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Hats Off For Kids For years, Alexis Hobbs

looked for a worthy cause so she could volunteer her time. Problem was, she was too young to be accepted most places. Not easily deterred, Alexis decided to start her own charitable organization, Hats Off For Kids.

Read Cindy Taylor on page A-3

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The Fountain City Lions Club annual chili supper has been rescheduled to Thursday, March 19. The event will run 4-7 p.m., and tickets will be available at the door. The chili supper will be held at the FC Lions Club building at Foun-tain City Park.

TREK South headsto the Islands

In celebration of National Wildlife Week, TREK South is heading to the Islands Seven Islands State Birding Park (for-merly Seven Islands Wildlife Refuge).

The groups monthly hike will start at 1 p.m. Sunday, March 15, and last for two to three hours. Mac Post, one of the authors of Urban Hikes in Knoxville, Knox County, TN, will join the group to identify critters they might encounter.

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Halls 8th-grade open house

Halls High School will host an eighth grade open house 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the high school. Rising freshmen are invited to attend.

By Betty BeanMaynardville Pikes tree-lined

median is a point of pride for the Halls community, but the stretch of boulevard between Afton Drive and Emory Road is about to be sacrifi ced to add a left-turn lane to the intersection of Norris Free-way, which at present is right-turn only.

That median separation through there causes a lot of traf-fi c tie-ups for signalization and timing, said Jim Snowden, dep-uty director, Knox County Engi-neering and Public Works.

The width of the median makes it diffi cult to coordinate the signalization, said Cindy Pionke, Knox Countys director of plan-ning and public works. The other problem is we have to run a longer signal timing cycle at Emory Road and Maynardville Pike because of the way theyre skewed, and th at holds traffi c up even more.

Both Snowden and Pionke are engineers. The project was de-signed by CDM Smith.

The project has been in the planning pipeline for years. Pi-onke said it was fi rst requested by BRINK (Better Roads in North Knox, a group that advocates for highway improvements whose members include David Lambert and Clark Hamilton).

Knox County paid for engineer-ing and right-of-way acquisition for a total of $1,208,057, and the Tennessee Department of Trans-portation paid $10,782,090 for

Road changes ahead in Halls

Chris Sivyer, Cindy Pionke and Jim Snowden review plans for new road and greenway construction in Halls. Photo by Betty Bean

construction. Knox County made two additional supplemental pay-ments to engineering fi rm CDM Smith, which has made $965,400 from the project. Right-of-way ac-quisition was $242,657.

Some of the additional supple-mental payments have covered changes aimed at making the proj-ect more pedestrian-friendly.

Snowden said the current road-

way and right-of-way on Hwy. 33 will remain state property which can be used by Knox County.

Were actually leaving the ex-isting southbound bridge in ad-vance of Afton Drive, which will create a situation where people using the greenway can cross the bridge and even go under it to get to the other side of Maynard-ville Highway. Weve also worked

with Marcos Pizza, which has a chronic lack of parking. What were going to do is, working with TDOT, well be leaving some of that old southbound pavement to create trailhead parking for the greenway. That will benefi t both the landowner and the Clayton

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By Wendy SmithThe Cherokee Indians called

Blount Mansion the house with many eyes. Exec-utive director Ka-tie Stringer plans to show visitors what those eyes have seen during the homes 220-year history.

The mansion, which would be considered a small

house by todays standards in spite of several expansions, has primarily been dedicated to tell-ing the history of William Blount, governor of the Southwest Terri-tory, and his family.

But the site was home to other notables, like the McClung fam-

ily and Knoxville mayor Samuel Boyd, as well as immigrants who rented rooms in the house around the turn of the century, says Stringer. She hopes to use the mu-seum to interpret the citys entire history from native Americans to women to local industry.

Stringer, who grew up in Kings-ton, remembers visiting the Blount Mansion when she was in the fi rst grade. Her teacher, coincidentally, was Mrs. Blount. She still has the coloring book she purchased that day from the gift shop.

Several copies of the same col-oring book were recently located in the Craighead-Jackson House next door, so it is once again available for purchase in the gift shop.

Stringer has always loved his-

tory. She has a masters degree in ancient history with a certifi cate in museum management from the University of Memphis and a Ph.D. in public history from MTSU. Last summer, she published a book, Programming for People with Special Needs: A Guide for Mu-seums and Historic Sites. Blount Mansions accessibility issues for the elderly and those with special needs are always in the back of her mind, she says.

She came to Blount Mansion during summer 2013 just before the museum closed for almost a year for renovations.

The philosophy of museum house management has changed in recent years. The emphasis is now on sustainability, Stringer says. Museums cant operate on

A new vision for Blount Mansion

Katie Stringer

Blount MansionHistory Supper

The Blount Mansion Association will present an evening of food and fun at the Grill at Highlands Row at 6 p.m. Monday, March 23. James R. Knight, author of Hoods Tennessee Campaign: The Desperate Venture of a Desperate Man, will speak about John Bell Hood and the Civil War in Tennessee. Cost is $65 per person. RSVP by March 20 at 525-2375 or [email protected]

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BUZZ

Halls High Hall of FameBy Sandra Clark

Its almost time for the Halls Alumni Banquet, held each year on the fourth Friday in April at the high school.

A signature part of the event is designating honorees for the Alumni Hall of Fame. Judson E. Palmer says nominations must be submitted by March 31 and requests for applications should be submitted to: Halls Alumni Association Inc., P.O. Box 70654, Knoxville TN 37938.

Requests can be made via email to [email protected]

Palmer said the purpose of the Hall of Fame is to recognize and honor alumni who have distin-guished them-selves through o u t s t a n d i n g a c h i e v e m e n t s , leadership and/or

contributions in academics, the arts, business, public service or athletics.

The intent of the Hall of Fame is to foster pride in our school

and community by inspiring both present and future students.

Criteria include: Nominee must be an alum-

nus of Halls High School Nominee must be a per-

son who has excelled through recognized contribution and/or achievements at the local, state, national or international level

Nominee must have been out of school for 30 years

Applications will be kept on fi le and will not need to be resubmit-ted for fi ve years. There will be a maximum of three inductees an-

nually.According to Chris Vandergriff

on Facebook, this years banquetis set for Saturday, April 25, witha covered dish dinner starting at6:30 p.m. in the high school caf-eteria. Food set-up and socializingwill be from 6 to 6:30.

Bring plenty of your home-made dishes, drinks and des-serts, Vandergriff wrote. At 6:30well welcome everyone, have theinvocation and start through thefood line. The Halls High JazzBand will play during dinner andthe program begins at 7:30 p.m.

Say what???A couple of West Knox leg-

islators are trying to amend the Knoxville city charter to require county-nominated representation on the KUB board of commissioners.

Victor Ashe says the usual process for amending the charter is by voter refer-endum. And besides, three county residents are already on the 7-member board.

Read his column on page A-5

Big playsMarvin West recalls big

plays from Vol football his-tory and longs for a few more.

Read his column on page A-4

Judson Palmer

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Dr. Kina Steed Mallard has been selected to be thenext president of Reinhardt University inWaleska, Ga.

She will assume the offi ce July 1.Mallard is currently serving as executivevice president and provost of Carson-Newman University.

Mallard is a Fountain City native, 1977graduate of Central High School and a CHSWall of Fame inductee. She is married toSteve Dietz, and they have fi ve children:Kaylen Mallard of Indianapolis, Ind.; Brad

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Road changes From page A-1Park. Both can use the va-cated right-of-way. Theres always limited parking for users of greenways.

The plan comes with a caveat, Snowden said.

When it rains real hard, that trail will be closed.

The county will relocate as many of the trees from the median to Clayton Park as possible, Snowden said.

The deadline for comple-tion is September 2016.

Foul weather in February and early March has slowed work on the adjoining green way project to connect Clayton Park with Halls El-ementary School, said proj-ect manager Chris Sivyer.

We got a good jump on the work in the fall, but then the rain and the cold weather set in. Since then, weve had three real good days of hauling 650 to 700 cubic yards of dirt out to the site for fi ll areas, so we made some progress, and any-time we can make progress through the wintertime, weve done good, Sivyer said.

Pionke said the county is going to ask the develop-

ers of the former Walmart property to include a con-nector to the greenway in their plans to rehab the old shopping center.

Blount Mansion From page A-1

A doll recently found in the wall at Blount Mansion shares a bed with a newer model. Photos by Wendy Smith

income from admissions and school groups. Instead, directors have to think cre-atively.

Creativity saved the day when the mansion was closed but visitors still stopped by. The homes historic furniture had to be stored during reno-vations, but the best of the collection was moved into the visitors center for an exhibi-tion called Furniture on the Frontier.

Most of the furniture is still in storage. Stringer, along with her assistant, Da-vid Hearnes, and an interpre-tation committee, are decid-ing how to best communicate Knoxvilles history since the days of William Blount.

Photos of the home from different periods in Knox-villes history currently adorn the walls. During a tour, Hearnes points out a doll that was discovered in the wall during the recent renovation. One of the walls has been left open to reveal the foundation, which needs additional repairs.

Even during this period of transition, school groups regularly visit Blount Man-sion. Hearnes thinks the broad range of information

By Cindy Taylor For years, Alexis Hobbs

looked for a worthy cause so she could volunteer her time. Problem was, she was too young to be accepted most places. Not easily de-terred, Alexis decided to start her own charitable organization, Hats Off For Kids.

She spoke with the ad-ministration at East Ten-nessee Childrens Hospital to determine where there was a need. Along with oth-er volunteers, Alexis collects new hats and new or used DVDs. She also has a drop box set up in the hallway at Halls Middle School and en-lists the help of classmates

there and at Piney Grove Baptist Church, where she is a member.

The hats and DVDs are then given to patients un-dergoing chemotherapy at Childrens Hospital.

I have always wanted to be able to help others, and this idea just popped into my head two years ago,

Halls Middle School sixth-graders Aurora Hill, Chloe Ferguson, Alexis Hobbs and Shane Gallo-way hold hats and DVDs donated to Alexis charity Hats Off For Kids. Photo by Cindy Taylor

Hats off , movies on

said Alexis. Those who vol-unteer with me have been a huge help in getting the word out to make this proj-ect happen.

In her fi rst year, Alexis raised $500 worth of hats and DVD donations. Last year her goal to double that amount was not reached, so she has established that same goal for 2015.

I hope to raise $1,000 in hats and DVDs this year, she said. That will go a long way toward helping a lot of kids with cancer.

Alexis hopes her website will go statewide and then nationwide. To achieve that goal, she is asking for help from residents and busi-nesses who would like to make donations of hats or DVDs to her cause. Mone-tary donations are accepted as well.

To read more about Alex-is and her organization, or to make a contribution, visit w w w.hatsoff forkids.wix.com/blog or email Alexis at [email protected]

Paying for plansJim Snowden

provided this timeline of work done by the engineering fi rm of Wilbur Smith, now CDM Smith:

Mayor Mike Rags-dale authorized the original contract in December 2008 for $748,800.

Supplement No. 1 authorized by County Commission in June 2013 for $97,800 bridge modifi cations and fl ood permitting due to new fl ood maps.

Supplement No. 2 authorized by County Commission in Novem-ber 2014 for $118,800 right-of-way modi-fi cations and TDOT-required revisions.

Total Engineering Cost: $965,400.

David Hearnes, assistant to the director at Blount Mansion, leads a tour. A dismantled interior wall shows needed repairs.

at the site makes it appro-priate for the multidisci-plinary Common Core cur-riculum.

As an example, he de-scribes a science class that was recently taught in the living room. Christmas dec-orations were still up, and a student noticed they were infested with young praying mantises. Without missing a beat, the teacher presented a lesson about the insects.

Visitors neednt worry. The bugs quickly ate each other, Hearnes says.

The Blount Mansion is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday. Tours are available each hour. Info: www.blountmansion.org


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New offensive coordi-nator Mike DeBord has been very busy reviewing Tennessee football video of 2014, analyzing what worked and what didnt. I hope he smiled when he saw my favorite play.

It was the fake fi eld goal and touchdown pass at Mis-souri, walk-on to walk-on, fl awless execution.

Holder Patrick Ashford, once a Carson-Newman quarterback, took the snap, stood up and threw down the middle to tight end Alex Ellis. The shocker went 31 yards and gave Tennessee a brief lead. It didnt mat-ter too much in the overall scheme of things, but it sure was fun at the time.

Runner-up happened at South Carolina. There were several choices. Josh-ua Dobbs led a remarkable

Big plays, unforgettable plays

comeback that produced 14 points and a tie in 83 seconds. Aaron Medley kicked what proved to be the decisive field goal in overtime.

DeBord may not have looked at defense. The re-ally big play (or plays) in Co-lumbia came from the other unit that had been mauled and shredded and stepped on for four quarters. The so-called defense gave up 625 yards and looked awful but in one magic minute won the game.

The fi nish was spectacu-lar: Curt Maggitt and Derek Barnett sacked Gamecock quarterback Dylan Thomp-son on fi rst and second downs. A fi erce rush forced a throwaway on third. Some kid missed a world-record kick and Tennessee faithful whooped and sang and may have shed tears of joy.

I really liked Todd Kel-lys one-toe-in interception against Vanderbilt and Josh Smiths hurdle against the Arkansas State defensive back. Insignifi cant, you say, but interesting.

In my second book, Leg-ends of the Tennessee Vols, are stories about great play-ers and a bonus chapter about legendary plays. Ive been looking for something to add if I ever decide to do a second edition.

That is, I suppose, a gen-

tle way of saying not much legendary has happened in the past several years. May-be youve noticed.

That legendary chapter has plays that last forever. ...

The names of Charlie Severance, Bill Majors and Wayne Grubb are carved in marble for The Stop of LSUs Billy Cannon in 1959.

The Fumble by Arkan-sas Clint Stoerner in 1998 was caused by Billy Ratliff. Travis Henry took the win-ning opportunity to the house.

The Return of the open-ing kickoff by Gene McEver in the 1928 Alabama game was historic.

The Hit on Larry Czonka by Paul Naumoff in the 1966 Gator Bowl was textbook, about as good as it gets.

Paul stood him up and

spit and sweat came up like a water balloon, was Nick Showalters description.

Grantland Rice made Johnny Butler an All American for his back-and-forth run against Alabama in 1939. Hank Lauricella gained football immortal-ity with his smart 75-yarder against Texas in the 1951 Cotton Bowl.

Jeremy Lincoln defl ected the fi nal Notre Dame fi eld-goal attempt with his back-side to secure the 24-point comeback, the Miracle at South Bend. That was Nov. 9, 1991.

The University of Ten-nessee has not had a more important, or bigger come-back in our schools history, said coach John Majors.

I thank my mom for giv-ing me a big butt, said Lin-coln.

There were many other legendary plays: Snake Sta-bler threw incomplete to stop the clock near the end

of the 1965 Tennessee-Ala-bama tie. Unfortunately for Snake and the Tide, it was fourth down.

Condredge Holloway scrambled away from pres-sure and hurled a two-point pass to Larry Seivers to beat Clemson in 1974.

Dale Jones rushed Ala-bama QB Mike Shula, blocked a pass from a few feet away and somehow caught the ball on the way down. That saved the 1985 victory.

There was Peyton Man-nings stunning bootleg run when nobody was looking and the fi rst-play pass to Joey Kent against Alabama, 80 yards, touchdown! And what Al Wilson did to Flori-da. And what Bobby Majors did to Penn State.

There have been dozens, maybe a hundred memo-rable plays. One more would be nice.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His address is [email protected].

Sandra Clark

Community growingA fun part of my job is to

engage with various com-munities that we serve.

Right now, Im work-ing hard in Powell where a committee is applying for a $3 million grant to promote economic development.

This particular grant is designed only for commu-nities served by Frontier Communications. With some 300 groups across the country competing, Powell has a good shot at making the fi rst cut 50 communities that will each get $35,000. The next cut brings 10 fi nalists, each getting $150,000. Three winners will get $3 million, $2 million and $1 million.

Its worth working on and Im learning a lot.

Telling the storyAnother extracurricular

activity is our Wednesday afternoon newspaper club at Sarah Moore Greene Magnet Academy.

Three co-workers from Shopper-News work with two teachers and two interns to teach reporting skills.

Reporting is more than the Five Ws (which newspa-per club members will tell you are who, what, where, when and why). Reporting is storytelling, and good reporters put facts into con-text and hear what people mean to say even if their words are fuzzy.

Try explaining that to a third-, fourth- or fi fth-grader.

So last week we talked about the money quote.

We paired up, two kids per adult, and I interviewed four students, two in each

session. Wow! It was the best session yet. These kids had as much to say as any guest weve had, and the other kids seemed to relate better to their peers.

Meet the kids and learn about them from our SMG reporters:

Danea Summerford moved to Knoxville from Penn-sylvania. Destiny Woods says Danea is a writer who discovered wattpad.com, a

Safari

Danea

Madison

Wesley

place where all you need are words. Shes had about 4,000 views for her sto-ries, Destiny wrote. She is learning three languages (online), French, Italian and Hawaiian. She loves vampires and werewolves and the supernatural. She writes for fun and to ex-press her feelings.

Eddys Garcia wrote: Shes getting rich in public.

Madison Thomasmoved here from South C a r o l i n a . She talked about her grandmoth-er, Doris T h o m a s , and about how impor-tant she is

to her life.Karina Cortes wrote:

Madison says her granny is a good cook and she likes everything she makes.

Jarmarion Chambers

wrote: Madison and her grandmother go out to eat at Cracker Barrel and once to a Mexican restaurant.

Jordynn Santos wrote: Madison sings in the (church) choir with her granny.

Madison herself wrote: I love her very much. I love talking about her.

Wesley Mills is a f o u r t h -grader who does math in his head. He calls it men-tal math, w r o t e J a d a r i u s Jones. He is just nine

years old, wrote Jatoria White, after Wesley round-ed 496 up to 500 and multi-plied times three.

Safari Bahati, now in fi fth grade, left his home in Africa in time of war to come to the United States.

The family settled fi rst in V e r m o n t but didnt like the cli-mate. Sa-faris dad is a scientist who studies after work to get abetter job.

E d d y s Garcia caught the money quote from Clark: How American is that!

Destiny Woods wrote: Safari Bahati ... speaks four languages: Swahili, Kinn-bala, Burundi and English.

Tyree Gibson wrote about his friend: He got his name because he was born on a journey. His dad can speak 16 different languag-es.

Finally, a kid who shall remain nameless wrote in response to the why of this program: Because the other (speaker) didnt show up.

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When Tim Irwin began his work as a Juvenile Court judge in 2005, there were 300 kids in state custody in Knox County. Now there are 749. Abuse of prescrip-tion drugs has caused the courts caseload to swell. If it werent for those cases, he could spend two days a week fi shing, he says.

They absolutely drive the train. Its criminal whats happening to fami-lies, and its criminal that you can use TennCare to get the pills.

Irwin spoke to the Coun-cil of West Knox County Homeowners last week. He loves his job, but its tough, he says. The court heard over 29,000 cases in 2014, and most were about the problems of parents rather than children. Seven judges work under him, and three are devoted to child sup-port of unmarried parents. There are six times more cases involving unmarried parents than married par-ents, he said.

Many of the parents who come to his court dont work. Its rare to have cases that involve two working par-ents, he says. The prescrip-tion drug craze has made it

easier to sell drugs than to have a job. If its a choice be-tween a job that pays $9 per hour for less than 40 hours per week with no benefi ts or receiving government as-sistance while selling drugs, theres not much incentive to work.

Addiction to painkill-ers is almost impossible to break, and a result is babies

born to addicted mothers. Every once in a while, the love for a child will pull a mother out of the haze, he says. Otherwise, children are removed from the home.

We dont want to take kids away from parents if theres any way they can make it work. It is a consti-tutional right to parent.

The pill problem requires

When the legislators were asked their position on vouch-ers, Sens. Doug Overbey and Frank Niceley, Repub-

licans who rarely agree on much, both said they oppose vouchers, but for different reasons:

Overbey said he doesnt like the idea of taking money away from public schools and pointed out that Blount County (which is in his district) is home to some of the best schools in the state.

Niceley said many Christian and private schools dont like vouch-ers because accepting them gives the govern-ment a free ticket to stick its nose in their business. He said he once support-ed them, but hes changed his mind, partially because the money might end up going to a bunch of Muslims.

Former state Rep. Glo-ria Johnson, an adamant voucher opponent, was a panelist. She said the re-search doesnt show that vouchers lead to improved student performance.

Meanwhile, Kane sat quietly until he was directly questioned about his position on vouch-ers. He mentioned three voucher bills going around.

When host John Beck-er pointed out that Kane hadnt stated his position on vouchers, Kane played coy:

You didnt ask, he said, fi nally allowing as how hed have to see the strings attached to any voucher bill before mak-ing up his mind.

The following week, the Knox County school board voted 8-1 to oppose school vouchers (Doug Harris dissented).

A few days later, Johnson signed onto KnoxViews, a popular website dealing with local issues, and noted that Kane is not only sup-porting vouchers, but is co-sponsoring a voucher bill (HB0125).

Evidently Kane doesnt care what his Board of Education thinks.

And maybe John Beck-er should call Rep. Kane and invite him to make an encore performance. Hes got some splaining to do.

work on a number of fronts. Irwin thinks better training for doctors could keep those who are already addicted from getting new prescrip-tions, and the federal gov-ernment could cap the num-ber of pills prescribed at one time.

While theres no easy fi x for prescription drug abuse, Irwin knows the formula for helping a child succeed: un-conditional love. If someone spends quality time with a child and tells them they are loved no matter what they do, the child will succeed almost every time, he says.

Whenever people ask what they can do to help, he always tells them to spend time in a childs life. Become a mentor or volunteer with kids in the community.

He tells the story of tour-ing the Vestal Boys & Girls Club. When one member of

State Sen. Becky Massey and Rep. Ryan Haynes have introduced legislation to modify the Knoxville city charter by allowing the county mayor to submit three names to the city may-or to name one to the KUB board of commissioners.

Normally changes to the city charter are done by a vote of the people and not in Nashville.

Three of the current seven members live outside the city: Nikitia Thompson, Celeste Herbert and Kathy Hamilton.

The city mayor has named each of them from a list submitted by the exist-ing KUB board. Hamilton is a former fi nance director for county government.

It seems that Knoxville developer Scott Davis is a promoter of this legislation. Davis and KUB have had their differences over the years.

He was sued in 2013 by KUB for non-payment of certain expenses KUB says are owed. Davis has attor-ney Lewis Howard defend-ing him, and the amount being contested is less than $17,000. It may go to trial next month.

Rogero has advised Bur-chetts staff she is opposed to this legislation, which adds another log to the fi re of disagreements building between the two mayors. In

Legislators seek to change city charter

this area, KUB seems to be meeting the desire for rep-resentation outside the city in Knox County. KUB also provides service in adjacent counties.

There is an argument to make that the current sev-en-year terms (allowing 14 years of service) exceed the eight years of term limits that city and county voters have imposed on many of their elected offi cials and that the KUB terms should be reduced to four years each, consistent with city and county offi cials.

Knoxville holds city elections this year for mayor, city judge and four council seats. The deadline to qual-ify with the Knox County Election Commission to be on the ballot is noon on June 18, with the city primary on Sept. 29 and the general election Nov. 3.

If a candidate for mayor or city judge receives 50 percent plus one vote in the primary he or she is deemed elected and does not go for-ward to November.

However, even if the three at-large City Coun-

cil candidates receive 50 percent plus one vote in September, each must run again on Nov. 3 when voter turnout may be even less than in September.

The four council mem-bers eligible to seek a second and fi nal term are Finbarr Saunders, George Wallace and Marshall Stair, all at-large; and Mark Campen, District 5.

Wallace and Stair, along with Vice-Mayor Nick Pav-lis, are mentioned as poten-tial mayoral candidates.

Others mentioned in-clude Alvin Nance, who is moving from KCDC to Lawler Wood housing, for-mer city deputy mayor Ed-die Mannis and current city deputy mayor Christi Branscom. Others are sure to pop up.

The MPC director search committee is near-ing a decision among three persons who are now being vetted. Mayors Burchett and Rogero will have to approve it.

The MPC board of com-missioners has no voice in the choice as the new direc-tor will not report to them but to the two mayors. This makes for an unclear and potentially unworkable line of authority caused by an act of the Legislature for which no one claims credit.

Meanwhile, with the 2016 county primary a year

away, County Commission-er Jeff Ownby is hosting a fundraiser March 26 at the home of Russell and former GOP chair Ruthie Kuhlman. Ownby was a surprise win-ner in 2010s Haslam land-slide over Democrat Finbarr Saunders, who is now seek-ing a second term on City Council.

Ownby has had a trou-bled tenure on County Com-mission and will face op-position in the Republican primary. Hugh Nystrom of ChildHelp is actively ex-ploring a run. There may be others.

While Knoxvillemay be a cakewalk for Mayor Rogeros re-election (with no one else running), Nash-ville faces a hot and heavy contest with seven credible candidates (all Democrats) as Mayor Karl Dean retires after two terms.

These candidates are well-funded (each having raised over $400,000) and, for at least one, funding is unlimited due to his wealth. No Republican is running.

Candidates include Met-ro Council member Megan Barry, attorney Charles Robert Bone, David Fox, multimillionaire Bill Free-man, Criminal Court Clerk Howard Gentry (former vice mayor), Jeremy Kane and Linda Eskind Re-brovick (daughter of Jane Eskind).

When Republican Rep. Roger Kane, the junior member of the legislative panel, was asked about bills hes carrying this session, he said hes got one to make sure indigent defendants looking for state-supported lawyers are really indigent, plus a consumer-protection bill that will ensure that product warranties are on the up-and-up.

Kane, who sits on the Education Committee and chairs a subcommit-tee there, said hes also got some education bills but generally doesnt like to sponsor them because he doesnt think its quite kosher to do so.

the group bent down to the tie the shoe of a young child, several other kids untied their shoes because they wanted the same attention.

Theres also a desperate need for foster parents in Knox County. Opportuni-ties range from the long-term care of a drug-addict-ed infant to one- or two-day stints as a Safe Place volun-teer through the Helen Ross McNabb Center.

For information on be-coming a foster parent, con-tact the Tennessee Depart-ment of Childrens Services at 1-877-DCS-KIDS.

GOSSIP AND LIES E-911 Board will meet

Friday, March 13, for a re-do requested by Mayors Tim Burchett and Madeline Rogero after an earlier meeting (which both missed) failed to get a second on a recommenda-tion by Burchetts purchasing

department to use Harris rather than Motorola for radio equipment.

Politically, its Cynthia Moxley (Harris) versus every cop in town. And the winner is?

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becoming a real destina-tion, and not only for the nightlife in the Old City and Market Square. On a re-cent Saturday morning, the city was full of tourists and other urban adventurers exploring Gay Street and the surrounding areas. And over at First Presbyterian Church, there was a group of folks enjoying an awful lot of fun and good food.

The Saturday Morn-ing Breakfast Club, which meets the fi rst Saturday of every month, grew out of the churchs Saturday Morning Mens Breakfast. Consisting mostly of older church members, the club experienced a decline in membership as many of the faithful moved on to the great beyond.

They were going to close it down, says Walt Mont-gomery, one of the younger clubbers, but I was having too much fun. Yknow vis-iting with people, cutting up in the kitchen. Mont-gomery has been heading the club for at least 18 years now, cooking, enlisting his friends help, lining up speakers for the brief pre-sentation that follows each meal.

And its not just for First Presbyterians. Walt would like to see the membership grow to include people from all over Knox County. All thats required is a happy heart, a desire to get to know your fellow Knoxvil-lians, and whatever mon-etary donation you care to make.

Walts brother David Montgomery, a professional landscaper who owns The Garden Walk Horticulture, gave a slide presentation titled The Beauty and Hu-

A small crowd looks forward to second and third helpings. Pictured are Joseph Redding, Pat and Gary Cham-bers, Hilda Lipe, David Montgomery, Jennifer Jones (behind Mont-gomery) and her son Eli, 3, Thom Miller, David and Mary Ann Piper, and Barry Bartlett, who sits behind cooks Rob Jones and Walt Montgomery. Photos by Carol Shane

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Rob Jones and Walt Montgomery dish out scrambled eggs, biscuits and sausage amid jokes at the Saturday Morning Breakfast Club.

mor of Creation; What Was God Thinking? with com-mentary. Really funny com-mentary. Apparently Walts not the only cutup in the family.

Showing one particularly gruesome-looking speci-men, David remarked, This bloodtooth fungus looks like a scene from CSI. An-other slide showed the gi-ant weta, the worlds largest cricket. That is a CHUNK of insect, he said. I warn you, dont Google-image gi-ant weta believe me, you dont wanna see what else is on there!

Throughout the presen-tation David remarked on his views regarding nature and the divine. Many of the pictures featured plants that look like, or mimic, other things found in nature, like the ethereal egret fl ower. God made man in his own image, he said. I guess he

made other things in the images of other things!

A picture of monkey or-chids followed by a picture of an actual monkey brought the comment, Sorry I put a picture of my brother on here. Walt, sitting in the back, immediately chimed in, He means our other brother.

David also teaches 13 dif-ferent classes in landscap-ing and plant science at UT. He clearly loves the natural world, and is eager to share his knowledge as a land-scape coach.

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So, this morning we are all groggier than usu-al. Daylight Saving Time began Sunday, and we lost an hour of sleep.

I have several ques-tions about Daylight Saving Time. In the fi rst place, according to my mother, who remembered such things, America changed the clocks dur-ing World War II, mov-ing them back an hour so that factory workers (part of the war effort) could get home during daylight. Apparently that was never rescinded, so we are already an hour off of Gods time. So now, when we move the clocks back, we are another hour out of sync from the sun and Gods time and are really and truly confus-ing all the roosters in the land!

Some wise man (possi-bly Will Rogers; it sounds like him!) opined that DST was like cutting off one end of your blanket and sewing it onto the other end to make it lon-ger!

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And another thing: I take it as a personal af-front that it always hap-pens on Sunday. I suppose the government fi gures that if we oversleep and miss church, no harm, no foul. But heaven for-fend that we are late for work! As a Christian, I re-sent the assumption that church is not as important as a job. Of course, church was my job, so when I was working, I had to get up in what seemed the middle of the starry night and drive across town to warm up the choir for the early service!

Now that I am mostly retired and live a half mile from the church I at-tend, its not a problem. Besides, Im getting old and cant sleep late any-how!

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Community services

Cross Roads Presbyterian, 4329 E. Emory Road, hosts the Halls Welfare Ministry food pantry 6-8 p.m. each second Tuesday and 9-11 a.m. each fourth Saturday.

Dante Church of God, 410 Dante School Road, will distribute Boxes of Blessings (food) 9-11 a.m. or until boxes are gone, Saturday, March 14. One box per household. Info: 689-4829.

Glenwood Baptist Church, 7212 Central Avenue Pike, is accepting appointments for the John 5 Food Pantry. Info: 938-2611. Your call will be returned.

Powell Presbyterian Church, 2910 W. Emory Road, will host a Second

Harvest Mobile Food Pantry on Saturday, March 21. The parking lot will open at 6 a.m., and food will be distributed around 7:30. No pre-requirements to receive food. Volunteers are needed 6:30-10 a.m. Info: 938-8311 or www.powellpcusa.org.

Classes/meetings 55 Alive senior group from

First Lutheran Church will meet at noon Thursday, March 12, in the church meeting room, 1207 N. Broadway. Hot lunch will be served, $8. Reservations required. Guest speaker: Douglas Rodenbeck. Topic: How the Money System Works. Open to the public. Info: 524-0366.

First Comforter Church, 5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts MAPS (Mothers At

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

Powell Church hosts Recovery at Powell 6 p.m. (meal) Tuesdays at 323 W. Emory Road. The program embraces people who struggle with addiction, compulsive behaviors, loss and life challenges. Info: www.recoveryatpowell.com or [email protected].

Special services Church of God of Knox-

ville, 5912 Thorn Grove Pike, will hold revival 7 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, March 24-28, and 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Sunday, March 29. The evangelist will be Larry Owen, pastor of the Church of God of New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Info: 522-9520.

By Cindy Taylor Celebration Sunday is

coming up at Bethany B a p t i s t Church. On March 22, the church will com-m e m o r a t e its 150th birthday.

In Feb-ruary 1865, Milan Baptist Church relinquished mem-bership letters to a group of 14 men and women who left to organize their own con-gregation closer to home. On the third Sunday in March 1865, Bethany Bap-tist Church was formed. The congregation met in an empty house with Elder Levi Adkins called as the fi rst pastor. The original church building was com-pleted in 1888. While much has changed in 150 years, that fi rst building is still part of todays church site.

Through the years Beth-any has had more than 25 pastors, 10 of whom are still living. Current pastor, the Rev. Donnie McGinnis,

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Bethany celebrates 150 years

has been with the church for three years. McGinnis believes there is a good rea-son why Bethany remains an active force in the com-munity during times when some congregations are

disbanding.I believe Bethany has

been able to stand strong for 150 years because we hold to the same values as those who started the church. We have not wavered in the face

of adversity. We try to be a beacon of hope for the com-munity by believing in the same God and the same Bible as the founding mem-bers.

The 150th anniversary celebration will begin at 11 a.m. at Bethany. For-mer pastor, the Rev. Kyle Weaver, will bring the mes-sage. Brothers Ronald and Berney Hill, sons of former pastor, the Rev. Walter Hill, will perform special music. A barbecue lunch will be served after worship, and the afternoon will include a time of sharing special memories by former and current members. Several descendants of charter members are planning to attend.

All members and for-mer members are invited to come and help celebrate the special day. Those with stories to share are asked to contact Jean Snodderly at 922-2818 or Ashley Mul-ligan at [email protected].

Bethany Baptist Church is at 6705 Raccoon Valley Road. Info: 922-2235.

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State education chief to visit

Candice McQueen, newly appointed commissioner of

the Tennes-see Depart-ment of Education, will visit two of Knox Countys community schools and discuss her vision

for the future of education in Tennessee. McQueen will visit Pond Gap Elementary and South Knoxville El-ementary schools on Thurs-day, March 26, before her 7 p.m. public presentation at the Downtown Marriott.

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During a recent Fountain City Town Hall meeting, students at Fountain City Elementary were honored for achievement and good character in memory of teacher Ali Sharp, who passed away suddenly several years ago. Pictured are Isabella Hud-

dleston, Evy Norman, Blake Gadd, Addison King, Hunter Wag-ner, Lexi Dishner, Ashlyn McMannus, Peyton Sharp, Seth Palm-er and Emily Laws. Winners not pictured are Kevin Acosta and Makenna Bennett. Photo by S. Clark

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Peyton Branam, Sarah Killion and Anna Kate Swart kick off the celebration of Dr. Seusss birthday week with crazy hair day.

Fountain City Elementary students Patrick Houston and Miah Manfredo show off their crazy outfi ts, and the door to their classroom, for Wacky Wednesday. Photos by R. White

Ava Lamb and Brianna Taylor go for the mismatched look on Wacky Wednesday at Fountain City Elementary.

Luke McCluskey and Elliott Wiggers get new hairstyles for Fountain City Elementarys crazy hair day.

Fountain City Elementary staff members Kimberly Sikes, Maegan Lay and Wendy Williams join the fun on crazy hair day.

Biddle signs withBryan College

Central High senior Andrew Biddle signed to continue his baseball career at Bryan College next year.

The right-handed pitcher played for the Bobcats for all four years of high school and looks forward to the opportunity to play at the next level. While at Bryan, he plans to study mathematics and minor in computer science.

Andrew selected Bryan College because he feels that it is a good Christian school and liked the cam-pus when he visited.

Celebrating with Andrew were his parents, John and Laura Biddle; his grand-parents, Woody and Linda Watson and John Biddle II; sister Emma; and his friends and teammates.

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School Foundations web-site describes their upcom-ing Starry Night spring gala as a Van Gogh-inspired evening of elegance, with a heavy dose of fun party at-mosphere mixed in.

The party atmosphere will be enhanced by live music from Judge Tim Ir-wins band The Chillbillies, dancing, delicious food and beverages. Other highlights will include a silent auction beginning at 6:30 p.m. and a live auction of special items later in the evening.

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Area schools go crazy for Dr. Seuss

If Dr. Seuss were still alive, he would have cele-brated his 111th birthday on Monday, March 2. In honor of the man who wrote and illustrated many beloved childrens books, including The Cat in the Hat, Green Eggs and Ham and Hop on Pop, elementary-school stu-dents dressed up as their fa-vorite Seuss characters, and guest readers stopped by many schools to participate in Read Across America.

Fun days included crazy hair, fox in socks, wacky Wednesday and crazy hat day. Several schools gave teachers an opportunity to get creative with door deco-rating contests.

the event, and Knox Coun-ty Schools employees can purchase a ticket for $20. Gresham Middle School staff members may attend for free, compliments of the foundation. To purchase tickets, visit the foundation website at www.gresham-middleschoolfoundation.org or mail a check to GMSF, P.O. Box 18495, Knoxville, TN 37928.

The foundation is accept-ing sponsors for the event; email [email protected] or call 603-5381 before Friday, March 13. Sponsors of $250 and up will be listed on a banner to be displayed at the event and then hung inside the main entrance at the school for the following year.

Established in early 2014, the foundation set the primary goal of promot-ing academic excellence at Gresham Middle School by raising funds that provide opportunities for students and the faculty that other-wise would not be available.

Isabella Humphrey, Bree Webb and Lilly Webb go crazy with their outfi ts on Wacky Wednesday at Adrian Burnett.

Adrian Burnett Elementary teacher Barbara Robertson (as Taff y the Clown) reads to students in celebration of Read Across America.

Adrian Burnett student Ava Blumes hairstyle reaches new

heights in celebration of Dr. Seusss birthday.

Phil Campbell stops by Adrian Burnett Elementary and reads to students Brimley Wilson, Cambree Beason (both pictured with Campbell) and their classmates from Katie Brintnalls class during Dr. Seusss birthday celebration. Photos submitted

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The Stepmother (Cate Blanchett) keeps Ella (Lily James) in her place as a servant in Cinderella.

Brooklyn mobster and hit man Jimmy Conlon (Liam Neeson), right, tries to persuade his old friend and boss, Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), from going after his estranged son in Run All Night.

Ella (Lily James) arrives at the ball in Cinderella.

This weeks new mov-ies go after totally different audiences, but they share a theme of familiarity.

The fairy-tale obsession thats been fi lling screens large and small in recent years continues with Cin-derella.

These days, you cant spin a wand around a room without hitting some prin-cess, particularly of the Disney ilk. The problem, er, situation, is only going to get worse, er, multiply, with the release of the new live-action version of Cinderel-la from Disney, of course.

Opulently fi lmed by di-rector Kenneth Branagh, this new Cinderella brings a message of courage and compassion. The heroine looks for good in people and has a kind heart; but of course shes not opposed to donning a magical ball gown when the occasion calls for it.

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Liam Neeson contin-ues his action-hero reign in Run All Night. The Taken star plays Jimmy Conlon, a Brooklyn mobster and hit man whos trying to drink his way to the side-lines of crime.

When his boss and long-time best friend, Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris), tries to make Jimmys estranged son, Mike (Joel Kinnamon), pay for the death of his son, Jimmy must get off the bar-stool and decide his loyal-ties.

The fi lms impressive cast also includes Vincent DOnofrio, Common (recent Oscar winner for Best Origi-nal Song, Glory, from Sel-ma), Bruce McGill, Patricia Kalember and Holt McCal-lany. Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-Stop, Unknown) directed.

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Circus Extravaganza benefi ting at-risk youth and adults with autism, 7 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Pellissippi State Community College, Clayton Performing Arts Center, 10915 Hardin Valley Road. Tickets: $10. Info: 609-2012.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY Smoky Mountain Winterfest 2015, Thompson-Boling Are-

na. Info/registration/schedule: http://www.winterfest2015.com/midwest/smoky-mountain.

2015 Real Home Show, Knoxville Convention Center, 701 Henley St. Sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Greater Knoxville. Times: noon-6 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday; noon-6 p.m. Sunday. Featuring an updated fl oor plan with displays by professional contractors including new home builders, remodelers and home-improvement special-ists. Info: www.therealhomeshow.com.

FRIDAY The Annie Moses Band, 8 p.m., Ronald and Lynda Nutt

Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts, 502 E. Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville. Info/tickets: www.claytonartscenter.com, 981-8263.

Friends of Literacy Bachelor Auction, 7:30 p.m., Crowne Plaza. Info/tickets: 549-7007 or www.friendsofl iteracy.org.

John Paul Keith will perform, 10 p.m., Barleys in the Old City, 200 E. Jackson Ave. Info: 521-0092, http://barleysknoxville.com.

Midnight Voyage LIVE: Mindelixir, Fast Nasty, SpookyJones, Psychonaut, 9 p.m., The Concourse, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info: http://internationalknox.com.

Penny & Sparrow will perform, 8 p.m., The Square Room, 4 Market Square. Info: 544-4144.

Scratch River Telegraph Co. will perform, 8 p.m., Preserva-tion Pub second fl oor, 28 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.

TJ Kong & the Atomic Bomb/Ian Thomas and Band of Drifters will perform 10 p.m., Scruff y City Hall, 32 Market Square. Info: 524-2224, www.scruff ycityhall.com.

Uptown Comedy Jam II, 8 p.m., Bijou Theater, 803 S. Gay St. Info/tickets: http://www.knoxbijou.com.

Wild Things will perform, 10 p.m., Preservation Pub, 28 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.

SATURDAY America Loves Bacon Festival, 1-7 p.m., Worlds Fair Park. Info:

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Bijou Jubilee! 2015 featuring Scott Miller and The Com-monwealth, 8:30 p.m., Bijou Theatre; to benefi t preservation of the Bijou Theatre. Info/tickets: www.knoxbijou.com.

Great Barrier Reefs/Marina Orchestra will perform, 10 p.m., Scruff y City Hall, 32 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.

Imperial Blend/Davis Mitchell and DM3 will perform, 10 p.m., Preservation Pub, 28 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.

Jazz pianist Judy Carmichael in concert, 7:30 p.m., Clayton Center for the Arts, Maryville. Tickets: $25. Info/tickets: 981-8590 or claytonartscenter.com.

Knoxville Downtown Rail Jam, 6 p.m., Marc Nelson Denim, 700 E. Depot Ave. Info: [email protected].

KSO Pops Series: The Midtown Men, 8 p.m., Knoxville Civic Auditorium. Info/tickets: www.knoxvillesymphony.com; KnoxvilleTickets.com, 656-4444 or 877-995-9961.

Mountain Soul will perform, 10 p.m., Barleys in the Old City, 200 E. Jackson Ave. Info: 521-0092, http://barleysknoxville.com.

The Rock and Roll Show: The Bad Dudes, Belfast 6 Pack, Tina Tarmac & The Burns, Mass Driver, 8 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info: http://internationalknox.com.

St. Paddys Day on Market Square, 5 p.m., Market Square Stage. Performing: Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, Cut-throat Shamrock.

SUNDAY Barleys St. Patricks Day 5K, 2 p.m., Barleys in the Old City,

200 E. Jackson Ave. All proceeds go to Emilys Power For A Cure, a foundation to raise funds and awareness for neuro-blastoma research. Info: 521-0092.

Drowning Pool: Unlucky 13 Anniversary with Adrenaline Mob, Full Devil Jacket and VanKale, 6 p.m., The International, 940 Blackstock Ave. Info: http://internationalknox.com.

The Dupont Brothers will perform, 10 p.m., Preservation Pub, 28 Market Square. Info: 524-2224.

The Paper Crowns will perform, 8 p.m., Barleys in the Old City, 200 E. Jackson Ave. Info: 521-0092, http://barleysknoxville.com.

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An abundance of pancakes, sausage, orange juice, milk, & coffee. In addition to the regular pancakes, Outback Steakhouse in Sevierville will prepare gluten-free buckwheat pancakes with apple or blackberry toppings! Shuttle service will be provided for those who park at Bill Meyer Stadium or Ashley Nicole Dreamland Playground in Caswell Park. Previously purchased tickets will be good for this event. Tickets available at the door for $5 & include the all you can eat pancake menu & admission to other activities, including the craft & gift fair, informational resource booths, & a new event: The debut of the CAC Of ce on Agings Senior Service Directory!

The Grouper Po Boy at Puleos Grille is served with crispy fries. Photo by Mystery Diner

The Midtown Men will be bringing the glorious sounds of the 60s to the Knoxville Civic Auditorium this weekend. Photo sub-mitted

The Midtown Men are coming. And youre going to love hearing them.

Sometimes, its sand-wich time. Whether that is a lunch break or time for dinner, there are those days when the whole delicious menu of a restaurant just sinks into the background as the sandwich section pops to the front.

At Puleos Grille, there are some very tasty sand-wiches from which to choose, from burgers to po boys to fi sh tacos to BLTs of both the turkey and fried-green-tomato variety.

Puleos has one of those menus that keep you com-ing back because there are so many kinds of foods to try. Their mission state-ment is to be a blend of the traditional steak and seafood restaurant with Southern comfort and tra-ditional Italian offerings. The menu captures that philosophy with comfort

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foods like shrimp and grits and turkey and dressing and Italian specialties such as Nonas Lasagna, Paler-mo Chicken and Eggplant Parmesan.

On a sandwich day, how-ever, the Grouper Po Boy was just the right fi t. A nice piece of grouper was the star of the show, although the dill caper remoulade deserved some top billing. The lettuce and tomatoes were crisp and ripe.

The way to ruin a piece of grouper is to overbread and underseason it. Puleos grouper had a crunchy,

delicate seasoning, allow-ing the taste of the grouper to come through. It also meant that what, at fi rst glance, looked like too thin a fi let to carry the sandwich turned out to be right on target.

Puleos French bread roll was fresh and very lightly toasted, again, pulling the

whole sandwich together. Each bite had the right combination of bread, let-tuce, tomato, remoulade and, of course, grouper.

Puleos has four locations in East Tennessee now. One is in Alcoa, and the three Knox County locations are at Cedar Bluff, Strawberry Plains and Merchant Drive.

Oh, what a

wind, jumping up from their seats and twisting the night away. What else can you do with a live and in-person, sounding-and-looking-just-like-the-real-thing Beatles band pumping out Twist and Shout?

Earlier this season, The Sounds of Simon and Garfunkel, featuring the talented performers A.J.

Swearingen & Jonathan Beedle, had much the same effect, albeit a bit quieter one. Still to come this sea-son, concertgoers can look forward to The Music of Queen in April and A Trib-ute to Elvis Presley in May.

Despite a wealth of tal-ented present-day singers and performers, the KSO knows which generation

had the best popular music. And they know that folks never, ever get tired of hear-ing it.

The Midtown Men features Michael Longo-ria, Daniel Reichard, Tony Award nominee J. Robert Spencer and the 2006 Tony Award winner for Best Featured Actor in a Musi-cal, Christian Hoff. As the stars of Jersey Boys, the Broadway mega-hit about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, these four talented actors shared the stage for over 1,000 performances and delighted television au-diences with appearances on the Today show, The Late Show with David Let-terman and Dick Clarks Rockin New Years Eve.

The group is particularly special because they are the fi rst principal cast of a high-profi le musical that has had major success as a completely new entity.

So come out this Satur-day night and revel in those great sounds. This is not mimicry or tribute, says the Midtown Men website, its a true celebration of the music of an era.

The Midtown Men, part of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestras News Sentinel Pops Series, will be present-ed at 8 p.m. this Saturday, March 14, at Knoxvilles Civic Auditorium. For tick-ets, call 291-3310 or visit www.knoxvillesymphony.com.Send story suggestions to [email protected].

Now on their third na-tional tour, four stars from the original cast of Jersey Boys will be sharing the stage with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra this weekend, bringing to life their favorite hits from the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Motown, the Four Seasons and more.

KSO pops concerts are always fun for everyone. The guest artists are usu-ally pleasantly surprised at the caliber of the orchestra. Maybe theyre not expect-ing much from our Scruffy Little City. After all, most of these folks come from New York and Los Angeles.

But I can tell you fi rst-hand that, though there may be only two rehears-als sometimes only one your hometown orchestra shines every time.

For me, as the pianist for the orchestra, its a pleasure to play the hits I grew up loving. The KSO has hosted Beatles tribute bands three times in my tenure, and ev-ery one of those concerts was a blast. Two of them ended with orchestra mem-bers fl inging caution to the

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Breakfast Club gets a workoutThe Halls Business and Professional Associations monthly Breakfast Club was hosted by Tennova Health and Fitness last week. Sandy Cates, Denise Girard and Tennovas Dana Henegar took on Randy Merritt and Dennis Jones in a friendly match of tug-of-war. The club meets each fi rst Thursday from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at various businesses. There will be no breakfast meet-ing in April due to the annual prayer breakfast, but the group will meet at Flapjacks on Emory Road on Thursday, May 7. Photo by R. White

By Sherry WittAmid a harsh onslaught

of wintry w e a t h e r , we saw an e n c o u r a g-ing trend for local real estate and lend-ing markets during Feb-ruary. For

the month ending on Fri-day, Feb. 27, there were 585 property transfers recorded in Knox County, surpass-ing both the January total of 583 as well as last Febru-arys output of 551 sales.

The total value of prop-erty sold was $147.9 million, which also barely topped Januarys aggregate and easily bested last Februarys total of only $91 million. On the mortgage side, the Feb-ruary numbers dipped be-low Januarys lending pace as approximately $194 mil-lion was borrowed against real property, compared to $227 million during the fi rst

month of the year. However, the February activity was well ahead of last years fi g-ure of $158.5 million.

Perhaps the most re-markable statistic was that these rather robust num-bers came during a Febru-ary that was shortened to just 15 working days due to several factors includ-ing weather, Presidents Day and the short 28-day month.

Among the most note-worthy property sales of the month was the transfer of an apartment complex located at 2308 Forest Ave. in the Fort Sanders commu-nity. The property was sold to Acc Op (University Walk TN) LLC, for a listed price of $30 million.

The largest mortgage transaction was a loan to the Industrial Development Board of the city of Knox-ville, secured by a deed of trust of $9 million. The loan was said to be for the reno-vation of the Medical Arts Building at 603 Main Ave.

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KUB upgrade closes section of MainA utility upgrade will

close a block of Main Street in downtown Knoxville during March. KUB and its contrac-tors will be closing Main Street between Gay Street and State Street while im-provements are made to the utility infrastructure in that block.

The closure of this block of Main Street will

prevent a direct connec-tion from Main Street onto James White Park-way. The utility work is part of KUBs major $8.4 million Downtown Cen-tury II Utilities Upgrade Project to improve util-ity systems and provide reliable services now and through KUBs second century.

UT Law off ering free tax helpAs part of the IRS Volun-

teer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, UT Law students will offer free tax preparation help and elec-tronic fi ling to qualifying members of the community. The program is available to those who generally make $53,000 or less, persons with disabilities, the elderly and limited-English-speak-ing taxpayers who need as-sistance in preparing their

own tax returns. The services are available

5-7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays through April 15 in Suite 157 of the College of Law, 1505 W. Cumberland Ave. Appoint-ments not required. Visit www.tiny.utk.edu/vita to learn what documents are needed. Info: Morgan, 974-2492 or [email protected].

Free tax assistance availableThe Volunteer Income

Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which offers free tax preparation by certifi ed volunteers to low- to moderate-income families and households, is available at three loca-tions.

Goodwill, 5307 Kings-ton Pike: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays through Thurs-days and 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays, through April 15.

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By Cindy Taylor Attorney and Fountain

City native Samantha Parris has opened a law offi ce on Central Avenue Pike.

A practicing attorney for seven years, Parris at-tended Central High School her freshman year and then transferred to Gibbs High School.

After graduating from Gibbs, Parris attended UT for a bachelors degree with an accounting major and law school.

To keep things simple for her clients, Parris charges a fl at fee rather than billing by the hour and offers a free initial consultation. She is willing to travel to a clients home, hospital room, nurs-ing home or hospice if they are unable to get to her. Par-ris says people often wait until the end stages of a se-rious illness to think about preparing a will.

When this happens it is of paramount importance

to fi nd a lawyer who will see to your needs immediately

and effi -ciently, she said. One of my cli-ents passed away just weeks after she signed her will. Because I was willing

to visit her in the hospital and prepare her documents quickly, her fi nal wishes were carried out exactly as she specifi ed.

Parris has received a Martindale-Hubbell AV rat-ing from her peers in the le-gal community, a signifi cant accomplishment ranking her at the highest level of professional excellence.

Parris is president of the Knoxville Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals. She teaches seminars for other lawyers on wills, estate planning

and probate, and has writ-ten articles on those topics in legal publications.

Parris focuses on wills and trusts, probate, conser-vatorships, powers of attor-ney and business law. She says it is imperative for ev-eryone to have a valid will.

If you dont have a will, the government can decide what happens to your prop-erty when you die. In some cases they can even decide who gets your children.

I use my combination of experience and compas-sion to prepare a valid will for my clients that protects their wishes.

The Law Offi ce of Saman-tha Parris is located close to I-275 at 4610 Central Avenue Pike, Suite 102 in a converted Victorian house.

Parking is free and the offi ce is handicap acces-sible.

Hours are 9-5 Monday to Friday. Info: 687-8744 or samanthaparrislaw.com.

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Sports Animal visits

Halls Jimmy Hyams and

John Wilkerson brought the Sports Animal live remote

for the Miller Lite Man-up Tour to

The Rocks in Halls last week. The pair,

pictured with Rocks owner Patrick Gar-

rett, chatted on the phone with former

UT coach Don DeVoe and discussed the

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Delicious creations in batter and frosting fi lled the Tennessee Terrace level of Neyland Stadium on Satur-day, Feb. 28, as more than 150 beautifully decorated cakes, cake pops, cupcakes and non-edible diaper cakes fi lled the room. The Great Cake Bake, now in its sixth year, is a tasty fundraising event by the Knox County Public Library, with all pro-ceeds going to Dolly Par-tons Imagination Library of Knox County.

The contest attracts pro-fessionals, children, teens and home cooks and fea-tures cake and pastry sam-plings for attendees.

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This group has been dreaming of confection creations for months. From left are Mary Pom Clai-borne, director of marketing and community relations for the Knox County Public Library; Dani-elle Velez, program coordinator for Knox County Imagination Library; Bonny Naugher, Imagina-tion Library advisory board chair; and Holly Kizer, advisory board member. Photos by Justin Acuff

Danielle Velez, program coordinator for Knox County Imagina-tion Library, and Larry Clark of Sugarbakers, stand in front of Sugarbakers elaborate castle cake.

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