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From staff reportsIn Farragut, it takes a “navy.”
With a small full-time paid staff and active community programs, the town depends on a host of vol-unteers to handle committees and bring much of the town’s business to the town administrator and Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Annually, the town accepts appli-cations to fi ll open slots on the 12 standing committees. The term of service on each varies, as does the number of committee members and whether or not they must be residents of the town of Farragut.
At the June 13 BOMA meeting, additions were made to 10 commit-tees. There were no changes pro-posed for the Board of Plumbing and Gas/Mechanical Examiners and the Farragut Municipal Plan-ning Commission committees.
Economic Development Committee: Reappointed fi ve members whose terms were expir-ing. The BOMA discussed expand-ing the committee because of com-munity interest in serving on it, which would require an amendment to the bylaws. Eleven applications were received for fi ve open slots. Re-appointed for additional two-year terms were Ginny McClain-Tate, R. Knick Myers, Phil Dangel, Naoko Blue and Jim Holladay.
Arts Council: Mary Agnes Schaefer and Sandra Dean were reappointed to two-year terms, and Mary Ellen Reda was ap-proved as a new member.
Beautifi cation Committee: Repointed to two-year terms were Claire Ansink, Gerry Gennoe, Kathy Pierre, Mabel Sumner and Marianne McGill.
Board of Zoning Appeals: Merton “Corky” Ives was reap-pointed to a fi ve-year term.
Farragut Folklife Museum Advisory Board: Reappointed to two-year terms were Libbie Haynes, Steve Stow, Carolyn Sin-clair, Louis LaMarche and Caro-lyn Coker.
Parks and Athletics Coun-cil: Appointed to two-year terms were current members Loretta Bradley and Ron Pinchok and new appointees Drew Carson and Tyler Mallison. Appointed to one-year terms were Sharon Martens and Michael Peters.
Personnel Committee: Re-gina Foy and Joseph DiMauro will join reappointed members Gary Schmitz and John Underwood to serve two-year terms.
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Schools Education Relations Committee: Michael Singletary and Mark Littleton were reap-pointed to two-year terms and will be joined by new two-year members Shyam Nair and Kristen Pennycuff-Trent.
Stormwater Advisory Com-mittee: Ed Whiting, the Munici-pal Planning Commission appoint-ment, and Violet Freudenberg were reappointed for two-year terms, and Joe Wolfe will join as a new member for a two-year term.
Visual Resources Review Board: Linda Johnson, MaryLayman and Cynthia Hollyfi eld were reappointed to serve two-year terms and will be joined by new two-year member Jerry Ben-ton. Brittany Moore was appoint-ed to serve a one-year term.
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IN THIS ISSUE
Greatest Vol ever?Children with orange
interests and undoubtedly high IQs were frolicking in their forum sandbox. Surpris-ingly, they got semiserious long enough to conduct an informal poll – to determine the greatest ever football Volunteer.
Of course Peyton Manning won.
➤ See Marvin West’s story on A-6
Farragut play dayLast week, the Shopper
News interns braved the f lood to enjoy a play day in Far-ragut.
They praticed their golf swings at the Concord Par 3’s indoor facility. They enjoyed lunch at Lakeside Tavern and got a history lesson from columnist and historian Mal-colm Shell.
The day ended with a tour of WBIR-TV and a guest spot on “Live at Five at Four.”
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By Betsy PickleSummer is a great time to
be outdoors, enjoying nature and having fun. And thanks to a summer art class offered by the town of Farragut, kids can enjoy nature and have fun indoors, too.
The town is offering a Kid’s Nature Painting Class at 9-11 a.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Munici-pal Center Drive. Instruc-tor Angela Polly will show kids ages 6 and up how art can begin with nature.
“It’s summer, so I wanted to do something that em-braces the season,” says Pol-ly, who began teaching art classes for children at the Town Hall about two years ago. “My favorite thing to do in the summer is to go hik-ing, and when you go hiking you see all kinds of beautiful things in nature.”
Polly will bring that in-sight to her class, encourag-ing the participants to look at nature and think of cer-tain shapes and forms. “I’m going to take them on a little hike and have them collect things that they respond to,
and then we’ll use those ob-jects to make a piece of art. I want to show them how you can be inspired by some-thing and then turn it into a piece of art.”
Polly, 30, grew up in the suburbs of Charlotte, N.C., but she was able to escape to nature regularly. “I re-member playing a lot in the woods as a kid,” she says. “There were a bunch of woods behind my cousin’s house, and we would go out there and just spend the en-tire day walking around and playing and fi nding things.”
From an early age, she expressed herself through drawing, and she majored in fi ne art, with a concentra-tion on painting and sculp-ture, at the University of North Carolina at Asheville.
After college, she moved to East Tennessee and even-tually ended up working at the nonprofi t Girls Inc. in Oak Ridge. She was a pro-gram specialist teaching a national curriculum, but she also directed art proj-ects and workshops with the girls.
“Whether they were
Natural consequenceSummer art class brings nature indoors
At a town of Farragut art class
for children led by Angela Polly,
Eowyn Clark creates a tie-dye
masterpiece. Photos submitted
Coff ee BreakShe is the watchdog of town
development’s rules and regulations, and Ruth Hawk watches proj-ects like, well, a hawk. As com-munity develop-ment director for the town
of Farragut, Ruth says she is charged with helping people see how every project that happens in Farragut is interconnected.
“I feel like our offi ce is the one that helps people see the bigger picture and teaches people how the process works and why we have rules and guidelines,” says Ruth.
Meet Ruth over this week’s Coffee Break.
➤ See page A-2
Angela Polly instructs Alisha Soni, left, and Taylor Higginbotham in an art activity.
creating a masterpiece – it wasn’t about that, it was about the experience,” she says. “Their experi-ences with the art that I would teach them made them open up. They got to know each other, they got to know themselves, and I think it helped them ex-press themselves.”
Polly, whose day job
now has her working for a contractor, doesn’t have long-term interaction with the kids in her Farragut classes, but she does get a lot of repeat students.
“I always really enjoy getting to know their lit-tle personalities and their individual characters,” she
To page A-3
Miracle MakerJim Bellamy could have been
a comedian. He taught Ameri-can history at Powell High School from 1952-66 and was principal at Farragut High School for 24 years, serving
until his retirement in 1990.Sandra Clark recalls an
interview she conducted with Bellamy in 2000. He passed away in 2008.
➤ See Sandra’s story on page A-11
A-2 • JUNE 24, 2013 • Shopper news
with Ruth Hawk
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She is the watchdog of town development’s rules and regu-lations, and Ruth Hawk watches projects like a… hawk. As community development director for the town of Farragut, Ruth says she is charged with helping people see how every project that happens in Farragut is interconnected.
“I feel like our offi ce is the one that helps people see the bigger picture and teaches people how the process works and why we have rules and guidelines,” says Ruth. “Everybody has his or her own perspective, especially when involved in something that means something to them – either personally or economically. We try to get people to look beyond and see how everything needs to work together.”
As an example, Ruth cited a hypothetical business and its own parking lot. “But if there is no connection to the devel-opment next door, no way to walk or drive to get around, it won’t be as successful. The same goes with parks and walking trails. We have many beautiful spots in Farragut, but trails and parks need to be near where people are.”
Ruth says the attitude toward walking trails in the town has changed. “When I fi rst came to Farragut, it was a chal-lenge to get someone to do a little walking trail. The other day, I had a developer tell me that if he had known how much people loved walking trails, he would have skipped the swim-ming pool and done more trails.”
Ruth grew up on a dairy farm in central Wisconsin and learned to love the land at an early age. She came to Knoxville in 1983 to get her master’s degree from the University of Ten-nessee. “I always loved the land. I was an intern for a plan-ning commission and really enjoyed the work.”
Her work with the town’s walking trails has been especial-ly satisfying for her, she says. “I think the connecting of the walking trails has been the one single project that has gener-ated the most goodwill and positive feelings from the pub-lic,” says Ruth. “It was like a jigsaw puzzle of walking trails that the town pulled together. When the town went in with the Grigsby Chapel trail and started putting it all together, one piece at a time, it was beautiful. We had Anchor Park, but Grigsby Chapel was the fi rst one that connected a lot of neighborhoods that weren’t connected before.”
Good development makes good economic sense as well, says Ruth. “It is fun to see things come to fruition that you have seen from the concept up. Everything starts with an idea. Getting things done correctly is the role of everyone who works on the community development staff. We are responsi-ble for seeing that things are constructed according to the or-dinances and the way the Board of Mayor and Aldermen and
the town has determined it should be. No one likes to be a ‘bad guy,’ but things need to be done correctly. It is better for everyone in the long run.”
The question often seems to be “is it good for busi-ness?” when what should be asked is “is it good for the people?” says Ruth. “That is where the balance comes in, and that is our responsi-bility as town planners. We deal with people’s quality of life all the time. Landscap-ing, signs, walking trails – it’s all about quality of life, and it makes a difference. That is what the staff and I are charged with: Ensur-ing the quality of life right here.”
Helping her leave stress at the offi ce is “a wonderful blend-ed family that is so important to me,” says Ruth. “Dan and I spend a lot of time with family. We are very close to Dan’s family – my mother-in-law recently passed away – and we travel to see family as often as possible. We also like to hike, bicycle and explore the back roads.” She and Dan have been married 25 years.
Sit and have a Coffee Break as you get to know Ruth Hawk:
What is your favorite quote from TV or a movie?“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men
to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke, but I heard it on “NCIS!”
What are you guilty of?Chocolate – I love it!
What is your favorite material possession?Family photos – old, new and all the ones in between
What are you reading currently?I like reading mysteries, but I’m in between books
right now.
What was your most embarrassing moment? As a kid, I was in 4-H, and my Mom was one of the
leaders. She felt it was important for me to learn public speaking, so she made me do demonstration projects and participate in plays. I was the lead in one play, play-ing the role of “Scotty the Dog.” Let’s just say that acting is not my gift and leave it at that!”
What are the top three things on your bucket list? 1. Drive across America through as many small towns
as possible.2. Travel to Alaska.3. Travel to New Zealand and Australia.
What is one word others often use to describe you and why?
I polled my co-workers on this one. They chose “dedi-cated,” but “workaholic” and “determined” were brought up, too. I guess that is self-explanatory.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would be a better communicator with the people I love. I’m sort of communicated out at the end of most work days, and my family pays the price for that.
What is your passion? I love what I do. Years from now, what I do today will
be an integral part of people’s lives. How cool is that? For example, I am very proud of the walking trail system in Farragut, and I have been a big part of making that happen.
With whom, living or dead, would you most like to have a long lunch?
My Dad. He passed away when I was 5 years old, and I would love to meet him.
Other than your parents, who has had the biggest infl u-ence on your life and why?
My mother- and father-in-law. Their love and attitude has created the most amazing blended family that I am so blessed to be a part of.
I still can’t quite get the hang of … Eating healthy. Seriously, ice cream should be in the
food pyramid.
What is the best present you ever received in a box?A letter telling me that I was going to have a niece.
What is the best advice your mother ever gave you?“…and whoever said life was fair?” As I have learned,
that is reality.
What is your social media of choice? Talking with people face-to-face or on the phone.
What is the worst job you have ever had?Pulling weeds in the ginseng patches in Wisconsin. Few
people know this, but the county where I grew up is the No. 1 producer of American ginseng in the country. It is a crop that takes four years to grow. That’s a lot of weeds…
What was your favorite Saturday morning cartoon and why?
“Johnny Quest,” because he traveled everywhere help-ing other people.
What irritates you?People who are not truthful.
What’s one place in Farragut everyone should visit?The Montgomery Walking Trail. I have a “black
thumb,” but I do my duty as a weed-puller for the gar-dens. We need more. Call the town of Farragut and sign up.
What is your greatest fear? Heights.
If you could do one impulsive thing, what would it be? Just pack up and take off to explore the back roads of
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says. “Some of them are very focused, and some of them think very abstractly. I just appreciate all of their differences.”
Polly teaches about one class each season, and she chooses the theme. “If it’s close to a holiday then I’ll try to think of something that refl ects that season,” she says.
Some of her most popu-lar classes have been mask- making and using duct tape. She taught a tie-dye class this spring.
“It is kind of funny be-cause every single class that I’ve ever taught (at the Town Hall), I’ve had an adult ask me if they could sign up for the classes,” she says. “They want to take them, too.”
Polly says her young stu-dents don’t slack off in the summertime.
“The kids come in, and
they’re very eager,” she says. “They’re very inter-ested. They’ve read about this class, and they’re ex-cited and they want to learn. I think that it’s my job to keep it age appropri-ate and engaging enough to make them have a really good class but also come away from the class with something they want to keep and something they want to show people. As long as I’m doing my job in trying to make class excit-ing and interesting, they always do really well with it.”
The nature painting class costs $15 and is limited to 20 students. For info and to register, call 865-966-7057. The registration deadline is Friday, July 12.
For more info on Polly, visit www.angelapolly.webs.com.
Taylor Higginbotham and Alisha Soni work on their
T-shirts at a children’s art class sponsored by the
town of Farragut.
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Roger Russell, a fi rst-time rider in the Farragut Lions Club Poker Ride for Sight, rolls in to the Har-
ley-Davidson on Lovell Road to have some lunch and turn in his cards. Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell
The turnout for the Far-ragut Lions Club Poker Ride for Sight wasn’t what was hoped, but the enthu-siasm never waned.
A hard-working com-mittee put together a fun ride for motorcycle enthu-siasts, who followed a sce-nic route, stopping along the way to collect playing cards at designated sites. When the riders returned to Harley-Davidson on
Farragut Lions organize
a ride for fun and funds
Lovell Road, Lions Club volunteers collected each rider’s cards to see who
had the best “poker” hand to win a prize. Riders were also treated to a barbecue lunch from Hunter’s BBQ.
Area businesses donated door prizes, so every rider felt they had supported a great cause. Money raised was donated to sight-relat-ed charities sponsored by the Lions Club, including vision testing for children as young as kindergarten age.
The powers behind the ride
gather for a group shot. Pictured
is the new president, Fletcher
Stephens on the bike, with the
organizing committee, from
left, Jim Hart, Ed Mee, Wayne
Stormer and Norvell Burrow.
Farragut Lions Jim and
Julia Hart enjoy the bar-
becue lunch after the ride.
They worked one of the
check-in sites.Helping out at the fundraiser are, from left, Donna White, Sandy Mee, Gerri Crutchfi eld, Pat
Lipps, Julia Hart and Jackie Stephens. They are all members of the Farragut Lions Club.
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City Council members Nick Pavlis, Duane Grieve and Brenda Palmer will not be opposed for re-election this year. Nick Della Volpe and Daniel Brown will.
All fi ve incumbents are seeking second terms, and it was down to the wire last week as to whether any of them would have opposi-tion. In fact, things stayed so quiet that Election Com-mission offi cials were won-dering if they’d have to set up early voting.
The uncertainty was set-tled when qualifying peti-tions from two challengers – Rick Staples, who will op-pose Della Volpe in the 4th District, and Charles “Pete” Drew, who will run against Daniel Brown in the 6th District – were validated. So early voting will proceed as usual – probably.
“We’d been waiting with bated breath,” said elections administrator Cliff Rodgers. “If we’d had no opposition, we’d have no early voting.
Thin fi eld for City Council
Daniel Brown, City Council member and former mayor,
makes a point at a community forum at the Luke Ross Cen-
ter. At right is Brown’s wife, Cathy. In the background is city
Director of Public Service David Brace. Photos by S. Clark
Rick Staples
This has been a bizarre one, and now we’ll wait for the can-didate withdrawal deadline.”
Della Volpe could have two primary opponents if Carl H. Landsden, who didn’t have enough signatures on his petition, follows through with his application to run a write-in campaign. (Causing one to wonder how a guy who
couldn’t fi nd 25 voters to sign his pe-tition could expect to win a write-in.)
S t aple s , h o w e v e r , could run a vigorous
campaign. He’s an employee of the Knox County Sheriff’s
Offi ce in the Programs Divi-sion under Chief Pete Garza.
A 1988 Holston High School graduate, Staples left college at Tennessee State when his father was diagnosed with cancer. He later attended the Univer-sity of Tennessee majoring in religious studies and so-ciology. He is a member of 100 Black Men of Greater Knoxville Inc., an organi-zation that mentors young men who come from tough environments. He is an ac-tive member of New Hope Baptist Church and vice chair of education with the District Youth Council of the African American Mis-sionary Baptist Church and a resident of the Alice Bell community.
Pete Drew has run for offi ce so much that an ac-curate count of the number of times he’s been a candi-date is nigh impossible. He is a former Knox County commissioner and held the District 15 state House seat
for 8 years. He served as a Democrat from 1982-86 and as a Republican from 1986-88, when he was de-feated in the General Elec-tion by Joe Armstrong.
Drew moved to Nashville in 1990 to become a lobbyist for Tennessee Right to Life and then to Chattanooga in 1993, where he ran un-successfully for Hamilton County Commission and for the state house. Since re-turning to Knoxville, he has run, also unsuccessfully, for county commission and the state Legislature.
Anthony Hancock picked up a petition to run against Grieve in District 2, but did not return it.
The deadline to drop out is noon Thursday, June 27. The deadline to register to vote is Aug. 26. If the chal-lengers and/or a write-in re-main in the race, early vot-ing will begin Sept. 4. The primary election is Sept. 24, and the general election is Nov. 5.
West Knox developer John Turley has been up-set over the city’s recent installation of a traffi c camera on Parkside Road at its intersection with Lovell Road at the Turkey Creek development. This is at the eastern entrance to Turkey Creek and only one camera at present is positioned to catch cars turning left onto Lovell from Parkside.
Three poles have been erected for one camera, which has marred the visual look of the well-man-icured entrance into the most successful shopping area within the corporate limits of Knoxville. In fact, an additional wooden pole has been erected where three poles already stand, creating pole congestion.
However, Turley has proven one can infl uence city hall to back off an un-wise and poorly conceived idea.
In fact, Turley, through Turkey Creek Land Part-ners, spends $150,000 a year on maintaining the medians inside Turkey Creek. At a time when the city and council are strug-gling to enact a stricter sign ordinance, it seems odd, if not inconsistent, that the city is the sponsor of such an ugly scene with the main reason being revenue. This writer visited the site at Turley’s invitation and was surprised to see what had happened.
Turley contacted Council member Duane Grieve who sent a strong email urging city offi cials to back off.
In a June 5 email to Mayor Rogero, Deputy May-ors Bill Lyons and Christi Branscom, and Police Chief David Rausch, Grieve wrote: “Folks, the city needs to im-mediately correct the situ-ation we have caused at the entrance to Turkey Creek!!! (his emphasis).
“After much time and considerable cost, the de-veloper (Turley) has spent to move the utility poles and upgrade on traffi c light supports, we (the city) have gone and erected a wooden pole for an electric meter for a traffi c camera and added two poles for the camera with an exposed line across the lanes of traffi c. ... It is amazing with what we are asking our de-velopers to do and then we, the city, erect something like this. ... We, the city, need to practice what we expect others to do. Do let me know when this will be taken care of and who will see the line is put under-ground.”
Pole congestion at Turkey Creek
To the city’s credit and as proof protest can work, especially if you have a council member leading the way, Branscom in a June 14 email to Turley said the line would be placed under-ground and the extra poles removed.
All sides deserve con-gratulations for raising the issue of the eyesore and then taking remedial steps to correct it.
Turkey Creek has been a fi nancial cash cow for the city with literally millions of dollars in sales and prop-erty taxes generated an-nually due to its voluntary annexation 18 years ago.
■ Council elections in September and November will generate slight interest and low voter turnout (less than 10 percent) should be expected. Right now all fi ve incumbents are likely to win re-election to their second and fi nal term on council. No incumbent for mayor or council has lost re-election since term lim-its were adopted.
■ St. John’s Episcopal Church won a victory at MPC after suffering a set-back in its quest to demolish the buildings at 710 and 712 Walnut Street a few weeks ago when the Downtown Design Review Board by a 3-2 vote turned down their request. However, MPC unanimously approved the demolition. The matter can go to City Council if ap-pealed from MPC by Knox Heritage.
This is the type of issue which City Council dislikes as it pits historic pres-ervationists against the majority membership of St. John’s, which includes some of Knoxville’s most prominent citizens. Council members feel however they vote they will alien-ate important voices in the community.
And fi ve of them are run-ning for re-election this fall.
Council member Duane Grieve will be a member to watch closely as he is an ar-chitect, has well-articulated views and has often aligned himself with historic pres-ervation. He has not stated his views publicly. Council members will watch his vote carefully and could be infl uenced by it if the issue goes to City Council.
Old people worry about kids. Will they be smart enough and tough enough to carry on? Many would answer no.
Last week (as we write on pages 8-9 in excruciating detail) we visited the Far-ragut Folklife Museum with Malcolm Shell and 12 teens.
Eyes widened when Shell told about the town’s namesake, Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, who was commissioned in the U.S. Navy at age 9 and by 12 was put in charge of getting a captured merchant ship back to harbor.
“Those sailors probably thought they would toss that boy overboard and be on their way,” Shell said, “but Farragut brought the ship to port.”
A painting shows Farra-gut directing a battle from high atop his ship’s mast. Sailors had to scurry up and down the pole t o transmit orders, Shell said. It’s no
Strong enough
wonder Farragut became the Navy’s fi rst admiral.
He was born at what was then called Campbell Station (now Farragut) and lived to be 69.
His most memorable quote: “Damn the torpe-does. Full steam ahead!”
We saw a torpedo (a small explosive with air pockets on either side). Shell said the British had seeded a mine-fi eld with them. A torpedo blew up under a ship, sink-ing it “in about 20 seconds.” The other ships looked to Farragut for direction: “Full steam (speed) ahead!”
Ships communicated by
fl ags in the pre-radio era. The “fl agship” went fi rst and passed messages down the line. Several fl ags are at the Farragut Museum. I could have spent the day.
Campbell Station: Most know it as an exit off I-40. But two years before George Washington was sworn in as president, Eu-ropean settlers had built homes at Campbell Sta-tion. Their name: Campbell. (Shell said settlers to the east were named Love; thus, Lovell Road.)
Natives were not happy about the intrusion and a couple of Cherokee and Creek chiefs organized a war party of 2,000, march-ing from the Chattanooga area toward Knoxville (then called White’s Fort). It marched past the forti-fi ed Campbell Station at night, with neither the In-dians nor the settlers aware of the others’ presence. The Indians massacred settlers at Cavett’s Station (near Walker Springs) and the 11 families of Campbell’s Sta-tion took a vote.
Would they stay and fi ght, should the Indians return, or would they fl ee? The vote was unanimous. The Campbells and their neighbors stayed. And the Indians returned home an-other way.
Eleven families against 2,000 warriors. Back in the car, I asked two interns: Would you have been strong enough to vote yes?
Both answered no.I didn’t argue with them,
but I disagree. Nobody to-day is asked to fi ght Indians. But we are called to fi ght for what’s important and to defend what’s ours. Those folks at Campbell Station had walked into a wilder-ness to build a home and community. Of course, they would stand and fi ght.
And so would my interns.They’re strong enough
to protect their families, to defend what’s theirs and to lead our community.
They would fi ght, too, if necessary. But it might be as Gibson Calfee said, “From headquarters, directing a drone.”
Malcolm Shell talks excitedly about Admiral David Farragut
while Shopper intern Paul Brooks, at left, ponders the sto-
ry. The Farragut Folklife Museum has a great exhibit about
both Farragut and the Civil War Battle of Campbell Station.
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“Success starts with a dream, and a chance for those dreams to come true.”
Appearing before the Farragut Municipal Plan-ning Commission for the third straight month proved to hold some charm for Kay Wellons. After a lengthy discussion, com-missioners granted a con-sensus opinion that lets Wellons begin to market her family’s property.
The family farm of 30.5 acres lies on the east side of Campbell Station Road, north of the Holiday Inn Express. Wellons has rep-resented the family’s in-terests at meetings and has been working with as-sistant town administra-tor Gary Palmer to devise a plan for developing the property. Currently zoned R-2, she would like to see it zoned for mixed use, but that runs contrary to the town’s Comprehen-sive Land Use Plan. The comprehensive plan has the property labeled Open Space Cluster Residential.
While not a vote, the action taken at the June 20 meeting is a prelude to most likely changing the Future Land Use Map for that piece of property. As Mayor Ralph McGill noted, the plan is meant to be a guide and not something written in stone. If com-missioners vote to change the land use, Wellons will have to come back to seek rezoning once she finds a developer.
Family farm owners to move ahead with new zoning requests
Louise Povlin, the newest member of the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission, enjoys a
light moment with fellow commissioner Ron Honken prior to the June 20 meeting. She replaced
Melissa Mustard who resigned. Photo by S.F. Neal
Commissioner Noah Myers said he could see commercial use for about 8 acres of the property fronting the road. Wel-lons envisions a small strip mall of niche shops tailored to tourists. Myers added, however, that Wel-lons might get more money for the land if someone were interested in build-ing multi-family units like apartments. If granted a mixed-use status, Wellons would like to see commer-cial in the front and multi-family housing behind that. The majority of the property would be left for open space or recreational use. Much of it is too steep for development.
The commission also got an overview of plans for the town’s outdoor class-room on Campbell Sta-tion Road near the back of Farragut High School. Stormwater coordinator Jason Scott explained that the interactive space is in-tended not only for use by area students, but also by the community at large. He hopes to hear ideas for the space from residents. Scott
Gary McGill of McGill Associates makes a point during a presentation of plans for the outdoor
classroom on Campbell Station Road. Also speaking were Jim Ford of McGill Associates and
Jason Scott, Farragut’s stormwater coordinator and the project’s visionary.
said he is looking for addi-tional funding and hopes to break ground on the project in the fall.
Gary McGill and Jim Ford with McGill Associ-ates, the design firm for the project, also spoke about the classroom plans. Ford addressed some issues that came up in a recent work-shop session about park-ing. “There will be a park-ing area with a few spaces, handicapped parking and a place for buses to park,” he said.
“The main focus is on hydrology and how we deal with runoff and develop-ment,” he said of the space.
Some answers include permeable pavers, a rain garden that filters water and a rainwater collection system to provide water for plant projects. There will be a 20-by-40 foot covered shelter to serve as a class-room. Unlike shelters in town parks, the classroom will not be for rent. Walk-ways will connect to new and existing greenways.
Commissioners wel-comed the group’s newest member, Louise Povlin, to her first meeting. She was named to succeed Melis-sa Mustard who recently resigned. Povlin owns Anytime Fitness and is a resident of Fox Run sub-division. A runner, she has been a big supporter of the town’s greenways program
and has pushed for a major overhaul of Everett Road.
Ed Whiting was reap-pointed to the Stormwa-ter Advisory Committee where he currently serves as chair.
Also on the agenda: ■ Approved final plat
plans for Villas at Anchor Park, Phase I.
■ Approved a site plan for Panda Express, 11482 Parkside Drive, between JCPenney and Tennessee State Bank.
■ Approved a prelimi-nary plat for Sheffield sub-
division, Unit 2. Develop-ers agreed to work around an area with a sinkhole by shaving a few feet off a couple of deep lots in that section as well as one in Unit 3.
■ Approved an amend-ment to the Farragut sub-division regulations tied into another recent ac-tion taken because of new flood standards for Turkey Creek and North Fork Tur-key Creek. The vote makes it possible to update the Flood Insurance Rate Map.
A request by Eddie
Kherani, owner of the Marathon gas station, was voted down. Kherani said that because of the Snyder Road/Outlet Drive realign-ment project, a section of right-of-way adjacent to his property is no longer in use. He requested that the closed right-of-way be given to him. Commission-ers balked at that request, saying they have no idea what development might happen in the future and such action would be pre-mature.
FARRAGUT NOTES ■ Farragut Rotary Club meets at noon each Wednesday at the Fox Den Country Club.
■ Free budget classes are held from noon-1 p.m. each third Thursday at the Good Samaritan Cen-
ter, 119 A. St. in Lenoir City. Everyone is invited. No preregistration is required. Info: annaseal@
credibility.org.
■ Memoir Writing Group meets 7 p.m. each second Thursday at Panera Bread, 733 Louisville Road.
■ West Knox Lions Club meets 6:30 p.m. each fi rst and third Monday at Shoney’s restaurant at
Walker Springs and Kingston Pike.
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A-6 • JUNE 24, 2013 • Shopper news
Marvin West
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The next day (John) saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!”
(John 1: 29 NRSV)
A picture sits on my desk, a place of honor that it has occupied, one way and another, since 1977. It is a black and white photo that appeared on the front page of the small daily newspaper in the southern West Virginia town where I lived and worked for eight years. The photo it-self was taken by a friend, and when I went on and on about it, he gave me the original. Over the years, in various offices, many peo-
ple have asked me about it.The central figure in
the picture is a lamb. He is standing inside a large metal pipe that is bent and misshapen, but its dark interior is the perfect foil for the lamb’s white f leece. There are barren, stalky weeds growing sparsely in the foreground, catching the light: a nice accent to the darkness of the pipe. Beyond the lamb and the pipe, in the distance, other sheep graze placidly.
The lamb is looking straight at the camera, with more interest than fear, I think.
I have always had lots of pictures, books and im-portant (to me) pieces of memorabilia in my office. Nothing, however, has sparked as much curiosity as my lamb. Many people have commented on it, asked about it, admired it.
When I look at it, I usu-ally see just a lamb. Oc-casionally, though, I see
God’s LambGod’s Lamb, and the whole picture looks different to me. It becomes a parable.
When I see God’s Lamb, I see the unconcern of the oth-er sheep, the ewes and rams in the background who seem oblivious to the human who is standing in their fi eld tak-ing a picture of some mama sheep’s baby. That is when I see the lamb as vulnerable, alone, isolated.
There are times in Scrip-ture when Jesus – God’s Lamb – is like that little lamb in the old, beaten-up pipe: vulnerable, alone, isolated. Just like the other sheep in the photograph, the others – Jesus’ friends and followers – were un-aware of the danger gath-ering around him, unable to understand that he was
a marked man. When John the Baptizer called him God’s Lamb, did no one make the leap to “sacri-ficial lamb”? Sacrifice of lambs was part of Temple worship!
How the disciples could miss the storm clouds is beyond me, but that is 21 centuries of hindsight, I suppose.
But there is another as-pect of lambs that gives us a different view of God’s lamb, a happier view.
Last year, in the early spring, my daughter Jor-dan and I had occasion to visit the Biltmore House in Asheville. The tour in-cluded the vast grounds, including the barnyards.
There, we saw young lambs cavorting, running at
full tilt and leaping onto the top of a pen, then bounding off to make another run at it, from a different angle. They moved as if they had springs on the ends of their legs! They were clearly hav-ing more fun than the tour-ists. We watched them with delight, enjoying their exu-berant play and laughing at their antics.
It was after that experi-ence that I began to wonder how anyone who had been a shepherd – who had seen such frolicking – could ever sacrifi ce one of those de-lightful creatures.
In much the same way, I wonder how anyone who had met Jesus face to face could have failed to see him for what he was: God’s own Lamb, the Savior of the world.
Children with orange interests and undoubtedly high IQs were frolicking in their forum sandbox. Surprisingly, they got semiserious long enough to conduct an informal poll – to determine the greatest ever football Volunteer.
Of course Peyton Man-ning won. Most of the vot-ers had heard of him. Some even remembered his claim to fame, halfway up a ladder, leading the Pride of the Southland band.
Others see him on TV from time to time, in Papa John’s and Buick commer-cials. Some realize he still throws passes and sets re-cords, even at an advanced age.
It was a landslide elec-
Greatest ever Volunteer
tion but there were other worthy choices – Reggie White, Doug Atkins, Dale Carter, Eric Berry, Al Wil-son, Leonard Little, John Henderson and Carl Pick-ens. At one time or anoth-er, all played well.
You do see where I am going? The tailbacks were missing from the ballot. John Majors, Hank Lauri-cella, Gene McEver, Beat-
tie Feathers and George Cafego are in the College Football Hall of Fame.
So is Bob Johnson. He was superb but center isn’t a very glamorous position. Linebacker Steve Kiner is in the Hall. He was out-standing. End Bowden Wy-att was a rare one, Hall of Fame honoree as end and coach.
Many great ones merit consideration. Quarter-back Condredge Holloway was at least amazing. Ten-nessee wideouts were like wild geese. They could re-ally f ly.
Understandably, most of the children have never heard of the greatest guard in Tennessee football his-tory. Bob Suffridge, born
in Union County, raised in Fountain City, was pointed in the general direction of maturity while at Cen-tral High School. Here is a clue regarding talent: The Bobcats of his time won 33 in a row. He was only 180 pounds but quick and powerful and fiercely de-termined. He supposedly blocked 29 punts!
Suffridge became Ten-nessee’s only three-time all-American.
Three times honored.Only. Ever.As a UT senior, in street
smarts if not academic achievement, he won the Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy as America’s line-man of the year. Believe it or not, he finished fourth in Heisman voting. In 1950, the Football Writers of America put Suffridge
on their first all-time team.Robert R. Neyland,
the general and coach for whom the stadium is named, said Suffridge was the greatest lineman he ever saw.
As at Central High, good things happened in the Suffridge era at Ten-nessee. The Volunteers won 32 consecutive reg-ular-season games. The Flamin’ Sophomores and the 1938 team went 11-0. The 1939 team didn’t per-mit a point.
Wait, I remember now, that team lost in the Rose Bowl. Suffridge was gimpy and Cafego was really hurt. Southern Cal won, 14-0.
In 1940, Suffridge and the then veteran Vols went 10-0 but lost to Boston College in the Sugar Bowl. There were no valid ex-cuses. Bob was ticked. He
didn’t have much experi-ence in losing.
On page 18 in my second book, “Legends of the Ten-nessee Volunteers,” I said: “The proven formula for football fame is one part talent, one part toughness, at least a pinch of smarts and a burning desire to succeed. ... Bob Suffridge was richly blessed. He had more than enough of ev-erything.
“From a humble be-ginning, he fought and scratched every step of the way to the very tip of the mountaintop…. The multi-tudes cheered.”
In this Butch Jones era of renewed respect for tradition, I say we should conduct another “great-est” poll and erect a Bob Suffridge statue. OK to put Peyton in bronze, too.Marvin West invites reader reaction. His
address is [email protected].
REUNIONS ■ Flatford family reunion
will be held 1 p.m. Satur-
day, July 6, at Big Ridge
Elementary School gym,
3420 Hickory Valley Road,
Maynardville. Bring covered
dishes and drinks, along
with family documents and
photos to share and musical
instruments to play. Bring
your finest crafts, cakes, pies
or breads for prizes. Info:
Sherry Flatford Shinn on
Facebook or email sherry@
shinn-family.com.
■ Central High School Class
of 1963 is planning its 50-
year reunion. Any member
of the Class of 1963 who
hasn’t been contacted by
the reunion committee is
asked to send contact info
to: [email protected];
or mail to CHS Class of ’63,
5428 Kesterbrooke Blvd.,
Knoxville, TN 37918.
■ Central High School
Class of 1978 will hold its
35-year reunion 6:30-10:30
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, at
Beaver Brook Country Club.
Cost is $25 per person with
payment due Aug. 15. Make
check out to “CHS Class of
1978” or to “Brent Thomas”
and mail it to: Brent Thomas,
4841 Macmont Circle, Pow-
ell, TN 37849.
■ Central High School Class
of 1993 will hold its 20-year
reunion Saturday, Aug. 10,
at Cocoa Moon. Payment
is due July 10. Info: Christi
Courtney Fields, 719-5099 or
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By Ashley BakerDani Bruno always dreamed of being a mother, but the
road to reality would not be an easy one for her.After falling in love at college, Joey and Dani Bruno
were wed in December 2010. Shortly after their beautiful winter wedding, the happy couple decided they were inter-ested in having children. A pregnancy followed, but they lost the baby to a miscarriage at seven weeks.
Dani says she remembers the tears and despair as she had to say goodbye to her little one, and she and Joey began again. Soon Dani was pregnant. “I found out I was preg-nant on March 24, 2012, and everything looked was good,” said Dani. “We were so excited!”
At just over six weeks, however, Dani began to show signs of another miscarriage and was rushed to the doc-tor for an ultrasound. “We should have been able to see a heartbeat by then,” Dani said. Instead, the doctors could fi nd no signs of a pregnancy. Ultrasound technologist Tina Harris found a collection of fl uid adjacent to the sac, but it showed no signs of a baby.
“These fl uid collections can be associated with an in-creased risk of miscarriage,” Harris said, “especially if it is larger than 50 percent of the size of the gestational sac, which was the case with Dani’s ultrasound.”
“There was no baby,” Dani said. “We had lost another one.”
The doctor asked Dani to undergo several blood tests in hopes that future pregnancies would be sustainable. “They told me that it probably would not help for this pregnancy because it was too late, but it would give some answers for the next one,” Dani said. “And this gave us hope for a future baby.”
Dani and Joey said their faith in God kicked in as they left the doctor’s offi ce that day. “We decided that we had praised God in the good times, so we would praise him in the hard times as well. The Lord is still good,” Dani said. “On the way home, we decided that we would praise the Lord even in our despair and that our faith wasn’t contin-gent on having a baby.”
Family and friends surrounded the couple in prayer. Leon and Sharon Dupeire, Dani’s grandparents, were so concerned that they fl ew in from Arizona to be with the Brunos. “They walked through it with me,” Dani said.
Two days later, in early April 2012, Joey and Dani found themselves in the ultrasound room waiting for a confi rma-tion that the baby was gone. “I didn’t mourn without hope,” Dani said. “The Lord knew what was going on. And we kept praying.”
The ultrasound machine displayed nothing short of a miracle. The Brunos saw their six and a half week old em-bryo and heard a healthy heartbeat. “Dani’s second ultra-sound revealed a defi nite gestational sac, a yolk sac and a fetal pole with cardiac activity – 105 beats per minute,” said Harris. “This was very promising.”
The promise was fulfi lled as Dani carried the baby to full term. On November 15, 2012, Dani and Joey welcomed 6 lb. 3 oz. Joseph Vincent Bruno III into the world. “His name literally means ‘more than a conqueror,’” Dani said, smiling. “We all had to be more than conquerors.”
Dani said that as she cuddled her baby on delivery day, she remembered how the Lord had worked powerfully in her life. Through this little life that she now held in her arms, she found God to be a miracle worker. “He saves lives,” Dani said.
“I can only imagine how diffi cult waiting was for Dani,” said Harris. “Thankfully, everything went well during the remainder of her pregnancy. I believe all pregnancies are miracles and gifts from God.”
The Bruno family includes Joey, Dani and their “miracle baby”
Vincent.
Faith through bad times leads to renewed hope
Double the fun at joint VBSBy Suzanne Foree NealWhen it comes to vaca-
tion Bible school, a couple of Farragut churches decided to get neighborly and com-bine their efforts for a whole week of fun. At the week’s end, 119 children had par-ticipated.
Farragut Presbyte-rian and Faith Lutheran churches sit side-by-side on Jamestowne Boulevard, so organizers thought the joint effort was a natural.
Most days the weather co-operated long enough to have some fun in the sun. One of the favorite ac-tivities for the young Bible schoolers was a visual of the cleansing of the temple. Red plastic cups were the idols, which the energetic kindergartners thorough-ly crushed. Piles of gray wadded-up paper served as rubble, which the young-sters collected and cleared from the temple.
Daily craft projects were used to reinforce Bible sto-ries. Snack time was always a hit as were various science projects, especially the les-son on secret messages that used a black light to reveal messages written on their hands.
Adults and children alike enjoyed the experiment. Ka-tina Sharp, one of the orga-nizers, said it was also a way for children to learn about another faith.
Robin Taylor explains the next activity at the vacation Bible school for Farragut Presbyterian and
Faith Lutheran. Photos by Suzanne Foree Neal
E.I. Sharp stands blindfolded inside a Hula-Hoop and has
to guess how many players run past him while music plays
in the background. Running in circles around him are Ella
Pinchok and Olivia Colloredo while adult leader Grant
Bauman watches the action.
Ice cream would melt too
fast, so children attending
the joint vacation Bible
school program of Farra-
gut Presbyterian and Faith
Lutheran churches were
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Landon Taylor uses a black
light to show off a secret
message written on his hand
as part of the science lesson.
Grace Szymczak constructs
her catapult during craft
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Farragut Presbyterian and
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Alex Behling (right) was in charge of helping children load their
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Farragut play dayShopper interns carry on despite fl ooding rain
By Sara BarrettA morning outdoors was
scheduled for the third meeting of the Shopper News interns, but Mother Nature threw us a curve ball – or maybe it was a golf ball – and poured rain on the first half of the day. This didn’t deter the group from learning the ins and
outs of golf at Concord Park Par 3, and the rain only made for scenic enter-tainment during lunch at Lakeside Tavern.
After lunch, a visit to the Farragut Folklife Museum with local historian Mal-colm Shell shed light on the history of the town and its role in the Civil War.
The group continued with a stop in historic Concord to see the Chota No. 253 Masonic Lodge, its adjacent Concord Masonic Cemetery and the Olde Concord Gal-lery. Finishing the day with a trip to WBIR studios for “Live at Five at Four” topped off our adventures with a hole-in-one.
The interns and tour guide Malcolm Shell stand in front of the statue of Admiral David G. Far-
ragut. Pictured are: (front) Lindsey Sanders; (back) Paul Brooks, Jackson Brantley, Gibson Calfee,
Taylor Smith, Mitchell Zavadil, Madeline Lonas, Laura Beeler, Joshua Mode, Sarah Dixon, Rox-
anne Abernathy, Zoey Risley and Shell. Photo by Ruth White
Bearden High golf team mem-
ber Keeton Susong assists
with summer camps at Con-
cord Par 3.
Lunch at Lakeside Tavern
The beautiful view from the dining room at Lakeside Tavern in
Concord. Photos by Ruth White
Intern Taylor Smith shows off a talent during lunch at Lakeside
Tavern.
Farragut Folklife MuseumWithout “insider in-
formation” from Malcolm Shell, the historical exhib-its at Farragut Folklife Mu-seum would not have been as entertaining. A picture of Shell’s father, Edward, hung in one display, which
described his experience of learning about his son Jo-seph’s death in the war only after taking the message from a wire transmission.
Other points of interests were personal belongings of Admiral David Glasgow
Farragut, including hisown desk from his shipand relics discovered fromthe Civil War which werefound with metal detectorsas ground was turned fornew developments aroundtown.
The entrance to the museum
features a bust of Admiral Far-
ragut. Photo by Taylor Smith
One of
many
pieces of
scrimshaw
on display,
carved on
whales’
teeth by
sailors. Pho-to by Roxanne
Abernathy
Malcolm Shell
served as tour
guide at the
museum in
Farragut and
stands next to a
bust of Admiral
Farragut to
show the ad-
miral’s height. Photo by Taylor Smith
A ‘snag’ in golfi ngBy Taylor Smith
Last week we visited Concord Park Par 3. Man-ager Tony Valentine and advanced golfers Tucker Roof and Keeton Susong from Bearden High School showed us the basics.
With beginners and/or children, they start with the Starting New at Golf club (SNAG). Roof claims he gets
many “baseball” like swings, and that is why they use the SNAG equipment before switching to a more profes-sional club, “The Putter.”
As interns, we haven’t had much experience; therefore, we stuck with the SNAG club.
Players must remem-ber to show respect and honesty while playing, we learned.
Intern Zoey
Risley receives
instruction
on proper
technique from
golfer Tucker
Roof at Concord
Par 3. Photos by Ruth White
By Josh ModeThe interns were treated
to a stop at the beautiful Lakeside Tavern in Con-cord Park near the water. I had never been there be-fore, so I was glad to walk in the tall doors and see class and elegance, but nothing so fancy that you couldn’t be comfortable.
We got our seats and received our menus and bread. After we ordered our food, we had some small talk and were able to talk a little to our guests Malcolm (the local historian) and Jewel Shell. They told some exciting stories about early Farragut and asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up.
When they served us our meals, our eyes lit up! I had ordered fi sh and chips, and it was delicious.
The scenery was almost as amazing as the food! I could look out the giant glass walls and see the mys-tifying lake and the grand yachts. We ate till our stom-achs could hold no more, and we got to bond a little in the process.
All I can say on behalf of every intern is this: if you want to eat somewhere that treats you well with a vari-ety of food, then you should defi nitely head down to Lakeside Tavern in Concord
Park today!
Concord Park Par 3
Concord Park Par 3 on Northshore Drive has been open since 1964 and is op-erated and managed by the Knox Area Junior Golf As-sociation.
Keeton Susong said he learned “the old way.
“Golf is a lot harder than
other sports, and I’ve played just about everything.”
KAJGA board member Larry Martin said the course is a great way for the entire family to become active to-gether and usually only takes about an hour and 10 min-utes to play through, depend-
ing on the number of players. “Just in time to fi nish and get home before the UT game starts on ESPN,” said Martin.
Summer camp is of-fered for children ages 6-17 Tuesday, June 25, through Wednesday, Aug. 7. Info: 966-9103.
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Shopper news • JUNE 24, 2013 • A-9
By Lindsey SandersThe Olde Concord Gal-
lery is a great local place to view one-of-a-kind a r t w ork by local a r t i s t s i n c l u d -ing East Te n ne s -see native R ichard Gr e ene ,
who used to work for Dis-ney. The gallery has also been a bank, a general store, a barbershop, a butcher shop and even a restaurant.
Driving through old Concord
By Jackson BrantleyThe Battle of Campbell
Station was part of the Knoxville campaign of the American Civil War which occurred on Nov. 16, 1863, at Campbell Station (now known as Farragut).
Leading the battle were Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet and the Union
Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside. Burnside’s plan was to reach the crossroads fi rst and move on in to Knoxville, while Longstreet planned to cut him off and hold the cross-roads to prevent Burnside from reaching Knoxville.
On Nov. 16, Burnside reached the crossroads af-ter a long march in the rain.
Just 15 minutes behind were Longstreet’s forces. The troops were tired, hungry and cold, but after the fi ght-ing had ended, the Union was victorious.
More information can be found at the Farragut Folklife Museum at Farra-gut’s town hall. Info: www.townoffarragut.org.
The Battleof Campbell Station
A tent and
living area
exhibit from
the Battle
of Campbell
Station. Photo by Taylor Smith
An original Civil War period
sign recovered from the
American Steel & Wire
Division of the U.S. Steel
Corporation in Trenton, N.J.
Cannon and gun barrels for
the war were made there. Photo by Taylor Smith
By Mitchell ZavadilBeing an upcoming
sophomore at Farragut High School, it amazes me to see the spectacular history of FHS at the Far-ragut Folklife Museum. Farragut High was built in 1904 but burned down in 1906. The school was then rebuilt with brick. Additional improvements would eventually include a baseball fi eld, and an auditorium that was add-ed in 1938.
If you’re a student at FHS, you know the au-ditorium chairs are not very comfortable. Take a
Farragut High School history, including this vintage FHS
baseball uniform, is on display at the museum. Photo by Rox-anne Abernathy
moment to imagine how the students in 1938 felt. There is a chair in the museum from the origi-nal auditorium.
One of the school’s proudest moments was a visit from Ronald Rea-gan. The former presi-dent chose Farragut High School as one of only five schools in the country he would visit on a tour during his presidency.
A photo shows Rea-gan with then-principal James Bellamy and then-superintendent Earl Hoffmeister.
Memories of Farragut High School
Malcolm Shell’s
father, Edward,
was working the
day the news of his
son’s death came
across the tele-
graph. Joseph Shell
was killed in action
during WWII, and
when the message
was transmitted,
he fi rst thought he
would be deliver-
ing the sad news to
a neighbor. Photos by Ruth White
Chota #253 Masonic Lodge is still in use in old Concord.
The article outlining the death of
Joseph Shell and how his father,
Edward, received the message via
telegraph. Also pictured are Shell’s
dog tags and many honors, includ-
ing the Purple Heart.
Local historian
Malcolm Shell
WBIR cameraman Eric Foxx has
been with WBIR for 23 years
and said he loves making the
guests feel comfortable.
The Masonic lodge and cemetery
Olde Concord Gallery
By Paul BrooksThe Shopper interns
visited Concord Masonic Cemetery where we found many families represented among the graves.
Interestingly, the Chota No. 253 Masonic Lodge is
located at the side of the cemetery. The lodge was built in 1729, making it ap-proximately 284 years old. While we didn’t go inside the lodge itself, we did meander through the cemetery and read a few headstones.
Valentine
A movie was shot in front of it, too. Gallery owner Janice Valentine also does
custom framing. I would recommend Olde Concord Gallery to everyone.
A print by David Green, a former employee at Disney. Photo by T. Smith
Roll, Russell, RollBy Madeline Lonas
Once an Alabama Crim-son Tide fan, local celebrity Russell Biven now bleeds orange. The co-anchor of “Live at Five at Four” has been all across the South broadcasting and reporting for different newscasts.
Biven graduated from the University of Alabama with a major in business. He started his career as a production assistant in the sports department at CNN
in 1991 and worked his way up to writing and produc-ing segments for Sports Il-lustrated. By 1997, he was promoted to CNN Headline Sports anchor.
Biven came to Knox-ville in 1999 to be a news anchor with the WBIR Channel 10 News Team. He loves his job because of the rich stories he gets to tell, the amazing people he meets and all of the people on the set.
Biven not only makes his job look easy, but he makes it fun for everyone around him. His quick wit and ability to let things roll off his back help when the microphone isn’t work-ing, no words are on the prompter, or he’s having to listen to people talk to him through an earpiece while he is talking.
Perhaps “Live at Five at Four should be called “Live-ly Russell Biven at Four.”
Madeline Lonas interviews Russell Biven on the set during a break.
WBIR Studios
More from Sara:The interns were treated
wonderfully at WBIR studios and made an appearance on “Live at Five at Four.” Todd Howell, Russell Biven and their cohorts welcomed the gang with open arms and answered questions between segments. A joyous time was had by all (including the camera operators).
A-10 • JUNE 24, 2013 • Shopper newskids
Photo by Ruth White
Tea at the GalleryServer Ellie Jorgensen shows just a small sampling of the delicious teas
off ered at Tea at the Gallery. The shop not only off ers more than 100 fresh
teas to brew at home, they also have teapots, mugs and a beautiful tea
room serving up delicious lunch items. Said customer Garrett Manry,
“Tea has improved my life. There are dedicated coff ee drinkers and there
are tea drinkers. Tea people get it.” Just a sampling of the fl avors of tea
available include caramel, blueberry, Dr. Oz, chestnut, spring relief and the
bestseller Blue Mango. Tea at the Gallery is located at 4501 Kingston Pike
and is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday.
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Farragut High holds kids volleyball camp
Below, Farragut High School
volleyball junior team member
Natalie Hartman takes a break
from teambuilding exercises
with Farragut Intermediate
School 5th grader Breanna Da-
vis and Farragut Middle School
6th grader Lauren Smith dur-
ing Farragut High’s volleyball
camp for kids. Photos by S. Barrett
Farragut High School senior Aditi Rangnekar poses with her summer camp kids (front) Amy Eny-
enihi, Sophia Hansen; (back) Nicole Lee, Isabella Johnson, Brenna Hodges, Christopher Glenn
Millburn (Nicley) and Meredith Easley. Students warmed up with the Farragut High volleyball
team each day of camp before learning positional training for the game. “All these kids have
improved their game since the beginning of the week,” said Aditi, the team’s ride side hitter.
Farragut High School senior Tessa Watson has participated
with the kids summer camp all four years of high school. “It’s
a great way for (the campers) to make new friends,” she said.
Pictured are campers (front) Sophia McClarnon, Reese Schro-
eder, Nicole Oosterling, Turner Hutchinson; (back) Tiff ani
Stevens, Watson and Megan Smith.
Farragut High School graduate Savannah Lucas (Class of ’13) is one of six students in the state who will receive a $2,000 schol-arship from AXA Equitable as part of its AXA Achieve-ment program.
Savannah has spent time during the last fi ve summers volunteering at a drama day camp for children ages 6-12. She plans to attend the Uni-versity of Tennessee and major in journalism and electronic media.
Savannah hopes to in-tern at NBC and would like
Savannah Lucas
Lucas awarded scholarship
Eagle Scouts from Troop 451Boy Scout Troop 451 recently announced nine of its members
as recipients of the 2012 Eagle Scout award. Pictured are (front)
Zachary Guyette, Garrett Sumner, Sean Dunn, Michael Gibson;
(back) Jason Janow, Bryce Ewing and Chase Toth. Not pictured
are recipients Tyler Ammons and Hayden Hayner. Photo submitted
to write skits for “Saturday Night Live” someday.
■ Cherokee Baseball Acad-
emy 10U team tryouts for
Spring 2014 season are 6
p.m. Monday, July 1, and
2 p.m. Sunday, July 7, at
Powell Levi Field #4. Info or
private tryout: 414-8464 or
email [email protected].
■ Camp hosted by Girls
on the Run will be held
at Pellissippi Community
College in Hardin Valley
from 9 a.m.-noon Monday
through Friday, July 8-12,
for girls in grades 3-8.
Registration is $75 and in-
cludes materials, a healthy
snack, water and a special
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Jim Bellamy: difference-makerFarragut principal remembered
By Sandra ClarkJim Bellamy could have been a co-
median. He taught American history at Powell High School from 1952-66 and was principal at Farragut High School for 24 years, serving until his retirement in 1990.
Along the way, he was president of the Knox County Education Associa-tion and president of the Knox County Teachers Credit Union. Jim’s wife, Anna Bellamy, retired as vocational supervisor for Knox County Schools.
Following his death in 2008, nu-merous former students wrote to praise him. They used words like “com-passionate, dedicated, great leader, ut-most respect, mentor, favorite teacher, always willing to listen to students.”
One wrote: “His advice kept me from making a big mistake.”
Another wrote: “He made a huge difference in the lives of so many.”
His off-hand comment has helped me navigate the Scripps organization. “Don’t go downtown,” he said, “unless they call for you.”
Our Miracle Maker salute this week is to an old-timer who made a differ-ence. Hope you enjoy the story.
Sitting on the porchThis writer interviewed James
Bellamy in 2000 for a series on Pow-ell residents called Allan and Hilda’s Back Porch. Here is that story:
Jim and Anna Bellamy live in Pow-ell and probably always will. “Powell is a real community,” Jim says. “My friends are here. Besides, my house is paid for.”
Jim came to Powell in 1949 when his father, a Methodist minister, was assigned to Powell Methodist Church. Bellamy moved around as a kid. His father served 14 communities in his 42-year career. Bellamy went to school in Virginia. When he got a job, he was asked to teach Tennessee history. He had to learn the subject fi rst.
Jim loved teaching history. He re-members one fi eld trip to Blount Man-sion. The kids got off the bus, looked around with awe and asked Bellamy, “Do you own this house?”
He laughs when he remembers his principal at Powell High, W.W. “Bill” Morris, a for-mer superinten-dent of schools who had been beaten for re-election. Morris had returned to Powell High as princi-pal, but he loved to teach history. “He would come into my class and say, ‘You go up and answer the phone.’ Then he would teach my class.”
Farragut High School principal James Bellamy with President Ronald Reagan and Knox County Schools Superintendent Earl Hoff -
meister, circa 1984. Anna Bellamy also attended the visit but is not pictured. Photo on display at Farragut Folklife Museum
History of PowellBellamy tells the story of the found-
ing of Powell Station. It all started at Bell’s Bridge (near the current Weigel’s store on Clinton Highway). Let’s back up even more... After the Revolution-ary War, great chunks of land were giv-en to men for their service. They didn’t even know where the land was.
In 1787, John Menifee received about 500 acres of land in what is now Powell. He came here in 1787 or ’88 and built a fort on Beaver Creek. Me-nifee was Speaker of the House of Rep-resentatives of the State of Franklin, later Tennessee. His fort was a refuge for the settlers from the Indians, ac-cording to a monument erected by the James White Chapter DAR in 1928.
Bellamy takes an aside. “They al-ways built on water, later on the rail-road, now off the interstate.” Powell has been uniquely situated with a creek, a railroad and now a major in-terstate.
He skips forward: After John Me-nifee was here for a few years,
he sold out to Samuel Bell, the second resident of Pow-ell, and moved away to Kentucky.
He later went to Tex-as. Al Bell, who taught history at Powell High
School before becoming social studies supervisor for Knox County Schools, is a descendant of Samuel Bell, Bellamy said. Samuel Bell owned 1,100 acres that went to the top of Copper Ridge. In 1809, the Methodists started camp
meetings at Bell’s Campground. Powell. You’ve got to say it right.
Pronounce it “pal.” Everybody from around here knows that. “One day a Yankee came looking for Po-well. No-body could fi nd it and he left,” Bellamy said.
Bellamy skips forward: The railroad came through in 1860. This was the next big change for Powell. Columbus Powell gave the land for the train sta-tion and they named it for him – Pow-ell Station. Columbus Powell, who died without known heirs, built and lived in the house on Emory Road where George Gill lives, next door to Allan and Hilda Gill’s place.
The fi rst churches in Powell started at Bell’s Campground. The Cumber-land Presbyterians came fi rst, about 1832-33. The Methodists and Baptists followed, in the 1880s. Bellamy tries to explain the difference: The Presby-terians were a stately people, but the Cumberland Presbyterians were more evangelistic. They might have “shout-ed.”
The Civil War divided the commu-nity because most East Tennesseans sided with the Union even though Ten-nessee had offi cially seceded. “We have no connection with Memphis. And we had few slaves,” Bellamy said. “There were more killings in East Tennessee after the Civil War than before,” be-cause of the unrest.
Bellamy said East Tennessee might have seceded from the rest of the state like West Virginia, but Andrew John-son was determined that his home state remain intact.
Powell changed again after World
War II. “Oak Ridge changed Powell,” Bellamy explains. The scientists who came here settled in Karns and Powell, causing a boom in population and an infl ux of new ideas and people.
Teaching careerHow much does Bellamy miss
teaching? Listen to some anecdotes (which may or may not have been ut-tered by Bellamy students):
“Abe Lincoln was born in a house that he built.”
“A horse divided will not stand.”“The death of Thomas Jefferson was
a big turning point in his life.”And then there was the kindergar-
ten kid who was asked to tell the class about his soon-to-be-born brother: “They talk about him and then feel my mother’s stomach. I think my mamma ate him.”
And Bellamy knows little-known facts: The town of Clinton was origi-nally named Burrville, but changed its name after the treason of Aaron Burr. There’s no word on whether another name change is in the offi ng.
Bellamy has perspective: We’re in a computer world. In 1903 my grandpa died. He had never seen a car or a tele-phone. In 44 B.C., Julius Caesar died. He was carried by six white horses; in 1904, Teddy Roosevelt died. He was carried by six white horses.
When we did this interview, Jim and Anna were all set to travel to Oberam-mergau, Germany, for the Passion Play.
“They only do it every 10 years,” Jim said. “At my age, why wait?”
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By Sherri Gardner HowellJohn Harrison, owner
with his wife, Celia, of Sweetwater Valley Farms, is on a one-man campaign to correct the misconceptions about milk. It’s important for him to be a cheerleader for the product, he says, as it is not only good for those drinking it, but good for business.
“Milk gets a bad rap,” Harrison told the group, asking for a show of hands of those who do not drink milk. “And milk sales are down. As a dairy farmer, I cannot understand why ev-eryone doesn’t want a big glass of cold milk several times a day.”
One eye-opening exer-cise Harrison brought to the forefront started with a picture of a popular high-protein drink. A comparison of the two labels found that the high-protein drink had only 2 additional grams of
John Harrison with Sweetwater Valley Farms asks the audience
at Rotary Club of Farragut, “Who in here does not drink milk?” Photos by Sherri Gardner Howell
Milk: It does a business good
Peggy Wilson, left, Rotary member and vice president at Pellis-
sippi State Community College, introduces Jessica Perry, a new
Pellissippi graduate who came through the college’s GED pro-
gram. The club helps Pellissippi with scholarships.
protein than a glass of milk, was much higher in sodium/salt content and additives. When Harrison compared the glass of milk to popu-lar sports energy drinks, he showed the sports drink had
no protein and 14 grams of sugar. In addition, the price for both the high-protein and sports drinks was high-er than for milk. “The truth is that we have a much better product in a glass of milk,” says Harrison.
Sweetwater Valley Farms is located between the towns of Philadelphia and Loudon and includes a ro-bust cheese business.
In addition, Harrison and his team do agritourism for area groups or individu-als. “It is important to edu-cate children and the public on the farming industry and
dairy farming,” says Harri-son. “Keeping things local is important to people once they know about you.”
The farm houses an ex-hibit that tells the history and current industry trends in dairy farming called The Udder Story. It is a quick walk-through exhibit that explains the dairy business.
In addition, they offer farm tours on the hour and a tour through the cheese shop.
One of his educational “missions” is to educate people about how tasty cheese curds are, says Har-rison. “People in the U.S. are reluctant to try them. But we keep a pan of cheese curds cooking on the stove and tell customers about the cheese curd. Once they taste them, they come back.”
Today, Harrison says there are 4,000 followers on a so-cial media site that monitor what kind of cheese curds the farm is featuring. “Cheese curds are a ‘squeaky cheese,’ and they toast-up like a po-tato cake. Delicious.”
The numbers for Sweetwa-ter Valley Farms, which won a prestigious national award from the Independent Dairy Farmers Association for In-novative Dairy of the Year, are staggering. They produce 250,000 pounds of cheese and 20 million pounds of milk each year. “There are only 400 dairy farmers in the state of Tennessee,” says Harrison. “There used to be hundreds
and hundreds of dairy farms, including some right here in Farragut. There are a lot of reasons why there aren’t that many anymore. Studies show that by 2020, 1,800 farms will produce 80 percent of the country’s milk.”
Nationally, there are some very large dairy farms. “There is a farm in
Chicago that has 50,000 milk-producing cows. We have 1,800 mature produc-ers right now.”
The Rotary Club of Far-ragut meets on Wednesday at noon at Fox Den Coun-try Club. For information about the club, visit www.farragutrotary.org.
Sherri Gardner Howell
Gigi’s Cupcakes in Tur-key Creek has a new owner – three of them to be exact – and the frontman is no stranger to the business. Randall Butler is the broth-er of Gigi Butler, the founder of the business that started in Nashville and now has 85 stores nationwide.
Randall has temporarily moved to Farragut to help oversee the “new” Gigi’s. His business partners are two friends who also have a little knowledge of just what they are getting themselves into – not from a baking side, but from the business side. John Weber and Mark Mendoza, also from Nash-ville, have several Sport Clips franchises.
Randall had a “Grand Re-Opening” for the cup-cake shop on Saturday, and his sister Gigi came by for the festivities.
A conversation with Randall was an interesting lesson in how Gigi and the Butler family – and it is very much a family business – look at the business world. Gigi’s Cupcakes opened in
Randall Butler, one of the new owners of Gigi’s Cupcakes in Turkey Creek, shows off the Red
Velvet cupcakes with store manager Lori Hornstra. Photo by Sherri Gardner Howell
Sweet family ties: Gigi’s Cupcakes has new owner
Nashville fi ve years ago. The idea came from Gigi and Randall’s brother, Steve, who was in New York and stood in line for two hours to buy a cupcake from a spe-cialty bakery.
“Cupcakes have always been a part of our lives as consumers,” says Randall, “but ‘Sex and the City’ start-ed the trend toward gour-met cupcakes.”
In the 2000 episode of the popular HBO series, Mi-randa and Carrie eat a cup-cake at Magnolia Bakery. The New York bakery soon became a stop on the “Sex and the City” bus tour, and the rest was history.
“Sprinkles opened on the West Coast in 2005,” says Randall, “and things just went crazy.”
So when brother Steve
was eating his well-de-served cupcake in New York, he called his entrepre-neur sister, who had moved to Nashville, waiting tables during the day and sing-ing in clubs at night. She then ventured out to start a cleaning company.
Steve told Gigi that the red velvet cupcake he was eating wasn’t as good as the ones she and her moth-er made. Gigi saved every penny and opened her fi rst cupcake shop in Nashville fi ve years ago.
“The craze is going to cool off,” says her practical brother, who came in shortly after they began to help with operations.
“But cupcakes will always make sense in people’s lives. They aren’t going away, and the company that has the strongest brand and is doing things the right way will be okay.”
Randall, obviously, is helping to make sure one of those companies is Gigi’s. “The owners here were ready to move on and looking to sell their franchise,” he said. “I was interested in buying, so here we are!”
About 15 percent of Gigi’s stores are company owned and the rest are franchised. And while all the current owners live in Nashville, Randall is sticking around for a while to make sure things go well. “I probably
don’t need to,” he says. “I have a great manager in Lori Hornstra. But for right now, I’m camping out in the Gigi RV and getting to know Farragut.”
I’m not going to disclose the location of the Gigi RV for it might become its own tourist stop, but suffi ce it to say that if you see it, you’ll know it’s Randall.
The huge RV is com-pletely wrapped in Gigi’s Cupcake motif and hot pink color scheme. “It’s hard to miss,” he says with a laugh, showing a picture on his phone. “Great marketing.”
Looking around the Tur-key Creek store, it is evident that Gigi is not standing still and just riding out the wave of cupcake popularity.
The local store now has mini-cupcakes that can be bought by the dozen on the spot ($15). The traditional favorite fl avors are available for the regular cupcakes – wedding cake, red velvet, several chocolates, birth-day cake – along with some seasonal delights like mo-jito, orange dreamsicle and cherry limeade.
The website – www.gi-giscupcakesusa.com – tells
customers what fl avors are available each day.
New to the menu are in-dividual cheesecakes in three traditional fl avors, plus new fl avors each week.
As for the Knoxville area, Randall says they are con-sidering expanding.
“Maybe in West Town Mall and maybe down-town,” he says, adding, “but that’s just maybes right now.” The company formed to buy the Farragut Gigi’s is MRJ Layer Cake LLC. “We are all good buddies,” says Randall, “and we are having a good time.”
Shopper news • JUNE 24, 2013 • A-13
NEWS FROM PREMIER SURGICAL
Billy Steve Lowe of Clinton is looking forward to going fi shing soon. Lowe hasn’t been able to fi sh or do many favorite things since being sidelined by leg pain so severe, he could hardly walk.
PAD treatment has Clinton man back on his feet
Billy Steve Lowe is able to walk with-
out pain after treatment for Periph-
eral Arterial Disease (PAD) in his legs.
“My legs ached so much I could hardly walk anywhere,” says Lowe. “And my toes were numb, so I didn’t have any bal-ance. I got bruises on my neck and head from where I fell try-ing to walk.”
Lowe’s leg pain started grad-ually about four years ago. He tried to live with it, but eventu-ally the cramps and the numb-ness in his feet forced him to re-tire from his job as a bricklayer.
“I couldn’t get up on a lad-der anymore, because I didn’t know when I might fall,” Lowe remembers.
His family physician suspect-ed that Lowe had peripheral ar-terial disease or PAD.
“I had bad circulation. No blood was going to my feet,” explains Lowe.
His doctor referred Lowe to Premier Surgical vascular surgeon Dr. Christopher Pollock. Dr. Pol-lock says PAD is a common vas-cular condition that affects many people over age 50.
“PAD happens when plaque builds up and blocks the arter-ies outside your heart. We see it a lot in people who smoke, or have diabetes and are over-weight.” Although Lowe isn’t diabetic or overweight, he is a longtime smoker.
If left untreated, the lack of blood f low can lead to numb-ness, gangrene, and eventual foot or leg amputation.
“I thought I might lose my foot because of it,” says Lowe. “My right leg had turned purple and the skin was cracked open in between my toes. I was in bad shape.”
Fortunately, if PAD is diag-nosed early, the condition can often be addressed with lifestyle changes, such as exercise and improved diet. If the disease is more advanced, the blockages can often be addressed with en-dovascular treatments.
In an outpatient procedure called an angioplasty, per-formed at the Premier Surgical Vascular Center on Papermill Drive, Dr. Pollock used a tiny balloon to open the clogged artery in Lowe’s right leg. He also placed a stent to keep the blood f lowing.
Lowe is thrilled with the re-sult. “He did a real good job. My leg feels 100 percent better and my toes aren’t numb now. Walk-ing is already easier.”
Dr. Pollock is scheduled to do the procedure on Steve’s left leg this week. He’s looking forward to having the blood fl ow also re-stored in that leg. “I’m ready to get treated and then I’m going to go fi shing,” he smiles.
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By Alvin NanceFor Flag Day on June
14, I took a moment to refl ect on the freedom that the A m e r i c a n fl ag sym-bolizes and the veterans who fought to protect
that freedom. I was remind-ed of a display case in the lobby of Isabella Towers that holds a special meaning to our residents who are mili-tary veterans.
In 2010, the Isabella Tow-ers Resident Association ap-
plied to the East Tennessee Foundation’s Small Grant Program to build a display case that would hold memo-rabilia honoring current and past residents, especially military veterans.
Isabella Towers resi-dent Ted Hurst, a fi ve-year member of the resident as-sociation board who has been both president and vice president, worked to have the display case installed in the lobby. Hurst said that the idea for the memorial case came when he looked around at the other residents living in KCDC properties and began thinking about their past lives and careers.
A standing memorial at Isabella Towers
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News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)
Isabella Towers resident Ted Hurst explains the items in the
hand-made display case donated by residents and their fami-
lies to honor veterans. Seven residents built the case in 2010 to
honor current and past residents who had served in the military.
“I thought it would be nice to remember the veterans. There wouldn’t be a country without them,” he said.
Hurst, along with resi-dents Jim Violet, Sue French, Tony Shook, Rob-ert Kaiser, Robert White and Tom Crooks, built the display case by hand. Ted loves showing off the case and explaining some of the items that have been placed there by residents and their families.
The case was full of pho-tos of residents who had served in the military, mili-tary awards, a fl ag that has fl own over the U.S. Capi-tol, and memorabilia rep-resenting the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard. Especially poignant on Flag Day were the two tri-fold fl ags that reside in the case, symbols honoring veterans who have passed away.
“This display case has special meaning to all of our residents,” said Isabella Towers manager Becky Fet-ters. “Many of our residents are veterans or have family members who served, and it has become a source of pride for everyone here. It’s an op-portunity to remember and celebrate the sacrifi ces that have been made for us as Americans and to recognize the heroes who reside here.”
KCDC has many resi-dents who fought for our liberty and to keep the American fl ag fl ying. I would like to echo what Ted said when he recognized the need for this memorial at Isabella Towers: Without our veterans, there would be no freedom in America. I am very proud of Isabel-la Towers and its resident association for honoring these amazing individuals.
By Sara BarrettWhen Joan Vignes talks
about her younger years, it seems she hasn’t yet decid-ed if those will also be the “good ole’ days” or if those still lie ahead. The 94-year-old has traveled abroad to many places and she has trouble picking a favorite.
“Bombs are all falling, the Reds will be here; shaking with terror, trembling with fear; What can I do? Heaven just knows; I’m down to my last pair of panty hose!”
– a poem Joan Vignes wrote after hearing an
acquaintance complain about inconveniences
of the war.
World traveler settles in
“Each place is so differ-ent,” said Vignes. “You can’t compare apples to oranges.”
Vignes grew up on a jute plantation in India where her father and mother
were the property manag-ers. Servants waited on her family hand and foot. She married and had a son while in India, but knew it was time to move “when the natives wanted the British out,” she said.
She remembers a visit to the American Embassy in India when a riot broke out in the streets. She left the embassy to check on her son who was with his Indian ayah, similar to a nanny. The folks at the embassy encouraged her to wait to leave the build-ing until the riot stopped, but she said “I knew the people there, and I knew they wouldn’t harm me. I walked into the street and the crowd parted because a woman was coming through.”
It was a bit of a culture shock moving to the states from such a lifestyle, said Vignes. “We did not eat in the quantity people eat here,” she said. Servants changed bed linens on a dai-ly basis for the white fami-
Joan Vignes (center) is pictured as a child with her sister Norma, right, and their “ayah” in India,
who was similar to a nanny. Photo submitted
Joan Vignes enjoys reminisc-
ing about her days living and
traveling abroad. Photo by S. Bar-rett
lies there, not on a weekly basis as Americans did.
Once she got settled in America, Vignes worked for the New York Times and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She discovered a skill and passion she had
for writing “little ditties” about the war and every-day events. She still enjoys doing anything creative and loathes math.
Still settling into her new place at Autumn Care, Vignes is trying to decide
what to do next. She loves a good game of Scrabble and has purchased several games to play with the oth-er residents of the facility. The last time she played the game with her grand-son, he won but, accord-
ing to Vignes, it was onlybecause she was tired andwanted to go to bed.
Now when he calls herhe’ll ask if she’s ready foranother round of Scrabble.“Only if you want to getcremated,” she’ll say.
By Sandra ClarkBrandywine at Turkey
Creek, a 61-lot subdivision on Fretz Road, is on hold until July 11 following ac-tion by the county plan-ning commission (MPC).
Developer Bruce Matzel is unhappy, blaming inces-sant rainfall for his delay in widening Fretz Road and building a right-angle in-tersection with Campbell Station Road – both MPC conditions for approval of
the subdivision plat.“We’ve been stirring
this pot for 2-1/2 years and it’s still awfully muddy,” said MPC commissioner Art Clancy. “I don’t under-stand why we’re not get-ting it done.”
He moved to delay Mat-zel’s request to build on five more lots, and the mo-tion passed 10-4.
MPC initially approved 15 building lots on the 13-acre tract, upon Matzel’s
promise to make the road improvements. The road lies both inside and outside the town of Farragut and “having two jurisdictions has complicated (Mat-zel’s project),” said Darryl Smith, the town’s engineer.
Jay Myers and Glen Crawford, both residents on Fretz Road, spoke in support of the delay. “Fretz Road is very dangerous, and the improvements have not started,” said Myers.
“The road is 16-feet wide with no center line,” said Crawford.
When Smith said the town of Farragut had is-sued a stop work order because of right-of-way concerns, that pretty much iced it for Matzel. But he went down fighting.
“We’ve got 10 families living (in Brandywine) and will have three more in the next 60 days. We’re trying to make the road safer .”
Rain delay for Brandywine
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FARRAGUT LIBRARYStorytimes at the Farragut Library, 417 N. Campbell
Station Road, are at 10:30 a.m., Mondays through Fridays. A parent or guardian must accompany each child, except for Older Preschool. For more info, call 865-777-1750.
On Wednesday, June 26, there will be a special event for all ages. Make Your Own Bookmark will begin at 1:30 p.m. Materials will include paper, rubber stamps and odds and ends to create a custom bookmark.
WEDNESDAYS & THURSDAYS, THROUGH JULY 25ZumbAtomic classes
ZumbAtomic – Zumba for kids – classes will be offered throughout the summer in the Community Room at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, as part of the Farragut Movers and Shakers Club and the town’s participation in the Let’s Move! initiative. Gina Guider is the instructor. Cost is $3 per class, and cash is accepted on a per-class basis.
Classes will be held 6:15-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 26; 10:15-11 a.m. Saturday, June 29; and 10:15-11 a.m. Monday, July 1 and 8, Thursday, July 11, Monday, July 22 and Thursday, July 25. For more info, contact Lauren Cox, [email protected] or 865-966-7057.
TUESDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 25 & 29Farmers market
The Dixie Lee Farmers Market will be open 3-6 p.m. Tuesday, June 25, at the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek (across from the theater). It will be open 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 29, at Renaissance | Farragut.
FRIDAYS, JUNE 28Burn, Baby, Burn!
Kim Day Training will hold a Burn, Baby, Burn! session at 9:30 a.m. Friday, June 28, at Turkey Creek. The group will meet at the Pinnacle obelisk and fountain between Chico’s and Loft before moving to the Turkey Creek Greenway.
Mothers are invited to bring their kids in strollers for the one-house workout session, which features cardio, muscle strengthening and core conditioning designed to help moms lose their baby weight while spending time with their kids and bonding with other moms. The cost is $10. For more info, visit www.kimdaytraining.com or call 865-684-0593.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 3Red, White & Blues
Farragut’s fourth annual Red, White & Blues Pre-Independence Day Picnic will take place 6:30 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, July 3, at 11863 Kingston Pike. The picnic will feature entertainment including rising country musician Ben Whisler and DJ John Rutherford. The children’s Fun Zone will include the Knoxville Zoo’s Zoomobile, face painting, the Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Riding’s Minis in Motion Education Station, a watermelon-eating contest, Bass Pro Shop fi shing games and infl atable target ranges.
There also will be a Little Critters zip line. Zip tickets are $10 per ride.
Participating food and dessert vendors are Einstein Bros. Bagels, Longhorn Steakhouse, Mario’s Pizza and Grill, Oskie’s Sports Bar & Grill, Meksiko Cantina and Shrimp Oysters & Beer, plus Krispy Kreme, Publix and Scoop’d. Smoky Mountain Brewery’s beer and Beverage Control Inc.’s wine will be available for purchase.
Each vendor will have $7 meal deals along with a la carte items.
Admission is $5 per person, $3 for youth under age 12 and free for age 2 and under.
For more info, visit farragutbusiness.com.
THURSDAY, JULY 4Independence Day Parade
The Town of Farragut’s 26th Annual Independence Day Parade will start at 9:30 a.m. Thursday, July 4, on Kingston Pike at Lendon Welch Way (entrance to Farragut High School) and continue to Boring Road, just east of Farragut Towne Square Shopping Center (old Ingles store site).
This year’s Grand Marshal is the Farragut Folklife Museum, which is sponsoring a fl oat to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Campbell Station in November.
The parade will feature entries from businesses, community and civic organizations, schools and churches. Participants include the Farragut High School Band, fl oats, animals, antique cars and elected offi cials.
Kingston Pike will be closed from 8:30 a.m. to approximately noon from Concord Road to Boring Road. The portion of the pike from Concord Road/West End Avenue to Campbell Station Road will be reopened about 15 minutes after the fi nal parade participant has passed through the Kingston Pike/Campbell Station Road intersection.
SUNDAY, JULY 7Tai chi classes
The Taoist Tai Chi Society of the USA will launch a beginning tai chi class with an open house and fi rst lesson from 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday, July 7, at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. The two-hour classes will continue each Sunday for three months.
The society is a nonprofi t organization focused on promoting tai chi and its health benefi ts. Tai chi is touted as reducing tension, improving circulation and balance, and increasing fl exibility and strength.
For more info, call the Taoist Tai Chi Society, 865-482-7761, or visit www.taoist.org.
MONDAY, JULY 8West Knox GOP picnic
The West Knox Republican Club will have its annual family picnic and cake auction at 6 p.m. Monday, July 8, at Rothchild Catering & Conference Center, 8807 Kingston Pike.
Elected offi cials and candidates for offi ce will compete to see whose baked goods raise the most money for the party coffers. There will be games outside for children.
TUESDAYS, JULY 9-30Pilates class
A four-week Pilates class will be offered 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning July 9, at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.
Pilates is a mind-body exercise that works the whole body. This class has some yoga poses mixed in to enhance fl exibility, strength and breathing. Simon Bradbury is the instructor.
Cost is $40. Cash, check and credit-card payments are accepted at the Town Hall or over the phone, 865-966-7057. Registration and payment deadline is Monday, July 8.
WEDNESDAYS, JULY 10-AUG. 7Mother-daughter hoop dance
A fi ve-week mother-daughter hoop dance class will be offered from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. on Wednesdays beginning July 10 at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Kids ages 10 and up can attend with a registered adult.
Hoop Dance is a new fi tness craze that combines fi tness, meditation and play. Hooping can burn 350-500 calories in a one-hour class. For more info, visit
www.hoopbug.com.Charity Edwards is the instructor. The cost is $75
each or $140 per couple.Cash, check and credit-card payments are accepted
at the Town Hall or over the phone, 865-966-7057. Registration and payment deadline is Monday, July 8.
SATURDAY, JULY 13Nature painting class
The Town of Farragut is offering a nature painting class for children ages 6 and up from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Way.
The class will start with a nature hunt in which students will look for fl owers, leaves and other interesting shapes and forms that can be incorporated into a piece of art meant to bring the outside inside.
Angela Polly is the instructor. The class costs $15 and is limited to 20 students.
The registration and payment deadline is Friday, July 12. For more info and to register, call 865-966-7057.
MONDAY, JULY 15Field day
As part of the Farragut Movers & Shakers Club, the Town of Farragut Parks & Leisure Services Department will offer a fi eld day from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, July 15, at Anchor Park, 11730 Turkey Creek Road.
Participants in the Movers & Shakers Club can get program hours for the fi eld day, but it is open to all students in rising grades kindergarten through 12.
The registration deadline for fi eld day is Friday, July 12. Cost is $5 per student. To register and pay, visit the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Regular Town Hall hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays.
The fi eld day will feature games including sack, three-legged and relay races, softball throw, kickball and whiffl e ball. A healthy snack and water will be provided. Parents may drop off or stay with their student.
For more info, contact Lauren Cox, 865-966-7057 or [email protected].
THURSDAY, JULY 18Free budget classes
The Good Samaritan Center of Loudon County offers free budget classes on the third Thursday of each month at the center, 119 “A” St., Lenoir City.
The classes are provided by CredAbility, a nonprofi t credit counseling and education agency, and offer one-on-one help with the basics of personal fi nance.
To register, call Paula Roach, 865-986-1777, ext. 12.
SATURDAY, JULY 20GOP picnic
The Knox County Republican Party countywide picnic will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at Fountain City Park, 117 Hotel Road. The Halls Republican Club is hosting the event. There will be children’s activities along with badminton, croquet, horseshoes and live entertainment.
MONDAYS, JULY 22-AUG. 26Zumba class
A six-week Zumba class will be offered 6:30-7:30 p.m. Mondays, beginning July 22, at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive.
Zumba fi tness combines Latin music rhythms and dance styles as well as other international styles and rolls them into the ultimate cardio party.
Karen McKinney is the instructor.Cost is $45. Cash, check and credit-card payments
are accepted at the Town Hall or over the phone, 865-966-7057. Registration and payment deadline is Thursday, July 18.
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NEWS FROM WEBB SCHOOL OF KNOXVILLE
Congratulations to Webb School’s Class of 2013…
National Merit Recognition ■ 1 member of the Class of 2013 was named a Presidential
Scholars Semifi nalist
Elliot Greenlee was one of 550 semifinalists chosen from more than 3,300 Presidential Scholars candidates nationwide.
■ 10 members of the Class of 2013 were named National Merit
Finalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program competition.
Of the more than 1.5 million students in some 22,000 high schools nationwide who entered the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2011 PSAT/NMSQT as juniors, fewer than one percent of the nation’s high school seniors were designated National Merit Semi� nalists, and even fewer were named Finalists.
■ 9 members of the Class of 2013 were named National Merit
Commended Scholars in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
Commended Scholars placed among the top � ve percent of the more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program competition.
Eighteen percent of Webb’s senior class earned National Merit Program recognition.
Advanced Placement Scholarship* From the classes of 2013 & 2012
■ 12 Webb students earned a National AP Scholar Award
National AP Scholar awards are granted to students who receive an average score of at least 4 on a 5-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.
■ 56 Webb students qualifi ed for the AP Scholar
with Distinction Award
The AP Scholar with Distinction Award is granted to students who earn an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams.
■ 17 Webb students earned an AP Scholar with Honor Award
The AP Scholar with Honor Award is given to students who achieve an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams.
■ 25 Webb students earned an AP Scholar Award
The AP Scholar Award is granted to students who received scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams.
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■ All 104 graduates were extended 355 offers of admission to 123 different
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■ Case Western Reserve University ■ College of William and Mary ■ Colorado School of Mines
■ Cornell University ■ Duke University ■ Elon University ■ Emory University ■ Furman University
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■ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ■ University of Southern California ■ University of Tennessee
■ University of Virginia ■ Vanderbilt University ■ Wake Forest University ■ Washington University in St. Louis
■ Wesleyan University, and another 85-plus fi ne schools
■ Received more than $5.9 million in scholarship off ers
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Getting past the pastPeninsula’s WRAP off ers hope
Victoria Patterson grew up feeling unloved and unwanted, with no stability and more than one abusive adult in her life. She remembers being molested at an early age. She remembers an uncle grabbing her by the hair and banging her head against a wall. She remembers being confi ned to a room and ordered to sit on her hands for hours at a time. She remembers be-ing told she was ugly and worthless.
What she doesn’t recall is feeling any sense of self-worth or ability. It’s little wonder that as an adult, Victoria found it hard to keep a job or maintain healthy relation-ships.
A few years ago, Victoria made a decision to try a Vocational Rehabili-tation program, hoping to learn how to make a living and stay employed. A counselor referred her to a program which does more than that. He sent her to Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) at Peninsula, a division of Parkwest. WRAP, part of Peninsula’s Recovery Education Center, gave Vic-toria the tools she needed to build a life unhindered by depression and anxiety.
WRAP’s goal is to get mental health consumers to a point where they can have meaningful lives with fulfi ll-ing work and satisfying relationships. That leads to making a positive contribution to society.
Put it all together and even a person who once was in the depths of despair can fi nd the way back to a happier, healthier life.
“It taught me how to step back and rec-ognize my issues, how to manage them, and when and how to ask for help,” Victoria ex-plains. “I use the tools I learned to manage my daily life, and then work on improving myself and build a future that I can be proud of.”
Cathy Jerrolds, REC supervisor, explains that WRAP helps people take an active part in controlling how psychiatric symptoms and ad-dictions affect their lives.
“WRAP is an evidence-based program and has been shown to decrease re-hospitalization by as much as 80 percent for those who suc-cessfully complete the course,” Jerrolds says. “When symptoms fl are or stress increases, we can often overlook the things we need to do in order to get and remain well. WRAP offers a way of structuring all of this information in an easy to follow plan.” That’s been critical in Vic-
toria’s success.“I didn’t have any
hope or direction. No plans. And I was just making it minute to minute, not even day to day,” Victoria says. “Now I have confi dence, a future and respect for myself, tools to mange my bad days and a plan to handle things if I ever lose control.”
WRAP is one piece of a recovery puz-zle that can be solved at the REC. Jerrolds teaches a wide variety of classes, including subjects like job readi-ness and career develop-ment. Those classes cover everything from resume writ-ing and interview skills, to fi nding out how disability checks may be af-fected by income and employer/employee ex-pectations.
There are also REC classes that deal with more personal relationship issues like bound-aries, verbal abuse, communication and how
to have healthy relationship with oneself. Victoria is a completely different person
today. With a steady job at a pet store, you’ll fi nd her interacting with people all day long, whether it’s helping a family pick the right
food for a new kitten, giving a pedicure to a small dog, or giving a full spa treatment
to a larger one. She is a dog trainer and has managed training as a
veterinary assistant, too. This young wom-an who used to struggle to fi nd joy anywhere in life now fi nds plenty of
it with what she calls her “family of choice”:
her friends, her husband, their new daughter and a new
kitten. Simple things like reading, swimming and even work bring un-
complicated happiness to each new day.Jerrolds says the WRAP plan is suitable for
anyone who wants to create positive change in the way they feel or increase their enjoyment of life.
“WRAP is designed in such an organized
and helpful way that it can easily be adaptedto fi t any circumstance life brings your way,”Jerrolds explains. “Once you have the basicunderstanding of the WRAP and how to useit, you can change the wording to fi t an anni-versary date of an emotional event, stressfulfamily gatherings, physical health problemsor work.”
Jerrolds says WRAP is a program that of-fers hope and structure, and has been adaptedfor substance abuse, veterans, and even chil-dren and adolescents. After 14 years workingin the REC, Jerrolds says she has seen manypeople’s lives change or improve.
“People who have not had the quality of lifethey would like to have become alive, engagedand take charge of their recovery,” Jerroldssays. “I have been very blessed to be a smallpart of this wonderful organization’s invest-ment in recovery, believing that people diag-nosed with a mental illness can recover, leadfull productive lives and be contributing mem-bers of their community.”
Victoria has words of advice for anyone whomay be struggling the way she was just a fewshort years ago. “Keep hope, and fi nd at leasttwo good things to say about yourself everyday. There is always hope,” Victoria insists.“Love yourself because you are worth it. Thereis always a new day breaking and the futuremay hold untold joy.”
Liz Clary named Vice President of
Behavioral Health at PeninsulaLiz Clary, RN, has been promoted
to the position of vice president of behavioral health for Peninsula, a division of Parkwest. Clary replaces retiring vice president Jeff Dice.
“Liz will be directly responsible for leadership and day-to-day administration for all of Peninsula Behavioral Health,” said Rick Lassiter, president and CAO of Parkwest Medical Center. “She will also provide consultative leadership for the Senior Behavioral Unit at Parkwest.”
Lassiter notes that Clary has more than 30 years of healthcare administrative and executive experience in psychiatric and acute care. Her professional background includes operations, strategic planning, program development, fi scal management, physician relations and supervision, all with a strong value system and focus on high quality patient care and staff development and
support.Clary has served Peninsula Hospital
as director of patient care services since 2010. In 2013, Clary was honored with the 2012 Buscetta Leadership
Award, a top honor from parent company Covenant Health recognizing excellence among healthcare leaders.
“Liz is a dedicated and compassionate leader who will step into the role with a zeal for patient care, said Lassiter. “We are blessed to have had the leadership of Jeff Dice, a visionary leader, and are equally blessed to have Liz step into this role with so much experience and ability.”
Peninsula, a Division of Parkwest Medical Center, is East Tennessee’s leading provider of behavioral healthcare services providing a complete range of mental health and alcohol/drug treatment programs. In addition to outpatient centers in Blount, Knox, Loudon and Sevier counties, facilities include Peninsula Hospital, a 155-bed inpatient facility in Blount County. For information on Peninsula services, call 865-970-9800, or visit www.peninsulabehavioralhealth.org.
What is Peninsula Recovery Education Center?
Peninsula Recovery Education Center (REC) is a place where people who struggle with mental illness develop their own programs to enhance and support their recovery. The REC, a part of Peninsula Outpatient Services, provides a place for learning and support with students and trained staff. Sessions are 12 weeks long. Classes meet fi ve days a week, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Snacks and lunch are provided.
What is Recovery and how can I join?
Recovery is a personal journey that demands attention and effort on the part of the student. The REC teaches four aspects of recovery: physical, spiritual, emotional and psychological. The REC gives students opportunities to be the guiding force in their own recovery. They are also encouraged to offer support and help facilitate recovery of their peers.
You must be at least 18 years old to participate in Peninsula REC, and referrals are necessary. The REC accepts TennCare as payment. For more information about joining REC and payment options, call 865-374-7140.
I cannot stay in the darkness, I must harness my ability to stay on track
To grow and change, and never remain the same.
It’s always darkest before the dawnBut I’ve got a new songA song to sing loud and long“I Am Strong”
Strong enough to make it, and I won’t break it
Even if I falter, here and there, I amstill going somewhere.
(excerpts from the poem “A New Beginning”
by Victoria Patterson)
Victoria Patterson
WRAP training at Peninsula helped Patterson
take charge of her future by pursuing a
career in animal care.
From something broken, something beautiful.Like the view through a kaleidoscope, Peninsula Recovery Education Center classes help people see themselves in their best light and appreciate the value that they and others have to offer. For more information about Peninsula’s Recovery Education Center, call 865-970-9800.
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Special Notices 15SEEKING HEIRS
for the late V. KAREN HAYNES Please call 865-207-9078
Adoption 21*ADOPT*
Hoping To Adopt A Baby. Legal / Confidential /
Expenses Paid. Christine & Bobby
1-888-571-5558
Homes 40CHEAP Houses For Sale
Up to 60% OFF 865-309-5222
www.CheapHousesTN.com
OAK RIDGE FSBO, 1 Lvl, Convenient Loc., Hardwood Flr., 3 BR, 3 BA, 2130 SF, $184,900. 888-832-4916
For Sale By Owner 40a
FARRAGUT, 4BR/ 3.5BA, 3360 SF, $365K, fenced yard, n'hood pool + boat launch. forsalebyowner.com/
23940418
Condos- Townhouses 42FSBO, SEQUOYAH
HILLS TOWNHOUSE 3BR/2.5BA.
Fully Restored 1600 sq. ft. 3 bed/2.5 bath. Private patio areas (front & rear), wood floor, new kitchen w/maple cabinets, SS appliances, new
tile, pass-thru to DR. Pella windows/doors. Kohler toilets & fixtures. New gas furnace and A/C. Washer/dryer. Wood burning FP. Built-in media unit.
$225,000. 865-384-4324.
Cemetery Lots 494 LOTS in Woodlawn
Cemetery, Sec N Lot 229 Spaces E-1, 2, 3, & 4, close to front near the of-fice, $1600 per lot. 865-207-6094
Real Estate Wanted 50WE BUY HOUSES
Any Reason, Any Condition 865-548-8267
www.ttrei.com
Real Estate Service 53Prevent Foreclosure
Free Help 865-268-3888
www.PreventForeclosureKnoxville.com
Comm. Prop. - Rent 66CA$H for your House! Cash Offer in 24 Hours
865-365-8888 www.TNHouseRelief.com
Apts - Unfurnished 71NEAR KARNS 2 BR,
lrg laund rm, cent. AC & ht, quiet nghbrd, no pets, $500/mo. 865-250-4598
Apts - Furnished 72WALBROOK STUDIOS
251-3607 $140 weekly. Discount
avail. Util, TV, Ph, Stv, Refrig, Basic
Cable. No Lse.
Duplexes 73FARRAGUT AREA
2BR, 1BA, laundry room, family neighborhood ,
$665 mo, $250 dep, 1 yr lse. 216-5736 or 694-8414.
Houses - Unfurnished 74Farragut, Lake Access 4 BR, 3 BA, 2 family
rms. 1206 Nautical $2500 Farragut: 3+BR, 3BA, 601 Banbury, $1800 Realty Execut ives Assoc
693-3232 Jane 777-5263 Da n i e l se l l sh o mes. c om
LENOIR CITY, luxury duplex, 2 car
garage, 5 min. to Farragut, private country setting, lg.
yard, 2 BR, 2 full BA, $875. 865-388-0610
POWELL 2BR 2BA country setting, appls $420/mo. 865-938-1653
SOUTH, 3 BR, 1 BA, central H&A, W/D conn., workshop bsmt, dbl lot yard. No pets or smoking $750/mo. $600 dep. 865-577-3321
Condo Rentals 76KARNS 1 or 2 BR, all
appls., $500 to $950. No pets. 865-599-5810, 865-660-3584
NE - NEW 3BR, 2 1/2 BA, 2 car gar., hdwd. & tile, upgraded cabinets, vaulted ceil. $950 mo. 865-599-8179.
***Web ID# 261754***
WEST 2 BR, 1 1/2 BA, W/D conn., exc. cond, no pets, $750/mo. 1 yr. lease. 865-567-0759
Trucking Opportunities 106DRIVERS: Earn up to a $5,000 Sign-On
Bonus! 888-691-4472. Hiring Solo & Team
Drivers. CDL-A Req'd. Exceptional Pay & Benefits Pkg.
Exc Home Time. Family Driven Envi-ronment. Ask your
recruiter about our 2k referral bonus!
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Dogs 141AMERICAN BORDER
COLLIE PUPPIES 423-365-6076/423-240-8178
AMERICAN Bulldog Pups NKC born 4/16 ch grandparents $350. 865-235-1193
BEAGLE PUPS, 8 wks old, champ. bldlns, AKC reg. $300. 865-209-0010 www.facebook.com/turnerbeagles
BRUSSEL GRIFFON puppies as seen in As Good As It Gets with Jack Nichol-son. Very playful & good companion, $400. 865-254-5109
Doberman Puppies, AKC, lg. Blues or blk. M/F. 1st shot. $600-$1200. 865-548-9205
ENGLISH BULLDOG Pups NKC, $1200. Visa
& M/C. 423-775-6044 blessedbulldogs.blogspot.com ***Web ID# 266055***
GREAT PYRENEES 6 puppies, shots UTD, 8 wks. old, $125. 2 yr. female price negotia-ble. 423-623-7676
GREAT PYRENEES puppies, 2 males, 6 wks old, $175 ea. Firm. 865-376-6484
LAB PUPPIES, 4 wks, 5 F, 1 M, all choc. $200. 931-863-4336; 931-544-3320
Labradoodle Puppies, CKC Reg. 6 wks., cream color, M & F, $1600. 423-312-7331
***Web ID# 264543***
Dogs 141Min. Pinscher puppies,
male, CKC reg, all shots & worming current, $200. 423-775-3662
***Web ID# 263703***
MORKIES, QUALITY PUPS, reg., health guar. S/W, $500-$550 865-654-4977
***Web ID# 263786***
Horses 143
TRAILER 4 Horse Gooseneck, brand WW, new tires, must see. $3,500 obo. 931-863-4336; 931-544-3320
Free Pets 145
ADOPT! Looking for an addi-tion to the family?
Visit Young-Williams Animal Center, the official shelter for
Knoxville & Knox County.
Call 215-6599 or visit
knoxpets.org
Building Materials 188SOLID BRAZILIAN
cherry hardwood flooring, 2700 SF, will divide. $2.90 SF. Call 843-727-1115
Machinery-Equip. 193NISSAN FORKLIFT
2003, lift cap. 3,000 lbs. L.P., $4,500. 865-216-5387
TV/Electronics 197PANASONIC 26" flat
screen TV, purchased 2009,
$200. Call 865-254-5928
Household Furn. 204BIG SALE!
B & C MATTRESS, Full $99, Queen, $125, King, $199. Pillow Top.
865-805-3058.
Household Appliances 204aUSED SUB ZERO
side by side refrig. freezer, good cond, $2500. 865-584-7416
Wanted To Buy 222WANTED:
READERS DIGEST CONDENSED
BOOKS Currently buying sin-
gle copies to entire collections in good condition. Will pick up in Knox area.
865-776-0529
Boats Motors 23220' Playbuoy pontoon,
fish & play, 70 HP Yamaha, troll mtr, live wells, exc cond. $8500. 865-216-8025
***Web ID# 264943***
COBALT 276, 2011. Superior construction, class-leading fit and finish, and onboard
amenities are second to none. The 276 adds
one more item: attention-getting style Located on personal
dock in Sequoyah Hills. 865-384-3426.
Boats Motors 232
SHE IS A BABYDOLL You will love if you
like to W-Board, W-skate, slalom, & barefooting.
Orig. owner, strict annual maint., kept under roof w/cover
since day 1. Less than $600 use. 1995 Malibu
Sunsetter LXI. Off white & maroon, equipped
w/tower, wedge, Sirrus radio, new swim plat-form, 2 extra jump
seats, cruise control. No dock rash. Exc. family boat. $19,900 firm incl. orig. trlr.
Exc. cond. Ron 865-856-7056 or 865-310-0521.
Campers 2352004 KEYSTONE
Sprinter 303 BHS, 30' w/4 bunk beds & slide out, no smokers or pets, $12,300. 865-356-6368
Awesome Toyhauler 2010, 19', TV, stereo, tub, shower, 3 burner stove, exc. cond. $10,900. 865-856-0098
DAEMON DAY-BREAK 1997, 13,800 mi., completely equip. Take $14,500 obo ($16,500 in-vested). 865-250-5531
FLAGSTAFF 2005 33 ft slide out camper. Good condition. $9500. 865-229-2421.
Flagstaff Classic Super Lite 5th whl w/super slide out 2007, great cond. $19,900/obo. 865-465-7004
NEWMAR MOUNTAIN AIRE 2001
FW, 37' wide body, 3 slides, all options, luxury unit, great
cond. Selling due to health, $24,000 obo.
Also RV Lot, Sundown Resort Townsend,
$36,000 obo. 865-254-4423 ***Web ID# 260567***
Motor Homes 2372012 Gulfstream BT
Cruiser, 31', 8100 mi, 1 slide, TV/DVR, sleeps 4-5, 450 V10, w/car dolly & cover, pwr awning, 1 ownr, $55K obo. Listed $104K. 865-607-6761
***Web ID# 262551***
BERKSHIRE 2008, diesel, 4 slides, 38 ft., garage kept. $105,000. 865-992-3547 or 776-1991.
***Web ID# 264285***
HOLIDAY Rambler Endeavor 38' 330HP Cat, 2 slides, $49,995. 865-428-4960
TIFFIN 2008 Allegro Bay, 35 ft motor home w/3 slides. Front end diesel, 3 flatscreen TVs w/multi-disk DVD player, dbl door freezer/fridge, pillow top mattress. Only 10k mi. $151,000. 865-389-6583. Auto levelers, gen w/239 hrs, king dome satellite syst., Direct TV/DVR, prewired for CB & Sirrus radio, rear view camera, heated mirrors, auto. awnings. 865-389-6583. ***Web ID# 261970***
WINNEBAGO BRAVE 1999, 43,872 mi, very little usage. $19,500 obo. 865-988-3490
Motorcycles 2383 WHEEL SCOOTER
TRIKE 2010, 50 cc, $850.
Phone 865-230-4487
GOLDWING TRIKE 1989, GL1500, 74k mi., $15,000 obo. Call 865-988-3490.
Motorcycles 238BMW R1200R 2008,
12K mi, new tires, corbin seat, Remus muffler, lots of riding apparel, like new, $7,000. 865-397-6396; 397-1012
HD Electraglide Ul-tra Ltd., 2011, 2 tone root beer, 10,900 mi., 103ci, lowering kit, cams, Corbin seats, header pipes, Dyna tuned, tour pack removal, too much to list. A steal at $21,900. 865-766-5302.
***Web ID# 264484***
KAWASAKI Vulcan 900, 2008, classic LT … windshield, saddle-bags, crash bars, helmet, leather jacket, boots, 4700 mi., $5835/o.b.o. 864-313-4126
***Web ID# 263661***
Autos Wanted 253A BETTER CASH
OFFER for junk cars, trucks, vans, running
or not. 865-456-3500
Vans 256HONDA ODYSSEY
EX 2000. 230,240 k miles. $4300. 865-660-5522
HONDA ODYSSEY EXL, 2008, DVD, leather, 27K mi., $16,900. 423-295-5393
HONDA ODYSSEY EXL 2010, DVD, lthr. loaded, 24K mi., $19,800. 423-295-5393
Trucks 257FORD F150 2007, 5 spd
manual, dark gray, AC, 4.2 eng., reg. cab, 10K mi, priv. party, 1 owner, $12,500. Like new. 865-288-0066
FORD F150 2007, AT, only 27,775 MI. AC, bedliner, Xcab, clean, $13,900. 865-247-5534; 865-308-3313
NISSAN TITAN LE, 2005, completely loaded, 305hp, tow pkg, 4 WD, lthr int., 89k mi. $14,500. 904-517-9094, 865-933-8268
***Web ID# 264383***
TOYOTA PICKUP 1982, 1 owner, 198K mi., very good cond. 865-603-5499
Trucks 257PETERBILT 2006
EXHD 70" 550 Cat 13 Platinum Interior Large
Car, white in color w/Viper red frame &
fenders. Please read de-tails, call if serious. $32,500. 781-519-9058.
4 Wheel Drive 258FORD F250 2007 Lariat
crew cab diesel, loaded, 140k mi, $21,900. 865-455-3391.
Jeep Wrangler 1997, 4 cyl, AT, good can-vas/ rubber, 113K mi, $5500/bo. 865-548-7961
Antiques Classics 260PLYMOUTH 1951 4
door Cranbrook, green, orig., very nice, $8500. 806-3648.
Sport Utility 261Cadillac Escalade 2007, loaded w/ extras, only 50K mi., diamond white, non-smoker, always garaged, like brand new! 865-300-5132.
HONDA PILOT EXL, 2011, sunroof, leather, 16K mi., $22,500. 423-295-5393
HUMMER H1 2004, soft top, 56K mi, pewter, exc cond., $61,900. 865-438-3482
INFINITY FX35 2011, black, exc cond., 6500 mi, under mfg. warr., $35,500. 865-622-7930
Imports 262BMW 328i, 2007, hard-
top convertible, 47K mi., black w/brown int., sports pkg., great cond. $23,500. 865-660-2648
HONDA CIVIC LX 2005, 73K mi., 6 spd., Fla. car, 30-38 MPG Hwy. $7299 obo. 239-200-5191
***Web ID# 265565***
HYUNDAI SONATA, SE Turbo 2012, exc. cond, loaded 7K mi. $18,900. 423-295-5393
LEXUS RX300, 2004, many new parts, drives like a dream, take $15,000 obo ($18,000 invested). 865-250-5531
TOYOTA COROLLA S 2003, Tinted Windows, 111K mi, Well Maint. $7,995. 865-556-9162
Imports 262TOYOTA COROLLA
S 2007, 82K mi., good shape, $7500. Call 423-438-8574.
VW EOS 2012, 1 owner, showroom cond. 7635 mi. Red w/blk int. $28,750. 865-405-0726
***Web ID# 265699***
Domestic 265BUICK 1991 Park Ave
Ultra, loaded, extra clean, garage kept, drive anywhere, $3,800. 865-406-5915
CADILLAC ELDORADO 1989,
Runs good, $1000 obo. Call 865-524-0328.
CADILLAC SEDAN Deville 1996, 85k original miles, $2400. 706-233-1616
***Web ID# 260832***
Fencing 327FENCE WORK Instal-
lation & repair. Free est. 43 yrs exp! Call 973-2626.
Flooring 330
^CERAMIC TILE in-
stallation. Floors/ walls/ repairs. 33 yrs exp, exc work! John 938-3328
Guttering 333HAROLD'S GUTTER
SERVICE. Will clean front & back $20 & up. Quality work, guaran-teed. Call 288-0556.
Lawn Care 339TRACTOR WORK,
bush hog, grading & tilling. $50 job minimum. 235-6004
Pressure Washing 350
^
Remodeling 351
S.I.P. Construction and Remodeling,
licensed & insured. New additions, kitchen & bath
remodels, garages & decks, painting, tile work & hard-
wood flooring. Free est. Refs
available. Call 548-6210.
Roofing / Siding 352
^
Tree Service 357
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LEGAL NOTICE
I. Approval of Minutes A. May 9, 2013II. Consider Approval of a Special Occasion Beer Permit for: A. Red, White & Blues Pre-Independence Day Community Picnic, 11863 Kingston PikeIII. Consider Approval for an On-Premise Beer Permit for: A. Clarion Inn & Suites, 11341 Campbell Lakes Drive
FARRAGUT BEER BOARDJUNE 27, 2013
6:50 PM
AGENDA
FARRAGUT BOARD OFMAYOR AND ALDERMEN
June 27, 2013 FEE SCHEDULE WORKSHOP 6:30 PM
BEER BOARD 6:50 PMBMA MEETING 7:00 PM
I. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call
II. Approval of Agenda
III. Mayor’s Report A. AmeriCorps Year-End Summary by Chris Woudstra
IV. Citizens Forum
V. Approval of Minutes A. June 13, 2013 VI. Business Items A. Approval of Resolution R-2013-04, FY2014 Fee Schedule B. Appointment of Board of Mayor and Aldermen member to the Planning Commission C. Appointment to the Personnel Committee for one-year term D. Consideration of Letter of Intent to Purchase Property at 11401 Kingston Pike
VII. Ordinances A. Second Reading and Public Hearing
1. Ordinance 13-18, ordinance to amend the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 4., Section VIII. Farragut Municipal Flood Damage Prevention Regulations, to adopt the latest fl ood study of Turkey Creek and North Fork Turkey Creek and to update regulations accordingly
2. Ordinance 13-19, Fiscal Year 2014 Budget
VIII. Town Administrator’s Report
IX. Attorney’s Report
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Carol Zinavage
Carol’s Corner
When 16-year-old Collin Greaser makes up his mind to do something, you’d bet-ter step back, because noth-ing will stop him.
The can-do kid
He runs distance races. He does yoga. He swims and plays tennis. He’s sung in a chorus. He’s doing well in school. He’s the greeter at the Fox Den Country Club pool this summer. And he’s a heck of a piano player.
All this in spite of cere-bral palsy.
Collin, who is a rising junior at Farragut High School, has a mild form of the disorder; it affects the left side of his body. It was caused by a brain bleed when he was born prema-turely (most CP onsets hap-pen at birth or shortly after.)
CP affects brain signals to muscles, not the muscles themselves. But the brain is capable of constructing new pathways. And Collin is a worker like you’ve never seen.
He is the living embodi-ment of “if at fi rst you don’t
Collin Greaser with his favorite
instrument. Photo by Carol Zinavage
Dad Eric Greaser, Collin, cousin Sean Sterling, granddad Dan
Greaser, cousin Nick Sterling, and mom Robin Greaser after fi n-
ishing the Reindeer Run in December. Photo submitted
succeed, try, try again.” And the more he try-tries, the more he challenges his brain to keep up with him.
He comes by the running honestly; his whole family runs distance races. In fact, his mom, Robin, just ran the Boston Marathon. She was in the fi nish chute chatting to Collin’s dad, Eric, when the fi rst bomb went off. They thought it was fi reworks.
Fortunately, everyone came home safely.
The races Collin likes the most are the ones in which the whole family, includ-ing granddad Dan Greaser, runs together. He also en-
joys regular runs with a group of friends.
And he gives his mom a workout on the tennis court from time to time. The two of them are the best of friends and often go on shopping trips together.
“I like to help her out,” says Collin with a grin.
Then there’s the piano playing. When he fi rst be-gan lessons at the age of 10, he couldn’t press a key with any of the fi ngers on his left hand. He couldn’t manipu-late the hand in any way. It seemed hopeless.
Now, six years later, Col-lin plays two-handed scales
up and down the keyboard with ease. He does complex left-hand patterns that are tough for any piano student.
And he thrives on all of it. The bigger the challenge, the more he likes it.
His parents rarely have to remind him to practice; he is self-motivated and he’s at the keyboard every day. When asked what his favorite thing to do is, he says, “You mean besides playing the piano?”
He’s performed in sev-eral recitals and is currently working on a list of pieces that he’ll play when he goes to visit his mom’s parents,
who live in Raleigh. Unlike his other set of grandpar-ents, who live in East Ten-nessee, the Raleigh grand-parents aren’t privy to his day-to-day progress. Each year they can’t believe what they’re hearing. And this is his best year yet.
His dad says that Collin was always interested in music, even as a baby. He’s an active and enthusiastic concertgoer. In addition to classical music, he also likes Selena Gomez, Christina Aguilera and Adele.
He also loves movies and video games. Of course he
loves video games – he’s 16.It’s a requirement!
Collin’s not sure what hewants to be when he growsup, but he enjoyed a recentclass on business principles.So he may be out there shak-ing up the business worldbefore too long.
But he’s got plenty of timeto think about that. For now,he’s enjoying the summerand looking forward to hisjunior year.
And you can bet that,wherever he is, he’ll be tick-ling the ivories!Send story suggestions to news@Shopper
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Give blood, save livesMedic has teamed up
with the Tennessee Smok-ies and Chick-fil-A again this summer to help save lives in East Tennessee. All donors will receive a free T-shirt and a coupon re-
deemable for a free Chick-fil-A sandwich. Donors will also automatically be registered for a chance to win two free tickets good for any regular season Smokies home game. The
community blood center is in need of all blood types, especially O Negative. Do-nors may visit any commu-nity drive or one of Medic’s donor centers: 1601 Ailor Ave. and 11000 Kingston Pike in Farragut.
Area blood drives are:
■ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, June
24, East Tennessee Human Re-
source, 9111 Cross Park Drive,
inside conference room.
■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, June
24, Powell branch library,
inside conference room.
■ 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, June
24, TIS Insurance, 1900 North
Wintston Road, Bloodmobile.
■ 2-8 p.m. Thursday, June 27,
Marbledale Baptist Church,
inside fellowship hall.
■ 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, June
28, Walmart at Turkey Creek,
Bloodmobile.
■ 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, June
30, Trinity United Methodist
Church, 5613 Western Avenue,
Bloodmobile.
Donors must be at least 17 years of age, weigh 110 pounds or more (16-year-olds weighing at least 120 pounds can donate but must have parental con-sent) and all donors must have positive identifica-tion.
Shopper news • JUNE 24, 2013 • B-3
(865) 992-TEAM (8326)4378 Suite A, Maynardville Highway • Maynardville
Eddie & Debbie Perry Realtors(865) 414-9782 • [email protected]
www.fi rstteamonlake.com7317 Ridgeview Road, Corryton – 3BR/2BA. Large master with dressing area and skylights, 2 walk-in closets. Large wrap-around
deck partially covered. Above-ground pool with deck surrounding. Professional landscaping and wonderful view. MLS#844443. $199,900
197 Waverly Circle, Corryton – 3BR/3BA Cape Cod. Hardwood fl oors, crown moulding throughout. Master on
main. W/I closets, mature trees, covered front porch. 100% USDA fi n avail w/approved credit. MLS#845410. $159,900
119 Dayfl ower Way, Maynardville – 3BR/4BA 2-sty, brick/stucco condo. 1 yr. old, 2404 SF. Open fl r plan w/21’ ceil in LR & DR. Quartz-inlaid gas FP. Gourmet kit w/all upgraded appl, cntr island, eat-in breakfast bar, pantry, quartz counter tops throughout.
Hdwd fl rs, master on main. Lrg master BA w/dbl vanities, W/I closet, offi ce, sitting rm, laundry rm. Tile & crpt, 2-car gar, covered patio. Corner condo. MLS#848507. $280,000
122 Dayfl ower Way, Maynardville – 2BR/2BA condo. Open fl oor plan, cath ceil & skylight. Kit w/all white appl, oak cabs. W/I closets, master w/trey ceil. Split BRs, laundry rm w/new stacked W&D, carpet, tile,
hdwd fl rs, 2-car gar w/strg. Patio, 1334 SF all on 1 level. Priced to sell . MLS#832710. $129,900
COMING SUMMER 2013SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT (865) 288-9288
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Starting At $89,900
For a complete list of available properties in your area contact Tammie direct. Cell/txt 256-3805 Email at [email protected] or visitwww.tammiehill.com
HALLS/POWELL AREA - CONDO- Spacious, open, well-maintained. 3BR/3BA w/loads of strg & unfinished bonus room. Hardwood, ceramic, FP, cathedral ceiling. End unit. Like new and ready to move into. $174,900
REDUCED - CORRYTON - This one has it all. 4BR/3BA, 2 master suites, bonus room, One master on main, large kitchen w/all appl. Over-sized closets, 2-car gar w/extra storage and work bench, also includes a Craftsman riding lawn mower and small trailer. Large deck, above-ground pool and fenced back yard for privacy. Hugh front porch with gorgeous views of House Mtn. $274,900
FTN CITY - HISTORICAL BEAUTY - 2-sty Victorian featuring architectural details & built-ins. French doors, pocket doors, 5 FPs (closed), claw-foot tub, covered porch, fenced backyard & much more. 5BR/4BA, 2 mas-ters, back-up generator, carport & 3-car det gar. $169,900
NEAR NORRIS LAKE: Property is within 1 mile to Big Ridge State Park and Norris Lake Boat Ramp. Updated
and well-maintained home. Updates including vinyl siding, metal roof, water heater(4yrs), HVAC (1 1/2yrs), laminate hardwood floors, and much more. Large screened in porch with hot tub, 3rd BR was converted into a large laundry room with extra storage and several closets. Over-sized det 2-car gar w/floored attic. All on 1.85 acres. $109,900
JUST REDUCED - CORRYTON – Near county line. Well-maintained on level lot. Large screened porch, deck, fenced backyard w/privacy fance. Hardwood floors, cathedral ceil, newly painted. Large laundry rm, 2-car gar & much more. $129,900
MAYNARDVILLE - One-level home. Spacious & open floor plan. 3BR/2BA, maintenance-free ranch w/2-car garage on level lot, all kitchen appliances. Well-maintained and ready for a new owner. REDUCED $99,900
MAYNARDVILLE - This 2800+SF home is very spacious & well-maintained. Hardwood floors, ceramic tile, lrg sunroom, multi-level deck in back. Large master w/jucuzzi tub & sep shwr. Small horse barn & det gar w/extra strg all on 1.75 acres. $239,900
WEST KNOX - 2900 SF split-level with several updates including NEW roof and large back deck. Open floor plan, large kitchen with loads of cabinets, den with wet bar in basement and detached garage with extra stor-age. Very convenient locations near Turkey Creek and Pellisippi Pkwy. $189,900
LAKE ACCESS - All brick ranch home feature 3BR/2BA, open floor plan, large master with jacuzzi, long covered front porch and more. Within walking distance to Norris Lake with deeded lake access. $113,900
[email protected] www.tammiehill.comRealty Executives Associates 688-3232
Tammie Hill 256-3805
CUSTOM BUILT & only 4 yrs old. Lg island kit, custom cabinets, pantry & breakfast rm. Formal DR, crown mold-ing, huge fam rm w/gas FP. Cathedral mstr suite w/sitting area, WICs, Jacuzzi & sep shower. Huge bonus rm could be 4th BR, gated access to subdivision stocked lake w/waterfall & pavilion. Area has a country feel but is so con-venient to schools & shopping. $209,900 Call Jason.
< PERFECT SHOWPLACE! Enjoy family living at its best. Gorgeous, all brick, 2-story w/a full fi nished bsmt. 4 or 5 BRs, huge rec rm & game rm w/coff ered ceilings, island kit, formal DR. Mstr suite has hdwd fl rs, his & her closets & an awesome new BA w/tile shower, granite dbl vanity. Huge covered deck w/wood ceiling leads to the new salt water, heated pool. So many extras to list include: 3-car gar, 3.5 ceramic tiled BAs, wired for surround sound, new covered patio off bsmt, irrigation system, fenced yard & a beautiful mtn view. $369,900. Call Jason.
REDUCED – Seller said it has to go! Must see this totally updated, all brick, 1-level home on a lg, level, landscaped lot. Updates include: NEW dimensional roof, bathroom vanities w/granite tops, toilets, fl oor coverings, water heater, gar door & opener, sec sys, front storm door. Freshly painted & move-in ready. Mstr BA is handicapped accessible. 8018 Phyllis Drive. $129,000 Call Beverly.
Beverly McMahan 679-3902
& Jason McMahan 257-1332
922-4400
OPEN HOUSE – SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 2-4PM 6229 OAK TREE LN – Beautiful custom French-Country beauty on 1 acre w/4100 SF. 28x18 outdoor den w/woodburning FP on cul-de-sac in area of upper bracket homes. $589,900 MLS#840430
Donna Beasley • 256-4678 [email protected]
947-5000
6055 HIDDEN BROOK LN – Gorgeous brick colonial. Replica of the Davenpo r t H o u s e i n
Savannah. Plantation shutters, cherry paneling & massive trim on 1.60 acres. $599,900 MLS#829151
7521 SCHOOL VIEW WAY – Very gorgeous condo w i th granite kitchen, wood & tile fl oors. 2514 SF.
$208,900 MLS#804616
5119 RACCOON VALLEY DR – New listing on 3 beautiful acres with extra large workshop/garage & storage bldg. A-frame, ranch home. $179,900 MLS#847591
513 WESTBURY DR, CLINTON – Walk to school f r o m t h i s dollhouse with updated lights, paint and wood fl oors. $129,500 MLS#836908
7616 EMORY RD – Custom-built, 1 owner, all brick rancher on a beautiful 1/2 acre lot. 1 yr old roof, water heater & more. Immaculate! $124,900 MLS#835237
5614 COLLETTE – Totally updated with wood & tile fl oors, paint, kit appl, countertops & backsplash. Awesome-looking
home & lot! $119,900 MLS#826590
715 CEDAR LN – Immaculate, 1-owner condo in beautiful Inwood 11. Private patio, close to I-75. $119,900 MLS#831529
1323 LUCY WAY– Nice, o n e - l e v e l condo w/new H&A. Fenced patio, open f loorplan.
Close to I-640. $103,900 MLS#8051843220 BARTON ST– Emoriland Park on lrg, level lot. Everything is replaced or
redone incl wood fl rs, H&A, paint, cabs & more. $79,900 MLS#820712
104 MIDFIELD DR, MAYNARDVILLE- Gorgeous, 2-sty home mins from Halls on 3 lots
each measuring 175x100. Total 1.3 acres. 2-car gar + det 2-car gar & strg bldg. $234,900 MLS#849595
It’s the experience that counts!
FTN CITY! $89,900! Roomy ranch w/over 1200 SF! 2 or 3 BRs, great rm & DR combo, sunny eat-in kit w/white cabinets,
sep den or 3rd BR, 2-car carport, wkshp in bsmt, lg level lot in the heart of Fountain City on KTRANS bus line, walk to Fountain City Lake, shopping & dining. MLS #829149
DeborahHill-Hobby207-5587
www.deborahhillhobby.com
CORRYTON! $224,900! 5.26 acres of pasture surrounds this updated farmhouse! 5BRs, 2 full BAs, Over
3400 SF, BR & BA on main, huge rms, great rm, DR, eat-in kit, offi ce, den. Property is fenced for horses or cattle, outbuildings, beautiful setting. Level terrain. MLS# 847725
HALLS! $294,900! 3398 SF! Brick beauty on lg level lot + adj corner lot is available for $35,900! Country views,
4 huge BRs & bonus rm w/sep stairway, 2.5BAs, sep LR & grand FR w/gas log FP, tray ceiling, french doors, Hdwd in foyer & DR & ceramic tile in wet areas, DR w/french doors, eat-in kit w/island, mud rm w/sink, laun-dry rm, 3-car gar, huge deck. MLS #847059
HALLS! $100,000! A real doll-house! Down payment as little as $400 w/ap-proved rural development fi nancing!
3BRs-split BR plan, 2 full BAs, vaulted great rm & DR combo w/pergo type fl ooring, pass-thru to kit w/refrig, fenced backyard, fresh int paint, newer carpet, 1-car gar. MLS #844495
Rhonda Vineyard218-1117 It’s the experience that counts!
FTN CITY – All-brick (level lot), 2-sty, beautiful, tiled entry, over 2900 SF. 4BR/2.5BA, hardwoods in the DR & LR. Solid surface countertops, built-ins, mas-ter w/sitting area, cathedral master BA w/jacuzzi, shower. Screened-in porch, fenced yard, profes-sionaly landscaped. MLS#841811. $299,900
HALLS – Immaculate inside & out! All brick w/over 3200 SF, 4BR/3.5BA, hardwoods, granite coun-ters throughout, tiled fl oors, lots of storage (third fl oor attic), 3-car garage w/storage. MLS#842564. $323,900
HALLS – Spacious, close to shopping & schools. Over 2200 SF. 4BR/2.5BA. New roof, new H&A, new windows & new carpet. Beautiful hardwood fl oors, large rooms, over-sized deck, fenced-in backyard & 2-car garage. MLS#841636. $172,500
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• Twin Mattress from $57• Full Mattress from $67• Queen Mattress from $97• King Mattress from $297• Visco Memory Foam Gel Mattress from $498• Bunk Bed Frame from $98• Bunk Bed Complete $242• 3-Pc Table Set $75• Decorator Sofa $344 Loveseat $244• Odd Loveseat only $175• Lamps $18• Recliner – Man-Size $165• Hall Tree $25
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• Queen Headboard $49• 5-Drawer Chest $98 (Color Choice)• Adjustable Hospital Bed $1185• Full-Lift Recliner from $575• All Size Sheet Sets $17• Oak Dinette Chairs $44• 5-Pc Dinette from $267• Curio Cabinet all wood $398• Wicker Patio Chairs $167• Nightstand $45• Reclining Corner Sectional $1544• Fully Assembled TV Console $244• Designer Area Rugs $44 (Many Styles)• 4-Pc Queen Bedroom $349
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