;

RSVP to 541-4500.

■ Karns Senior Center8042 Oak Ridge Highway951-2653knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Off erings include: card

games; dance classes; exer-

cise programs; mahjong; art

classes; farkle dice games;

dominoes; a computer lab;

billiards room; outdoor grill

and kitchen area. Karns will

host the Karns and Strang

Center Art Exhibition, 6-8

p.m. Thursday, June 16; fea-

turing works of the centers’

painting classes.

Register for: Estate

Planning presentation, 2

p.m. Wednesday, June 8.

General Nutrition presenta-

tion, 11 a.m. Thursday,

June 9. Snack and Learn:

Cosmetic Dentistry and

Whitening, 2 p.m. Friday,

June 10. Musical perfor-

mance: The Grace Noters,

2:30 p.m. Wednesday, June

15. “Behavioral Expres-

sion in Dementia,” 2 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22.

By Sara BarrettSeniors from all over

Knox County mingled and munched during the fi rst Beyond Bingo held at Sher-rill Hills in West Knoxville.

Sponsored by the Shop-per News, Beyond Bingo featured a slew of vendors and speakers discussing everything seniors want to know about.

Fitness Together, Ten-nessee Orthopaedic Clinic,

Random Acts of Flowers and Placing Animals with Seniors (PAWS) were just a few of the booths available on “Main Street” at Sherrill Hills.

A bevy of gifts were of-fered to fi ll Shopper News tote bags, and door prizes were awarded to a lucky few who completed their Bingo cards by collecting stickers from each vendor.

A fabulous lunch of crois-

sant sandwiches, fresh fruit and delectable cookies was served by Sherrill Hills, and most attendees walked away with armfuls of good-ies including water bottles, note pads and coffee mugs.

Feedback from Beyond Bingo goers was positive, with requests for more speakers at the next event.

Maybe the next event should be called Bigger Be-yond Bingo.

Dee Ruediger straightens her shot to win a free Morgan Stan-

ley hat. She made the shot; she’s golfed since she was 14.

Click Funeral Home funeral director Ina Roberts talks to Bea and Tom Davis about

burial options. Tom won a gift card to Chop House awarded as a door prize.

Lois Emmons and Inez Ratcliff make their way to each vendor

to collect stickers for their Bingo cards. Photos by Sara Barrett

Knox PAWS coordinator Julia

Jackson brought PAWS mem-

ber B.J. to meet new friends.

FARRAGUT Shopper news • JUNE 8, 2016 • A-7 faith

By Carolyn EvansWhen Mary Beth Hooker

cut back her working hours to part time a few years ago, she wasn’t trying to do less. Matter of fact, she wanted to do more.

The Farragut resident has achieved her goal. Now in addition to being a nurse, she helps with an English as a Second Language (ESL) program, works with a mo-bile health care ministry and heads up a new refugee resettlement ministry.

Hooker and her hus-band, Dale, both Knoxville area natives, said they were called to missions years ago and went to Chile with their two daughters in 2000. Five years later, they came back for a yearlong stateside as-signment. With one daugh-ter about to go to college and parents with health issues, they decided the time wasn’t right to return.

“We both went back to our secular jobs,” says Mary Beth. “He’s a pharmacist, and I’m a nurse. About six

■ First Farragut UMC, 12733

Kingston Pike, 6-8:30 p.m.

June 13-16. Ages 3 through

fi fth grade. Theme: “Cave

Quest.” Info/registration:

www.ff umc.org under the

events tab.

■ Trinity Baptist Church,

7604 Blacks Ferry Road, 6-8

p.m. June 13-17. Ages 5 to 15.

Theme: “Deep Sea Discovery.”

FAITH NOTES ■ Westside Unitarian Univer-

salist Church, 616 Fretz Road,

holds meditation services

6:30 p.m. each second and

fourth Wednesday. Includes

quiet refl ection, simple music

and readings.

VBS NOTES

Mary Beth Hooker works the

sign-in table at the new inter-

national mobile health clinic.

Farragut resident fi nds plenty of mission work at home

years ago, God was stirring in me the desire to work with internationals. I felt he was calling me to the mission fi eld again. When I went to missions confer-ences at our church, I would leave extremely emotional.”

The couple was teaching in the youth department at First Baptist Concord at the time. Mary Beth saw a request in the church’s mis-sions newsletter for some-

one to help with childcare at the ESL program at Central Baptist Bearden.

“Because I was working part time for the fi rst time, I was able to do that.” Two years later, things have gone so well that two more class sites are in the works: one in West Hills and one in Lenoir City.

Hooker didn’t stop with ESL. She discovered the huge need for health care among local internationals.

“God directed me to Wallace Mobile Healthcare (named after a Knoxville surgeon who went to China as a missionary). They had already been working with the underserved popula-tion, but in March we added an international emphasis.”

Fifty-four patients showed up for the fi rst mo-bile clinic that offered medi-cal care for chronic condi-tions, dental extractions, lab work, medications and reading glasses. In April, 82 came.

“Our next clinic is June

25,” Hooker says. She invites other health care workers to get on board. “They can get in touch with me, and I’ll get them plugged in.”

Through her association with these ministries, a third volunteer opportunity was born. She’s now leading a team at First Baptist Con-cord to start resettling refu-gees and hopes to work with its fi rst family in the next six months.

“One family doesn’t sound like a lot,” she says, “but it’s a very intense pro-cess.” The program teaches refugees practical things from shopping at Wal-Mart to getting a Social Security card.

“I feel like God is using me more than ever before,” Hooker says. “When I look back, I think going to the mission fi eld prepared me for what I’m doing now. I’m having a blast! I’m using my God-given abilities as a nurse to help people, and to see how God has led me to this point has been amazing.”

By J.J. StambaughOf the thousands of men

and women who are re-leased from Tennessee pris-ons each year, nearly half will fi nd themselves behind bars again within three years, state offi cials say.

But the new Take One program by the Tennessee Department of Correction is aiming to reduce that number by partnering with faith-based groups and non-profi ts to help those recently released from prison make their way back into society.

The congregation of St. James Episcopal Church is one of 10 East Tennessee groups to participate.

William Morris, 34, of Jefferson City, spent most of his youth in foster homes be-fore he was turned loose as an adult at age 18. He began working construction, but it didn’t take long for him to develop a serious prob-lem with alcohol. Over the years he committed a series of crimes, usually fueled by drinking, and eventually was branded as a felon and Habitual Motor Vehicle Of-fender by the courts.

Church off ers parolee support, guidanceThis triggered an eight-

year prison term and even-tually led him to meet St. James Rector the Rev. John Mark Wiggers and his wife, Liz Wiggers, when he vol-unteered for the Take One program.

“The concept is you have about 8,000 persons being released each year,” John Mark Wiggers said. “With about 8,000 churches and non-profi ts in Tennessee, we could help mentor folks and help them re-enter society.”

Released about six months ago, Morris says the presence of a church family has kept him from falling into bad habits.

Despite having paid off a chunk of his fees and court costs while doing prison work for 17 cents an hour, Morris has trouble fi nding full-time work that pays a living wage. His biggest ob-stacle is paying the rest of the money he owes, so he can

regain a driver’s license. The lack of a car can prevent even the most skilled construc-tion workers from higher-paying work, said Liz.

“This is not and never will be a court-ordered pro-gram,” Liz said. “It’s not like we’re giving him a place to live or a job. We’re listening to his joys and his struggles, and trying to keep pointing him in the right direction.”

A couple of days after this interview, a defense at-torney volunteered to repre-sent Morris free of charge, which means he soon may regain driving privileges.

“I think people need to take the time to learn what people who’ve been locked up really need,” Morris said. “To have someone who has been with you through part of (your incarceration), who has written to you and vis-ited you, it truly means a lot.

“Once I was released, (John Mark and Liz) took

me into their house and showed me what ‘normal’ is. I had never experienced a real holiday until I went to their house on Thanksgiv-ing and Christmas.”

John Mark hopes that more groups join the Take One program. “This has made me aware that we need to do better as a society at helping people re-enter their communities. Are we going to stand back, or are we going to help people be-come productive citizens?”

cross currentsLynn Pittslpitts48@yahoo.com

Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner. … So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with fl esh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and fl esh of my fl esh.

(Genesis 2:18, 21-23a NRSV)

We need each other

I am reading a book about the War of the Roses in medieval England, and am about to embark on an-other one. Those were perilous times for everyone in the country: men were subject to conscription by their lords, women were largely subject to their husbands, and children were subject to their parents, but also to diseases and early death.

We tend to think of that period as one of chivalry and honor, a glamorous, romantic period. It was, in some ways, depending on one’s status.

However, as I read, I found myself considering the lack of toothbrushes and toothpaste, antibiotics, and Kleenex, for heaven’s sake! (It spurred me to plan a “goodie box” to send to someone, anyone – near or far – who doesn’t have such amenities.)

I also considered the way we take such things for granted, ignoring the needs of others. I thought about how we categorize people, based solely on where they live, how much money they have (or don’t have) – without giving a thought to what they might need.

The truth is, sometimes the best gift we can give someone is recognizing them as a fellow human being, who has feelings, aspirations and dreams!

Info: trinitychurchkarns.org.

A-8 • JUNE 8, 2016 • Shopper news

Story So Far: As the special soccer team continues to loose, the school community refuses to accept defeat. More and more pressure to win is applied.

The game against Pennington Prep was interesting. Crisp, bright weather. It almost made me want to be there. Sure enough, there was a bunch of people who came to watch. Some parents. Ms. Appleton brought our whole class. Mr. Sullivan was there. So was Mr. Tillman. I think he was wearing new beads for the occasion.

After we pretended to get ready, Mr. Lester got us over by a corner and gave us a talk.

“Gentlemen, Pennington isn’t such a great team. They’ve won a few and lost a few. More like you guys.”

“We didn’t win any,” Porter reminded

him.Mr. Lester looked toward the sidelines.

“Today you will,” he said.“How do you know?” asked Barish.“I feel it.”“Where?” Dorman wondered.“And what about tomorrow?” Lifsom

wanted to know.“Gentlemen,” said Mr. Lester, “we can

turn the season around if you really desire it. Why not win for those nice people who have come to cheer?”

“Let them do it for themselves,” said Saltz.

“Now,” concluded Mr. Lester, “come out fi ghting and keep on fi ghting.” He made a pathetic fi st.

Right from the start, we tried. Really. We got together in a circle, touched hands and

started to roar, except just when we began, Eliscue sneezed. So instead of screaming “Fight!” what came out was “Fi . . .” Sneeze! “God bless you.” “God bless you.” “Thanks.”

Not what I’d call a mean team.

As for the game, well . . . there were one or two things. The big moment was when we scored a goal. Really. It was the only score (for our side) so far that season.

I’d like to tell you that Porter brought it smart-ly down the right line, snapped a crisp line shot to Lifsom, who brilliantly passed cross-fi eld to Hays, who smashed it by the helpless, confused goalie . . . except it didn’t happen that way.

As much as I saw it, the goal came about when Lifsom was trying to get the ball out of our territory. That time he actually got his foot on it. The ball even started to go in the right direction. A major improvement.

Then one of their guys intercepted, drop-ping the ball along his body. He began run-ning it back. Our side moved into our auto-matic full retreat.

Somehow, their guy tripped. The ball got away. Dorman realized that the ball was free. He got it moving deep into their turf. I could see how excited he was by the notion that he was actually on the move with not much between him and their goal except their goalie, because of what he did.

What he did was stop and watch.Fenwick came up and — not wanting to

waste a shot because we didn’t get too many — stole the ball from Dorman (who might have fallen asleep for all he moved) and gave a boot. In fact, Fenwick only topped the ball. The ball squirted forward. As for Fenwick, he had kicked so hard and up, he fell down.

What happened next? Their goalie cracked up, laughed so much that he let that little dribbler of a ball keep coming. Meanwhile, Radosh came up from the left and gave the ball a thump, again, right at their goalkeeper.

Their goalie punched it right back. The ball bonked Hays on the head and bounced into their goal.

Mind, I did not say Hays headed the ball in. I said the ball hit him on the head and bounced back. Into the goal. In fact, Hays was so dizzy from the shot that he was ac-tually walking around in circles for a few minutes.

It fi gured: we fi nally score a goal and the guy who scored it never knew what hap-pened.

From the reaction of the people on the sidelines — our people — you would have thought we had just won the Super Bowl and World Series. They went wild.

Actually, I was much more interested in the way Hays was wobbling, like a crazy duck. That was interesting.

As for the other high point, it involved me. It wasn’t so complicated, but since it was me, I had the best view, sort of.

It came about because during the third period my shoe became untied. Normally, I’d wait for a lull in the action to retie it. However, there never were lulls, so as time

went on I was sure my shoe was going to fall off. I had to do something. I bent over to tie it. The shoelace broke. That meant more work. And concentration.

Next moment there was this terrible thud against my back-side. It sent me headfi rst into the net one way, and the ball another way, also into the net.

Buddy Saltz helped me un-tangle myself from the net. “It’s probably not a bad idea to face the fi eld,” he sug-gested.

“Do you want to play goal?” I snapped.

“Not tall enough,” he reminded me.Final score: 18–1.In the locker room, there were some

guys from our other teams. Of course, they had to know what happened to us. We told them.

At fi rst, there were the usual jokes, and then this guy, Roberts, who was captain of the eighth-grade fi rst-string team, stood on a bench and yelled for quiet.

“Look here,” he said, looking right at us. As usual, we were bunched together for self-protection. “The joke’s over,” shouted Rob-erts. “When are you jerks going to get your act together? You’re making us look stupid!”

Fortunately, Mr. Lester came in just then. There might have been a riot. Anyway, Mr. Lester shooed us over into a corner to give us some kindly pointers. Not that anyone listened. It had gotten too frustrating.

Then Mr. Tillman burst in. “Listen up, you guys,” he said to us. We gave him our attention. He would have taken it anyway. There was an angry glint in his eyes that suggested trouble.

“I think I’ve learned my lesson,” he said. “I admit it. I tried to sweet-talk you guys into feeling better about yourselves. That was wrong. What you need to be told is how rotten you looked out there today. I’ve never seen worse. Not around this school. And you need to hear something else. I’ve checked. In the entire history of South Orange River Middle School sports, no team, I repeat, no team, has ever lost all its games.” He paused for effect. “Do you guys want to go down in history as the worst team? Do you?”

There was absolute, stunned silence.“Do you?” He insisted on an answer.“Odds are that we can,” said Fenwick.Mr. Tillman turned savagely. “That’s

a defeatist attitude, Fenwick. Can it!” He stalked out.

Mr. Lester looked embarrassed. “I know you try,” he said softly. “I appreciate that. I just think it would be good to win one game. We play Parkville next. Last game. You should know something. Parkville hasn’t won a game all season either.”

With those words of encouragement, he left us.

“My gosh,” said Barish, “another team as bad as us.”

“Awesome,” said Dorman.“We’ll be playing for ‘Worst in the Uni-

verse,’” said Radosh.There was almost, not quite, a thrill of

excitement.(To be continued.)

Text copyright © 2012 Avi. Illustrations copyright © 2012 Timothy Bush. Reprinted by permission of Breakfast Serials, Inc., www.breakfastserials.com. No part of this publication may be

reproduced, displayed, used or distributed without the express written permission of the copyright holder.

CHAPTER TEN: Are we the worst team ever?

“a breakfast serials story”S.O.R. Losers Written by Avi and Illustrated by Timothy Bush

Pellissippi State studentsplace fi rst in math competition

Pellissippi State Community College placed fi rst in this year’s statewide Student Mathematics

League competition. The event has two rounds with fi ve winners each, and those students’

scores constituted the college’s fi nal standings. Among the 11 top fi nishers are Joey Allston,

Michaela Shoff ner; (back) Trent Walker, Brendan Sweet and Michael Bryant. Photo submitted

SUMMER CAMPSAdditional listings and information at

ShopperNewsNow.com.

Week of June 12 ■ All American Camp, 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-

Thursday, June 13-16, Angela Floyd Schools,

10845 Kingston Pike. Ages 6 and up. Cost: $125.

Info/registration: angelafl oydschools.com.

■ Concord Park golf camp, 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday-

Thursday, June 14-16, Concord Park, 10909 S.

Northshore Drive. Ages 9-17. Cost: $100. Info/

registration: 966-9103.

■ Guest Artist Intensives Session 1, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday-Friday, June 13-17, Studio Arts for Danc-

ers, 1234 Rocky Hill Road. Cost: $250. Info/regis-

tration: StudioArtsForDancers.net or 539-2475.

■ Jurassic Kids Camp, 9-11 a.m. June 14-15,

McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive. Ages

2-3 with caregiver. Cost: $25, caregiver free/$20

members. Info/registration: mcclungmuseum.

utk.edu or 974-2144.

■ Justice League camp at Ijams, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Monday-Friday, June 13-17, Ijams Nature Center,

2915 Island Home Ave. Ages 5-8. Cost: $225

members/$250 nonmembers. Info/registration:

Lauren, 577-4717, ext. 135.

■ Mini-Intensive for Young Dancers, 9 a.m.-2

p.m. Monday-Friday, June 13-17, Studio Arts for

Dancers, 1234 Rocky Hill Road. Ages 10-14. Cost:

$200. Ballet experience necessary. Info/registra-

tion: StudioArtsForDancers.net or 539-2475.

■ Phillip Fulmer Hall of Fame Camp, 9 a.m.-4

p.m. Thursday-Saturday, June 16-18, Rocky Top

Sports World, 1870 Sports World Blvd., Gatlin-

burg. Ages 7-17. Cost: full camp, $225; partial

camp, $90 per day. Info/registration: RockyTop

SportsWorld.com or 325-0044.

■ Princess Camp, 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday,

June 13-16, Angela Floyd Schools, 6732 Jubilee

Center Way. Ages 2-5. Cost: $125. Info/registra-

tion: angelafl oydschools.com.

■ TN Adventures camp at Ijams Nature Center,

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, June 13-17,

2915 Island Home Ave. Ages 9-14. Cost: $225

members/$250 nonmembers. Info/registration:

Lauren, 577-4717, ext. 135.

Week of June 19 ■ Concord Park golf camp, 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday-

Thursday, June 21-23, Concord Park, 10909 S.

Northshore Drive. Ages 9-17. Cost: $100. Info/

registration: 966-9103.

■ Cooking up Science, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday,

June 20-24, The Muse Knoxville, 516 N. Beaman

St. Ages 7-8. Cost: $85/$75 members. Info/

registration: themuseknoxville.org/content/

summer-camps-2016 or 594-1494.

■ Dig It! Fun with Fossils, 1-4 p.m. Monday-Friday,

June 20-24, McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park

Drive. For ages 9-11 (rising fourth, fi fth and sixth

graders). Cost: $110/$99 members. Info/registra-

tion: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144.

■ Explorer camp at Ijams, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-

Friday, June 20-24, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island

Home Ave. Ages 9-14. Cost: $245 members/$270

nonmembers; includes a full day off -site trip. Info/

registration: Lauren, 577-4717, ext. 135.

■ Guest Artist Intensives Session 2, 9 a.m.-5

p.m., Studio Arts for Dancers, 1234 Rocky Hill

Road. Monday-Friday, June 20-24. Cost: $250.

Info/registration: StudioArtsForDancers.net or

539-2475.

■ Junior Golf Summer Camp, Tuesday-Thursday,

June 21-23, Ruggles Ferry Golf Club, 8530 N.

Ruggles Ferry Pike. Ages 5-10. Cost: $140. Info/

registration: davidreedgolf.com or 258-4972.

■ Little Masters Camp, 9-11 a.m. Tuesday-Thursday,

June 21-23, McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park

Drive. Ages 4-5. Cost: $35/$30 members. Info/reg-

istration: mcclungmuseum.utk.edu or 974-2144.

■ Mega Sports Camp, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Monday-

Friday, June 20-24, Central Baptist Bearden,

6300 Deane Hill Drive. Ages: rising fi rst through

rising sixth graders. Cost: $25. Info/registration:

cbcbearden.org or 588-0586.

■ PBS Friends Camp, 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thurs-

day, June 20-23, Angela Floyd Schools, 6732

Jubilee Center Way. Ages 2-5. Cost: $125. Info/

registration: angelafl oydschools.com.

■ Princess Camp, 9-11:30 a.m. Monday-Thursday,

June 20-23, Angela Floyd Schools, 10845 Kings-

ton Pike. Ages 2-5. Cost: $125. Info/registration:

angelafl oydschools.com.

Shopper news • JUNE 8, 2016 • A-9 kids

Campers age 5 and up learned all about grooming equines, saddling up and riding into the ring. No ex-perience was necessary to participate, with campers grouped together based on skill level.

Camp operator Jenni-fer Cole Carr has directed

equestr ian s u m m e r camps since 2003, and at Topline for the last three years.

There are riding and non-mount-ed activities

for all campers, and Cole Carr says participants learn about safety around horses, horse care, anatomy, colors and marking, equine diet and riding equipment.

“Horses are amazing,

Cole Carr

This camp is for the horses … and kidsTopline Equestrian, lo-

cated at 14501 South North-shore Drive, welcomed a gaggle of elementary school campers during its All about Ponies camp May 23.

Sara Barrett

kind creatures and are fan-tastic for children,” say Cole Carr.

“They teach balance, in-dependence, critical think-ing, confi dence and com-passion. Many children will never have the opportunity to own their own horse or even participate in a year-round lesson schedule that gives them the opportuni-ties to gain all these skills.

“We began hosting camps so that they could grow familiar with horses in a safe and fun environ-ment and yield all the ben-efi ts possible in a short time frame. Some of these camp-ers go on to participate in our lesson program and ride year-round, and many of them just come back year after year for camp to have a great time and grow their skills.”

After using a curry brush, applying fl y spray and cleaning hooves for their four-legged partners, campers applied sunscreen, donned helmets and headed to the fi eld.

Campers played games under the shade trees out-side the riding area while waiting for their turn in the saddle.

Additional camps will be held June 13-17 and July 6-8. Info: www.toplineeq.com.

Conta Cawdill and her horse are led by Bailey Lones. Photos byS. Barrett

Ashley Hudson helps camper Malia Mullins clean the hoof of

a horse.

Campers Emmett O’Meara, Malia Mullins and Emma Kate Prib-

an wait their turn to ride.

Bailey Lones lets

Tex the horse

sniff her bracelet

while campers

Kinley Shoemake,

Abby Arritt and

Eli Smith watch in

amazement.

Early bird sale for Fair ticketsConcert and discounted admission tickets

for the 97th annual Tennessee Valley Fair are on sale for a limited time. Guests can save an average of 20 percent by purchasing tickets early.

Specials include: Adult admission, $8 (regu-larly $10); child admission, $6 (regularly $7); family fun pack, $28 (regularly $39), includes two adult admissions, two child admissions and a parking pass; fair fun pack, $32 (regu-

larly $47), includes four adult admissions and a parking pass.

Other specials include: a 3-day pass, $20 (regularly $30); all-you-can-ride wristbands, $14 (regularly $22), for opening day, Sept. 9, only; wristbands, $16 (regularly $20), Mon-day-Thursday; or $21 (regularly $25), weekend special.

Buy a reserved seat to any headline concert at Homer Hamilton Theatre before Sept. 8, and receive a fair admission for $5. Info: tnvalleyfair.or g or 865-215-1482

A-10 • JUNE 8, 2016 • Shopper news

By Sherry WittActivity in the local real

estate mar-ket contin-ued its up-ward trend last month, as 1,212 proper t ies were trans-ferred in Knox Coun-ty during

the period ending on Tues-day, May 31. That fi gure represented an increase of nearly 200 sales over last May’s total, and surpassed this April’s activity by 99.

The aggregate value of property transferred also continued to rise, climb-ing to $268 million in May after an April total of $242 million. It was the largest May output since 2007, and bested May 2016 by about $50 million.

Mortgage lending re-mained steady in May as around $344 million was borrowed against real es-tate in Knox County, com-pared to approximately

$347 million during April. Last spring lending levels were rather high, with $372 million borrowed through mortgages and refi nancing.

There were two par-ticularly large commercial transfers recorded in Knox County in May. One was the sale of multiple parcels in the development known as The Marketplace, located on Kingston Pike. The total sale price listed for this transac-tion was $7,394,625. The other involved multiple lots in The Village at Hardin Val-ley, which were sold for $7.3 million. The largest mortgage recorded in May was a loan in the amount of $20,612,500, fi nancing the Woodlands West residential complex off Walker Springs Rd.

As we near the halfway point of 2016, this year con-tinues to be ahead of the 2015 pace in virtually every recording category. Prop-erty sales are outrunning 2015 activity by around $130 million, and mortgage lending is about $30 million above last year’s levels.

the rotary guyTom Kingtking535@gmail.com

Last week The Rotary Guy told you about the Rota-ry Club of Knoxville honoring its two 2016 Teachers of

the Year. This week we’ll tell you about a hard-working and talented student who will join the University of Tennes-see’s Pride of the Southland Marching Band in the fall – Kaleb Emmert.

Kaleb recently graduated from West High School and a few days ago the Rotary Club of Bearden hon-ored him with its Bob Ely-Art Pickle $2,500 scholarship. Ely and Pickle were both District 6780 Governors

and members of Bearden Rotary.Janice Mitchell, chair of the club’s Youth Services/

Development Committee, tells us the selection criteria is simple. “A student, male or female, who represents need and aptitude and is a good student academically.”

Janet says she was “blown away” by Kaleb’s accom-plishments. “He will be majoring in music education and wants to be a band director,” she said. “His major instrument is the clarinet and a whole list of others. In person, he is about 6-5 and a natty dresser. His band director at West High School (Jeremy Lumpkin) was his mentor and inspiration and Kaleb gives high praise to his mother (Amy Zarychta) for giving him great character traits.”

“My mom is my role model … she puts everything she has into whatever she’s doing and I try to do the same,” he said.

Kaleb also plays the cello, double bass, marimba and vibraphone. His goal is to become a high school band director and then move into the same job at the university level.

“I got interested in music in the seventh grade and taught myself to play the double bass, and I also taught myself to read music that year,” he says. “I’m good at memorizing and I learned to read music in about two weeks.” His mom says he’s also into writing music now.

He says he enjoys volunteer work and volunteer s at Ijams Nature Center and at UT as well.

Bearden Rotary presents

Ely-Pickle scholarship

Kaleb Emmert

BIZ NOTES ■ N. Jean Wilson, FNP, has

joined Summit Medical Group at Farragut as a family nurse practitioner. Wilson graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a master’s degree in nursing in 1981 and earned her MBA from Meredith College in Ra-leigh in 1988. A longtime fam-ily nurse practitioner, she and her husband, Gene, have lived in the Farragut community for 29 years. Info: 865-966-3940.

■ Aram Demirjian has been hired as music director for the Knoxville Symphony Orches-tra after a year-long search and vetting process. Demir-jian (Duh-MER-jun) was most recently associate conductor of the Kansas City Symphony. He has done extensive guest conducting and previously served on the faculty of the New England Conservatory Preparatory School.

■ Elizabeth Hall, Registered Dietitian with Food City, re-ceived one of six Supermarket Dietitian of the Year awards at the recent convention of Produce for Better Health Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona. Candidates were selected from hundreds of nominations. The award rec-ognizes achievement in pro-moting fruits and vegetables through store programming and signage, social media and more.

■ Lori Hamilton received a Retail Champion award, at the recent Produce for Better Health Foundation conven-tion in Scottsdale. Hamilton, Food City’s director of healthy initiatives, accepted the award on behalf of the com-pany. “We strive to promote fresh, frozen and canned fruits and vegetables,” she said, “as all are great sources to incorporate into our diet.”

Lending holds steady as real estate sales rise

Sherry Witt

News from Offi ce of Register of Deeds

Shopper news • JUNE 8, 2016 • A-11 business

Networking at BeltoneBeltone Hearing Care Center staff members Nataly Cao, Michael Murphy, Tabbatha Lowery and

Jean McAllister are hosting nearly 75 Knoxville business professionals at the weekly Farragut

West Knox Chamber networking social held at the Beltone Hearing Care Center, 12744 Kingston

Pike. Photo by Nancy Anderson

FARRAGUT CHAMBER EVENTS ■ Thursday, June 9, 8-9:30 a.m., networking: AT&T-Turkey Creek, 11555 Parkside Drive.

■ Tuesday, June 14, 11 a.m.-noon, ribbon cutting: Snooty Patootie, 11110 Kingston Pike.

■ Thursday, June 16, 8-9:30 a.m., networking: ITT Technical Institute, 9123 Executive Park Drive.

■ Thursday, June 23, 5-6:30 p.m., networking: Event Rentals by Rothchild, 120 W. Kings Way.

Chris Boler: providing the

personal touch for ORNL FCUBy Carol Z. Shane

Powell resident Chris Bo-ler, newly-app oi nt e d p r e s i d e n t of CUSO – ORNL Fed-eral Credit U n i o n ’ s Service Or-ganization, also known as CU Com-

munity LLC – believes that in this increasingly tech-nology-driven age, “it’s real important to make a per-sonal connection.”

Boler began his career with ORNL in 2010 as a mortgage and loan process-ing agent. His enthusiasm has earned him promotions to mortgage sales manager, assistant vice president of sales and service, and vice president of sales and service. “We are a not-for-profi t fi nancial cooperative, locally owned and operated by our members,” he says, and it’s clear that he be-lieves wholeheartedly in the credit union model.

Boler received his bach-elor’s degree in business management from Carson-Newman University, and his MBA at UT Martin. He

is currently fi nishing up his third year of South-east Regional Credit Union Management School at the University of Georgia in Athens, and will graduate this month.

In March of 2016 he was named president of the ORNL Credit Union Ser-vice Organization (CUSO.) It’s a people-oriented facet of ORNL that suits him well. Boler will be respon-sible for growing and en-riching partnerships with other credit unions, and enhancing available mem-ber services throughout the 32-branch system of ORNL FCU.

“It’s about treating peo-ple how you would want to be treated,” he says. He de-scribes what he’s aiming for in employee/customer rela-tions as “a kind of concierge service,” saying that, for instance, a customer look-ing for the restroom should be escorted there, not just pointed in the right direc-tion.

It’s that personal touch and regard for the custom-er, he believes, that coun-teracts the increasing use of technology in virtually every industry.

Chris Boler

“Winging It” (above) is part of

The Nature of Power exhibit

at Envision Art Gallery June 10

through July 8.

“Blue” (at right) is also on dis-

play. The opening reception

is 5-8 p.m. Friday, June 10, at

4050 Sutherland Avenue.

West Virginia artist to exhibit at

Envision Art GalleryEnvision Art Gallery is

pleased to introduce West Virginia artist Mark H. Cline to the Knoxville art scene. Cline’s works will be displayed June 10 through July 8 at Envision Art Gal-lery, 4050 Sutherland Av-enue. This is his fi rst exhibit in the Knoxville area.

Meet the artist while enjoying live music, wine, beer, punch and refresh-ments from 5-8 p.m. Friday, June 10.

Envision Art Gallery owner, artist Kay List, calls Cline “a creative, innovative

artist painting with oils on fabric.

“His topics are masculine, dramatic, humorous and slightly controversial,” she says, encouraging women to bring the men in their life to this show as it is timed to be just before Father’s Day.

Mark Harrison Cline holds degrees in fi ne arts from Vir-ginia Commonwealth Uni-versity (MFA, 1991) and West Virginia University (BFA, 1989). He fi nanced 100 per-cent of his undergraduate education, graduating magna cum laude.

While working as an art-ist, he also is employed as an art teacher at Eastern Greenbrier Middle School.

He enjoys music, hav-ing participated with the Groove Driver band and performed as a solo artist.

Cline’s art is sold at gal-leries in Virginia, West Vir-ginia and Maryland. He has gained national recogni-tion, participating in juried shows in Alexandria, Va., and at Cheekwood in Nash-ville, Tenn.

“Cross,” a boxing oil on fabric, won a $2,000 cash purchase award by the West Virginia Commission on the Arts in 2015.

Info: kay@kaylistart.com or 865-438-4154

A-12 • JUNE 8, 2016 • Shopper news

Each Memorial Day in Fountain City Park there is an opportunity to renew friendship with longtime Fountain City residents. An-drew Whitaker is one you al-ways look forward to seeing. He is a master mason and is always involved in inter-esting projects, such as the work he did at the Foundry in World’s Fair Park.

But, Andrew Whitaker’s interest in Fountain City’s history did not end in his teen years. In April 2013, he told the author about a hidden garden to the east of May-nardville Highway and part way up Black Oak Ridge in the Highland Park subdivi-sion. Aerial maps indicate it may be on the north side of a small ridge with nearby Sav-age Garden just south of it.

The mystery was par-tially solved with a search of the property records at the Knox County courthouse. The property search indi-cated that a Knoxville attor-ney, W.W. Scranton, was an early owner of the property.

But who was W.W. Scran-ton?

Partial solution to the mystery came after the re-cent unveiling of the Knox County Library’s “From Pa-per to Pixels” project. There are more than 2,600 “hits” when one enters the word “Scranton.” More than 75 percent relate to Scranton, Pa., of course. Another 20 percent were reports of the Scranton’s two sons, Paul and Eric, and their athletic exploits at Central High

School and the YMCA where they participated in base-ball, football and track, often with classmate Roy Acuff on the same team.

Fortunately, the obitu-ary columns for both W.W. Scranton and his wife were also found. They revealed that Walter W. Scranton (1862-1934) came to Knox-ville in 1889 after he gradu-ated from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Kenyon is an elite private college located in Knox County, Ohio, in the geographic center of the state and the oldest private college in Ohio, affi liated with the Episcopal Church.

On his arrival in Knox-ville, Scranton was fi rst hired by the old Knoxville Tribune but later estab-lished a law practice. Still later, he supported his fam-ily for about eight years on the meager salary of a clerk in the offi ce of a justice of the peace, Squire Frank Dobson.

But, good fortune came his way when he inherited $100,000 from an aunt who had owned valuable lake front property in Cleveland, Ohio. He immediately re-tired and for the remainder of his life drew between

$300 and $400 a month from that bequest.

So Scranton was present at the turn of the century, when Col. J.C. Woodward was converting a sleepy community named Foun-tain Head into a “destina-tion place.” Woodward’s ho-tel and resort were less than a mile from the location on Old Broadway where, it ap-pears, Walter Scranton built his palatial home with ter-raced fi sh ponds, elegant concrete benches and bridg-es and graveled footpaths with bountiful exotic and native plants.

Bill Dohm, co-owner of Garden Montessori School near the property, has a story which tends to confi rm that theory. Before most of the development that sur-rounds the property, about 1985, he was walking up Templeton Road when on his left he passed a level area with stone columns to left and right and just inside them there was evidence of a circular pond some 15-feet in diameter. He surmised that this was the former entrance to a home with its large for-mal gardens well behind it on the slope of the ridge.

Some have thought the numerous rather large emp-ty basins on that site repre-sented the remains of a fi sh hatchery but, more likely, they were the lily or goldfi sh ponds on Scranton’s dream estate.

Walter W. Scranton died suddenly at his home on Jan. 4, 1934. He was survived by his widow, his two sons and a sister, Mrs. Ella Brown.

Interestingly, a major portion of Bob Wilson’s Sport Talk column on Jan. 6, 1934, is devoted to a tribute to “as rabid a baseball fan as ever lived, W.W. Scranton.” Wilson said that “even fans who never had the pleasure of meeting him will remem-ber him as the little white-haired man, always immac-ulately dressed and wearing a wing-tipped collar,” who rarely missed a home game.

Another mystery lies as yet undiscovered. How did Walter Scranton meet and marry Laura Jensen Scran-ton (1877-1939), a native of Copenhagen, Denmark?

Anyone with more infor-mation on the family or the Scranton Garden is encour-aged to contact the author at jctchs44@nxs.net

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Jean Ash is Front Page Follies honoree

By Carol Z. Shane “I’m trying to act retired

but I keep getting pulled into volunteer work,” says Jean Ash, this year’s Front Page Follies honoree. A longtime member of the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists and president/founder of the Front Page Foundation, Ash is on her toes this time of year helping to mount the Foundation’s biggest fund-raiser.

Of the annual send-up of local and national news in skit and song, she says, “I used to be in it. I played Margie Ison! And I played C.H. Butcher’s wife, Shir-ley.” Since the fi rst show in 1979 she’s been “deeply involved,” managing props and ticket sales and even providing her house for script read-throughs.

Two years ago she estab-lished the 501(c)(3) Front Page Foundation with the aid of students in the UT le-gal department. The process took a bit longer than it would have going through regular channels, but Ash wanted to work with the students, who earned academic credits in the process. The Follies fun-draiser wasn’t originally as “tax friendly” as it could be, and establishing nonprofi t status greatly helped.

A graduate of Gettysburg College (Pa.), Jean contin-ued post-graduate studies at UT-Knoxville in commu-nications and Chinese lan-guage. Known for 20 years as a reporter and anchor at WIVK radio, she recalls, “There was no CNN, and newspapers had deadlines. The only place for any kind of breaking news was radio up until 6 p.m. when TV news came on.” But come the millenium, Ash says, “Radio news was changing, WIVK was changing, I was changing. I was getting old-

er, and no longer into ‘get-ting a call’ in the middle of the night.

She found a new interest in leading tours to China. Having fi rst visited there in 1987 as a tourist, she later spent a two-year stint in the early ‘90s working for China Radio International and CCTV. She loved and un-derstood the country, and soon put her skills to use as a tour guide, working for the Pacifi c Delight company out of New York City. When the 2008 recession hobbled the tourist industry and the company folded, Ash started leading tours of her own. A veteran of more than 50 trips to the Asian nation, she says, “I’m still ready, willing and able!”

Through it all, she re-mained a board member of ETSPJ, and Ash is being rec-ognized for her outstanding career in broadcast news, her leadership at many lev-els in the ETSPJ, and her support of journalism edu-cation. The foundation she spearheaded will present Follies-funded scholarships named in Jean’s honor to students studying journal-ism and electronic media at the UT and Pellissippi State Community College.

There’s also a “roast” of Ash planned for the fall, but of this Saturday night, she says, “It’s a very special honor because of my com-mitment to journalism go-ing back to grad school. Be-ing honored by your peers is a wonderful thing.”

The 38th annual Front Page Follies will be present-ed at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at the Knoxville Conven-tion Center. The evening includes dinner, a silent auction, live auction and the revue-style show. Tickets can be reserved online at FrontPageFoundation.org, or by calling 865-776-8227.

Jean Ash has been dedi-cated to jour-nalism her whole life.

Fountain City’s mystery garden

This arched bridge is one of the many

impressive structures

apparently built on the site about 1900. The walls of the ponds

and the other con-

crete features are still intact

after more than 100 years.

JimTumblin

HISTORY AND MYSTERIES

Shopper news • JUNE 8, 2016 • A-13

News from Paradigm Wealth Partners

Should you use a traditional or Roth IRA?Since their inception in 1974,

Individual Retirement Ac-counts, or IRAs, have become wildly popular. About 42 million US households, or 30 percent, owned at least one type of IRA as of mid-2014. By the end of that year, IRA assets totaled $7.4 tril-lion, which was about 30 percent of US retirement assets.

People like IRAs because they can be invested in just about everything except life insurance or collectibles, so it is possible to make a positive return on your money. Investors with experi-ence in real estate can even use their money to buy real estate through a self-directed IRA.

Unlike employer-sponsored retirement plans, with an IRA, you are the complete owner and the plan is in no way tied to your employment. You can even with-draw money penalty-free before age 59 ½ if it is for a qualifi ed fi rst-time home purchase or education expenses.

For many people, investing in an IRA is an easy decision. Where they struggle is in decid-ing which kind to invest in, a traditional or a Roth.

Benefi ts of investing in a traditional IRA

Prior to 1997, there was only one kind of IRA, which is now re-ferred to as a traditional IRA. It is a tax-deferred retirement account, meaning that is funded with pre-tax money and the taxes are paid when the money is withdrawn in retirement. This is a great benefi t because you have more money available to invest if you don’t have to pay taxes out of it fi rst. Also, people often fi nd themselves in lower tax brackets in retirement, so you may pay less in taxes than you would have originally.

Benefi ts of investing in a Roth IRA

Out of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 a new kind of IRA

was born, named after U.S. Sen. William Roth of Delaware who was the chief legislative sponsor of the act. Roth IRAs differ from traditional ones in a few key ways. The biggest difference is the tax treatment. Whereas tra-ditional IRAs are tax-deferred, with a Roth you pay all taxes up front. The thing that makes Roths so popular, though, is that you don’t have to pay taxes on any of the growth. Everything generated by compounding inter-est stays in your pocket.

Roths also differ from tradi-tional IRAs in that there are no required minimum distributions. So, you can leave your money in the account to grow for perpetu-ity, instead of being required to start taking withdrawals (and stop contributions) at age 70 ½ like with a traditional account. Some people even utilize this aspect of Roth IRAs as a way to provide tax-free income for their grand-children and future generations. In addition to the traditional IRA’s allowances for special withdraw-als, contributions (not growth) can be taken out at any time for any reason without penalty.

There are income limitations on who is allowed to use a Roth IRA. In 2016, singles making over $132,000 cannot contribute to a Roth and the amount they can contribute begins phasing out after $117,000 of earnings. The phase-out period for married tax fi lers is $184,000-$194,000. How-ever, anyone can convert a tradi-tional IRA into a Roth through a “backdoor conversion.”

Which type of account is better for you?

Considering the differing tax treatment, a Roth IRA is almost always better for younger people who have more time to save and, therefore, take advantage of compounding interest. If you are nearing retirement and will need the money early in retire-

ment, you may be better off with a traditional IRA. Many people choose a Roth regardless of their age so that they won’t be re-quired to take distributions and they can leave the money to their families. If you make too much money to be eligible for a tax de-duction for a traditional IRA you are better off with a Roth, though you will have to do a “backdoor” conversion to open one.

I f you are rolling over an old 401(k) to open your IRA your decision regarding the type of account to open will have considerable tax implications. You won’t have to pay any taxes to roll a traditional 401(k) into a traditional IRA, but to roll it into a Roth you will have to pay taxes on the entire account. For this reason, in 2012, 87 percent of new traditional IRA accounts were opened by rollovers as op-posed to only 11 percent of Roth accounts.

The appropriate kind of IRA account for you to open depends on your unique situation and preferences. When making im-portant fi nancial decisions such as this, it is always wise to talk to

an experienced professional who can help you understand your options and the implications of different choices. If you are

considering investing in an IRA, give us a call at 865-251-0808 or email jonathan.bednar@paradigmwealthpartners.com.

About Paradigm Wealth PartnersParadigm Wealth Partners is an independent investment

advisory fi rm that offers unbiased and comprehensive fi nan-cial planning. We serve individuals, families, and businesses near Knoxville, Tennessee. Professional fi nancial planning services include investment planning, retire-ment planning, insurance and estate planning. We invite you to schedule a free consultation to get a second opinion on your fi nancial plan. To learn more about our team, visit our website, read our blog, or contact our offi ce at 865-251-0808.

The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide

specifi c advice or recommendations for any individual.

N o strategy assures success or protects against loss.

This information is not intended to be a substitute for specifi c individualized tax advice. We suggest

that you discuss your specifi c tax issues with a qualifi ed tax advisor.

T he Roth IRA off ers tax deferral on any earnings in the account. Withdrawals from the account may be

tax free, as long as they are considered qualifi ed. Limitations and restrictions may apply. Withdrawals

prior to age 59 ½ or prior to the account being opened for 5 years, whichever is later, may result in a

10% IRS penalty tax. Future tax laws can change at any time and may impact the benefi ts of Roth IRAs.

Their tax treatment may change.

Traditional IRA account owners should consider the tax ramifi cations, age and income restrictions in

regards to executing a conversion from a Traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. The converted amount is gener-

ally subject to income taxation.

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Preparing for parenthoodTeddy Bear University helps fi rst time parents get ready for their new addition

Travis Lakin quietly holds his newborn son in their West Knoxville home on a warm, sunny day. There will no doubt come a day when the two will be playing tag or tossing a ball outside in the front yard. For now, Travis is content to cradle baby Chase in his arms while mom Kayce takes a break.

“I’ve always wanted to be a dad,” Travis says. “It’s something I’ve looked forward to for as long as I can remember, and it’s a joy and a privilege.”

Being a parent is one of those life expe-riences no one can completely prepare you for. That’s a problem for people like Travis and Kayce.

“We’re both very big planners,” Travis says, “so we like to know what’s going to be ahead.”

That’s why the Lakins signed up for Teddy Bear University at Parkwest Medi-cal Center long before baby Chase was due. Kayce is a nurse manager at Parkwest, so she already knew the kind of reputation the hospital has for its care of moms-to-be dur-ing labor and delivery. Having a class that helps expectant parents prepare for the new arrival was icing on the cake.

While there’s no substitute for the expe-rience of having a baby, there is plenty of in-sider information that can help couples like the Lakins feel more at ease in the process. “It was good for us just to mentally prepare for the coming months,” says Travis, who is a nurse practitioner.

Kayce celebrated her fi rst Mother’s Day as a parent this year, and now Travis is get-ting ready to enjoy his fi rst Father’s Day as a dad. Kayce says she and Travis discussed family plans on one of their fi rst dates, and were happy to fi nd out they were both on the same page.

“It was just such a blessing when I met Travis to know that there would be some-one I would want to start a life with, and raise children with,” Kayce says.

They were married on May 3, 2014, and last year when they found out they were going to have a baby, they knew where they wanted to deliver. They regis-tered for a class to get ready, choosing the

Kayce and Travis Lakin welcome baby Chase into the world on May 4, 2016, at Parkwest Medical

Center.

Fatherhood brings with it a host of new adventures and new responsibilities. If you’re getting ready to become a dad, here’s some advice from the experts.

BE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE. Your attitude is critical. Be supportive and pay attention to your partner’s needs. Your support is very helpful during this time.

DISCUSS THE DYNAMICS. When a baby comes into a family, it changes the relationship between the parents. Those changes come more easily when you are prepared.

GET A GRIP ON YOUR FINANCES. Keep a re-cord of how much money you’re spending, and look for ways to trim costs. Update your insurance policies and get a will.

GET EDUCATED. Sign up for a class that will teach you about the basics of caring for a

newborn. Join the baby’s mother for impor-tant prenatal visits to the doctor’s offi ce.

DECIDE ON DELIVERY OPTIONS. It is impor-tant to discuss your delivery expectations prior to going in to labor. Take time to talk about each of your preferences. This will re-lieve some stress on delivery day.

GET THE HOUSE READY. Assemble the baby furniture, baby-proof the house, and ad-dress any issues related to family pets.

KEEP THE PARTNERSHIP GOING. The help, support and positive attitude that make pregnancy better for the baby’s mother will also make her a better mom. Regularly ask the question, “What can I do to help?”

REMAIN CALM. Remember that plenty of men have become fathers in the past. They survived the transition, and so will you.

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“Super Saturday” option.While a fi ve-week course is usually rec-

ommended for fi rst time parents, the one-day, Saturday course is an option for those who aren’t able to attend multiple classes that cover several weeks, or those with experience. Teddy Bear University also of-fers an online course, which is particularly helpful for expectant mothers who are on bedrest, or parents who may live in outly-ing counties.

Every option through Teddy Bear Uni-versity gives expectant parents the knowl-edge, skills and confi dence to meet the challenges ahead. “It was good for us to walk through the experience of what to ex-pect leading up to the birth, and how that would play out,” Travis says.

“I think the biggest thing for me was cov-ering how to care for my son, and defi nitely breast feeding,” Kayce says, “and since the instructor was a lactation consultant, it helped a lot.”

Travis and Kayce both say the instructor

was personable and gave great examples to clarify the lessons that were being taught.

Before learning how to take care of the baby, Travis learned how to help his wife. Then came the lessons on how to be a par-ent, using baby-sized mannequins for hands-on learning.

“We actually gave a baby a bath that day,” Travis says, laughing, “that was a good thing!” Travis also learned how to change a diaper, something he’d never done up to that point.

When the big day fi nally came, Kayce and Travis were swept into the welcoming en-vironment at Parkwest Medi-cal Center. Kayce liked the way every part of labor and delivery happens in the homelike atmosphere of one comfortable room.

“We couldn’t have asked for anything better,” Travis says of the care they re-ceived.

Baby Chase Lakin made his grand en-trance into the world on May 4, the day after his mom and dad celebrated their second wedding anniversary. Travis cut the umbilical cord, then watched in won-der as a nurse cleaned and swaddled the baby.

After that, it was time for little Chase to meet his mother for the fi rst time. Kayce sighs as she remembers the emotional mo-ment.

“It’s such an amazing feeling, because you’ve gone through this whole day, it’s built up the emotions of everything you’ve dreamed about, and then here he is,” Kayce says. “You see his face and it’s so amazing, you almost don’t believe it’s real.”

Once she met her son, Kayce didn’t want him to leave her side. Fortunately, he didn’t have to. “At Parkwest the baby stays in the room with you, and I liked that a lot,” Kayce says. Travis agrees.

“Some places have a separate nurs-ery where they take the baby away for a while,” Travis says. “It was good to have the baby in the room with us, especially with us being new, just trying to intro-duce ourselves to him and getting used to having a child.”

Settled into their home with the baby, the Lakins are no longer just a couple,

they are part of a growing family. The Lakins say they’re excited

about watching baby Chase as he reaches each new milestone and progresses

through life.“Just helping him become

the person he is intended to be, we’re very excited about that,” Travis says. “Every day is a new experience, it’s a new journey, it’s a great one – it’s just a privilege to have

a child.”For information about childbirth ser-

vices at Parkwest Medical Center, or to fi nd out more about Teddy Bear University, visit treatedwell.com/childbirth, or call 865-374-PARK.

At the Parkwest Childbirth Center, expectant mothers and family mem-bers are welcomed within 30 days of the day of delivery to preregister and discuss what to expect. Mothers must be at least 36 weeks into pregnancy to preregister. Patients are encouraged to share their wishes for the day of birth, including what medication they may or may not want during labor. Because of this registration, patients do not have to fi ll out paperwork or provide medi-cal history on the day of delivery.

“They get a tour of our department and get to meet everyone so there’s less ambiguity about what will hap-pen when they’re in labor,” Teresa Paris, RN, MSHS, BSN, RNC-OB, NEA-BC, Childbirth Center manager, said. “The service we provide allows women and their families to focus on

delivery when they come back to have their baby,”

During delivery, patients are accom-panied by a nurse clinician from East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, who monitors each delivery and can step in if neonatal issues arise. Infants who need additional care can also be quick-ly transferred to Children’s Hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Following delivery, a lactation con-sultant visits each mother and answers questions about and assists in teaching techniques for breastfeeding. “Babies are not born knowing how to breast-feed, so we try to be hands on and sup-port each mother,” Paris said. “We un-derstand that it’s a personal choice and will help no matter what the patient decides. Formula is available, and we abide by parent preference.”

For more information about the Parkwest Childbirth Center, visit www.TreatedWell.com/Childbirth or call (865) 374-PARK.

The Childbirth Center:

What to expect

B-2 • JUNE 8, 2016 • Shopper news

Transportation

Automobiles for Sale

Buick LaCrosse 2007, silver, leather int, 168K mi, exc cond, $5,000. (865)980-2023.

CHRYSLER SEBRING - 1997. red, 2 DR, good clean condition, cold AC 206,000 mi., $800. (865)659-7449.

FORD TAURUS WAGON 2001 V6, new tires, $3200.

Lenoir City (865)635-8228.

Sports and Imports

ACURA TL -2004. Black w/black leath-er int. Satellite radio, sunroof, tint-ed windows, blue tooth capable, heated seats & mirrors. 236k mi. $4500/b.o. (423)887-3524.

BMW Z3 - 1998. gar. kept, mint cond., 39K mi., $15,000. 865-607-3007(865)573-3549.

HONDA CIVIC EX 2015, alloys, 6500mi, sunroof, bluetooth, Camera, $16,500. (865)660-9191.

NISSAN MAXIMA - 2013. Premier. Glass roof, leather, 16k mi, like new. $17,500 (423)295-5393.

SATURN SC3 - 2001. 1 owner, 98k mi,very clean, dependable, 35 + mpg,records avail. $3195. (865)405-5491.

TOYOTA MR2 - 19895 spd. trans, white, good eng., 135K , proj-ect car. Morristown (256) 520-7837

VW Sport Wagon 2012, alwaysgaraged, well maint., exc cond., low mi, $12,000. (865)933-6802.

Sport Utility Vehicles

HONDA PILOT 2012. Honda Pilot Tour-ing 2012, 4WD, fully loaded, 47K mi, exc cond, $21,500. (423)295-5393.

KIA SORENTO LX- 2014. A/C ice cold. All scheduled maintence. All records. Always garaged. Excellent cond. Looks and drives great! Must See! Clean Carfax. 1 owner. Satellite radio. Still under factory warranty. Retired and no longer need 2 cars. $17,000. Contact 865-340-6261

LINCOLN MKX - 2013. In Halls-priced $1000 under KBB Elite package..backup camera,re-mote-gate-start-lock keylessstart,NAV,voice/touch screen 4 CD,Nav,Radio Climate etc. Tan/Blk interior yew wood inlay..front seats cooled all are heated 6way seats 22 in low profiles-got it all 75,000 mi., $19,500. (865)617-3840.

SUBARU FORESTER - 2002, well maint.,138K mi, $4,000. (865)766-0245.

Trucks

FORD F-150 - 2005. Ford F150 2005, long bed, runs great, AT, tow hitch, $3500 obo. (865) 573-3830.

FORD F150 1997. blown engine,

parts for sale. 865-254-5322.

Classic Cars

1974 Mercedes Benz 450 SL, silver, Conv., 2 tops, $6900 obo.

(865)386-1643.

AUTO STORAGE

SECURE CLIMATE

CONTROL STORAGE$50/monthPowell, TN

Claude Yow

865-924-7718I WOULD LIKE TO BUY

a 1970 or 1971 Mercedes 280SL, or a 1961 - 1975 Jaguar XKE, or a Porsche 911, 912 or a 1970s or 1980’s Ferrari. I am willing to buy running or not run-ning. Any Condition. I’m a local guy living in Grainger county. If you have

one or know of one please call Call (865)621-4012.

Vehicles Wanted

FAST$$ CASH $$

4 JUNK AUTOS

865-216-5052865-856-8106

Recreation

Boats/Motors/Marine

15’ BASS BOAT brand - new seats, 2batteries, 60 HP Evinrude, new trol. mtr, new DF, new steering cable,spare tire & bearing buddies. $1600.(423)292-2294.

Boats/Motors/Marine

1979 LAKEFLITE TRI-HULL fishing boat& trlr. 25 HP Johnson, 3 HP Evin-rude, new tires on trlr, kept in dry, $1000/b.o. (865)922-2401. 804-6313

1979 SOMERSET ALUMINUM HOUSE-BOAT - For sale by owner. 14’ x 58’ Sleeps 8, Master BR, 2 bunk beds, MerCrusier V8 engine, generator, A/C, full galley, bath w/ walk-in shower. New roof, new counter-tops, many updates. Great cond! $57,500 For appt contact (865)414-3439 or (865) 922-8141

- 2009 Bayliner Marine Corp 175SBowrider White 3.0 Mercruiser 135 HP 17.6 Feet Stern Drive I/O Fiber-glass (423)420-6354.

MAXUM CRUISER 25’, Low hours, exceptional cond., must see,$11,950. 865-376-5167

MERCURY OUTBOARD PROPELLORS, Solas Titan stainless steel 3 blade, 13 1/4 inch x 19 pitch. $350 firm.Also Mercury alum. 3 blade, 13 inch x 19 pitch, $150. Call (865)223-9123.

Campers & RV’s

1989 PROWLER, 29 ft $2000. (865)591-5492 or865-591-2162.

2007 POPUP sleeps 9. 12ft. Box A.Cawning, furnace. Ref. Clean $5500. 423-869-4529. (423)869-4529.

2008 DOUBLETREE Select Suite 5th wheel, 36’, 3 slides, great cond. Must see, $29,900. (865)599-7133.

AIR STREAM 1969, 29’, completely restored, ready for the road, $6500.(870) 763-8166.

HOLIDAY RAMBLER IMPERIAL for saleor trade, 37’ - slide - diesel, great shape, also 2002 Saturn tow car.$29,000. For Info. Call 865-250-8252.

JAYCO DESIGNER 34’ 2000, 5th wheelcamper, 1 lg. slide, exc. cond. $8995 obo. (865)368-8578.

Montana 2008 3075RL 5th Wheel, Reduced price.

$22,000 3 slide outs, Artic pack-age,2 recliners, central air, new tires,appls., great, microwave,

gas/electric water heater, 2 TVs, power front jacks,

new awning, no children/dogs, thermal pane windows, holding

tanks inside heated area, 34 feet, dinette chairs), king bed,

washer/dryer prep, parallel batteries, never had leaks.

Tows like dream. Call 865-661-8269

NEW & PRE-OWNED

CLEARANCE SALE

ALL 2015 MODELS MUST GO!!!!

Check Us Out AtNorthgaterv.com

or call 865-681-3030

Golf Carts

2006 ClubCar golf cart. New batteriesNov 2015. $3400 or best offer. Ph. 865-964-8092. (865)964-8092.

Motorcycles/Mopeds

HARLEY DAVIDSON 2009 - Ultra Classic, 1 owner, mint cond., garage kept, $14,900. Fully accessorized, 103 ci, black pearl, clear title,10,500 mi. Just serviced. Interested inquiries only. Call 865-274-0007 or can text for pictures.

HD 1999 Softail Custom FXSTC, 1 ownr, gar kept, great cond, sinister blue & pearl paint, extras, $7500 obo. (865) 801-5715

Wanted: Sidecar adaptable to late model Harley Davidson. Color, style & year not important. 865-805-8038

Off Road Vehicles

2014 POLARIS RZR 800S Perfect cond., very clean w/41 hrs. 300 mi. Extras include; new doors,

roof, windshield & mud busters. Only rode 4 times, Well maintained.

$10,250. (865)399-2859.

Jobs

Driver/Transport

DRIVERS: CDL-A - CDL – A 1 yr. exp.,Earn $1,250 + per week, Great Week-end Hometime, Excellent Benefits & Bonuses, 100% No Touch/70% D & H 888-406-9046

DRIVERS: DEDICATED HOME WEEK-LY! $1100+/WK! CDL-A, 6 MOS OTR, GOOD BACKGRND. APPLY: WWW.MTSTRANS.COM MTS: 800-305-7223

Employment

Find help here

ServicesOffered

Electric Providers

RETIRED ELECTRICTIAN

Available for small jobs and ser-vice calls. Ceiling fan specialty.

Call Wayne at (865)455-6217

General Services

ADVANTAGEREMODELING &

HANDYMAN SERVICEJIMMY THE PROFESSIONAL

HANDYMAN!!Can fix, repair or install anything

around the house! Appliances, ceramic tile, decks,

drywall, fencing, electrical, garage doors,

hardwoods, irrigation, crawlspace moisture, mold & odor control, landscape,

masonry, painting, plumbing. Any Remodeling Needs you wish

to have done or completed!

EMERGENCY SERVICE 24/7Retired Vet. looking to keep busy.

Call (865)281-8080

Home Maint./Repair

HAROLD’S GUTTER SERVICEWill clean front & back, $20 & up. Quality work, guaranteed.

(865)288-0556

Farmer’s Mkt/Trading Post

Farm Buildings

BARNS - SHEDSGARAGES - CARPORTS

PATIO COVERSBUILT ON YOUR PROPERTY

FREE ESTIMATES!

Millen Garage Builders 865-679-5330

Farm Products

AT YOUR SITE LOGS TO LUMBER

USING A WOOD MIZER PORTABLE SAW MILL

865-986-4264

Logs2Lumber.com

FRESH HAY, 4X4 ROLLS, IN BLAINE $25 a roll, 100 rolls or more -

$20 a roll. (865) 216-5387

WANTED TO BUY STANDING SAW TIMBER

Call 865-719-1623

Livestock & Supplies

BLACK BULLS & BLACK HEIFERS

Call (865)856-3947

Pets

Dogs

BOUVIER DES FLANDER puppies,15 wks old, parents on site, Call(865)202-5240.

DACHSHUND PUPS - 2 boys - (1) LH & (1) smooth; (1) girl - LH, AKC, shots,7 wks, choc. & tan. $500. (865)223-7162; 865-680-4244.

ENGLISH BULL DOG PUPPIES - AKC, 3M, 1 F, $1500. www.BetterBulls.com; 865-254-5420.

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPS AKC, WestGerman bldlns, 5M, 3 F, vet ck’d. health guar. $700. 865-322-6251.

GOLDEN DOODLE PUPPIES - F1B,males & fem. avail. Parents onpremise. Must see. (423)733-9252

GOLDEN RETRIEVER PUPPIES, AKC, $700. 1st shots, vet ckd, Phone 931-808-0293.

GOLDENDOODLE - English cream F1B,no shedding, great temperaments.$750. (865)466-4380

Lab Puppies, 6 wks old, 1st shots & wormed, hips & eyes cleared, black $550, choc. $650. (423) 465-0594

LAB PUPS AKC REG - 6 weeks. 1st shots & wormed. 2 yellow, M & F,$400; 1 black F $300. (865)457-9368

LABRADOODLES, GOLDEN DOODLES - DOUBLE DOODLES. DOB 4/17/16. Non-shedding, intelligent, litter box trained. 865-591-7220

MALTI POO Beautiful tiny puppies, no hair shedding, shots. 865-717-9493

Mini Schnauzer pups, AKC reg, black & black/silver, champ. sire & dam,pet or show, 865-207-6199

www.hardinhaus.com

Dogs

MINI SCHNAUZERS. CKC. Salt & peppper, 1st shots & dew claws, $600. Call (423) 736-0277.

Miniature Mastiff Bulldogs. Cane Corso/French Bulldog cross. Beau-tiful blues, shots, healthy, $600-$1,000. (865) 457-5907

Pembrooke Welsh Corgi puppies - AKC Reg. Parents on Premise. Adorable little munchkins. Home raised. (423)733-9252

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.

Go to Facebook, Judys Puppy Nursery Updates.

423-566-3647

SHIH TZU puppies, AKC, beautifulcolors, Females $600; Males $500. Shots UTD. Warranty. 423-618-8038

ST. BERNARD PUPPY - AKC reg. fem. 9 wks. old, vet ck’d. Shots & worming, health guar., $1200. (423)506-8772.

STANDARD POODLE puppies, AKC, M&F, all colors avail. Shots &wormed. $600. (423) 967-3906

STANDARD POODLE puppies, shots, wormed, reg., $850. (423)754-2863

WIRE HAIRED TERRIERS, females, shots, worming, $125. (423)271-5129

YORKIE F & M TINY PUPS - CKC, beau-ties. Blk/tan. Very playful. (865)306-1933

Merchandise

Antiques

Going Out of Business after 27 years.Booth 88 at Dutch Valley AntiqueMall 2401 Dutch Valley Dr. 37918.

Appliances

GOOD AS NEW

APPLIANCES 90 Day Warranty

865-851-90532001 E. Magnolia Ave.

Cemetery Lots

HIGHLAND Memorial, 2 lots w/crypts,1 opening & closing. $7200 value. $3500/b.o. (865)637-3629

Collectibles

BUYING OLD US COINS90% silver, halves, quarters & dimes,

old silver dollars, proof sets, silver & gold eagles, krands & maple leafs, class rings, wedding bands, anything

10, 14, & 18k gold old currency before 1928

WEST SIDE COINS & COLLECTIBLES7004 KINGSTON PK

CALL 584-8070

Exercise Equipment

Total exercise indoors in the cool - Aero Pilates 4 cord premiere studio model w/foot web on 6 leg stand. Manual, wall chart, small TV to fol-low DVDs, $200. (865) 717-6730

Furniture

2 DINING ROOM TABLES - each with 6 chairs, bar height, light wood, like new. $275 ea. or both for $500. (865)635-8228.

2 twin beds w/bedding, $125 ea. 3 pcBR furn. $125. Pedestal kit table w/4 chairs $75. Loveseat $200. Coffee table $75. Oversize wooden rocker $75. Refrig $25. Curio cabinet $70. (865)249-8560

ROLL TOP DESK & CHAIR, Drexel sofa,oriental 8x10 rug, computer desk & chair, king sz. matt. & springs, oil painting & pictures, Henredon king size headboard. (865)675-1959

Lawn & Garden

JOHN DEERE X475 - 192 hrs, 48” deck, like new. $4995 obo (865)599-0516

Merchandise - Misc.

KILL BED BUGS & THEIR EGGS! - Buy Harris Bed Bug Killers/KIT Complete Treatment System Hardware Stores, The Home Depot, homedepot.com (618)351-7570

SMOKE HOLLOW GAS SMOKER MODEL 44241G2 - Includes cover and LP tank (865)856-3333

Musical

C3 Hammond church organ $3300; Leslie speaker $1100. Call/text 443-553-9618 Sevierville

Sporting Goods

POOL TABLE, 8’ - 3/4” slate top, pool sticks, stands & pool balls, table cover. Like new. $750. (865)986-5203

Tools

WOOD LATHE with copy crafter & tools, $150. (865)680-5979

Announcements

Adoptions

ADOPT: - A childless, financially secure couple seeks to adopt. Will provide safe, creative, happy, loving home. FT at home parent. Expenses paid. Courtney and Ela 1-855-883-0433 or www.momsadopt.com

ADOPTION: - Adopting your newborn is a gift

we’ll treasure. Secure endless love awaits your newborn. Maria & John

877-321-9494 Exp. pd.

ADOPTION:Loving couple promises your baby a

secure home. Denise & Nick. 1-888-449-0803

ENERGETIC, STRONG WILLED, YOUNG, Widowed, New York Teacher looking to create a family through adoption. Vowing to provide love, stability, &opportunities. Contact me at

1-888-488-0551 or www.RandeeLovesChildren.com

Financial

Consolidation Loans

FIRST SUN FINANCEWe make loans up to $1000. We do

credit starter & rebuilder loans. Call today, 30 minute approvals.

See manager for details.865-687-3228

Real EstateSales

North

3 ACRE WOODED HILLSIDE HOME -North, $167,500. Seperate 4th BR,3rd BA living area. Much new. Hugecovered deck. Info box at gate. Can’t see house so call. Mile marker 4.8Tazewell Pike. No lease or owner fin. Text 865-604-7187; (865)687-5502

BRICK RANCHER - 3118 Walnoaks Rd, 3BR, 1 BA, Updated, new flooring $139,900. (865)531-3119

West

BRICK RANCHER. 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA, 10117 El Pinar Dr. $284,900. No agents. By Owner. (865) 256-3836

FARRAGUT. 2 stry, 3-4 BR, 2.5 BA, 3 cargar., prof. landscaping w/irrigation, fncd bkyard, great family nghbrd. comm. pool, $299,000. 865-388-2387

RANCHER BELMONT WEST - 980 Pon-der Rd., 3BR, 980 Ponder Rd. 3 BR, 2 BA, kit., den, LR, DR, all brick FP,2 car gar. Fenced backyard, 2 min.to public & private schools. Settled, quiet, safe neighborhood. 1st timeon market. Sell as is. Appt. Only. $140,900 865-216-6990 865-776-0227

Condos-Furn

CONDO, KNOXVILLE Senior Living. $69,900. 2 BR, 1.5 BA upstairs, pool, storage, furn. Move in ready. Seller financing avail. (843)683-8272

Condos-Unfurn

8725 Wimbledon Dr. 37923. 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA, newly painted throughout, new carpet, $179,000. (865) 531-3119

WEST, GREYWOOD CROSSING By Owner, Park Like setting, immacu-late, move in ready, 2BR, 2 full BA, 1level, FP, deck, new 3/4” hdwd flrs,new appl, 2 car gar. $154,900 or b.o.(865)617-9293. (865)966-0277

Manufactured Homes

Amherst Ridge MHP. Like new 16x70, vinyl siding, shingle roof, 3 BR, 2 BA. Only $17,500. Chris 865-207-8825

I BUY OLDER MOBILE HOMES1990 up, any size OK

865-384-5643

For Sale By Owner

FOR SALE BY OWNER, 1700 Evening Shade Lane, 4BR, For Sale by Owner Dogwood Trails Subdivision. 4974 sqft finished with 575 unfinishedstorage. 4BR, 4Full baths, 2 half,2 car garage, 2 story with finished basement. 1700 Evening ShadeLane 37919. $595,000.

Contact 865-310-5932.

Real Estate Auction

ABSOLUTE AUCTION Online Only

5.84 acres Norris Lake Front TractMariner Point Rd LaFollette760 ft deep water lake front

City Water, Unrestrictedwww.ayersauctionrealty.com TAL 407

Real EstateRentals

Apartments - Furnished

WALBROOK STUDIOS 865-251-3607$145 weekly. Discount avail. Util, TV,

Ph, Refrig, Basic Cable. No Lease.

Apartments - Unfurn.

1,2,3 BR

$355 - $460/mo.

GREAT VALUE

RIVERSIDE MANORALCOA HWY

865-970-2267*Pools, Laundries, Appl.*5 min. to UT & airport

www.riversidemanorapts.com

1BR APT, NORTHEAST w/util. $220 aweek, $320 moves you in.

Call 865-250-3823 no text.

2 BR TOWNHOUSES South - Taliwa Gardens $585 - $625

1 1/2 bth, W/D conn. (865) 577-1687

BEST DEAL OUT WEST! - 1BR from $375. 2BR $550-$695. No pets. Parking @ front door.

(865)470-8686

BROADWAY TOWERS62 AND OLDER

Or Physically Mobility Impaired1 & 2 BR, util. incl. Laundry on site.

Immediate housing if qualified.Section 8-202.

865-524-4092 for appt.TDD 1-800-927-9275

MORNINGSIDE GARDENS1 BR Apt Now AvailableELDERLY OR DISABLED

COMPLEX

A/C, Heat, Water & Electric Incl,OnSite Laundry, Computer Center

& Resident ServicesGreat location! On the Bus Line!

Close to Shopping! Rent Based on Income,

Some Restrictions ApplyCall 865-523-4133. TODAY

for more information

SOUTH KNOX - Large and clean. 1BR, 1 BA, appls, water, garbage p/u incl.

$425. 250-9209 or 389-2336

Homes Unfurnished

ROCKY HILL 3BR, 1 1/2 BA, hrdwds,encl. gar., lg. dwnsts den w/wood stv, cul-de-sac, $995 mo. (865)573-5206.

S.W. Area. 3 BR, 1 BA country home, priv., $800 mo + dep. & refs.(865)717-9493

WEST - Gettysvue area, $1800, 1 yr. old, 3BR, 2 1/2BA,

main level luxury master, spacious w/hardwoods, granite,

high ceilings, FP, etc. etc. Call (865)919-3323 or 360-5109.

Condos Unfurnished

SEQUOYAH SQUARE 3636 Taliluna Ave., Sequoyah Hills,1BR condo, appx. 750 SF, great ngh-brhd., close to downtown & UT, $750 mo., 1 yr. lse. 865-607-1747.

Real EstateCommercial

Commercial Property /Sale

COMMERCIAL OFFICE OR RETAIL -363 N Main St, CLINTON Office orretail/parking lot/5200 sf/AC/Gasheat/Masonry & steel/3 PHASE Power/Available immediately. FSBO$175,000 Neg. Sale or Lease. Call(865)216-2951

NORTH 17,000 SF bldg on 2.25 acres,needs repair. Ideal for entertainment center, church or apts. $225,000.

865-544-1717; 865-740-0990.

Wanted to Buy

MINI STORAGE Qualified buyer seeking local

storage facilities. 100 minimum units per location.

Contact: Brackfield & Associates, GP (865) 691-8195

Offices/Warehouses/Rent

OFFICE SPACE, very high traffic & great location, 1650 SF, 5 offices, reception area & 3 bathrms, 3200 Tazewill Pk 37918. $950 mo. (865) 281-2522 ext 105.

Retail Space/Rent

Convenience Store for LEASE, busy Highway with neighborhood.

Knoxville, Call 865-560-9989

Call 922-4136 or 218-WEST for advertising infoCaMoneyMy

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8Magician Michael Messing, 2 p.m., Farragut

Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Info: 777-1750.

Quidditch Match!, 3-4 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. For preschool and school-age children. Info: 215-8750.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JUNE 8-9AARP Driver Safety class, noon-4 p.m., Fort

Sanders’ Senior Center of Sevier County, 1220 W. Main St., Sevierville. Info/registration: Diane Lewis, 982-1887.

THURSDAY, JUNE 9AAA Driver Improvement Course, 5:30-9:30

p.m., AAA Maryville offi ce, 715 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway. Four-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $30 members/$35 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

AAA’s Roadwise: Safe Driving for Mature Operators, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., O’Connor Senior Center, 611 Winona St. Eight-hour course approved by the state of Tennessee for insurance premium discounts for eligible drivers. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.

Book signing and reading with Danny Bernstein: “Forests, Alligators, Battlefi elds: My Journey Through the National Parks of the South,” 6 p.m., Union Avenue Books, 517 Union Ave. Info: unionavebooks.com.

“Killer Tomatoes vs Tomato Killers,” 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by Master Gardeners Joe Pardue and Marcia Griswold. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.

Pizza Ha’s, 8-9:30 p.m., Pizza Hoss, 7215 Clinton Highway. Free stand-up comedy show featuring local comedian Sean Simoneau.

Shakespeare for Kids, 10 a.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 525-1541.

Variety Thursday: featuring Josh Cantrell, 7-9 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Thursday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info: Knoxvilletn.gov/concerts.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY, JUNE 9-10“iPad/iPhone Basics for Seniors” class, 10

a.m.-noon, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Registration/payment deadline: June 9. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register; in person at the Town Hall; 218-3375.

FRIDAY, JUNE 10Book signing and reading with Nick

Penniman: “Nation on the Take: How Big Money Corrupts Our Democracy and What We Can Do About It,” 6 p.m., Union Avenue Books, 517 Union Ave. Info: unionavebooks.com.

La Inedita (from Peru) & Paul Edelman, 10 p.m. Preservation Pub, 28 Market Square. Info: scruffycity.com.

Storytelling LIVE!! presented by Smoky Mountain Storytellers Association, 7-9 p.m., Vienna Coffee House, 212 College St., Maryville. Donations accepted. Storytellers: Jim Eastin, Sheri Liles, Ruthie McIntyre, Janice Brooks-Headrick, Rick Elliott. Info: Sheri Liles, 680-8453, spinningmaid@gmail.com or smokymountaintellers.org.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 10-11The McKameys’ annual Hometown Singing,

Second Baptist Church in Clinton. Friday: 7:30 p.m. special guest The Inspirations from Bryson City, N.C.; Saturday, 6 p.m. special guest The Primitive Quartet from Candler, N.C. Reserved seating, $16; general admission, $13. Info/tickets: 457-3678.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 10-12Summer Fiction Writing Retreat, Firefl y

Farms, 195 Tobby Hollow Lane. Open to writers of all backgrounds. Cost: $200. Includes: one-on-one and group instruction, writing supplies, food, drinks, transportation to and from the airport, and all on-site amenities. Info/weekend pass: sundresspublications.com/safta/programs.htm.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 10-26“Charlie & the Chocolate Factory,”

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/tickets: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com; info@childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

SATURDAY, JUNE 11Bark in the Park, 3-8 p.m., World’s Fair Park Festival

Lawn. Fundraiser for the Humane Society of the Tennessee Valley. $5 donation at the gate includes: Kid’s Korner, Grayson Subaru Misting Tent, pet contests and more. Info: humanesocietytennessee.com/bark-in-the-park/.

Big Kahuna Wing Festival, noon-8 p.m., World’s Fair Park, 525 Henley St. Featuring: wing-eating competition, wing-cooking competition, live music, silent auction, and kids’ corner and entertainment. Advance tickets: $10, available at BKWFestival.com, Big Kahuna Wings Bar & Grill or any participating Food City. At-door tickets. $15; children under 8 free. Info: BKWFestival.com.

Free Fishing Day, 8 a.m.-noon, The Cove at Concord Park, 11808 S. Northshore Dr. Fishing equipment provided; door prize drawings for kids; free hot dogs and snacks. Info: Joe Durnin, 755-4997.

Front Page Follies, 6 p.m., Knoxville Convention Center. Includes: silent auction, dinner, live auction, musical revue. Tickets: $125/ table of 10, $1,000. Proceeds fund journalism scholarships at UT and Pellissippi State community College. Tickets: FrontPageFoundation.org. Info: Melanie Staten, 776-8227.

“Killer Tomatoes vs Tomato Killers,” 1:30-2:30 p.m., Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Presented by Master Gardeners Joe Pardue and Marcia Griswold. Free and open to the public. Info: 588-8813 or knoxlib.org.

Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Sponsored by Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

Mid South Navy Nurse Association meeting, 9:30 a.m. Homewood Suites conference room, Turkey Creek. All nurses who served in the Corps are invited. Info: 938-1996.

Nief-norf Summer Music Festival: Wild Energy and Pleaides, 5 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Lawn chairs and blankets are recommended. A $10 donation is suggested; proceeds benefi t nief-norf and Ijams Nature Center. Info: 577-4717.

Oak Ridge Community Orchestra open rehearsal at the Secret City Festival, 10 a.m.-noon, northeast corner of the Civic Center, adjacent to the Oak Ridge Community Arts booth. Info: Cyndi Jeffers, orcopersonnelmanager@gmail.com.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Emagene Reagen, 11 a.m., Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Jodie Manross and Laith Keilany, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Statehood Day celebration, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Marble Springs, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway. Includes: guided tours, encampments, open hearth cooking demonstrations, 18th century music. Info: 573-5508 or marblesprings.net.

Statehood Day celebration, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Crescent Bend House & Gardens, 2728 Kingston Pike. Free admission. Info: 637-3163 or crescentbend.com.

Statehood Day celebration, noon-3 p.m., Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Includes: free tours with a birthday cake celebrating the birthday of the state of Tennessee as well as the birthday of Col. Francis Alexander Ramsey. Info: 546-0745 or ramseyhouse.org.

Stream Treasure Hunt, 10 a.m.-noon, Founders Park at Campbell Station, 405 N. Campbell Station Road. Part of the town of Farragut Stormwater Matters project “One Year Down the Drain: Turkey Creek.” To sign up: volunteerknoxville.org. Info: Lori Saal, lsaal@townoffarragut.org or 966-7057.

SUNDAY-MONDAY, JUNE 12-13Open auditions for “The Boor” presentation by

The Moving Theatre, 3-5 p.m. Sunday and 5-7 p.m. Monday, Thomas Episcopal Church, 5401 Tiffany Lane. Auditions consist of cold readings from the script. Resume and headshot are helpful but not required. Info: MovingTheatreKnoxville@gmail.com.

MONDAY, JUNE 13All Over the Page: “The Book of Unknown

Americans” by Cristina Henriquez, 6:30 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 3 p.m., Howard Pinkston Branch Library, 7732 Martin Mill Pike. Info: 573-0436.

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

Stress Reduction and Meditation Techniques for Adults, 6:30 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Presented by Brenda Rasch, Physical Therapist. Registration required. Info/registration: 777-1750.

TUESDAY, JUNE 14Einstein Simplifi ed Comedy Improv troop,

8 p.m., Scruffy City Hall, 32 Market Square. Free admission.

Harvey Broome Group meeting, 7 p.m., Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 2931 Kingston Pike. Program: “Tales from the Trail” presented by Bert Emmerson, 2015 Appalachian Trail Chaplain.

“Jazz Tuesday,” 8-10 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Tuesday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info/schedule: www.facebook.com/CityofKnoxvilleSpecialEvents.

Knoxville Civil War Round Table, 7 p.m., Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker: James I. Robertson Jr. will present “The Four-Legged Soldier in the Civil War.” Cost: dinner and presentation, $15 members/$17 nonmembers; presentation only $3/$5. Reservations for buffet required by Monday, June 13. Info/reservations: 671-9001.

Shakespeare for Kids, 2 p.m., Karns Branch Library, 7516 Oak Ridge Highway. Presented by the

Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 470-8663.

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14-15“Advanced iPad/iPhone Basics for Seniors”

class, 1-3 p.m., Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $45. Registration/payment deadline: June 14. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register; in person at the Town Hall; 218-3375.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15Brown Bag Lecture: “East Tennessee in World

War II” with Dewaine Speaks and Ray Clift, noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8824.

Craft: Paper bag puppets, 2 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. For ages 2 and older. Info: 777-1750.

Katbus storytime with Anne Victoria, 10:30 a.m., South Knoxville Branch Library, 4500 Chapman Highway. Info: 573-1772.

Shakespeare for Kids, 3 p.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Presented by the Tennessee Stage Company; featuring “The Merry Wives of Windsor” and “King Lear.” Info: 215-8750.

THURSDAY, JUNE 16Awesome Science with Dr. Al Hazari, 4 p.m.,

South Knoxville Branch Library, 4500 Chapman Highway. Info: 573-1772.

Lecture on fi refl ies, 7:30-9:30 p.m., UT Arboretum Auditorium, 901 S. Illinois Ave. This program is not about synchronous fi refl ies. A donation of $5 per car is requested. Info: utarboretumsociety.org or 483-3571.

Magician Michael Messing, 10 a.m., Sequoyah Branch Library, 1140 Southgate Road. Info: 525-1541.

Tiger-Rock Martial Arts of West Knoxville presentation, 11 a.m.-noon, Bearden Branch Library, 100 Golfclub Road. Info: trma422.tigerrockmartialarts.com.

Variety Thursday: featuring La Fever, 7-9 p.m., Bill Lyons Pavilion, Market Square. Free music performances each Thursday. Bring chairs or blankets to sit on. Info: Knoxvilletn.gov/concerts.

FRIDAY, JUNE 17“How to Use Facebook for Seniors” class,

10 a.m.-noon, Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Presented by Social Media 4 Seniors. Cost: $30. Registration/payment deadline: June 17. Info/registration: townoffarragut.org/register; in person at the Town Hall; 218-3375.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JUNE 17-18“Night at the McClung Museum” family

sleepover, 7 p.m.-8 a.m., McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Drive. For children ages 5-11 and their parents. Tickets: $40 per person members; $50 nonmembers. Info/tickets: 974-2144 or mcclungmuseum.utk.edu.

Quilt show, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway. Hosted by the Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee. Admission, $7; two-day pass, $10. Info: smokymtnquilters.com or on Facebook.

SATURDAY, JUNE 18Citizen Science Symposium at the UT

Gardens, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., 2431 Joe Johnson Drive. Cost: $50, Friends of the UT Gardens members; $60 nonmembers. Children under 18: $10 members; $15 nonmembers. Includes lunch. Info/registration: tiny.utk.edu/gardenscience.

Father’s Day Hike, 9 a.m., UT Arboretum, 901 S. Illinois Ave. in Oak Ridge. Meet-and-greet with coffee, donuts and juice from 8:30-9 a.m. Short trail hike, 1-1.5 hours. Free, but donations welcome. Info: utarboretumsociety.org or 483-3571.

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.

Lavender Festival and A Taste of Tennessee Wines, Historic Jackson Square in Oak Ridge. Festival, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.; A Taste of Tennessee Wines, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Portion of proceeds go to the Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge. Info: jacksonsquarelavenderfestival.org.

The McClung Genealogical Collection, 10 a.m.-noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Learn to use the resources in the collection in genealogical research. Tour of collection included. Instructor: Steve Cotham, MA, MLS, Manager, McClung Collection, Knox County Public Library. No registration necessary. Info: 215-8801.

Rain barrel workshop, 10 a.m.-noon, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave. Sponsored by the Water Quality Forum. Cost: $40 per barrel. Preregistration required. Info/registration: Kellie, kcaughor@utk.edu or 974-2151.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Miss Lynn, 11 a.m. Cedar Bluff Branch Library, 9045 Cross Park Drive. Info: 470-7033.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Robin Bennett, 11 a.m., Lawson McGhee Library, 500 W. Church Ave. Info: 215-8750.

Vintage baseball, noon and 2:30 p.m., Historic Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Games and parking free; concessions available. Bring lawn chair or blanket for seating. Info: ramseyhouse.org.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JUNE 18-19Farragut Lions Club Hole-in-One Shoot Out

qualifi cations, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, 11863 Kingston Pike. Daily prizes awarded. Grand Prize 2016 Smart Car. 3 balls for $5. Proceeds to support Lions Club vision-related and other programs.

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