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It’s 1812 at Marble Springs
Marble Springs State His-toric Site will host a day of War of 1812-era activities 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the site, 1220 W. Gov. John Sevier Highway.
Partnering with the Tennes-see War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, Marble Springs will be a hotbed of activi-ties including encampments, lawn bowling, military drills, musket fi rings, popular music of the era, lectures relating to John Sevier’s role during the war, and a scheduled guided tour of the buildings.
Marble Springs is also com-memorating the 200th anni-versary of the death of Sevier, Tennessee’s fi rst governor. A $3 donation is suggested for admission.
Info: www.marblesprings.net, 865-573-5508, [email protected].
By Betsy PickleThe difference between open
and closed seems, well, open and shut. But even though Open Streets Knoxville this Sunday will close down – to motorized ve-hicles – a mile of Central Street, businesses along the corridor are looking forward to the expected infl ux of cyclists and pedestrians.
“I’m very excited about it,” says Peggy Hambright, owner of Mag-pies Bakery, 846 N. Central St. “I think it’s going to be great for this corridor.
“It’s a great way to get people down here to see all the new stuff that’s been popping up in the last year or two.”
Jay Nations, co-owner of Raven Records & Rarities, 1200 N. Cen-
tral St., says that having the street fi lled with pedestrians means his store has a good chance to make an impression.
“People tend to poke their head in a shop if they’re walking by more than if they’re in a car,” says Nations, tongue only halfway in cheek.
Open Streets, which takes place 1-4 p.m. Sunday, was organized by Bike Walk Knoxville and in-spired by similar cyclist/pedes-trian events that have taken root in cities across the United States and throughout Europe. More than a street festival, it aims to encourage physical activity and consideration of alternative trans-portation, share safety tips and promote local businesses.
Magpies Bakery owner Peggy Hambright is looking forward to the fun of
Open Streets. Photos by Betsy Pickle
Businesses opento concept of
Jay Nations and Jack Stiles, co-owners of Raven Records & Rarities, hope
Open Streets Knoxville will benefi t businesses as well as bicyclists.
Many businesses will have spe-cial activities in addition to their regular goods and services.
There will be plenty of room to move, along with guidance in doing so, with everything from a bike rodeo and bocce ball to Tai Chi demos and yoga classes. Sev-eral vendors will have bikes for rent.
Most activities will be fam-ily friendly, and nearly everything but food is free.
“We’re going to set up a tent and have some games,” says Hambright. She’s thought of “a cupcake walk where you have to hold it in a spoon or an old-fashioned cakewalk and
Tom Harrington of Fountain City is one of two volunteers hon-
ored for their work with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Park Superin-tendent Cassius Cash said the vol-unteer program “provides profes-sional and vital information to our
many visitors every day.”“Tom and Sterling (Fisher) are
excellent examples of that incredi-ble service. When you look at their service record it is clear to see why they were selected for these re-
gional and national awards.”Harrington, who has served
more than 20,000 hours in the Cades Cove area of the park, was given the Southeast Regional En-during Service Award. Fisher, who has volunteered for more than 10 years throughout the park, was recognized with the Southeast Re-gional Youth Volunteer Award and the national George and Helen Hartzog Youth Volunteer Award.
Harrington has been volunteer-ing at the national park for more than 17 years. While working in the park three to fi ve days a week, he provides informal roving in-terpretation and formal interpre-tive programs. He also provides
off-site community-outreach programs and is a member of the park’s “Adopt-a-Trail” program. He has educated and enlightened thousands of visitors through these programs about the park, providing further insight and ap-preciation and promoting stew-ardship and passion for the Smok-ies, according to a press release.
Fisher’s service to the national park began when he was just 6 years old, accumu lating over 300 hours of service before he entered high school. When he enrolled as a freshman at Gatlinburg-Pittman High School in 2012, he noticed an absence of a connection between the school and nearby national
park. Sterling started the fi rst ju-nior chapter of the Friends of theSmokies to provide an opportu-nity for students to support thenational park through fundraisingand volunteer service.
Every year volunteers performa variety of activities includ-ing assisting with cultural dem-onstrations and special events,carrying out litter patrols alongtrails and in campsites, servingas campground hosts, and help-ing fi sheries biologists monitortrout populations. In 2014, 2,560volunteers donated 150,679 hoursof service to the national park.Info: nps.gov/grsm/getinvolved/volunteer.htm
Tom Harrington gets national park award
Open Streets
Soup’s on againGot an idea for a creative
project that will benefi t the community? Need a little seed money? Knoxville SOUP is seeking proposals for a micro-grant.
The next Knoxville SOUP, presented by the South Knoxville Alliance, will open at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, at Woodlawn Christian Church, 4339 Woodlawn Pike.
For a $5 (or more) donation, attendees get a light meal and can listen to up to four brief proposals about projects that will make a difference in the community.
Audience members vote to decide the best project, and the winner gets the take from the door.
Artists are also being sought to perform or display their work during the SOUP.
The four-question applica-tion is at KnoxvilleSOUP.org. Deadline is Oct. 29.
Applicants will be notifi ed of their acceptance by Nov. 2.
Alcoa Highway project lags
An estimated $271 million project to improve Alcoa High-way 12.5 miles from Cherokee Trail at the UT Medical Center to the airport in Blount County has been divided into seven parts to accommodate funding.
And there’s still no money.
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Harrington
By Sandra ClarkWhat happens when 102,000-
plus UT football fans tweet or IM or email their unique perspective on a scoring play or game-saving stop? Why it goes right through for AT&T customers thanks to the company’s recent enhance-ments to the Dis-tributed Antenna
System (DAS) at Neyland stadium. With approximately 194 anten-
nas spread throughout the stadium, connectivity at Neyland is roughly equivalent in size to cover a city the size of Morristown, says Alan Hill, AT&T’s regional director for exter-
nal affairs. He spoke last week to the Farragut Rotary.
“Smartphones are now an essen-tial part of the game-day experience for fans,” said Hill, a UT alum.
“We know that being able to send photos and texts and check scores from around the country is impor-tant to fans in the stands.” Engi-neers continue to tweak the system, which was installed this fall.
A DAS is a network of several small antennas designed to en-hance wireless service within an area or building. DAS technology helps improve customers’ wireless service by shortening the distance a call or text must travel.
Hill talked about AT&T’s work during the NCAA basketball play-offs. “You know how they bring in
those raised fl oors? Well, we in-stalled antennas under them when the Final Four was held in Dallas.”
Other facts shared by Hill: ■ In 1952, AT&T had just 21
outdoor phones in Knoxville. ■ In 1954, special circuits were
installed to bring teletype feeds to the News Sentinel.
■ In 1962, the fi rst UT game on TV was broadcast nationally. AT&T was involved, and the oppo-nent was Alabama.
■ At one point nationally, about 450,000 customers per month were switching away from tradi-tional land lines.
■ There’s been a 100,000 per-cent increase in mobile data traffi c in the last eight years on the AT&T mobile network.
■ AT&T will use $26 million in Connect America Funds per yearover the next six years to supple-ment efforts to expand ruralbroadband in Tennessee.
■ By 2020, AT&T’s vision is to lead in mobilizing the world usingwearable technology, and by con-necting homes, cars and cities.
■ Business opportunities are plentiful in this mobile world.
“So, what did you learn?” askedHill at the meeting’s end.
Gulp! “Uh, you talked so fast itwas hard to take notes, but I cameaway believing AT&T is dynamic –leading the technology curve. Buystock!” I answered.
Hill awed the folks at FarragutRotary. He’s a great speaker for yourcivic group ([email protected]).
AT&T means business, wires Neyland
Alan Hill
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health & lifestyles
You care, but you’re not sure how to show it. That’s how most people feel when they learn that someone they know has cancer.
You don’t have to be elo-quent, and it’s not your job to make everything better. Just offer encouragement, speak from the heart, and express your concern.
Here are some examples of appropriate things to say:
■ I’m so sorry you’re going through this. ■ I’m here for you. ■ How are you? ■ How can I help? ■ If you ever want to talk, I’m here. ■ You are in my thoughts and prayers. ■ I’m not sure what to say, but I want you to know that I care.Avoid � ippant remarks
that may come across as dis-missing the seriousness of the disease, and instead of initi-ating humor, take your cues from her. Only share the news of her diagnosis with others if you have her permission. Re-spect that it’s her story to tell.
Yes, you really do need a mammogramOctober is Breast Cancer
Awareness Month, and the color pink is everywhere as a symbol of the importance of � ghting the most common kind of cancer in America. Yet with all the efforts to raise awareness about breast can-cer, and the importance of getting a yearly mammogram starting at age 40, many women still won’t.
Gayle Roulier, MD, a fellow-ship-trained mammographer, thinks the main reason women still resist getting those mam-mograms is because of plain and simple fear. “It’s unfortunate that many women do not come for an-nual screening mammograms be-cause they’re afraid,” says Roulier.
“Some people are afraid of the results, some people are afraid it’s going to be a painful process,” Roulier explains. “It can be un-comfortable for some women, especially if they originally have tender breasts; maybe they have cyclic tenderness, but it’s a very important thing to do, annually.”
Roulier practices at Thompson Comprehensive Breast Center, a department of Fort Sanders Re-gional Medical Center. She empha-sizes that the earlier breast cancer is diagnosed, the more successful treatment will be. Mammography can detect cancer before it’s clini-cally evident – before a patient can feel it.
“That’s a huge advantage be-cause if you can’t feel it, you won’t
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know it’s there,” Roulier says. “Mammography allows us to di-agnose breast cancer at an earlier stage, and treatment can be more successful because of that.”
Roulier admits there is some discomfort involved in a mam-mogram, but it only lasts for a few seconds. Those few seconds of dis-comfort can make a big difference in the course of a woman’s life.
“It’s over pretty quick, and most women don’t have a problem with it at all,” Roulier says.
The three screening methods most commonly used are mam-mography, ultrasound, and MRI. Roulier says mammography is still the best method of screening for most women. An MRI may be rec-ommended for a woman who has a
higher risk of breast cancer, and it is used in addition to mammogra-phy for a closer look.
Ultrasound traditionally has been more of a problem-solving tool. When something out of the ordinary shows up on a mammo-gram, there’s no way to tell if it’s � uid or solid. Fluid masses in the breast are called “cysts,” and cysts are not cancer.
“So when we see something on the mammogram, and we don’t know if it’s � uid or solid, ultimate-ly ultrasound helps us solve that problem, because an ultrasound can help us distinguish a � uid mass from a solid mass.”
Roulier says more women are beginning to use ultrasound as a screening tool, especially with the legislation that’s been passed in Tennessee and other states requiring mammographers to make women with dense breasts aware of their options. “Basical-ly, the law says that if a woman has dense breast tissue, we are, by law, obligated to inform her that her tissue is dense, and that cancer may be harder to detect,” Roulier says, so some women opt for getting both a mammogram and ultrasound upfront.
One thing Roulier wants ev-ery woman to know is that she and the other fellowship-trained mammographers with Covenant Health are committed to screen-ing processes that are in the best
Appropriate responses to cancer
What do I say?
Early detection is the key
Finding breast cancer early is important for suc-cessful treatment. The American Cancer Society has several recommendations for early breast cancer de-tection:
■ Breast self-exam (BSE): Most health care providers recommend women start doing this monthly in their 20s, although it’s important to realize many women � nd lumps accidentally as well. Look for lumps, bumps, skin irritation or dimpling, nipple pain or retraction, redness or scaling of the nipple, or discharge. Tell your health care provider about any changes, but remember, most breast changes do not mean cancer.
■ Clinical breast exam: Have this done once a year by a trained clinician.
■ Mammogram: Most doctors still recom-mend an annual mammogram after the age of 40, although some recent recommendations say it may be safe to wait longer. Mammograms can detect cancerous lumps too small to feel. Talk to your doctor about the bene� ts and limitations of mammograms.
Risks for breast cancer:
According to the American Cancer Society, some women have a higher risk of developing breast cancer. These include women who have the following:
■ A close relative (mother, sister) who had the disease.
■ The BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation, or have a close relative who has the gene.
■ Radiation therapy to the chest between the ages of 10 and 30.
■ Certain rare medical disorders. ■ A personal history of breast cancer. ■ Extremely dense breasts or unevenly dense
breasts when viewed by mammograms.
interest of each individual wom-an.
“There is no normal mammo-gram. There is no normal breast,” Roulier says. “Every woman is built differently, and each woman has a unique pattern.”
Thompson Comprehensive Breast Center provides complete breast health services, including breast health education, screen-ing, diagnostics and treatment planning. The breast center is certi� ed by the American College of Radiology as a Breast Center of Excellence.
These services are only avail-able in certi� ed facilities that have received FDA approval to offer them. For more information, or to schedule a mammo-gram, call Thompson Cancer
Survival Center at (865) 541-1450, or log on to thompson-cancer.com/breastcenter.
Can I Aff ord It?Another reason some women
may hesitate about scheduling anannual screening mammogrammay be a fear that it will be too ex-pensive. But the cost of screeningmammograms is covered by mostinsurance, without copayments ordeductibles, and a doctor’s referralis not required. Talk to your insur-ance provider to con� rm cost andcoverage.
If you are a woman age 40 orolder, Medicare will pay for annualscreening mammograms. It pays forone baseline mammogram for fe-male bene� ciaries between the agesof 35 and 39, with no deductible.
SOUTH KNOX Shopper news • OCTOBER 21, 2015 • 3 community
Betsy Pickle
When Paul and Lora Dai-ley decided to open a busi-ness in South Knoxville, they thought big – 44,000 square feet, to be precise.
Their Bargain Hunters Antique and Flea Market Mall, 4006 Chapman High-way, has fi lled up the main space of the former Big Lots store and soon will extend into the secondary space (Big Lots’ furniture area). At capacity, it will have 300 vendor booths.
Since opening in early Oc-tober, Bargain Hunters has seen a variety of goods come and go, from actual antiques to Disney collectibles to Uni-versity of Tennessee sports paraphernalia.
The range is impressive: paintings, sculptures, pot-tery and handicrafts; Hal-loween, Thanksgiving and Christmas decor; typewrit-ers, word processors and fl at-screen TVs; furniture for babies, kids and adults, including every conceivable type of table; vintage cloth-ing and blue jeans; jewelry, hats and other accessories; old tools and new gadgets;
Native American craft piec-es; CDs, DVDs and cassette tapes; rare movie posters and old advertising signs; kitchen linens, china and serving pieces.
Dog stairs? Yep. Peacock feathers? Uh huh. Chastity belt? Got you covered.
This is the Daileys’ fi fth store. They live in Eliza-bethton and own two an-tique malls and two fl ea market malls in upper East
Tennessee. This is their fi rst combo.
“We targeted Knoxville as a market for us, and we’ve been looking for sev-eral months for a location,” says Paul Dailey. Their lease went into effect July 1; it took them three months to get the place ready, with the proper approvals. They hope to have the rest of the space open soon, and they’re also looking for a second Knox-
ville location.Their SoKno connection
goes back more than a de-cade, when Paul was named manager of the Highland South Funeral Home (he has degrees from East Ten-nessee State University and Mid-America College of Fu-neral Service).
He and Lora and their kids lived here for 10 months.
“We were building a
Shopping spans spectrum at SoKno mall
Collectible Gibson shirt
Chastity belt
Lora and Paul Dailey relax in Sha-Lee’s Uptown Country room in the Bargain Hunters Antique
and Flea Market Mall. Photos by Betsy Pickle
Sassy cat
Open Streets From page 1
give away some stuff.”For those who want calo-
ries to burn off, restaurants from the Old City to Happy Holler – even ones usually closed on Sundays – will be open, and a number of food trucks will set up along the route.
Not surprisingly, Mat-thew Kellogg, president of the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club, which meets monthly at Central Flats & Taps, says the AMBC is fi red up about Open Streets.
“We are going to basically do a big arts and crafts proj-ect,” he says of their “Urban Forest” site, near the rail-road tracks in the Old City.
“We’re going to bring some of the forest to the streets and encourage peo-ple to stop with us for a little bit on their journey up and down Central Street.”
Kellogg hopes this isn’t a one-time event.
“We’d love to see it hap-pen more often,” he says. “We think it’s good for folks, and we think it’s good for business.
“We’re really, really proud of Bike Walk Knox-ville for all that they’ve done in the past year, pulling the
(Tennessee) Bike S ummit together and also getting this on the schedule and making it happen. It’s huge. It’s great.”
It’s also just one step in Knoxville’s quest to become a bike-friendly city.
“I think it’ll take a while to change the minds of all the people who aren’t used to driving around bicycles,” says Hambright. “And it scares me, the sort of ag-gression of some vehicle op-erators against bikers, like they don’t have a right to be on the road.”
Jack Stiles, Raven’s other co-owner, says he’s looking forward to Open Streets and is in favor of promoting cy-cling.
“If I lived in a city that was gridded out and it was comfortable to ride a bike back and forth, I’d do it in a heartbeat,” he says.
He defi nitely sees the need for alternative trans-portation and “public transportation that makes sense.”
“We’re going to have to get away from fossil fuels eventually,” he says.
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By Cindy TaylorNorthgate Terrace and
The Manor at Northgate are happening places these days. The party started Oct. 7 with an outdoor picnic and fundraiser.
The community was in-vited to join residents for lunch and shopping. Fel-lowship North Church vol-unteers served food and helped with set-up.
Housecall Medical of-fered free blood-pressure checks, and other business-es were present to share info with seniors.
Goodwill Industries set up a clothing booth to make shopping for clothes easy for residents, and Renee Singh put together a jewelry booth with earrings, bracelets, necklaces and much more.
Funds from the lunch and shopping event go to supple-ment supportive services at The Manor at Northgate.
Later in the week, Fel-lowship North Church host-ed a rockin’ party with food and music in the back court-
Week-long party at Northgate Terrace
Fellowship North church member
Grayson Rossini puts on a dance
show for Northgate residents.
Northgate residents Susie Payne and Island Hansard do the
twist.
yard. AM Station band was on site with swin-gin’ oldies. Residents danced the night away with songs like “Rock Around the Clock” and “Only You.”
Decorations were fall themed and lent a fes-tive air to the beautiful
evening. Volunteers from the church brought plen-ty of snacks and drinks to keep residents warm and fed. Volunteers from Fellowship North Church and Fountain City Unit-ed Methodist Church offered their services to work on walkers that
needed repair.“This is a great party,” said
one resident. “It was so much fun to hear some oldies and have a chance to dance with each other and some of the church members.”
Nearby neighborhood residents dropped in when they heard the great music, then stayed to listen and join the fun. Contact Cindy Taylor at ctaylorsn@gmail.
com.
home in Seymour,” he says. “We never got to move into it because I got transferred back home.”
Longing for something more entrepreneurial, he opened his fi rst store in November 2012. After six months, he left the funeral business completely.
The Daileys see their business as a win-win. They own stores that bring them income while helping others have their own busi-nesses without the stresses of operating their own stores. They note that many of the vendors are South Knoxvillians.
“The great part with this business is our vendors don’t stay here to sell,” says Paul. “They come in, rent their space, they tag every-thing – everyone has their own code – and they get to leave.
“So many people sell
items that will not fi t intoan antique store, and theonly place they can go is toa weekend fl ea market, andthey’re stuck there. Theydon’t have to stay here, andthey’re not sitting out inthe cold trying to sell theirstuff.”
Booth rentals range from$55 to $250, and the store isopen 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
COMMUNITY NOTES
■ Colonial Village Neighbor-hood Association. Info: Terry
Caruthers, 579-5702, t_ca-
■ Knoxville Tri-County Lions Club meets 7 p.m. each
second and fourth Monday,
Connie’s Kitchen, 10231 Chap-
man Highway, Seymour. Info:
facebook.com/TriCountyLi-
ons/info.
■ Lake Forest Neighborhood Association. Info: Molly
Gilbert, 209-1820 or mollygil-
■ Lindbergh Forest Neighbor-hood Association meets 6:30
p.m. each third Wednesday,
Graystone Presbyterian
Church, 139 Woodlawn Pike.
Info: Kelley DeLuca, 660-4728,
■ Old Sevier Community Group meets 7 p.m. each
third Thursday, South
Knoxville Elementary School
library, 801 Sevier Ave. Info:
Gary E. Deitsch, 573-7355 or
■ South Haven Neighborhood Association meets 10 a.m.
each third Saturday, Hillcrest
UMC, 1615 Price Ave. Info: Pat
Harmon, 591-3958.
■ South Knox Republican Club meets 7 p.m. each
third Thursday, South
Knox Optimist Club, 6135
Moore Road. Kevin Teeters,
■ South of the River Demo-crats (9th District) meet 6:30
p.m. each third Monday, South
Knoxville Community Center,
522 Maryville Pike. Info:
Debbie Helsley, 789-8875, or
Brandon Hamilton, 809-3685.
■ South Woodlawn Neigh-borhood Association. Info:
Shelley Conklin, 686-6789.
■ South-Doyle Neighborhood Association meets 7 p.m.
each fi rst Tuesday, Stock Creek
Baptist Church fellowship hall,
8106 Martin Mill Pike. Info:
Mark Mugford, 609-9226 or
■ Vestal Community Orga-nization meets 6 p.m. each
second Monday, South Knox-
ville Community Center, 522
Maryville Pike. Info: Katherine
Johnson, 566-1198.
HEALTH NOTES ■ Peninsula Lighthouse
Group of Families Anony-mous meetings, 6:15-7:15
p.m. each Tuesday, 1451 Dow-
ell Springs Blvd. Newcomers
welcome; no dues/fees; no
sign-up; fi rst names only.
Info: Barbara L., 696-6606 or
4 • OCTOBER 21, 2015 • SOUTH KNOX Shopper news
Sandra Clark
CALL FOR VENDORSChrist UMC is seeking vendors for its fall arts and
crafts festival, to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14. Info/application: [email protected] or Sherry, 776-1100.
Vendors needed for Powell Lions Club/Halls Lions Club’s Fall Gift and Craft Fair, to be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, Powell Auto Auction, 6729 Pleasant Ridge Road. Info/registration form: E-clubhouse.org/sites/powelltn.
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERSThe Knoxville Challenger, set for Nov. 8-15 at
the UT Goodfriend Indoor Tennis Center, is calling for volunteers to help with the region’s largest professional tennis event. Must be 15 or older; hours are fl exible. Event benefi ts Helen Ross McNabb. Info/registration: knoxchallenger.com.
CALL TO ARTISTSThe Knoxville Watercolor Society is
currently accepting membership applications for artists who work in watercolor and other water mediums. Applications for jurying process are due Oct. 27. Info/applications for jurying process: knxvillewatercolorsociety.com.
THROUGH SATURDAY, OCT. 24Tickets on sale for the Hoot ’N Holler Autumn
Express train excursions. Schedule: 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 24 and 31; 1 and 4 p.m. Sundays, Oct. 25 and Nov. 1. Info/tickets: threeriversrambler.com.
THROUGH SATURDAY, OCT. 31Costume shop inventory reduction sale, 2-7
p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 2-5 p.m. Saturdays, Oak Ridge Playhouse, 227 Broadway, Oak Ridge. Full costumes, partial costumes, vintage, formal, bridal, holiday and many one-of-a-kind items available. Nothing over $15. Info: 482-9999 or orplayhouse.com.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21Healthy U: Women’s Health, 2 p.m., Humana
Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info/RSVP: 329-8892.
THURSDAY, OCT. 22AAA 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.
“Social Media for Artists and Creatives” seminar, noon-1 p.m., Emporium Center, 100 S. Gay St. Instructor: Lisa Gifford Mueller. Primarily covers Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest, and will also discuss YouTube, LinkedIn, blogging and some newer platforms. Cost: $5 members/$8 nonmembers. Info/registration: knoxalliance.com/development.html; 523-7543; [email protected].
“Stories from the Appalachian Trail,” 6:30 p.m., Farragut Branch Library, 417 N. Campbell Station Road. Speakers: Barbara Allen and Cindy Spangler from the Smoky Mountain Hiking Club.
THURSDAY-SATURDAY, OCT. 22-24East Tennessee Preservation Conference, East
Tennessee History Center and Historic Westwood. Info: knoxheritage.com/etpa or 685-5958.
FRIDAY, OCT. 23Owl Prowl, 7 p.m., Ijams Nature Center, 2915
Island Home Ave. Fee: $5 for Ijams members, $8 for nonmembers. Info/registration: 577-4717, ext. 110.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 23-252015 Knoxville Horror Film Fest. Friday and
Saturday, Regal Downtown West; Sunday, Market Square’s Scruffy City Hall. Weekend passes: $60. Info: knoxvillehorrorfest.com.
FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 23-NOV. 8“Quoth The Raven: Tales Of Poe,”
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; 1 p.m. show only on Halloween. Info/tickets: 208-3677; knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.
SATURDAY, OCT. 24AAA Driver Improvement Course, 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m., AAA Maryville offi ce, 715 W. Lamar Alexander Parkway. Eight-hour course helps reduce points for traffi c offenders and teaches how to reduce risk while driving. Cost: $40 members/$50 nonmembers. Must preregister. Info/registration: Kate, 862-9254, or Stephanie, 862-9252.
ARToberfest, 2-9 p.m., Historic Fourth and Gill neighborhood, Morgan Street, between Gratz Street and Third Avenue near Central UMC. Tickets: $10; kids 12 and under are free. Info/tickets: artoberfestknox.com.
Churchwide yard sale, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Middlebrook Pike UMC, 7234 Middlebrook Pike.
Craft sale/fall fest/trunk or treat, Trinity UMC, 5613 Western Ave. Sale, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. features bake sale, homemade vegetable beef soup to go,hot tamales and chili, home canned items, holiday crafts and decorations; fall fest, 4-7 p.m. featuring games, hamburgers and hot dogs, music; trunk or treat, 7 p.m.
“Don’t Treat Your Soil Like Dirt: Prep Now for Your Spring Planting,” 10:30 a.m.-noon, Demonstration Garden at All Saints Catholic Church, 620 N. Cedar Bluff Road. Speakers: Master Gardener Barbara O’Neil. Free and open to the public. Info: 215-2340.
Free day of cartoons, costumes and tours, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay St. Children 12 and under are invited to come dressed in family-friendly Halloween costumes. Info: tennesseetheatre.com.
Harvest festival, 5-7 p.m., Emerald Avenue UMC, 1620 N. Central Ave. (Oakwood Community). Turkey Dinner, baked goods, used book sale. Info: 523-7150.
SUNDAY, OCT. 25 Historic Parkridge Home Tour, 1-6 p.m., Historic
Parkridge Neighborhood. Tickets: $10 advance, $12 day of the event, children under 12 free. Parking: Ashley Nicole Park, 620 Winona St. Tickets: K-Brew, Saw Works Brewery, Three Rivers Market, parkridgecommunity.wordpress.com. Info: [email protected] or 951-6614.
MONDAY, OCT. 26Computer Workshop: Word 2007 II, 2 p.m., East
Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Requires “Word 2007 Basics” or equivalent skills. Info/registration: 215-8700.
TUESDAY, OCT. 27“Grieving: Hurting, Helping & Healing,” 11
a.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Free and open to the public. Info: 329-8892.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 28Books Sandwiched In: Mark Stephens to discuss
“Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,” noon, East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Info: 215-8801.
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Marvin West
Don’t choose Saturday as your wedding day. Try not die between now and then. The preacher might not be available. This is Alabama week.
This is another opportu-nity for Tennessee to dis-cover who it is. The game obviously means more to us than them. The Crimson Tide leads the series by 14.
Just guessing, but the Vols probably think they can again stun the world. Well, maybe. Just guessing that Lane Kiffi n sees Ten-nessee weaknesses that will lead to sure touchdowns.
We don’t know how it will turn out but we know how it has been. Nick Saban is 8-0 against Tennessee. His teams have won by a combined 283-95. During this little streak, Alabama has more national titles than Tennessee has winning seasons.
Alabama remains a big deal
Here’s the real rub: Ten-nessee still measures itself against Alabama. Robert Neyland started that yard-stick stuff, saying he could never tell about a young Vol-unteer until he had played against Alabama.
With just a little help from Butch Jones and the orange, white and gray, this could again be an interesting rivalry. There are priceless landmarks, generations of respect, victory cigars, table dances and the infamous Memphis market which led to a federal conviction and bitter Alabama probation.
Heroes of what used to be the Third Saturday of Octo-ber: Gene McEver, George Cafego, Snake Stabler, Al-bert Dorsey, Steve Kiner, Johnnie Jones, Dale Jones, Peyton Manning, Peerless Price, Jay Graham, Casey Clausen and Phillip Fulmer (11-5 record).
Not so good: Gary Wright, Condredge Holloway.
■ Tidbits to rememberKicking contest, 1932:
On a very wet Saturday, Be-attie Feathers averaged 48 yards on 21 punts. Johnny Cain averaged 48.1 on 19 – using the same soaked, slippery football. Eventu-ally Cain misfi red. Feathers scored. Tennessee won, 7-3.
Famous ’39 run: John-ny Butler twice reversed his fi eld and unraveled a ser-
pentine 56-yard touchdown that remains one of the best ever on Shields-Watkins Field.
Battered but un-bowed: Alabama all-American Harry Gilmer took a terrible beating from Tennessee tackle Dick Huff-man in 1946. Gilmer fi nally limped off the fi eld – to a standing ovation from UT fans.
Tipoff: Alabama scouts claimed 1956 guard Bill Johnson tipped off Tennes-see plays. Tide defense was told to watch foot alignment for clues. Alas and alas, Johnson suffered a sprained ankle in practice and did not play. Tennessee won, 14-0.
Clock stopper: Kenny Stabler’s 1965 famous spike saved just enough time for Alabama to have won with a fi eld goal. There was a catch. Snake’s spike was
If legislative Democrats suggested raising taxes, ev-ery Republican would jump up to vote no.
But since the GOP now controls every branch of state government, the re-sponsibility to run the state falls on them. And their in-experience shows.
There’s a crisis that’s get-ting worse fast in the state’s method of funding roads. Led by state Sen. Jim Tracy, legislators met in Knoxville last week to review con-cerns with local offi cials and the public.
Tennessee is a pay-as-you-go state for road con-struction – one of just fi ve states with no road debt. That’s great.
But the TDOT budget is fu-eled by a 21.4-cent-per-gallon
fourth down.Unusual punishment:
Gary Wright, Tennessee kicker from Hefl in, Ala., missed a short fi eld goal, leaving the Tide to celebrate an 11-10 win in Knoxville. The cruel and heartless remember Gary as “Wide Wright.”
Big beginning: Ala-bama grad Bill Battle, Ten-nessee coach at 29, led a romp over the Tide and leg-endary Paul Bryant in 1970. Vols picked off eight passes. That never happened again.
Fumble: Tennessee dominated 58 minutes in 1972 but Alabama struck for two late touchdowns. Big play was a Holloway fumble.
“Fumbling against Ala-bama was the worst of bad times,” said Peanut. “I re-member Coach Battle tell-ing me a man wasn’t really a man until he had made a fool of himself in front of 70,000 or so. I suppose that was the day I became a man.”
Bad block: In 1990,
Tennessee’s late fi eld-goal try was blocked. The ball rolled so far in the wrong direction, Alabama gained position for a winning fi eld goal.
Foul play: David Palmer scored a two-point conver-sion with 21 seconds left to give the Tide a dramatic 17-17 tie. Alabama subsequent-ly forfeited the game for us-ing an ineligible player.
Shockers: Manning and Kent once combined for an 80-yard touchdown on the opening play. Vol tail-backs Johnnie Jones and Jay Graham had very long TD runs. Peerless Price re-turned a kickoff 100 yards and changed the tense 1998 game into a rout.
Miracle: It was fourth and 19 in the 2003 second overtime when Clausen con-nected with CJ Fayton and allowed the Vols to fi ght on. They won in fi ve overtimes.
No miracles lately.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His
address is [email protected]
Knox County Commissioner Brad Anders
talks with state Sens. Jim Tracy (left), Randy
McNally (right) and Susie Alcorn, executive
director of Tennessee Infrastructure Alli-
ance. Photo by S. Clark
Road costs soar while revenue stalls
tax on gasoline (18.4-cents-per-gallon on diesel fuel). The 21.4 cents yields $657.8 million per year.
Cities and counties share 7.9 cents. “This is how counties are funding their roads,” said Bill Moore, a former chief engineer for TDOT.
“Ten years ago it cost about $35,000 per mile to repave a county road; now it costs $100,000 per mile.”
Do the math.Moore said TDOT has ap-
proved 250 projects state-wide, estimated to cost $6 billion. Of these, 80 per-cent of the design work and right-of-way acquisition is completed. All that’s left to fund is construction, about 75 percent of the cost of each project.
Examples include three Knox County projects:
South: An estimated $271 million to improve Alcoa Highway, a heav-ily traveled and treacher-ous road. “That project (12.5 miles from Cherokee Trail at the University of Tennessee Medical Center to the Knoxville airport in Blount County) has been di-vided into seven parts to ac-commodate funding,” said Moore. Alcoa Highway car-ries 57,000 vehicles per day.
North: A fairly simple project to widen Highway 33 from Halls to the Knox/Union county line, now un-der construction, is costing $30 million. The project’s next phase (Knox/Union county line to just south of Maynardville) will cost another $32.5 million. The highway serves 13,000 ve-hicles per day.
West: Western Avenue (SR 62) has a widening project now underway. The next phase is reconstruc-tion of a .08-mile section in downtown Knoxville at an estimated cost of $19.2 mil-lion. The road carries about 19,000 vehicles per day.
A motorist driving 15,000 miles per year will pay about $160 in gasoline tax. As cars become more
fuel effi cient and electric/hybrid vehicles become more popular, a funding mechanism based on gal-lons of gasoline purchased
will stall or decrease. And these road projects will be pushed further into the fu-ture.
Do the math.
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Betty Bean
The dance fl oor was jam-packed with Democrats at Carleo’s the night of the fi rst presidential debate, and no-body was dancing. Bernie Sanders ruled the night, or maybe it just seemed that way because his support-ers were louder than Hill-ary Clinton’s crowd. Mostly younger, too.
By Betty BeanMagpies Bakery owner
Peg Hambright showed up at the October Board of Zoning Appeals with more than 50 supporters and an argument against the city’s ruling that the dancing egg and a stick of butter she wants to put on her roof are advertising, not art.
Rooftop advertising is banned under the new sign ordinance, but Hambright’s position is that Ms. Egg and Mr. Butter are covered by a clause exempting art from the prohibition.
She was dead in the wa-ter before she opened her mouth.
BZA member Charlie Van Beke delivered the pre-emptive coup de grace with an announcement that pub-lic discussion of the issue has been based on media error:
“It doesn’t matter what’s been in the newspapers. The question is, is it adver-tising? It doesn’t matter if it’s art.”
Van Beke’s pronounce-ment contradicted the ex-planation provided this summer by Plans Review and Inspections Director Peter Ahrens when he de-nied the Magpies applica-tion.
“It came down to wheth-er the sign was art or just advertising. As we looked
■ Indya Kincannon, former chair of the Knox County school board who
now works for Mayor Rogero, is back in Knoxville after she and her family lived for a year in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Her husband, Ben Barton, a University of Tennessee law professor for 14 years, was on a Fulbright Scholar-ship at the University of Ljubljana teaching com-parative law.
Over coffee at Old City Java we discussed her exciting year in Slovenia, formerly a part of Yugosla-via. She taught Spanish, writing and history at the international school there.
Their two daughters, Dahlia, 14, and Georgia, 12, were with them. The family visited 14 countries while in Europe, including Poland, Italy, Croatia, Austria and Hungary. They had visits from 17 Knoxvillians over the year there. The children attended a K-12 school with just 110 students.
Kincannon said she would not run for the school board and feels that Tracie Sanger is doing a good job and is “an inde-pendent voice.”
She said it is too soon to decide whether to seek another offi ce, but she likes public service, which she is doing by working at the City County Building for $60,000 a year.
■ Forbes is out with the 400 richest Americans, and the list includes several Tennesseans. Heading the list at No. 54 is Nashville’s Thomas Frist at $8.7 bil-lion; next is Martha Ingram at $4.3 billion; then Fred Smith at $3.5 billion; Knoxville’s Jimmy Haslam at $2.8 billion; Brad Kelley of Franklin at $2.2 bil-lion; Jeffrey Lorberbaim of Chattanooga at $2.2 billion; Forest Preston of Cleveland at $2.1 billion; and Gov. Bill Haslam at $2.1 billion, which is No. 327 on the list of 400.
Kincannon
Kincannon won’t seek school board seat
■ Susan Shieh, owner of Shay Properties, died May 10, but at her request there was no mention in the local media. In addition to being fl uent in Mandarin and English, she was fl uent in Japanese.
She championed Knox-ville’s sister-city program, especially with Muroran in Japan, which she visited. The Shiehs made a major capital gift for the 30-foot Pagoda at Tiger Forest. It will be a dramatic focal point for visitors at the Knoxville Zoo.
■ Derrick Schofi eld probably has a limited future as corrections com-missioner in the Haslam cabinet. With all the management issues arising around our prisons and legislative inquiries grow-ing, the buck stops with him or the governor. Since he works for the governor, he is likely to go fi rst.
Issues with the Correc-tions Department seem only to worsen. How much water can this ship take on before the governor decides to throw the captain (Scho-fi eld) overboard? He has become an issue as much as other issues facing the Cor-rections Department, which are very serious.
Former wardens and guards have boldly stated he told them to change their stories when talking to the media. If true, this is grounds for dismissal.
■ Early voting for the Nov. 3 city elections contin-ues to be low. If one wants to avoid this in the future then moving the date of the elections is the only viable option to increase voter participation.
■ Tennessee Clean Water Network, led by Renee Hoyos, has a new website that is much im-proved at tcwn.org. Check it out. This writer serves on the TCWN board.
Democrats choose sides, but seem ready to unite
Amanda Kruel is all in for
Sanders.
Anthony Perry and Kyle Bobisch sneered in the gen-eral direction of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, pointing out that he’s never been elected to anything, while their man Sanders is the longest-serving con-gressional independent in U.S. history and was re-turned to offi ce with 70 per-cent of the vote last election.
Are they worried about polls suggesting that it’ll be tough to sell a self-de-scribed socialist in a general election?
“He polls great with me,”
Bobisch said.A couple of tables away
Cheri Siler declared herself undecided. She said the debate might infl uence her vote.
(Contacted afterward, she said she thought Clin-ton “won” the debate, but she was still undecided and wants more specifi cs from both frontrunners. She’s waiting to hear from Vice President Joe Biden, too.)
Former state legislators Bill Owen and Bob Booker are bullish for Hillary. Owen said he was the fi rst commit-ted Clinton super delegate in 2008 and didn’t change his vote until he got a call from Hillary on the conven-tion fl oor asking him to vote for frontrunner Obama. He said he once again considers himself Hillary’s fi rst com-mitted super delegate (as-suming that the state execu-tive committee, of which he is no longer a member, will allow him to keep his seat on the Democratic National Committee).
Neither Owen nor Booker seemed worried about the prospect of Biden jumping into the race. Owen said
Biden should stay on as vice president in the next Clin-ton administration. Booker said the movement to draft Biden reminds him of Fred Thompson’s abortive presi-dential run.
“It’s the same kind of stuff the Republicans did when they decided to go dig up old gray Fred Thompson, who really had no desire to run for president.”
Longtime party activist Sylvia Woods is again sup-porting Clinton but said she’s delighted to see so many young people getting involved, no matter whom they support.
Longtime social-justice activists Fran Ansley and Jim Sessions said they are keeping their options open, but Ansley was carrying a petition to get Sanders on the ballot for the Tennessee primary.
Amanda Kruel, one of Sanders’ highest-profi le lo-cal supporters, appeared to be having more fun than anybody at the debate. She predicted that Democrats will come together once the nomination battle ends.
“Both sides are excep-tionally enthusiastic about our respective candidates, but more than anything I think we all want what’s best for our country, and at this point the fact is we all see any Democrat as better than any Republican. May-be I prefer chocolate cake, but if I can’t have it, I’ll glad-ly have apple pie – especial-ly if the only alternative is a swift kick in the pants.”
Magpies owner Peg Ham-
bright, left, speaks to sup-
porters before last week’s
Knoxville BZA meeting. Photo by Betty Bean
BZA to Magpies: No butter and eggs for you!
at their website, it almost seemed that the egg and the butter became a logo, almost like a Nike ‘swoosh.’ Where you see the butter and egg dancing, you think of Magpies, and that’s how they are trying to brand their business. That would be considered advertising,” Ahrens said.
Hambright said she sup-
ported the new sign or-dinance and believed the exemption for works of art would allow the fi gures she designed to mount on the 13-foot-tall metal scaffold-ing that was on the roof when she bought the build-ing seven years ago.
She said she contacted all her neighbors – several of whom came to the BZA meeting to support her – and made the rounds of nearby neighborhood and business associations to ex-plain her plan.
“It was so heartening to see so many people from my community in their red T-shirts come in the middle of a Thursday afternoon and pay to park downtown.”
Her proposal drew op-position from former City Council member Carlene Malone, representing Foun-tain City Town Hall and Community Forum, and from Joyce Feld, a board member of Scenic Knoxville
and a member of the task-force that crafted the sign ordinance.
Both Malone and Feld said it was tough to oppose a request from a respect-ed business owner who is considered an asset to the community, but both were adamant that the sign or-dinance should not be in-terpreted to accommodate Hambright’s request.
“Knoxville cannot be gov-erned by winks and nods,” Malone said. “What’s next, dancing forks and knives? Dancing bottles?
“The defi nition of adver-tising is not new … What is new is the recent prohibi-tion against roof signs.”
Feld said the task force was unanimous about pro-hibiting rooftop signs.
Hambright said she and her husband, Scott Carpen-ter, are deciding whether to appeal the BZA decision to City Council.
GOSSIP AND LIES
■ U.S. Rep. Jimmy Duncan held his own with the WBIR-
TV pundits who tried to pin
the ills of the national Repub-
lican Party onto his shoulders.
■ Duncan opined that “not all
Republicans can be as conser-
vative as I am.”
■ That acceptance of diversity
is a shrewd diss of extremists
who are willing to shutter
government if they don’t get
their way.
■ Doug Harris, school board
chair, says a return to six class
periods each day for high
schools can be phased in so
no teachers are laid off .
■ Jim McIntyre, superintendent,
says the change could save
the system $6 million a year.
■ As Sam Anderson always said,
with 85 percent of the KCS
budget going to person-
nel, signifi cant cuts will hit
personnel.
■ Attrition used to mean a
teacher retiring after 30 years;
in today’s environment attri-
tion can mean showing up at
a school board meeting in a
red T-shirt.
■ “The question is, is it ad-
vertising? It doesn’t matter if
it’s art,” said a BZA member
of Peg Hambright’s dancing
eggs and butter.
■ If the city didn’t mean to
exempt art from the sign
ordinance, then why is the
exemption there? And who
decides what is art?
■ Bureaucrats are better at
reading rules than seeing art.
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New Beverly Baptist Church
3320 New Beverly Church Rd
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Rev. Eddie Sawyer, Pastor
Phone: 865-546-0001
Web: www.NewBeverly.org
I-640 to Exit 8, Go North onto Washington Pike
to red light at Greenway Rd (Facing Target). Turn
Left. Church is ¼ mile on right.
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Monday Night, October 26
6:30 pm
Gene’s shows carry a powerful message of the gospel. Children of all ages and all family members encouraged to attend!
with special guest ventriloquist Gene Cordova
Mooreland Heights El-ementary School will host its annual fall festival 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, and it could use some help from the community.
Donations of baked goods, candy, pumpkins, glue sticks, glitter and anything that can be used as prizes like gift cards or small plastic toys would be appreciated.
Also needed are mums, hay and any other fall decorations. Items can be dropped off at the school or at Woodlawn Christian Church, 4339 Woodlawn Pike.
If any older students need volunteer hours for commu-nity work, their help would be appreciated as well. Info: Sandra Corbitt, 405-1790.
The top sellers at South Knoxville
South Knoxville Elementary
School top coupon-book
sellers are Danielle Lowe
(back) who sold 25 books
and received $100; Dakota
Peters who sold 20 books
and received $50; and Billy
Pratt who sold 17 books
and received $25. Overall,
the student body sold 466
books. Photos by S. Barrett
Cuties Morgan Summerour and London Harris explain the
rules of the technology lab to a visiting reporter. They take the
rules very seriously.
Third-grader Kaliyah Cox listens as her friend, second-grader
Verniyah Hodge, explains a new computer game while simul-
taneously listening to headphones. Photos by S. Barrett
Sara Barrett
Fun over fall break
Knox County Schools had fall break the beginning of last week, and while many schools closed their doors for two days, South Knox-ville Elementary, a commu-nity school, hosted fun as usual thanks to its multiple resources and community partners.
Students enjoyed in-
door and outdoor activities throughout the day. Dur-ing what are usually school hours, students competed in relay races, participated in apple-themed activities and more, with lots of learning thrown in for good measure.
After normal school hours, students enjoyed a snack in the outdoor class-room before heading to the technology lab upstairs.
This was South Knox-ville Elementary’s fi rst “break” as a community school, and judging from the students’ reactions, it was a success.
As part of Child Health
Week, several of South
Knoxville Elementary
School’s students and
faculty met down the
street Oct. 7 and walked to
school together. Accord-
ing to a press release from
Kno x County Schools, Child
Health Day was fi rst pro-
claimed by President Calvin
Coolidge in 1928. In honor
of this, the state of Tennes-
see designates a week each
October to focus on the
health and wellbeing of its
children. Photo submitted
Mooreland Heightsneeds a hand
By Ruth WhiteProspective students
and families had the op-portunity to talk with staff members at a recent mag-net school showcase, and students had the chance to show the community what they have learned as part of a magnet program.
Each of the magnet schools, whether at the el-ementary, middle or high school level, offers a unique variety of learning opportu-nities for students, includ-ing media, arts, STEAM or STEM courses.
Throughout the event, students were able to dem-onstrate highlights from their school. Sarah Moore Greene student ambas-sadors assisted FulCom student Courtney Rader with the emcee duties for the evening. FulCom radio students were in the lobby broadcasting live on WKCS and conducting interviews throughout the event.
Green Magnet and L&N STEM Academy kicked off the night with a robot-ics demonstration. L&N features a strong robot-ics program while Green is preparing for its First Lego
Showcase highlights magnet schools
FulCom students Trey Jones, Graham Baer and Sarah Emory get ready to go live on radio during
the magnet showcase.
League competition debut in December. Career Mag-net students demonstrated a robot that was able to stack and pick up large containers through computer prompts.
Vine Middle Magnet cho-rus entertained the crowd
with Michael Jackson’s “Man in the Mirror,” and the dance troupe performed an entertaining swing-style routine. Austin-East Mag-net dance group closed the evening with a beautiful performance of “Glory.”
Walking to school in the city
HALLOWEEN HAPPENINGS
■ BOO! at the Zoo, 5:30-8
p.m. Thursday-Sunday,
Oct. 22-25, Knoxville
Zoo, 3500 Knoxville Zoo
Drive. Info/tickets: 637-
5331; knoxvillezoo.org;
zoo’s ticket offi ce during
regular zoo hours.
■ Boo-Town, 5-10 p.m.,
Friday-Saturday, Oct.
23-24 and Thursday-
Saturday, Oct. 29-31,
Tennessee Medieval
Faire site, 550 Fiske
Road, Harriman.
Crafts, food, beer and
entertainment as well
as an optional haunted
hayride. Tickets: $8, $5
ages 2-12. Info/schedule:
www.boo-town.com.
■ Fall festival and trunk or treat, 4-6
p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25,
Beaver Ridge UMC, 7753
Oak Ridge Highway.
Infl atables, hay rides,
games and food.
■ “Ghoul at the School”
free trick-or-treat event,
5-7 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
29, Karns High School,
2710 Byington Solway
Road. Community mem-
bers are encouraged to
bring their children to
trick or treat in a safe
environment.
■ Ghoulishly Goodwill Costume Contest ac-
cepting photo submis-
sions through Sunday,
Oct. 25. Info/rules:
goodwillknoxville.org
or any of the Goodwill
Industries-Knoxville
social media sites.
■ Halloween Pancake Breakfast hosted by the
Farragut Middle School
cheerleaders, 8-10 a.m.
Saturday, Oct. 31, at Au-
brey’s, 102 S. Campbell
Station Road. Cost: $5.
■ Harvest festival and trunk or treat, 4-6 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 31, Sharon
Baptist Church, 7916
Pedigo Road. Games,
door prizes, bounce
houses, the balloon
man, food. Trunk or
treat, 5:45 p.m.
■ Trick or treat in the “Safe-Spook Hallowed Halls,” 6-8 p.m. Thurs-
day, Oct. 29, Morning
Point, 7700 Dannaher
Drive. Info: 686-5771.
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SENIOR NOTES ■ South Knox Sr. Center:
6729 Martel Lane573-5843knoxcounty.org/seniorsMonday-Friday7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Off erings include:
dulcimer and guitar lessons;
arts and crafts classes;
dance classes; exercise
programs; Tai Chi; card
games; Joymakers practice;
free swim 7:30 a.m.-3:30
p.m. Monday-Friday. Senior
Meals program noon each
Wednesday and Friday.
Register for: Toenail
trim by appointment
Wednesday, Oct. 21. South
Knox Opry Halloween Party,
9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29.
■ South Knox Commu-nity Center522 Old Maryville Pike573-3575Monday-FridayHours varyOff erings include a vari-
ety of senior programs.
■ John T. O’Connor Senior Center:611 Winona St.523-1135Monday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Off erings include: Card
games, billiards, senior
fi tness, book club, blood
pressure checks, bingo,
Friday night dances.
■ One Call Club2247 Western Ave.595-3006knoxseniors.org/onecallMonday-Friday8 a.m.-4:45 p.m.
■ City of Knoxville Se-nior Citizen ProgramsCity County BuildingParks and Recreation Department400 Main St., Room 303215-4311knoxvilletn.gov
■ Knox County Senior ServicesCity County Building400 Main St., Suite 615215-4044 Monday-Friday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
There are parts of the Church who maintain that Jesus was an only child; that Mary remained a vir-gin her entire life.
However, it is possible to read the Christmas sto-ry as proof that Jesus was not an only child, because he is clearly identifi ed as Mary’s “fi rstborn,” not simply her “son,” which implies that there were subsequent births.
Jesus refers to his “brothers,” (Matthew 13:55). The same passage refers to “all his sisters.”
So, Jesus had siblings, and as the eldest, I am sure he did his share of child care. He knew how to hold a child on his lap.
The story of Jesus blessing the children made me begin to won-der. And imagine.
I wouldn’t be surprised if, during the Sermon on the Mount, a baby got restless, hungry or tired. Did Jesus take him onto
People were bringing little children to him in order that he might touch them; and the disciples spoke sternly to them. But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the little chil-dren come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.
(Mark 10: 13-14 NRV)
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his lap, rock him, soothe him, let him drift off to sleep, then hand him back to his mama? Did that start a line of children coming to be cuddled?
What a lovely thought!Earlier in Mark’s Gos-
pel, Jesus provided food for one crowd. Why not child care?
Imagine Jesus bounc-ing a toddler on his knee while he taught the peo-ple “many things” (Mark 6:34)! I hope, with all my heart, that some of those children remem-bered that day as long as they lived, and that some of them grew up to be preachers, teachers, and apostles!
By Cindy Taylor Partners for Children
(PFC) child care has been housed in the Inskip United Methodist Church building for more than 19 years. PFC provides an opportunity for low- to median-income families to afford high-quality day care and school-ing for their children ages 12 months to 5 years.
PFC’s annual fundraiser on Oct. 10 provided an op-portunity for the commu-nity to support the effort to bring quality child care and teaching to local families. PFC director Cindy Dalton has been with the program since it moved to the cur-rent location.
“A lot of our families re-ceive a voucher from the state for child care,” said Dalton. “Not every facility accepts those, but PFC does.
For only $5 for adults and $3 for children, guests were treated to a meal of homemade chili or petros with a dessert and drink. The event included a cake-walk and silent auction. The
Stock Creek Bluegrass Band onstage at the PFC fundraiser: banjo Steve Breeding, singers Terry Williams, Hannah Hickman, Patti
Haun, lead guitar Bobby Dykes and on bass Danny Dalton. Not pictured: mandolin player J.W. Smith. Photos by Cindy Taylor
PFC child-care worker Corinne Jackson
and PFC director Cindy Dalton serve chili.
Chili for children
Stock Creek Bluegrass Band entertained throughout the evening.
The PFC program was originally set up for chil-dren of textile workers who were union members. As textile businesses closed, the program was opened up to others.
PFC is a licensed facility and has held a three-star rating, the highest award-
ed, for more than 10 years. Many teachers are degreed. Children are given training to be ready to start school through a Kindergarten Readiness Curriculum.
The center also provides scholarships for those who still cannot afford quality child care even with gov-ernment vouchers. Money raised from the annual event helps support the
Football atMorning Pointe Morning Pointe of Lenoir City residents
hosted an energetic pep rally at the
assisted-living community before a
recent University of Tennessee game.
Eight residents were cheerleaders who
led the entire community in Vol cheers
and “Rocky Top.” Pictured are: (back)
Rose Inman, Joan Hardwick, Nelle Nap-
pier, Willie Fair, Betty Brown, Vera Mosey;
(front) June Terrell, UT intern Harper
Bruens, Evelyn Deason and life enrich-
ment director Lori Zepeda.
■ Open House at Elmcroft of HallsStaff and residents of
Elmcroft Assisted Living of Halls will host an open house 5:30-7 p.m. Thurs-day, Oct. 29, to introduce the new administrator, Chris Tharp, and medical director, Dr. Jeff Summers.
Several health-care and other senior-focused pro-viders will set up informa-tion booths to introduce their services. Samantha Beals said 10 professionals or companies are confi rmed including three home health-care providers, a sit-ter service, two hospice pro-viders and attorney Monica Franklin, who will discuss veterans’ benefi ts and set-ting up a power of attorney.
“It’s open to the com-munity to gather informa-tion about senior care,” said Beals. Refreshments will be served.
■ Sale at SummitAmazing jewelry, paint-
ings, pottery, singing, danc-ing, food and fun is prom-ised for the community room at Summit Towers 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24. Start your holiday shop-ping early. Summit Towers is at 201 Locust St. down-town, just a couple of blocks from Market Square. Items will include cross-stitch, paintings, original jewelry, baked goods, original pot-tery, stuffed dolls and cro-chet.
■ NeurobicsExercise your brain 6:30
to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Morning Pointe of Lenoir City. Neurobics is the use of multisensory stimu-lation to keep your brain active, allowing a person to grow more brain ma ss. RSVP to Jenna Massa at 865-988-7373.
FAITH NOTES
Lavonda Cantrell of Beverly Park Place, bingo guy Wayne Sutphin and Samantha Beals prepare
to start a bingo game at Elmcroft of Halls.
Music at Morning Pointe Jazz musician Kelle Jolly, shown here with her niece, Maggie Johnson, and entertaining for resi-
dents of The Lantern at Morning Pointe of Powell, arranged a donation of two iPods and two
sets of headphones from the Ukulele Club of Knoxville so residents can experience iPod Music
Therapy. Millie Odle invited Jolly to entertain residents, and she promised to return.
Fall activities abound
scholarships.The scholarship pro-
gram is funded completely by grants and lo-cal donations. PFC is also supported through the United Methodist Church. Parents of any child in the accepted age range are welcome to apply. Enrollees are still being accepted, but space is limited. Info: partnersfor [email protected] or 689-9516.
■ South Knoxville Church of God, 5623 Magazine
Road, will host its fall festival
3-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.
Hayrides, infl atables, candy,
food, drawing for two bikes.
Free admission. Everyone
welcome.
■ Alice Bell Baptist Church,
3305 Alice Bell Road, is ac-
cepting vendor applications
for a craft fair to be held
Friday-Saturday, Oct. 23-24.
Registration fee: $25. Fees go
to church building fund. Info/
registration: alicebellbaptist
church.org, click on “Activities
& Events,” then “Craft Fair.”
■ Beaver Ridge UMC, 7754 Oak
Ridge Highway, is seeking
vendors for the annual Craft
Fair to be held 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 21 in the family
life center. Spaces: $40. Bring
your own table or rent one
for $10. Info/reservations:
690-1060.
■ First Comforter Church,
5516 Old Tazewell Pike, hosts
MAPS (Mothers At Prayer Ser-
vice) noon each Friday. Info:
Edna Hensley, 771-7788.
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By Tom KingWorld Rotary & Po-
lio Day in K nox v i l le , in the Unit-ed States and around the world is Saturday, Oct. 24.
T h e seven Ro-tary clubs
in Knoxville will celebrate Purple Pinky Day this week. This is a major part of Rota-ry’s “End Polio Now” cam-paign. In India when a child receives the polio vaccine, his or her pinky fi nger gets a purple stain to show that they’ve been vaccinated.
Knoxville Rotarians will have a polio informa-tion booth on Market Square on Saturday, Oct. 24, and for a $5 donation people can get their pinky fi ngers colored purple to sup-port this effort. The money raised will help fi ght polio.
On Friday, Oct. 23, past District Gov. Jack Bailey of Oak Ridge and District 6780 Gov. Beth Stubbs of Knoxville will be on the Hal-lerin Hilton Hill radio show (which airs 5:30-10 a.m. on NewsTalk 98.7), to discuss Rotary’s fi ght against polio and to promote the Purple Pinky Day booth in Market Square.
■ Rick Barnes to speak on Oct. 27UT’s new head basketball
coach, Rick Barnes, will speak at the Oct. 27 meeting of the Rotary Club of Knox-ville at noon at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Parking is free. Lunch is $11, payable in cash or check at the door. You must RSVP by email-ing the club’s offi ce at [email protected] by noon Friday, Oct. 23.
End Polio Now
Tom King
By Sherry WittSummer may have ended
on Sept. 23, but local p r o p e r t y sales and m o r t g a g e l e n d i n g maintained a sizzling pace right t h r o u g h the end of
the month. The 30-day period ending on Sept. 30 produced 1,063 land trans-fers in Knox County. That topped the August output by 37 sales and easily best-ed last September’s total of 844 transfers.
It was a busy month for both commercial and resi-dential activity. The total value of land sold during September was $262.4 million, far surpassing Au-gust’s aggregate of $198 million and making Sep-tember the second-largest month of the summer. By comparison, about $223 million worth of real estate was transferred in Knox County during September 2014.
On the lending side,
there were fi ve mortgage loans of more than $15 million recorded in Sep-tember – easily the most of any month so far in 2015. The total amount borrowed against real estate in Knox County for the month was a robust $415.6 million – over $90 million more than the amount loaned last September.
The largest property sale recorded during the month involved a commercial de-velopment located near the intersection of Kingston Pike and Concord Road, and better known as Farragut Pointe. The property sold for $11,875,000 .
The largest lending transaction was a loan to Woodstream Corporation against commercial prop-erty at 5360 National Drive and secured by a Deed of Trust in the amount of $27.68 million.
The fi rst three quarters of 2015 have produced data that show clear, positive signs for real estate sales and mortgage lending. Last month was the largest Sep-tember for both local mar-kets since 2007.
Strong end to summer for real estate market
Witt
News from Offi ce of Register of Deeds News from the Rotary Guy
End-of-life care partnership forms
Brown Mixer
Even though hospice care has been available in the U.S. for more than 40 years, many rural families lack knowledge about end-of-life care options and the role of hospice care.
Faculty members in the UT College of Nursing are addressing this need through a Community Partnership for End-of-Life Care.
The three-year project – developed by faculty mem-bers Sandy Mixer and Mary Lynn Brown – establishes a community-academic part-nership with church and community leaders and res-idents in Scott County to in-crease families’ knowledge and use of end-of-life care services.
“Hospice care attends to the patient and family using an interdisciplinary health care team to assist with pain and symptom management, psycho -socia l-spir it ua l care, medical equipment, medications and bereave-ment support,” said Mixer, assistant professor of nurs-
ing. “We’re honored to have the privilege of working with and serving the people of Scott County to help fam-ilies understand how these services can assist them in caring for their loved ones at the end of their life.
“We discovered the best way to increase their knowledge was through their churches and commu-nity members,” said Mixer. “Their residents have rich cultural values, strong fam-ily ties, a love of mountains and an especially strong faith – which is why mem-bers of the faith-based com-munity are playing such a key role in this effort.”
BIZ NOTES ■ Rick Pope has joined Joseph
Construction as a project
manager.
With nearly 20
years of sales
and opera-
tions experi-
ence, Pope
most recently
was the build-
ing services
manager at
Ruby Tuesday
Inc. He holds
a bachelor’s degree from UT
and has worked at Lowe’s and
The Home Depot.
■ Nate Naugle, director of
Cole Neuroscience Center at
UT Medical
Center, has
received the
American
College of
Healthcare
Executives
Early Career
Healthcare
Executive
Regent’s
Award during
the ACHE Awards Breakfast
at the Tennessee Hospital
Association’s annual meeting
in Nashville. He holds an MBA
from UT.
■ The son of missionary par-
ents, Naugle spent most of
his childhood in England and
South Africa. He is an active
member of the Temple Bap-
tist Church in Powell where he
and his family are involved in
various ministry activities.
■ He and his wife, Mary Eliza-
beth, have been married for
16 years and reside in Powell
with their fi ve sons, Ethan,
Ben, Noah, Simon and Luke.
■ R. Brent Harbin, D.P.M., podi-
atrist, has joined the medical
staff of Ten-
nova, based
at Turkey
Creek Medical
Center. Dr.
Harbin has
been in pri-
vate practice
in Maryville
since 2004.
He provides
comprehen-
sive surgical and non-surgical
care for a wide variety of
foot and ankle problems. He
specializes in the treatment of
sports-related injuries, defor-
mity correction and diabetic
foot care, with an emphasis
on amputation prevention.
Harbin
Naugle
Pope
■ Smoak wants to watch SmoakDavid Smoak, Farragut
town administrator and a member of Farragut Rota-ry, is dialed into the Major League Baseball playoffs.
His younger brother, Justin, is a fi rst base-man for the Toronto Blue Jays, who are playing the Kansas
City Royals for the American League title.
David wanted to know why he could not watch the games at his offi ce on cable channel FS1. “I asked Allison Myers (the town’s budget of-fi cer) why I couldn’t watch it on cable, and she said, ‘Well, because you cut cable TV out of the budget.’ ”
■ Newsy notesNorth Knoxville Rotary
will not meet at Litton’s for lunch on Thursday, Oct. 22. Instead, the club will have a cookout after work (same day) at the home of Chris and Robin Rohwer in Halls. … David Dooley just wrapped up another successful golf tourney for North Knox Rotary, raising some $15,000 for the club’s signature project, the Ce-rebral Palsy group home in Fountain City. Tom King is retired from Scripps Howard
and worked at the News Sentinel from
1974 to 1987. He is a 25-year Rotarian
and past president of the Rotary Club of
Farragut.
AREA FARMERS MARKETS ■ Dixie Lee Farmers Market,
Renaissance|Farragut, 12740
Kingston Pike. Hours: 9 a.m.-noon
Saturdays through Oct. 31. Info:
dixieleefarmersmarket.com; on Facebook.
■ Ebenezer Road Farmers Market,
Ebenezer UMC, 1001 Ebenezer Road.
Hours: 3-6 p.m. Tuesdays through late
November. Info: on Facebook.
■ Knoxville Farmers Market, Laurel
Church of Christ, 3457 Kingston Pike.
Hours: 3-6 p.m. Fridays through late
November.
■ Lakeshore Park Farmers Market, 6410
S. Northshore Drive. Hours: 3-6 p.m. every
Friday through Nov. 20. Info: on Facebook.
■ Market Square Farmers Market,
60 Market Square. Hours: 11 a.m.-2
p.m. Wednesdays and 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Saturdays through Nov. 21. Info:
marketsquarefarmersmarket.org.
■ Maryville Farmers Market: Church Avenue. Hours: 9 a.m.-sellout, Saturdays
through Nov. 17.
■ New Harvest Park Farmers Market,
4700 New Harvest Park Lane. Hours: 3-6
p.m. Thursdays. Info: on Facebook.
■ Oak Ridge Farmers Market, Historic
Jackson Square, 281 Broadway Ave. Oak
Ridge. Hours: 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays;
8 a.m.-noon Saturdays through late
November. Info: on Facebook.
■ UT Farmers Market, UT Gardens,
Neyland Drive. 4-7 p.m. Wednesdays
through Oct. 21. Info: vegetables.
tennessee.edu/UTFM.html; on Facebook.
Additional information at
ShopperNewsNow.com.
Tiger-Rock Martial Arts of West Knoxville will be hosting several free events Saturday, Oct. 24, designed for children, women and families of all ages. The fa-cility is at 9111B Executive Park Drive. All are invited.
■ Women’s Self-De-fense and Empower-ment Seminar: This pro-gram starts at 9:30 a.m., lasts for 60 minutes and will be taught by Kaitie Kurdizel, Tiger-Rock world Taekwondo champion, and Josh Hazelip, criminologist and senior 4th Degree Black Belt.
The program is designed to teach basic self-defense as well as different empow-erment strategies exclusive-ly for females ages 13 and
older. ■ Breaking Boards
for Breast Cancer: This seminar will start at 11 a.m. and last for approximately 60 minutes. Kids and adults of all ages can break a “pink” board for breast cancer.
Instructors will teach students how to break boards safely. This is a free seminar, but boards cost $2.50 (or fi ve for $10) with all proceeds going to a local charity that supports Breast Cancer Awareness.
■ Halloween Party:The annual party is 6-9 p.m. with prizes for best costume, best creative Halloween-themed food dishes, and dance-off contest. Info or to register: [email protected]
Tiger-Rock off ers free events
Shopper news • OCTOBER 21, 2015 • 9 weekender
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By Betsy PickleKnoxville Horror Film
Fest 7 will have plenty of screams, but it will also show fi lms that are “light-hearted” and “fun.”
That’s the word from festival director William Mahaffey and fest producer Nick Huinker.
“A lot of people aren’t into horror fi lms,” says Ma-haffey. “A lot of the fi lms we’re showing are more lighthearted or comedy. We try to balance it out.”
The festival opens at 6:30 p.m. Friday and con-tinues at noon Saturday at Downtown West. At 6 p.m. Sunday, it moves to Scruffy City Hall for screenings of vintage horror fi lms “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Death Spa.” The event wraps up with an after-fest party complete with an ’80s horror costume contest, a scream queen contest and the awards ceremony.
Several fi lmmakers will attend and do question-and-answer sessions.
One of the fest’s most
A UT graduate student will play all 35 roles in a Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play at the Clarence Brown Theatre’s Carousel Theatre.
Brian Gligor will present “I Am My Own Wife” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23 and 24, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at the Carousel.
“I Am My Own Wife,” by Doug Wright, tells the true story of Charlotte Von Mahlsdorf, an East Ber-
lin antiques collector and transgender person who endured both the Nazi and Communist regimes. Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Wright began a series of interviews with Von Mahlsdorf and found himself quickly entranced by her fascinating and con-troversial story.
Gligor received a $10,000 grant from the College of Arts and Sciences for the project, which is his master’s thesis.
‘Post-Electric’ play“Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play,” will be performed
in the Clarence Brown Theatre’s Lab Theatre Oct. 28 to Nov. 15. Because the Lab Theatre seats only 125, pa-trons should purchase tickets quickly as performanc-es do sell out.
In “Mr. Burns,” strangers bond by recreating an ep-isode of “The Simpsons” in a contemporary America without power, and memories of Marge and Homer become the basis for shaping a new society as the play travels decades into the future.
Two previews for “Mr. Burns” are Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 28-29, followed by opening night Fri-day, Oct. 30. Info: 865-974-5161 or clarencebrownthe-atre.com.
‘Steve Jobs’Michael Fassbender plays the late CEO of Apple in “Steve
Jobs,” a biopic that goes behind the scenes to reveal the
trials and triumphs of the tech genius. Danny Boyle direct-
ed the fi lm, which also stars Kate Winslet and Seth Rogen.
“Steve Jobs” opens Friday in local theaters.
“Deathgasm”
will screen at
the open-
ing night of
Knoxville
Horror Film
Fest 7.
Prize-winning play at UT Gligor met people who knew Von Mahlsdorf and was able to visit the country home that she renovated into a museum, which acts as the setting for the play.
Tickets are free to the public but should be re-served in advance. Res-ervations can be made by emailing IWifeKnoxvill [email protected]. After they are distributed to patrons with reservations, tickets will be available on a fi rst-come, fi rst-served basis.
Info: iwifeknoxville.com
but not totally blackHorror Fest’s back
popular attractions is the Grindhouse Grind-out, a timed fi lmmaking competi-tion in which teams create grindhouse-style trailers in an assigned genre.
Twelve teams, including one from Murfreesboro, turned in fi lms.
“One of the reasons we started the Grindhouse Grind-out is that we never
get a lot of local fi lms, and we wanted to generate that more,” says Mahaffey. “And people really like to do the contests here … It’s become one of our most popular things.”
Including the Sunday lineup, seven features will be screened.
Friday night will include “Tales of Halloween,” an
anthology fi lm, and “Death-gasm,” a horror fi lm from New Zealand.
“It’s like a splatter com-edy, like early Peter Jackson or Sam Raimi fi lms,” says Mahaffey. “It’s about a black metal band that conjures a demon accidentally.”
Saturday’s fi lms include “Sun Choke,” starring ’80s scream queen Barbara
By Carol ShaneHalloween approaches,
and costume parties are in the planning. But the main event of the night is always trick-or-treating, and the main participants are the kids.
It’s only fi tting, then, that the Knoxville Chil-dren’s Theatre will present “Quoth the Raven: the Tales of Edgar Allan Poe,” a story drawn from the stories and poems of the original king
of horror, beginning this Friday.
KCT artistic director Dennis Perkins wrote the script for the production, which is “a story loosely drawn from Poe’s life that incorporates three of his stories – ‘Hop-Frog,’ ‘The Tell-Tale Heart’ and ‘The Cask of Amontillado’ – and fi ve poems – ‘The Raven,’ ‘Annabel Lee,’ ‘The Con-queror Worm,’ ‘The Bells’ and ‘Song.’
The Knoxville Children’s Theatre gets creepy with their produc-
tion of “Quoth the Raven: the Tales of Edgar Allan Poe,” which
runs through Nov. 8. Photo submitted
‘Nevermore’ “We weave all the works into the story as a part of the action, and most of the poems work that way, too.”
The story is told through a series of memories, fl ash-backs, dreams and night-mares as well as events in the play’s present time, roughly 1840. “The plot, if you can call it that, moves back and forth through time, in and out of Edgar’s memories to create an un-derstanding – fi ctional, of course – of what gave Poe his macabre bent.
“Was he vengeful, warped by emotion or drink or was he just mad? That’s what the play explores. It’s a theatrical piece that’s often a little creepy and has a few good scares for Halloween.”
An education-based non-profi t, The Knoxville Children’s Theatre pro-duces professional plays for children, by children. The organization is committed to providing opportunities for children to acquire and hone skills that enhance creative thinking, public speaking, project manage-ment, personal responsi-
bility, leadership and teamwork. KCT fosters a creativeatmosphere where imagi-nation thrives, self-esteemdevelops, and studentslearn the many life lessonsthat creative dramatics canteach.
“We’re currently in re-hearsal to try and send ashiver up your spine!” saysthe organization’s Facebookpage and indeed, what bet-ter time of year is there forsuch an ambition?
“Quoth the Raven: theTales of Edgar Allan Poe”will be performed at 7 p.m.this Friday, Oct. 23, at 1 and5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24,and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25.Subsequent performanceswill follow this format:Thursday and Friday at 7p.m., Saturday at 1 and 5p.m., and Sunday at 3 p.m.,with the last performanceon Sunday, Nov. 8. All per-formances take place at theKnoxville Children’s The-atre, 109 East ChurchwellAvenue in Knoxville.
Info: 865-208-3677 orknoxvillechildrenstheatre.com. Send story suggestions to news@shop-
pernewsnow.com.
Crampton. Mahaffey de-scribes it as “kind of a psy-
cholog ic a l horror fi lm.”
Mahaffey and Huinker are both ex-cited about s h o w i n g “Inter ior,” the debut feature from d i r e c t o r
Zachary Beckler of Orlando. They’ve shown two of his shorts at previous festivals.
“All of his fi lms tie in together,” says Mahaffey. “They’re all in the same uni-verse and involve the same haunting at this house, but they’re three different per-spectives to it.
“It’s really good. It’s very low budget, but it’s really scary. It’s one of the scarier horror films I’ve seen recently.”
Saturday will also bring “Turbo Kid,” “which is kind of like ‘Mad Max.’ It’s set in a post-apocalyptic future. It’s more lighthearted. It man-ages to balance tones re-ally well because it’s a really
heartfelt fi lm and you bond with the characters watch-
ing it. But it’s insanely gory, like a Troma fi lm.”
M o r e than 150 short fi lms were sub-mitted for the festival, and the or-
ganizers say it was tough to pare them down. Some will show before features and the grind-out; others will be screened in blocks.
Huinker and Mahaffey both worked at Downtown West years ago, and they’re happy to be able to pres-ent shorts there, especially since most people only get to view them online.
“It’s great to sit there with an audience and watch them,” says Huinker.
Day and weekend passes are available at knoxville-horrorfest.com and via a link from the fest’s Face-book page. Tickets for in-dividual screenings will be available at the theater.
Mahaff ey Huinker
He used part of the money to travel to Berlin to conduct research on Von Mahlsdorf.
10 • OCTOBER 21, 2015 • Shopper news
By Sandra ClarkIf it’s fall it must be time
for the Oakes Farm Corn Maze. This North Knox County attraction gets bet-ter every year.
First, it’s much more than a maze.
For the youngest kids there are sand piles, swings and a room-sized box of shelled corn to play in. We spotted one kid trying to do the backstroke in the corn. For the toddlers to school-aged youngsters there’s a huge bouncy pillow, king of the hill in sand and tractor tires, and a neat petting zoo.
Teenagers can get lost in the 9-acre corn maze. You can hear others, but can’t see them through the dense vegetation. Then, when you think it’s hope-less, you come to a check-point with ad ad for the lawyers Ogle, Elrod and Baril. Good grief. They’re everywhere!
Grownups will enjoy the fresh air and squeals from their kids as they test mus-cles and experience life on a working farm. There are plenty of tents for shade, a centrally located “out-house,” and refreshments of all types. We even saw a food inspector from the health department. They, too, are everywhere.
At night, Oakes Farms takes a turn for the spooky with its fl ashlight corn maze and the Trail of Doom. Little kids should stay home when the vamps and vampires come out after dark to ter-rorize all those who enter.
The Trail of Doom has special pricing. It features a haunted corn fi eld, haunted woods and breath-taking surprises.
Regular admission is $10.95 for those 11 and old-
er; $8.95 for kids 3-10; and free admission for those two and younger. Add $5 for a pumpkin of your choice. (Just remember, when grab-bing the biggest one in sight, you’ve got to carry the thing to your car.)
Of course, that handy hay ride to and from the pump-kin patch drops you off at the parking lot. So save this adventure for last. You’ll appreciate the chance to sit awhile, even if it’s on a hay bale. And keep an eye out for a deer or fox as you ride through the woods, past a lake and into the pumpkin patch.
Now in its 15th year, Oakes Farms Corn Maze continues to amaze.
Special events: Sun-day, Nov. 1, is Praise Day from 1-6 p.m. with special guest, former UT football standout Inky Johnson,speaking at 5. Admission is $6 with proceeds donated to the Corryton Food Pan-try. This event is targeted at teens and youth ministries.
Thursday, Oct. 29, is Light up the Night with a pumpkin carving contest to benefi t Alzheimer’s Tennes-see. Register for $10 and get a free pumpkin.
The Oakes Family has been involved in farming for three generations in the Corryton community. After years of growing tobacco and raising beef cattle, the family began growing day-lilies, a hobby which has grown into a nationwide mail-order nursery, Oakes Daylilies. Paradise Garden, a specialty nursery, was added in 2004. It is located on Corryton Road between Emory Road and Tazewell Pike. Info on dates, times and special deals: 865-688-6200 or oakesfarm.com
This panorama from a
bridge in the corn maze
shows the multiple
games and exhibits at
Oakes Corn Maze. This
was a mid-afternoon
shot, after the school
buses had left but be-
fore the evening crowd
arrived. Photos by S. ClarkOakes Farm is better
than ever
Congressional goats: With one headed left and the other head-
ed right on a narrow ramp, there can be no good outcome
here. Photo by S. Clark
Touring Oakes Farm are kids from Gibbs Elementary School:
Landon Dobbins, Amie Wood, Layla Hill, Levi Dunlap and
Dimitri Dima.
Prices Effective Wednesday, October 21st thru Sunday, October 25th, 2015
Due to our unique purchasing opportunities, quantities may be limited • So Shop Early for the Best SelectionQUANTITY RIGHTS RESERVED • Not all items available in all locations • Items are limited and vary by store and available while quantities last.
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COMPARE AT $197
4.5 Oz.TACO NACHO LUNCH
69.8 Oz.Strawberry Waffles . . .
$799
100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!
EXTREME VALUE PRICING!
BIG VALUEBONE-IN RIBEYE STEAKS
Chili with Pork & Beans
15 Oz.
Dog Food 12 Ct. / 12-13 Oz.
Frozen VegetableSteamers
10-11 Oz.
N N R Y STNE IN
$499Lb.
14 Oz. Fabric Refresher or 28 Oz. Pine Cleaner
Laundry Detergent45.4 Oz.
$119
$100$599
Cheddar or Natural Swiss Shreds
7-8 Oz.
$179
LITE PORK SPARE RIBS . . . . . . . $1
GARDEN SALAD 12 Oz. Bag
$100SQUASH
ACORN, BUTTERNUT OR SPAGHETTI
69¢
3 Lb. BagTangerine . . . . . . . . . . . .
$299
We HaveLots of
Lb.
20 Oz. LIQUID DISHSOAP . . . . . . 59¢
SRIRACHA FRIES,SMOKY BBQ OVEN CHIPS
OR GARLIC POTATO WEDGES24-26 Oz.24-26 Oz.2422 OOz.Oz.z.
$100
79¢
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