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Cost for a team of four is $300, hole sponsorship is $100/hole and cart sponsor-ships are $25. The tournament helps to provide scholarships (one each to a male and female athlete) every year at Carter High School.

This year’s tournament will be played in memory of Andy’s dad, Roger Wilson, who passed away Feb. 16. Info: Peggy Wilson, 679-4298, or Gary Whitaker, 679-1022.

By Betty BeanIt’s been a year or so

since Bob Thomas and Ed Brantley worked togeth-er, but the two longtime morning-drive radio stars will be colleagues again once they’re sworn in as Knox County commission-ers Sept. 2.

In the meantime, they’ve had a couple of dinners with the other two new commissioners-elect (Charles Busler and Ran-dy Smith), and they plan another in August, which they know is perfectly le-gal now, although come September, sunshine laws will come into play and put constraints on their get-togethers.

But they are adamant about one thing:

“If the two of us are at

Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas Photo by Betty Bean

The Ed and Bob show comes to County Commission

the Vol Market No. 3 hav-ing a hot dog, which we do every week, and some-body calls in (to complain), or if somebody sees us at Wright’s Cafeteria, where we take my mom for lunch, well, that’s not going to stop,” Thomas said. “That’s silly. We’re going to stop being friends? Not going to happen.”

Thomas and Brantley will represent the 10th and 11th at-large districts, respectively (a distinc-tion without a difference, since at-large commis-sioners represent the en-tire county). Thomas ran unopposed; Brantley was victorious over a primary opponent. Neither is op-posed in the August gen-

eral election.In addition to being

on-air personalities, both have run businesses, both are grandfathers and both want to attract more and better jobs to Knox County for the sake of their grand-children (Ed has fi ve; Bob has three).

“To me, the biggest pri-ority in this county other than supporting the school system is getting some jobs in here,” Brantley said. “Chattanooga is ahead of us in manufacturing, and our surrounding counties are ahead of us, too, to some degree, in other ar-eas. When I used to go in to work in the early morn-ing, Pellissippi Parkway was a constant stream of headlights going to Oak Ridge where they have the

national lab and all that high-tech industry.

“Knox County is at a disadvantage, but there are good ideas coming out of Anderson and Blount counties, and the boom-ing tourist trade in Se-vier County. Can we share some more of those things? Yes, I think we can.”

Thomas agrees.“A lot of people have

asked me, what do you want to accomplish? I per-sonally am not coming in with something in my back pocket I’ve got to get done. I don’t have an agenda. I want to make sure we’re tracking business and that we are fi s-cally responsible and good decision makers. Ed and I had lunch the other day, and somebody told us, ‘They

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Boys & Girls Club sets ribbon-cuttingBy Patricia Williams

If you’ve not driven by the for-mer Carter Elementary School lately, one thing jumps out. The school is gone – bulldozed down as Carter students are attending school in a modern new facility on Strawberry Plains Pike.

And now the Boys & Girls Club

of the Tennessee Valley has sched-uled a ribbon-cutting and open house for 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thurs-day, July 31, to show off improve-ments in the former middle school gym. It’s being renovated to func-tion as a B&G Club for the Carter community. The invitation says the Chillbillies will perform.

The old Carter gym never had air conditioning. Now electricians are installing circuit panels and wiring for the new HVAC system.

The utilities have been sepa-rated from the school’s and will, of course, be paid by the Boys & Girls Club. Connections between the buildings will be severed, and there will be no business or client interaction between them.

One set of bleachers that was on the gym fl oor has been removed. The bleachers upstairs will not be used regularly, so the stairway ac-cess will be sealed off for safety and security.

New place for kids at Carter

Tim Burchett ends his talk in Foun-

tain City.

is all about the money, says BurchettBy Sandra Clark

Announcing his upcoming nuptials was not the news nug-get of Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett’s speech to a business group in Fountain City, yet that announcement got all the media play.

Much more impactful was his endorsement of unifi ed govern-ment for Knoxville and Knox County and his pledge to work for the merger during his upcoming four-year term.

“Yes, I’m serious,” he said. “We have two governments because of fi efdoms. … Just don’t call it metro.”

Burchett wants to reduce, not enlarge, the size of local govern-ment. He wants to eliminate du-plication, but he’s not about to suggest the hot-button issues that have doomed previous votes. (State law requires unifi cation to be approved by voters in both the city and the county balance.)

“We’re not taking away any-body’s right to elect offi cials. We’re

‘Not-metro’

not raising taxes.” He proposes service zones in which residents could choose (and pay for) en-

hanced services such as garbage pickup and fi re protection.

“It’s bad for business,” he said, citing awkwardness in explaining local government to companies seeking to locate here.

“And it’s bad for your tax dol-lars,” he said.

County Commissioner R. Larry Smith agreed. “If elected offi cials put their egos aside, it would hap-pen. It just makes sense.”

Knox County’s debt has been reduced by $59 million in three years, Burchett said.

As for that marriage, Burchett said he will wed Kelly Kimball on July 26 at an undisclosed loca-tion.

“We’ve both got enough stuff,” he said, requesting no gifts. “Make a contribution to HonorAir.”

The old Carter Elementary School has

been knocked down, and work is un-

derway to modernize the former Carter

Middle School gym for use as a Boys &

Girls Club. Photos by Patricia Williams

A truck from the Boys & Girls Club was there during my visit, storing some donated furnish-ings that may be used at the site. A spokesperson said a director has not yet been named.

Tara Mills Taylor said it best on a Facebook post: “Great news for the Carter community! The Boys & Girls Club will be open this fall on the Carter campus in the for-mer gym. Help celebrate by at-tending the July 31 ribbon-cutting ceremony.”

Smoking J’s B-B-QYou’re traveling east down

Rutledge Pike. Your stomach’s been growling for a while.

There on your right is the newly painted, white- and red-trimmed eatery known as Smoking J’s B-B-Q & Catering, its grand-opening sign and fl uttering banners announcing the arrival of a “new” business.

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Shopper internsFirst Presbyterian Church

is considered “Knoxville’s fi rst church,” founded in 1792 and built in 1812 on James White’s fi eld of turnips.

Church member Pat Armstrong gave the interns a behind-the-scenes look and a peek inside the adjacent graveyard.

The building has undergone several renovations throughout the years, but there have been only 15 ministers since the church began. During the Civil War, the Union army occupied the building – letting their horses graze in the graveyard – for three years.

The interns also visited Temple Beth El and St. George Greek Orthodox Church.

Lunch speaker was Holo-caust survivor Sonja DuBois.

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Briggs is betterNever say there’s not a

dime’s worth of difference between state Sen. Stacey Campfi eld and his challenger, County Commissioner Dr. Richard Briggs.

Shopper publisher Sandra Clark makes the case for Rich-ard Briggs.

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Your physician may suggest that you alter your activities to provide relief to the joint or muscle affected. Or, you may be referred to a physi-cal therapist for more targeted treatment.

Physical therapist Jennifer Templeton addresses lower back pain on patient Tim French at Fort Sanders Therapy Center-Downtown.

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At Fort Sanders Therapy Cen-ters, educating patients about the benefi ts of treatment from a physi-cal therapist is a yearly process for the staff, with a focus on the best course of action to make sure ther-apy will accomplish realistic goals for the patient, according to physi-cal therapist Jennifer Templeton.

But for potential patients look-ing for the relief of pain, is physi-cal therapy right for you? Here’s a look at what physical therapists can do and why it might be the right fi t.

What is physical therapy?

Physical therapy focuses on rehabilitating a patient’s impair-ments or disabilities by promot-ing increased mobility, strength and function in order to improve quality of life. Physical therapy is performed by licensed Physi-cal Therapists (PTs) and Physical Therapist Assistants (PTAs).

Who are physical therapists and physical therapy assistants?

Physical therapists are trained movement specialists. They have advanced degrees and licenses cer-tifying their knowledge on how the human body works and moves. All physical therapists have earned at least a bachelor’s degree in physi-cal therapy; recent graduates have obtained clinical doctorate degrees.

Therapists’ specialized training allows them to examine, evaluate, diagnose and set a treatment plan for movement disorders. Physical therapist assistants have an associ-ate’s degree in treating movement disorders and are licensed to follow the plan of care set by the PT.

What is a movement disorder and what kinds of disorders do physical therapists treat?

Movement disorders are medi-cal issues that limit a person’s abil-

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Physical therapists work in many settings, including hospitals, reha-bilitation centers (includ-ing Fort Sanders Therapy Center’s sister clinic at Patricia Neal Rehabilita-tion Center), skilled nurs-ing facilities, outpatient centers and even a pa-tient’s home.

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At Fort Sanders Therapy Cen-ters, therapists have specialized training in treating orthopedic and sports injuries, chronic headaches and neck pain, back pain, and pel-vic fl oor dysfunction.

Helping patients to reach their goals is what makes the work so rewarding, according to physical therapist Jennifer Templeton, PT, DPT, OCS.

“It’s great to watch the patient progress from being unable to do an activity to no longer needing help,” said Templeton.

“If you’re looking for a therapy center, fi nd one that encourages its therapists to pursue continuing education and learn the newest techniques,” Templeton suggests. “At Fort Sanders, we are encour-aged to attend specialty courses in advanced techniques.”

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“I’m not afraid to stand up to people, and I’m sick and tired of minimum-wage jobs coming to town and us thinking that’s a big victory. I’d like to fi nd jobs that give people a career – the kind of jobs that attract 20- and 30-year-olds who want to have a family to come here and stay here.”

Brantley has promised not to vote for any new taxes and says that he will stick by that pledge.

“I’m taking a stand on not voting for any new taxes. People are taxed to death,” he said. He sees no confl ict between this stance and his promise to push for a new Gibbs Middle School.

Thomas said he wants a strong infrastructure but at the same time intends to be fi scally responsible. He ap-proves of the way the county is being managed.

“Knox County is paying down debt, and our bond rating is going up. A lot of counties around the state

would like to be in the situ-ation we’re in.”

Both are extremely in-terested in Knox County Schools but have questions about the relationships be-tween the school board and the commission.

“Things are at a stand-still,” Brantley said. “Why can’t the chair of the school board and the chair of com-mission get together and say, ‘What can you live with?’ ”

Both Thomas and Brant-ley laugh at suggestions that they’ll vote in “two-for-one” fashion.

“Obviously, you never lis-tened to our show. We dis-agree on a lot of things, but at least we can tell each oth-er how we feel. After spend-ing three years together ev-ery day on the radio, there’s not been an issue comes through this town we did not discuss in depth. I don’t care about politics. I just want to see some progress,” Thomas said.

“No offense to who’s sit-ting there now, but we want to take it u p a level.”

A commemoration of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was celebrated with a Freedom March on July 3 – 50 years after the date it was signed into law by former President Lyndon Johnson while witnessed by civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. among others.

The march, from the Knoxville Civic Coliseum to Mt. Olive Church on Sum-mit Hill, was followed by an interactive forum under the theme “Freedom Summer Lives On,” moderated by the Rev. Renee Kesler, associate minister at Mt. Calvary Bap-tist Church in Knoxville.

Honored guests were widely known civil rights warriors who were jailed, some many times, for re-sisting the status quo and carrying the banner of Dr. King – Equal Rights for All Americans.

Rabbi Israel “Si” Dresner was the fi rst rabbi arrested in the movement, along with 16 of his fellow religious leaders, during an interfaith clergy “Freedom Ride” in St. Augustine, Fla., in 1961.

Dresner, Andrew Young, the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and Dr. C.T. Vivian were among those who traveled to St. Augustine from vari-

A march for equal rights was held near downtown Knoxville on the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 being signed

into law. Photos by Patricia Williams

Avon Rollins Sr., Rabbi Israel “Si” Dresner and Dr. Dorie Ladner were honored guests on the panel to discuss their experiences

during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

ous parts of the country bringing “as many activists as we could with us,” at the request of Dr. King, Dresner said.

Dr. King considered Rabbi Dresner a close ally and twice spoke at his syna-gogue in Springfi eld, N.J. Dresner was honored at the White House last year by President Barack Obama during the 50th anniversa-ry celebration of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

The plight of African-Americans became reality for Dr. Dorie Ladner in the summer of 1955, when the mutilated body of 14-year-old Emmett Till was found f loating in Mississippi’s Tallahatchie River. Lad-ner realized the shocking similarities between her-self and Till. They were the same age, the same color and in the state of Missis-sippi.

Ladner became involved in nonviolent protests with the Freedom Riders, Stu-dent Nonviolent Coordi-nating Committee and the Congress of Racial Equality, getting arrested many times for attempting to desegre-gate a Woolworth’s lunch counter; voter registration activities; and attending the funeral of murdered civil rights warrior Medgar Evers.

Also on the panel was Avon Rollins Sr., who cham-pioned civil rights direc-tives across the South from his home base of Knoxville. Rollins has advocated for economic a nd fi nancial ini-

tiatives to help empower African-Americans. He is a co-founder of SNCC and lo-cally, the past president of

Magnolia Federal Savings and Loan. He was executive director of Beck Cultural Exchange Center.

An audience member asked: “How do I know what to do with so much to be done?”

Ladner answered: “You start where you are, no mat-ter how small it may seem to be, then go forward.”

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Freedom Rider Dorie Ladner

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dom Summer. Photos by Wendy Smith

Rabbi Israel Dresner encounters a “statue” of himself at a “wax

museum” presented by campers at Milton Collins Day Camp.

Andrew Weinstein, a rising 9th grader at Hardin Valley Acad-

emy, portrays Dresner.

■ ‘Wax’ fi gures honor anniversaryHistory came to life last

week when campers at the Milton Collins Day Camp at

the Arnstein Jewish Com-munity Center took on the personas of real-life civil rights advocates in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The event was called a “wax museum.” Campers in the Teen Adventure pro-gram, ages 11-14, dressed up and stood statue-still on pedestals until young-er campers, or reporters, shook their hands. They then came to life and talked about their characters, us-ing scripts they had written themselves.

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Sandra Clark

By Cindy TaylorFriends and family gath-

ered with the Northwest Democratic Club to honor three favorites who are moving on to a different phase of life.

Indya Kincannon, Mary Beth Leibowitz and Randy Nichols were thanked by club members for their will-ingness to speak at meet-ings and help out in other

ways whenever they were asked.

“Randy and Mary Beth have always been so gra-cious to come and speak to our club,” said treasurer Nancy Stinnette. “We want-ed to do a little something to show our appreciation.”

Nichols leaves his posi-tion as district attorney gen-eral for Knox County at the end of August. After holding

the position for 22 years, Nichols says he is retiring but not stopping.

“I haven’t looked for work in 40 years,” said Nichols. “I don’t know if I can fi nd any-body to hire me or not.”

Leibowitz was the fi rst female Democratic judge in Knox County and held the seat more than 25 years.

“No one thought I could get reelected,” said Leibow-

itz. “This club stood by meand supported me. I havelearned a lot from thesefolks. As for retirement,my plan is to do whatever Iwant.”

Leibowitz said her par-ents told her that their ob-ligation was to educate hersuffi ciently, and her job wasto make a living.

Kincannon was on vaca-tion but sent her regards.

Knox County DA Randy Nichols talks with Northwest Demo-

cratic Club treasurer Nancy Stinnette at the club’s July meeting.

Mary Beth Leibowitz and Hubert Smith at the Northwest Dem-

ocratic Club Photos by Cindy Taylor

Leaving for the next adventure

Barack Obama is the worst president in U.S. his-tory, according to a recent poll.

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We know polls don’t lie, except when taken in Eric Cantor’s congressional dis-trict, but this one seems to have drawn heavily on folks just rousing from a fi ve-year nap under a pile of rocks.

On Obama’s watch: A few days ago the Dow-

Jones Industrial Average topped 17,000. On Jan. 20, 2009, Obama’s inaugura-tion day, the Dow-Jones closed at 7,949.

In January 2009, the U.S. unemployment rate stood at 7.70 percent and would rise to 9.70 percent a year later. Last month, the U.S. De-partment of Labor reported the rate as 6.10 percent.

Nationally, 288,000 jobs were added in June, the most since May 2007.

The percentage of unin-sured adults peaked at 18 in the third quarter of last year. With the passage of

the Affordable Care Act that number has dropped to 13.4 percent and continues to de-cline.

Domestic oil production is up and imports are down.

American combat troops returned from Iraq, and Osama bin Laden met jus-tice.

Not bad for the worst president in history.

Speaking of history, the president’s critics in the poll seem to be as defi cient of knowledge in that area as they are in current events.

An aggregate of 17 polls conducted between 1948 and 2011 that included his-torians, political scientists,

Republicans, Democrats, liberals, conservatives and even celebrities in some cases awarded the “worst” distinction to President Warren G. Harding.

James Buchanan was ranked one notch above Harding, and Andrew John-son made the list as third worst.

Harding is the Homer Simpson of presidents, mi-nus the blue-haired spouse. If “Doh!” wasn’t ringing through the corridors of the White House during his ten-ure it should have been.

Until Watergate came along, the Teapot Dome affair was the scandal by which all others were mea-sured in the administrative branch of the government.

Albert Fall, Harding’s

Secretary of the Interior, accepted a bribe from oil company pals and gave them leases to drill without competitive bidding. Fall served a year in a jail after the scandal came to light in 1922.

Another Harding appoin-tee, Charles Forbes, spent two years in jail for shady deals when he headed the Veterans Bureau, forerun-ner of today’s Veterans Ad-ministration.

Harry Daugherty was Harding’s attorney general. The corruption in Daugh-erty’s Justice Department would have made Nixon’s attorney general, John Mitchell, blush.

James Buchanan’s miser-able ranking stems from his unwillingness (or inability)

to stop the march toward civil war. A death toll of 620,000 is a rough legacy to overcome.

Andrew Johnson was the fi rst president to be im-peached. The Senate acquit-ted him by a single vote.

Johnson’s ideas for re-habilitating the South after the Civil War clashed with the Radical Republicans in Congress.

His opposition to the 14th Amendment, which gave citizenship to African-Americans, helped seal his low standing in the polls.

Facts can be inconve-nient.

A poll that rates Barack Obama the worst president refl ects the political and ra-cial divide in this country at the expense of history.

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Last week, John McKa-mey made a 200-mile round trip to Knoxville from his home in Piney Flats to talk to the Central City Demo-crats about why he’s run-ning for governor. He’s pret-ty much going it alone, and his short-term objective is to save the Tennessee Dem-ocratic Party from itself.

He doesn’t want another national embarrassment like the one they suffered through two years ago when part-time fl ooring installer/Tea Party supporter Mark Clayton took advantage of his superior alphabetical position on the ballot and beat opponent Park Overall to become the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, facing Republican Bob Corker. The Washington Post, among others, named

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Clayton, whose most promi-nent supporter was Repub-lican Stacey Campfi eld, the worst Senate candidate in the country, and the Ten-nessee Democratic Party became a national laugh-ingstock.

With this in mind, McKa-mey is acutely aware of the perils of low name recogni-tion and inferior ballot posi-tion, and points out that two of his opponents have catchy names – Charlie Brown and Kennedy Johnson.

“None of the other can-didates are campaigning,

to my knowledge, but I’ve been trying to point out that alphabet issue every time I speak,” he said.

McKamey spent 23 years as a Sullivan County com-missioner and four years as county executive. He gets real serious when he talks about the issues, explain-ing that he spent 50 years in public schools as a student, teacher and coach, and he strongly disagrees with what’s happening in Ten-nessee’s public schools. He got tired of waiting for his party to produce a serious opponent to challenge Gov. Bill Haslam.

“The party did not re-cruit me. I did it on my own. I called the state chair and asked Mr. (Roy) Herron if they had anybody in mind. He said they were searching

for someone.“I started two days before

the deadline. Somebody has got to stand up for educa-tion and for women and for people who are being denied health insurance,” he said.

He’s not a supporter of the Common Core State Standards, which he labels as “test, test test.”

“Teachers want to teach the student – not to the test. They’re making robots out of teachers and robots out of students, and all they’re talking about is numbers and statistics.”

He’s not a fan of vouch-ers and charter schools and says he’d hire an experi-enced classroom teacher as commissioner of education.

He says his concern for women’s rights has been sharpened by experience.

“When I was a county commissioner, there was a lady who applied for a raise, and county commission, including me, kept turning her down. When I was coun-ty executive, she sued, and won. And she was right. I’ve been to court and I always remember the 14th Amend-ment. It means equality for everybody.”

And he has an even more personal reason:

“My wife had rheumatic fever in high school that damaged her heart severely. When we got married in 1960, her doctor told us she couldn’t stand a pregnancy. He told her, ‘If you get preg-nant, you come here and we will take it,’ so we never had children. I trusted the doctor’s and my wife’s judg-ment, and we never did have

to make that decision.”So for now, he’s criss-

crossing the state, fi rm in his belief that once he sur-vives the primary, statewide media will start paying at-tention, fi nancial help will fl ow his way and it’ll be a whole new race.

Briggs vs. Campfi eldNot a dime’s worth of diff erence?

John McKamey speaks to the

Center City Democrats.

Never say there’s not a dime’s worth of difference between state Sen. Stacey Campfi eld and his challeng-er, County Commissioner Richard Briggs.

Briggs has a medical de-gree and a real job: heart sur-geon for over 30 years. He’s been president of the Knox-ville Academy of Medicine.

Briggs is a combat vet-eran of Desert Storm, Iraq and Afghanistan, retiring as a U.S. Army colonel.

He’s served on County Commission since 2008, tackling complex issues like billboards, pension reform

and economic development.Stacey Campfi eld, on the

other hand, served in the House and Senate for al-most a decade before pass-ing a bill. He’s marginally self-employed, “rehabbing” and renting run-down real estate. His college experi-ence was online, and his ex-perience in uniform is lim-ited to Halloween.

Campfi eld, 46, is old enough to act better.

He likes to blame the “liberal media” for his bad press, but he’s been sued for defamation, booted from the Duncan Family Barbe-cue for his antics, and es-corted out of a UT football game for failing to remove a mask when asked to do so.

Let’s elect a serious sena-tor – Dr. Richard Briggs – and watch him effectively serve in Nashville. There’s a world of difference.

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A somewhat interesting couple is approaching their 60th wedding anniversary. They tell each other they are better together than they could have possibly been as individuals.

They are not at all fa-mous, but there are historic combinations that convey that same message of better together: Mantle and Maris, Sonny and Cher, Hewlett and Packard, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Huntley and Brinkley, Johnson and Johnson, Romeo and Juliet – you get the idea.

Lasting linkage extends to Tennessee sports. Ernie and Bernie come to mind fi rst.

Bernard King was Ten-nessee’s best-ever basket-ball player. Ernie Grunfeld

Better together

was very, very good. They were great together.

Both made individual impacts. King was an NBA superstar. Grunfeld contin-ues as an executive. Ber-nard is in the pro hall of fame. Ernie has an Olympic gold medal.

As Volunteers together, they were the best show of Ray Mears’ many color-ful years. You don’t hear much about it anymore, but Stu Aberdeen coaxed them from New York City to

Knoxville. It was a recruit-ing miracle, two superstars forever linked.

The best football combo is Kiner and Reynolds.

Steve Kiner and Jack Reynolds are linked line-backers from 1967 to 1969. Jack manned the middle. There never was a day when football was too tough for Hacksaw. Steve chased from sideline to sideline with in-tent to infl ict bodily harm.

They produced similar results but were very differ-ent. Kiner was a fi rst-game starter as a sophomore. Reynolds had to be con-vinced he was good enough to play.

Kiner was an extro-vert, confi dent, aggressive. He talked. Sportswriters quoted him, sometimes correctly. He was twice an all-American. He became really famous as the fi rst Volunteer linebacker in the

college hall of fame.The Dallas Cowb oys

signed Kiner in 1970 and took him to Super Bowl V. He was a Redskin for Super Bowl VII. Later, he was New England’s defensive MVP. He had a good closing run with the Oilers.

I remember the day he formally introduced me to coach Bum Phillips. He re-called some little things I had done for him. Bum’s response: “That was an im-pressive presentation.”

Kiner did not take good care of his body, but he re-bounded, enjoyed a profi t-able period as a real-estate broker, went back to school, at West Georgia and earned two degrees in psychology. Just for fun, he coached linebackers as a graduate assistant. His fi erceness and passion seemed trans-ferable. He could have been good at that.

In a strange move, this man who hurt people on football fi elds became a health-care professional. He is assessment coordina-tor for psychiatric services at Emory University Hospi-tal in Atlanta. He remains interested in old teammates and UT functions.

Reynolds was cut from different cloth. He was for-ever motivated by fear of failure. Even late in his NFL days, after many accomplish-ments, under his uniform he still wore a tattered T-shirt that said, “Too old, too short, too slow and can’t cover.”

He had heard those criti-cisms and used them as fi rewood. His persona was built on the underdog myth. He was always grumbling, about weather, the high cost of Pepsis and how much his back hurt. He worked at be-ing unhappy. Teammates called him Crazy Jack. He

wasn’t.Reynolds had a long pro

career and saved his money from 11 years with the Los Angeles Rams and four with the San Francisco 49ers. He earned two Super Bowl rings. He was a John Mad-den favorite, an example of “Boom!”

Reynolds was and is a recluse, on an island some-where in an ocean.

That vague reference is unfair. I know where he is, San Salvador in the Baha-mas – unless he is at his Mi-ami home. He chooses pri-vacy. I haven’t seen him in a decade. He has no need for applause, but he is linked with Kiner, whether he likes it or not.

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With the death of former Tennessee Sens. Howard Baker and Harlan Mathews this year, there are now only fi ve living former U.S. sena-tors from Tennessee.

MPC staff morale pointing south

They are, in order of age: Bill Brock, 83; Jim Sasser, 77; Fred Thompson, 72; Al Gore, 66; and Bill Frist, 62.

Brock calls Annapolis, Md., home, but he and his wife, Sandy, spend most of the year on a yacht now, cruising from Maine to Florida according to the time of the year. Thompson lives in northern Virginia and is currently acting on

Broadway. Sasser lives in the District of Columbia, while Gore and Frist both live in Nashville.

Of the living former U.S. senators (there are 165 of them) the oldest is Edward Brooke, the fi rst African-American popularly elected to the U.S. Senate. He is 94 and was elected the same year Howard Baker was also fi rst elected to the Senate in 1966. Elected from Mas-sachusetts, he now lives in Washington, D.C.

The next oldest senators are former astronaut John Glenn of Ohio at 92; Ernest Hollings, 92, of South Caro-lina; Jocelyn Burdick, 92, of North Dakota; Paul Laxalt, 91, of Nevada (now living in Washington, D.C.); James Buckley of New York, 91 (now living in Connecticut); and Bob Dole, 90, of Kan-sas, now living in Washing-ton, D.C. Hollings is also the

second-oldest living former governor. John Patterson of Alabama is the oldest at 92. Tennessee’s own for-mer Gov. Winfi eld Dunn is 87 and in excellent health, living in Nashville with his wife, Betty.

■ Mark Donaldson, director of MPC, must be wondering if his sudden hir-ing of Dave Hill was worth the controversy it has gener-ated. The 15 MPC commis-sioners must be wondering when this will all go away. Probably not until they rein in Donaldson, who appar-ently considers fair employ-ment practices a nuisance to ignore. No one was inter-viewed for the job Hill got.

After he gave the job to his longtime friend Hill without advertising the po-sition or allowing anyone else to apply, Donaldson told this writer he consulted with deputy city mayor Bill

Lyons on the Hill hire, but it seems he only advised Ly-ons he had done it and did not seek his advice. After all, Lyons’s boss, Mayor Rogero, had fi red Hill upon becom-ing mayor. It is unlikely she would be enthused by his return to the City County Building.

Now the only woman in a management position at MPC has been fi red by Don-aldson without explanation. Do not be surprised if Dee Anne Reynolds fi les a law-suit to get her job back plus extra pay.

Taxpayers will pay for this one. A lawsuit could drag on for over a year with frequent news stories. MPC staff morale is at an all-time low.

At some point the 15 MPC commissioners will have to step in and take charge of a situation that is quickly go-ing south. Right now they

say they leave personnel issues to Donaldson. The commissioners bear ulti-mate responsibility for what he does. This may be a case where Mayors Burchett and Rogero have to tell the 15 commissioners (whom they appointed) that enough is enough. They did this a few years back when they jointly told Gloria Ray to depart the former Sports Corporation.

■ When Commission-er Richard Briggs and Sen. Stacey Campfi eld spoke to the Knox County Repub-lican Women in Bearden, few differences emerged from their remarks.

Campfi eld spoke well and benefi ted by Briggs failing to outline differences between the two. Only soft questions were thrown from the au-dience. A guest without a background in Knox politics could be forgiven for think-ing the two opponents were ideologically identical.

■ Gordon Ball, Demo-cratic candidate for U.S.

Senate, who says his net worth is between $10 mil-lion and $20 million (but probably higher), had failed as of July 11 to fi le a person-al fi nancial statement with the U.S. Senate Ethics Com-mittee.

He asked for a 60-day ex-tension on May 15. All other serious candidates such as Terry Adams, Lamar Al-exander and Joe Carr have fi led disclosure forms. Me-dia have given Ball a pass. His principal primary op-ponent, Terry Adams, has not raised this issue either, which is amazing.

Education meetingBig happenings at 6 p.m.

Tuesday, July 22, at Central High School. Seems school board member Mike McMil-lan has arranged for state Rep. Harry Brooks and oth-ers to meet with teachers to discuss state education policy.

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Leland Price joined the Tennessee Army National Guard in 1999 as a JAG officer in the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment headquartered in Knoxville.

He deployed with the 278th to Iraq as part of Operation

Iraqi Freedom III in 2004 and 2005, acting as the

regiment’s Administrative Law Officer. He received the

Army Commendation Medal for exemplary service

during his deployment. While working with local

officials in Iraq, Leland learned first hand how important

it was to have local leaders with integrity who seek to

promote the interests of the entire community and not

just themselves or their extended clan.

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Pat Armstrong stands in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian

Church. In the background is a mosaic of Christ.

Shopper interns Abbey Underwood, Zoe Risley, Katie Sasse, Lakin Scott and Charlie Hamilton

listen as Rabbi Mathew Michaels describes how the Torah is written out by hand. Photos by R. White

A rare photo of Sonja DuBois

as a child.

The interns met Holocaust survivor Sonja DuBois and learned of her incredible life story. Pic-

tured are: (front) Abbey Underwood, Kaila Bond, DuBois, Donna Mitchell, Charlie Hamilton;

(back) Katie Sasse, Lakin Scott, Zoe Risley and Joshua Mode.

A day of faithBy Sara Barrett

First Presbyterian Church is considered “Knoxville’s fi rst church,” founded in 1792 and built in 1812 on James White’s fi eld of turnips. Church member Pat Armstrong gave the in-terns a behind-the-scenes look and a peek inside the adjacent graveyard.

The building has under-gone several renovations throughout the years, but there have been only 15 ministers since the church began. During the Civil War, the Union army occu-pied the building – letting their horses graze in the graveyard – for three years.

Armstrong likened the

church’s infrastructure to that of our nation’s govern-ment. “The deacons look after operations sort of like Congress, and the elders would be the senators,” said Armstrong. The interns learned that seven U.S. presidents were Presbyte-rian, and the only minister who signed the Declaration of Independence was Pres-byterian.

In keeping with the theme of the day, Arm-strong discussed the beliefs of the Presbyterian Church and the change in atten-dance at FPC. He said he and his wife have lived in the same house since 1969, and he used to look out his

Sonja DuBois: SurvivorBy Zoe Risley

Sonja DuBois is a Holo-caust survivor. It may be a simple sentence, but it holds so much meaning.

DuBois showed the Shop-per interns a photo of Ney-land Stadium, which has approximately 100,000 seats. Fill the stadium up 60 times. That’s how many

Jews died in the Holocaust. Six million people. To not be one of those people is amaz-ing.

When most people tell their story of the Holocaust they tell what happened during the war. She did tell us all that, but she took it further. She told us how the policies of Nazi Germany

impacted her life long-term.DuBois was born in 1940

in Holland, just months after the war had started. When her parents regis-tered as Jews, they didn’t register her.

She was barely two when her parents boarded a train and left without her. They had entrusted their daugh-

■ Inspired at Temple Beth ElRabbi Mathew Michaels

met with the interns at Temple Beth El Synagogue and gave us a crash course on the Jewish culture and customs.

Intern Kaila Bonds asked why Jewish men wear the yamaka, and the Rabbi ex-plained it was to show hu-mility. “What does a man do with his hat when he enters a church?” asked the Rabbi. The interns said men re-

move their hats upon enter-ing to show reverence.

“We cover our heads for the same reason,” he said. “All these religions you’re looking at, the themes are the same. The motifs may be different, but the rea-sons are the same. Just because something is dif-ferent, doesn’t mean it’s bet-ter or worse, right or wrong … it just means it’s not the same.”

Rabbi Michaels showed the group what a torah looks like, and explained why the

pointer tool used to follow along while reading is made of silver. Only soft metals can touch the torah, noth-ing hard that could be used to make a weapon of war. He also explained when a reli-gious item is no longer us-able it is customary to bury the item as a human would be buried upon death.

The Rabbi invited the interns back for service on Friday evening, and a few of them were planning to at-tend. Info: tbeknox.org.

Coexisting in Knoxville

By Donna MitchellLast week I wrote about

how boring I felt Knoxville was. And then I was proven wrong again by digging a little deeper into the history of the city.

The interns visited three houses of worship located within a few miles of one an-other. Our fi rst stop was the oldest church in Knoxville, First Presbyterian Church. This church houses the Community School of the Arts program (though it is not a part of the church) and relics from a member’s time in Africa. It has the founder of Knoxville, James White, buried in the graveyard.

Next, we visited the Temple Beth El where we saw original handwritten Hebrew scrolls adorned in silver and walls lined with amazing stained glass win-dows. Our last visit was to the Saint George Greek Or-thodox Church. The sanctu-ary is covered from wall to wall with beautiful images of Jesus, the apostles, and St. George.

As Rabbi Michaels from Temple Beth El put it, “di-versity should be celebrat-ed.” That is the real message behind any religion; we are all different, but still wor-ship for the same purpose.

At lunch, Holocaust sur-vivor Sonja DuBois looked at us around the table with solemn eyes and pleaded we make a difference. “Hate is a lack of knowledge,” she said.

“You are the leaders of tomorrow; the popular way is not always the right way. “

It really is such a great thing that not only Knox-ville, but the country we live in allows us to have as many places of worship as we please. Kingston Pike, commonly known as “the church street,” is home to a mosque, a Greek Orthodox Church, and a Unitarian church right next to one an-other.

The best part of it all is that they can coexist next to each other. That’s the way it should be. Embrace the di-versity.

window and know which church each family on his street attended. Nowadays, not so much.

“I guess it is just a cultur-al change, and there are a lot of independent churches starting up,” he said.

A walk through the graveyard shows sunken tombstones and trees so old and fragile they are held to-gether with cables.

The oldest marked grave is William Blount’s from 1800. An inviting concrete bench is tucked in a corner where passersby may be tempted to rest a while.

“We encourage people to come in and walk around,” said Armstrong of the yard holding about 240 graves. “We’re located right on the corner of Church (Avenue)and State (Street). How ironic is that?” Info: www.fpcknox.org.Sara Barrett coordinates the intern pro-

gram for Shopper-News. Info: barretts@

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ter to a family friend. Both were murdered in Aus-chwitz that same year. Both were just 29.

Sonja became a hidden child, putting everyone who gave her sanctuary at risk.

She lived with a childless Christian couple and moved with them whenever some-one questioned them about their daughter, the only girl in her class with dark hair. She was kept well hidden.

Since Sonja was an un-documented child, a pe-diatrician gave her secret checkups and a woman with a cow brought her cooked milk (which DuBois said she absolutely hated). She attributes her survival to the lack of communication at the time and the Lord’s value on her life.

Even though Sonja sur-vived one of the darkest times in history, she still felt she was in the dark. She didn’t know much about her birth parents and didn’t have any memories of them. She had always had a sense of emptiness about where her parents were.

When Sonja and her foster parents prepared to emigrate, they needed her to sign a passport. Her real name was Clara. She didn’t know her real name until she was 12. She only saw a picture of her parents once when she was 6 and from then until 1999, when she contacted one of her distant relatives, she knew little about her parents and that haunted her for a long time. She met with her aunt Alice who told her about her fam-ily.

Sonja DuBois doesn’t just share her story for kicks.

I asked if she thought telling her story would help prevent racial hatred and genocides in the future. She said, “If two people in a group of people I’m talking to realize when they have to make a tough decision, that what is popular is not always right.”

She wants people to be advocates for racial equal-ity. “It is your job, when you see someone being bullied or shunned, to let an adult know or to get to know the person being picked on.

Most of racial hatred comes from a lack of knowledge.”

People talk about what they lose when they go through a horrible circum-stance. Sonja DuBois gained thankfulness. She says out loud everyday “Thank you

Lord.” Sonja is so grateful to have her life. She is g rateful to be a survivor.

To invite DuBois to speak to your club or organization, email her at ronson@knol-ogy.net.

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Working on Issues that Matter to YouA Personal Message from Congressman Duncan

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Early voting: July 18-Aug. 2Primary Election Day: Aug. 7

Defending the Constitution I took an oath to uphold and defend the Constitution, and that is exactly what I work to do each day. I especially focus on protecting our Second Amendment rights and securing our borders against illegal immigration.

Balanced Budget I don’t believe in spending money we don’t have. With one of the most fiscally conservative voting records in Congress, I consistently vote to reduce government spending in order to protect Social Security and control the federal debt.

Growing our Economy I want to eliminate government over-regulation so more businesses can open and expand, creating better jobs for Americans. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce endorsed my re election, saying it will “produce sustained economic growth, help create jobs and get our country back on track.”

Repealing Obamacare I believe the biggest problem with the so-called Affordable Care Act is that it is unaffordable already. I will continue to speak out against it at every opportunity, and I believe our federal dollars are better spent on things like improving care for our nation’s veterans.

America First I oppose spending billions of dollars on people in foreign countries who hate us. We need to stop trying to take care of the whole world and start taking care of our own country and putting the American people first, once again.

By Alvin NanceA single request for help

sparked a decade of volun-teerism for Bill Clan-ton, who e m b o d i e s the commu-nity aspect of KCDC.

Clanton, senior asset manager for Knoxville’s

Community Development Corporation, has volun-teered at the East Tennessee Community Design Cen-ter annual Jackson Avenue Fundraiser and Tour for more than 10 years. Clanton and some 20 of his fellow KCDC employees support the event by serving food, conducting tours and giving directions.

“The ETCDC are a great bunch of people, and I like what they’re doing with the downtown area,” Clan-ton said. “The ETCDC has enjoyed our volunteers so much that they ask for KCDC specifi cally. They ask for me by name now.”

This year’s downtown fundraiser and tour was re-located from its typical loca-tion on the 100 or 500 block of Gay Street to The Stan-dard on Jackson Avenue. The fundraiser featured hors d’oeuvres, a silent auc-tion and exclusive tours of residences and businesses on Jackson Avenue.

Clanton fi rst got involved with the Community Design Center when coworker Ash-ley Ogle approached him about working the annual fundraiser. Clanton said it was his fi rst introduc-

tion to volunteerism, and after that, he was hooked. Over the past decade, he

has served on KCDC’s Com munity I n v o l v e -ment Com-m i t t e e , which orga-nizes KCDC volunteers for various c h a r i t i e s

throughout the community. He served as KCDC’s United Way loaned executive and on the board of the Smoky Mountain Council of the Blind.

“KCDC introduced me to the world of volunteerism where you can support a good cause and have fun all at the same time,” Clanton said. “I’ve been in the hous-ing industry for 30 years and worked for several em-ployers. KCDC is the most giving company I’ve ever worked for.”

Our KCDC employees do-nate their time every year to worthy organizations. The CIC, whose members include Jack Canada, Beth Bacon, Eugene Littlejohn, Shana Love, Jennifer Bell, Lisa Weddle, Tiara Webb and Joy Russell, plan vol-unteer opportunities at or-ganizations like the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Ten-nessee Valley, the American Diabetes Association, the Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee and many more.

I am proud of the em-ployees who, like Bill Clan-ton, have discovered that volunteering your time for worthy causes is both ful-fi lling and fun.

KCDC employees embrace community

Nance

News from Knoxville’s Community Development Corporation (KCDC)

Bill Clanton

Chefs at Smoking J’s: Melvin Spencer and Jeff Minor, who is also the owner.

Mynatt acquires Paramount U-Li-KaChris Mynatt, owner of Halls Cleaners and Robbins’ Cleaners in Fountain City, has expanded the business once again with the purchase of Paramount U-Li-Ka Cleaners at 741 N. Broadway at Central Avenue. Mynatt, pictured with employee Debbie Trent, said the business name will remain the same and that the building is currently under construction as part of a reno-vation plan in the area. Info: 523-7111.

You’re traveling east down Rutledge Pike (U.S. Highway 11W) toward north Chilhowee Drive. Your stomach’s been growling for a while. There on your right, at 5200 Rutledge Pike, is the newly painted, white- and red-trimmed eatery known as Smoking J’s B-B-Q & Catering, its grand-opening sign and fl uttering banners announcing the arrival of a “new” business.

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Smoking J’s B-B-Q: Rutledge Pike rebirth

The eatery is located on the site of the former B&D Barbecue, a restaurant that closed some two years ago when the owner, Jeff Minor, fell ill. His daughter-in-law Natalie donated a kidney to help papa Jeff recover.

Jeff is better today, and the BBQ team is back. And they are smoking!

As you pull into Smoking J’s parking lot that smoky goodness wafts your way. Yes, you need to be here. The cheerful tan interior is lined with several booths and tables and graced by an artistic wall mural.

Minor, assistant chef Melvin Spencer, or em-ployees Ed or Lonnie greet you at the pass-through order window inside. The electronic menu above you sports slabs of pork ribs and pulled pork, smoked chicken, chicken salad, grilled and fried wings, a brisket sandwich, as well as pig burgers, turkey legs and sandwiches, hot dogs and lots of sides.

As you contemplate your main lunch or dinner selec-tion (they are open six days a week), you are wonder-ing about all those sides. In

addition to the traditional baked and green beans, slaw, fries and potato salad, you see grilled corn, grilled cabbage and fried okra. There are four barbecue sauces, from sweet to hot, to try on your chosen meal.

So place your order. Eat in or take some to go. You’ve got gastronomic work to do!

Flashback to the 1970s. Did that item “pig burgers” ring a bell? It should.

Turns out both cooks, Chef Jeff and Chef Melvin, worked at Brother Jack’s shack on University Avenue, the home of the original pig burger, smothered in on-ions. Melvin was Brother Jack’s grandson, and he started working there after school some four decades ago, when he was 12 years old. There is barbecue in the blood!

My new Tennessee friends steered me to Broth-er Jack’s place on Universi-ty, east of Western Avenue, in the ’70s to try his ribs. That “shack” wasn’t much to look at. The location was challenging. But you left Jack’s with a foiled-lined shoebox heaped with sauce-slathered ribs, topped with

several slices of bread to sop up the juices.

Jack is gone, but his pig burger lives on here at Smoking J’s. Jeff’s ribs have that lean, juicy smoked fl a-vor that you develop with hours in the smoker. Yum!

Smoking J’s owner also plans to open a check cash-ing/payment center, called Simply Cash, inside the store once the eatery set-tles into its routine. Simply Cash will cash checks, issue Western Union money or-ders and accept utility bill payments. An unusual com-bo? Sure. But that’s what en-trepreneurs like Jeff Minor do. They take risks and get to call the shots. They sur-vive and thrive by innova-tion.

So dig in. And pass the hot sauce!

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THROUGH SATURDAY, JULY 19Early registration for Upward Football/

Cheer signups, $75. Registration between July 19 and Aug. 11, $90. Info/to register and pay: 219-8673; www.corrytonchurch.com and go to the “Upward” link; on Facebook, Corryton Church Upward Sports League; Twitter, @CorrytonUpward.

THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 27“Thumbelina” presented by the Knoxville Chil-

dren’s Theatre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. Performances: 7 p.m. Thursdays and Friday; 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays; 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/reservations: 208-3677 or www.knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com.

TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS THROUGH AUG. 2

Free chess camp for ages 5-18, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., St. Luke Episcopal Church, 600 S. Chestnut St. Light snack served. Space limited. To register: Michael Moore, mmoore4ube@gmail.com or 360-6706.

THROUGH SATURDAY, AUG. 23Registration open for Lakeside of the

Smokies Triathlon: 1.5k open-water swim on Douglas Lake, 40k bike ride on rolling rural roads and 10k run on rolling roads. Info/to register: 250-3618 or http://racedayevents.net/events/lakeside-of-the-smokies-triathlon/.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16Knox County Veterans Services Outreach

program, 9-10 a.m., Halls Senior Center, 4405 Crip-pen Road. One-on-one assistance to veterans and fam-ily members; explain VA benefi ts, answer questions, and assist veterans and family member with fi ling for

VA benefi ts.

THURSDAY, JULY 17Gospel singer Ivan Parker in concert, 7 p.m.,

Christ UMC, 7535 Maynardville Highway. Concert spon-sored by United Methodist Men. Tickets: $10, available at the church. Info: 922-1412.

Summer Library Club presents magician Mi-chael Messing, 4 p.m., Corryton Branch Library, 7733 Corryton Road. Info: 688-1501.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY, JULY 17-19“Christmas in July” sale, Fountain City Art Cen-

ter, 213 Hotel Ave. Times: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday; 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. Includes holiday decorations of all kinds and a small selection of art supplies. Info: 357-2787.

FRIDAY, JULY 18Farm Fresh Fridays: Union County Farmers Mar-

ket, 4-7 p.m., downtown Maynardville. Info: 992-8038.Concert on the Commons, 7-9 p.m., Norris

Town Commons. Featuring: Naughty Knots. Bring a lawn chair, blanket and picnic basket. Info/schedule: www.facebook.com/pages/Concerts-On-The-Com-mons/210787865610690 or www.cityofnorris.com.

Ranger Mike from Norris Dam, 12:15-2 p.m., May-nardville Public Library, 296 Main St. Info: 992-7106.

For the Love of Sushi cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $60 per person. Limited space. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

Summer Library Club presents magician Mi-chael Messing, 2 p.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Canning Techniques and Home Food Pres-ervation, 3:15-4:30 p.m., Humana Guidance Center, 4438 Western Ave. Presented by UT Extension Service. Free and open to the public. Info/schedule of activities: 329-8892.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JULY 18-19Red Gate Rodeo, Red Gate Horse Farm, 2353 May-

nardville Highway in Maynardville. Gates open 5 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday. Info: 992-3303.

SATURDAY, JULY 19Cades Cove tour with Bill Landry, 9 a.m.,

departing from the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend. Tickets: $50 per person; includes light snacks and a cold beverage. Reservations required: 448-8838.

Thunder Road Gospel Jubilee, 7 p.m., WMRD 94.5 FM, 1388 Main St., Maynardville. All pickers and

singers welcome.Yoga, 9-10:15 a.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy

Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road., Washburn. Bring yoga/Pilates mat, towel, water. No fee; donations accepted. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

Old Fashioned Gospel Singing, 7:30 p.m., Rid-geview Heights Baptist Church, 7809 Ridgeview Road in Corryton. Everyone invited. Info/directions: 712-1835.

Church rummage sale, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Gillespie Avenue Baptist Church, 1701 Gillespie Ave. Fundraiser for mission trip.

Master Gardening: Propagating Shrubs, 10:30 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Laurie Fisher, 11 a.m., Fountain City Branch Library, 5300 Stanton Road. Info: 689-2681.

Saturday Stories and Songs: Melissa Mastro-giovanni, 11 a.m., Powell Branch Library, 330 West Emory Road. Info: 947-6210.

A Gathering of Women, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Narrow Ridge Earth Literacy Center, 1936 Liberty Hill Road, Washburn. Info: Mitzi Wood-Von Mizener, 497-3603 or www.narrowridge.org.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 19-20Kitten and cat adoption fair, noon-6 p.m., West

Town PetSmart adoption center, 214 Morrell Road. Host-ed by the Feral Feline Friends of East Tennessee every Saturday and Sunday. Info: www.feralfelinefriends.org.

SUNDAY, JULY 20Michael & Delilah Kitts and Lauren Kitts in

concert, 6 p.m., New Beverly Baptist Church, 3320 New Beverly Baptist Church Road. Love offering will be taken. Info: 546-0001 or www.newbeverly.org.

Homecoming service, 10:30 a.m., Pleasant Gap Baptist Church, 4311 Pleasant Gap Drive. No Sunday school or evening service. Everyone welcome.

TUESDAY, JULY 22Summer Reading Program: Fire Safety Fun

Fest with the Luttrell Volunteer Fire Department, 1 p.m., Luttrell Public Library. Info: 992-0208.

La Technique Herbs and Spices cooking class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Avanti Savoia, 7610 Maynardville Pike. Cost: $50 per person. Limited space. Info/to register: 922-9916 or www.avantisavoia.com.

STFK Science Café meeting, 5:30 p.m., Knoxville Zoo. Topic: “Bog Turtle” presented by Brad Moxley, the lead keeper in the Department of Herpetology at the Knoxville Zoo. Kids ages 5-12 invited to the Kid’s Café during the pre-sentation. Space limited. RSVP to rsvp@knoxsciencecafe.org. Info: http://sciencecafe.spirit-and-truth.net.

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