IN THIS ISSUE

Inky wows themAs an inspirational speaker,

Inky Johnson is so hot he sets off alarms.

Actually, Johnson had help from an errant student on Wednesday at South-Doyle Middle School. Someone pulled a fi re alarm shortly after Johnson fi nished speaking to his second of two assemblies. He ended up waiting outside with his awestruck fans as members of the Knoxville Fire Department checked out the school.

➤ Read Betsy Pickle’s story on 6

Bottleneck uncorked

How many times have you sat through 3 or 4 traffi c light cycles on Millertown Pike, in order to travel a quarter mile and get over that narrow creek bridge at rush hour? “Too many” is probably your answer!

➤ Read Nicky D. on page 7

Striking the bandSeldom does the University

of Tennessee create what has become a food fi ght between top leaders on campus but that is what has happened with the exchange of comments be-tween Pride of the Southland Marching Band director Gary Sousa (now on paid adminis-trative leave) and UT Chancel-lor Jimmy Cheek.

➤ Read Victor Ashe on page 4

Coppock on adoption

She is cited in Tennessee courts anytime an adoption case is being heard.

Dawn Coppock didn’t start out to become adoption attor-ney, but was set on that course when she took on an interstate adoption early in her career, even though she wasn’t sure how to proceed because Ten-nessee’s adoption statues were not clear.

➤ See Betty Bean’s story on page 3

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By Sandra ClarkMayor Madeline Rogero dis-

played political acumen in besting Mayor Tim Burchett, arguably the county’s best politician, in a fi ght that did not have to be.

Burchett and Rogero initially stood together against the James

White Parkway extension, but Burchett retreated to a position of “let the people be heard” by sup-porting TDOT’s strategic ploy of a slight redesign and a call for pub-

lic hearings.When Rogero knocked the es-

timated $100 million extension off the Transportation Planning Organization’s priority list, both Burchett and Sevier County May-or Larry Waters were absent and the Knox County representative

JWP: Still deadAnalysis

voted with Rogero.But last Wednesday, Waters

tried to get the JWP extension back into the TPO’s priority list (without which it cannot receive federal funds). Burchett seconded his motion and then went down in fl ames on a 3-10 vote. Brad An-ders, Knox County commissioner from Karns and Hardin Valley, also voted yes.

And then, Burchett voted with Waters on the short end of a 12-2 vote to adopt the priority list with-

out the JWP extension.It’s clear by his votes, if not his

words, where Burchett stood. Hestood on the side of road builders,Sevier County and perhaps someKnox County businesses at JohnSevier Highway and beyond. Hestood against local businesses onChapman Highway from down-town to John Sevier. He stood forthe past and against those whohave invested in South Knoxville’sfuture – the urban wilderness.

Luckily, Rogero won.

By Betsy PickleIn a tribute coming not quite

two months after the 50th anni-versary of his friend Martin Lu-ther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Harold A. Middle-brook Sr. will receive the Whitney M. Young Jr. Lifetime Achieve-ment Award from the Knoxville Area Urban League.

The Urban League’s Equal Op-portunity Awards Gala will be held Thursday at the Knoxville Convention Center. Middlebrook,

71, who was be-friended by the King family when he was a student at Morehouse Col-lege in Atlanta in the early 1960s, has been involved in the civil-rights movement since he was a teenager

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Committee and participated in sit-ins in Atlanta. He later directed the Southern Christian Leader-ship Conference’s fi eld offi ce in Selma, Ala.

While supporting a strike by municipal employees in Memphis in 1968, Middlebrook helped bring King to town to inspire strikers. It was when King returned to Mem-phis to revisit the strikers the next month that he was shot and killed. Middlebrook was a witness to the assassination, but the tragedy To page 3

By Sandra ClarkRobert Booker is back at the

Beck Cultural Exchange Cen-ter and he promises to “dazzle.” Booker has been involved with the center since its founding in 1975 in the home of the late James and Ethel Beck. A student leader at Knoxville College and later a 3-term state representative, Book-er is a historian and general man about town.

Booker calls going back as ex-ecutive director at Beck “a labor of love.” The center is a repository of African-American history and lore, much of it compiled by Book-er himself.

“We can compete with anybody (in the African-American Muse-um Association). I want Knoxville to be proud of that,” Booker said.

The Becks were fi erce competi-tors, he said. Mr. Beck was a Re-publican; she was a Democrat who often bragged of canceling his votes. He was a fee-grabber (sort of an adjunct law enforcement job) and a baseball player; she was state president for the Col-ored PTA. Both worked hard and had rental property and a working farm.

Get him started and Booker will talk about Ethel Beck and Evelyn Hazen, a white woman

who lived just up the street (and once sued a lover who jilted her for breach of promise. She won.) “They were from two dif-ferent worlds, but were a lot alike,” says Booker.

After serving in the Legislature from 1966 to 1971, Booker came home to work as administrative assistant to then-Mayor Kyle Testerman, a job he remembers as being “everything he didn’t want to do.”

Booker was executive director

Booker promises ‘dazzle’ at Beck

Middlebrook

made him more determined than ever to devote himself to the cause of civil rights.

He moved to Knoxville in 1977 to pastor Mount Calvary Baptist Church. In 1980 he started Ca-naan Baptist Church of Christ, and in 1986 he founded the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Commission of Greater Knoxville, which he chaired until 2000.

The lifetime achievement award

of the Beck Center for 16 years, leaving in 1998. He fi lled in for 10 months as a member of City Coun-cil when Mark Brown became a magistrate and before Daniel Brown was elected.

The Beck Center has had some recent negative publicity and Mayor Tim Burchett cut its county funding. Booker says that’s in the past.

He’s looking to fulfi ll Beck’s mission to research and exhibit lo-cal black history. He wants 5,000 members generating $75,000 an-nually. He wants to join with Visit

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Booker

The new courtyard at Knox Area

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secure gathering place for homeless

individuals and families. The court-

yard also has restroom facilities and

charging stations for cell phones

and wheelchairs.

Burt, Carolyn and Jeremy Rosen

dedicate the new courtyard at Knox

Area Rescue Ministries. The area

is called NaNew’s Courtyard after

the Rosen’s oldest son, Matthew.

Younger brother Jeremy couldn’t

say Matthew’s name when he was

little and it came out as “NaNew”. Photos by Ruth White

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“I told them to give me two things. I wanted to go home for Christmas and to be done with treatments in time for camp in June,” said Curley. “They gave me both.”

Curley fi nished chemotherapy just in time to make a trip home to Boston and Maine for Christmas. And by “camp,” Curley means the Kiwanis Club Fresh Air Camp of Knoxville, which she has direct-ed for the last 21 years. Curley had always taken off time from her full-time job in social work to direct the camp, which pro-vides area low-income and spe-cial needs children a week each of summer fun.

“We host 36 kids per week, and we had 150 kids this summer,” she said. “It’s in the middle of the city, so the kids don’t go that far from home. But they still get a week away from Mom and Dad, with arts and crafts and fun.”

In fact, it was during Kiwanis Camp in June 2012 that Curley fi rst felt a lump in her breast.

“I already had a mammogram set up for July, so I didn’t worry about it. But by the time I got to the mammogram, it was huge. They said it was a fast growing tu-mor,” she said.

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“The Cancer Transitions Pro-gram is designed to serve patients who have no evidence of disease after treat-ment, two weeks to two years after-ward,” said Linda Kuhns, a registered nurse and director of the program.

The Cancer Tran-sitions Program was developed by the Cancer Support Community and Livestrong Foundation and is avail-able for use by facilities that work with cancer patients. At Thompson, it is provided free of charge and is funded by the TCSC Foundation.

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Topics covered include exercise, good nutrition and emotional, medi-cal and spiritual issues that affect people after cancer. Every partici-pant is given a workbook to use as well.

“The Thompson Cancer Transi-tions Program began in 2012, but it has already become an important part of healing for many patients,” said Kuhns.

“We used to say congratulations you’re done with chemo, we’ll see you in a month,” said Kuhns. “But now, we realize that surviving cancer is a lot like having post-traumatic stress disorder. They’ve just fought a battle for their lives. When it’s over, it’s not really over.

“It’s not like you can fl ip a switch and be back to normal,” said Kuhns. “People take six months to a year to get over treatment.”

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A mammogram in July 2012 found a tumor in Sheena Curley’s breast. After six rounds

of chemotherapy, a mastectomy and 33 radiation treatments, Curley is now living her

“new normal.”

mammograms, and I had never skipped a year. I will never do that again,” she added.

Curley’s treatment involved six rounds of chemotherapy, a mas-tectomy and 33 radiation treat-

ments, over the span of about six months. After treatment, she was exhausted.

“Throughout treatment I was constantly going. There were only eight days in August that I didn’t have a doctor’s appoint-ment!” Curley said. “I went for six months of treatment without really thinking about what can-cer was – just going to appoint-ments. I never had time to think about it.”

After treatment was over, Cur-ley’s doctor recommended Thomp-son’s Cancer Transitions Program, a free information program and support group for patients fi nish-ing cancer treatments.

Over six weeks, the program of-fered sessions on nutrition, stress management, and emotional and medical issues for cancer survi-vors.

“I was a non-exercise person, and I am now walking four to fi ve days a week, a mile and a half,” said Curley, who lost almost 30 pounds during and after treatment.

“You’ve got to change your life. You’ve got to get leaner to keep the cancer away, and you have to build strength,” Curley said. “The chemotherapy and radiation zaps your fatigue levels. I still have days when I do too much.”

Curley said the Cancer Tran-sitions Program also helped her discern what was most important in life. She quit her full-time job in May and today focuses on spend-ing time with her husband, Wil-

liam, directing the Kiwanis Camp in the summer and volunteering with children at Jefferson City Christian Church, where she at-tends.

“I was a workaholic,” said Cur-ley. “Now, I’m doing things formyself. That’s what cancer taught me, you have to do some things foryourself.”

Curley said the Cancer Tran-sitions Program was also an im-portant source of friendship. Thegroup had mostly breast cancerpatients but a few who had battledother types of cancers as well.

“It’s so important to have a sup-port group,” said Curley. “I had my church friends, my prayer group and my family, but you really do need to have other cancer patients involved in your care.

“I’ve always been more of a giv-er than a taker,” she said. “I alwaysneeded to be doing for someone, so cancer was hard for me because I had to ask for help. But I havemade some wonderful friends Ididn’t even know I had until I hadcancer. God blesses you always inbad times.”

Curley said the Cancer Transi-tions Program at Thompson Can-cer Survival Center was an impor-tant part of her recovery.

She said she would recommend it to anyone fi nishing treatment.

“It’s OK to be different aftercancer,” she said. “The CancerTransitions Program helped mefi nd my ‘new normal.’ ”

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Harold Middlebrook From page 1

is named in honor of the fourth executive director (1961-71) of the National Ur-ban League. Past recipients have included Love Kitchen founders Helen Ashe and Ellen Turner, author, histo-rian and former legislator Robert Booker and educator

Sarah Moore Greene.Other awards will be

presented for volunteer of the year, minority business and corporate leadership. Jazz artist Boney James, a three-time Grammy Award nominee, will be the gala’s featured musical guest.

The awards gala, a major fundraiser for the Knoxville Area Urban League, begins with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and enter-tainment at 7 p.m. Individual tickets are $200. For tickets and info, call 524-5511.

The Disc Exchange will cel-ebrate its 26th birthday on Fri-day with – surprise – music!

Actually, the music will be live, so that’s not something the store at 2615 Chapman Highway has every day. But the Birthday Bash, combined with Customer Appreciation Day, is special.

As previously announced, the Band of Heathens will begin playing at 5:30 p.m. The group will feature songs from its new album, “Sunday Morning Re-cord.”

Continuing in that new-mu-

sic vein, Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors will perform songs from the new album “Good Light.” Their set begins at 6:15 p.m.

The party will feature free beer compliments of Eagle Dis-tributing and food compliments of Quiznos.

■ Spooky stuff Got a thrills-and-chills itch

you need to scratch? “A Haunt-ing at Ramsey House” takes place 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22.

Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike, has been around since 1797, so even in broad day-light its walls have their share of stories to tell. But Jennifer Alexander of B97.5 and Night Moon Productions is bringing her friends from FrightWorks to amp up the spookiness (suitable for families, of course).

Ramsey House’s resident

spooks and spirits will guide visitors through the haunted rooms, where local celebrities and storytellers will share ghost stories.

William Bass of Body Farm fame – aka half of the Jefferson Bass writing team – will be on site to sign books, which visitors can bring from home or pur-chase at the event.

Guests can vote on their fa-vorite Halloween-decorated cake in the Visitors Center. Many of the cakes will be avail-able for purchase. There will also be snacks, and there’ll be a campfi re where all can enjoy s’mores.

Cost is $10 per person. Info: www.ramseyhouse.org or 546-0745.

■ New home for adult educationKnox County Schools will

hold open house for its adult education program from 2-3 Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Knoxville Center Mall near JCPenney. The program has relocated from Historic Knoxville High School.

The renovated space at the mall is 7,500 square feet and provides seven classrooms, a computer lab, a teacher work-room and three offi ces. Technol-ogy will be incorporated into the curriculum as a teaching tool. Nancy Seely is the adult educa-tion supervisor.

CHURCH NOTES

Fundraisers ■ City View Baptist

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Oct. 29. All Proceeds will

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Knoxville to drive tourism, and he plans publicity in national magazines. The cur-rent exhibit features pictures from James and Ethel Beck.

An upcoming exhibit will highlight the life and times of former U.S. District Judge William H. Hastie, who was born in Knoxville and became the fi rst African-American federal judge, appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Judge Hastie earned his law degree from Har-vard University. He later was assistant solicitor of the Department of the Interior and a professor at Howard University Law School.

Booker will invite his children to Knox-ville to launch the exhibit.

“The Beck Center is in a beautiful and spacious new building with its valuable collections in boxes and hidden away from visitors and researchers alike,” Booker said.

“People who visit here should be daz-zled by what the center has to offer. That includes those who come for a reception, a dance or a meeting of any kind. The Beck mission should always be at the forefront of any activity held on these premises.”

Beck is open Tuesdays through Satur-days from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Info: (865) 524-8461or beckcenter.net.

Robert Booker From page 1

By Betty BeanShe is cited in Tennessee

courts anytime an adoption case is being heard.

Dawn Coppock didn’t start out to become adop-tion attorney, but was set on that course when she took on an interstate adop-tion early in her career, even though she wasn’t sure how to proceed because Tennes-see’s adoption statues were not clear.

“It was technically a fairly diffi cult case, but at that stage, everything was hard,” she said. “I fi gured it out and I did it correctly. At that time there was a fax network of adoption law-yers, and somebody put in the fax, ‘We fi nally found somebody that can get a kid out of Tennessee.’

“After that, I started get-ting calls. It felt like a fl uke at the time, but I started working with birth moms, particularly when the kids were going out of state.”

Coppock said working with birth mothers is her fa-vorite part of the job.

“What they expect is some gray-haired man in a suit to fold his arms and say, ‘Little lady, how did you get into this trouble?’”

She collects pictures and mementos for the children, and compiles a good medi-cal history.

The scales are heav-ily weighted in favor of the adoptive parents, except for one important factor.

“The mother’s got the

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baby. It’s a delicate and interesting dynamic. You want to empower her, but you don’t want to motivate her to be opportunistic to the rather sacred thing that’s going down.”

After Coppock became known for her expertise, she started doing seminars for lawyers who were inter-ested in adoption law. After awhile, she compiled her seminar materials and sent them to Michie Law Pub-lishing (now Lexis Nexis) as a book proposal.

“They immediately said yes.”

She called it “Tennessee Adoption Law with Forms and Statutes.”

“I hadn’t been out of law school 10 years, so they weren’t going to call it ‘Coppock’ on anything. But when the second edi-tion came out, they called it ‘Coppock on Tennessee Adoption Law with Forms and Statutes.’ For a long time it was the second best-selling law book in the state, the first being Don Paine’s ‘Tennessee Law of Evidence.’ For a while the judiciary bought it for all the judges.”

Most adoption lawyers also do divorce cases, some-thing Coppock did during her early years as a lawyer, and didn’t enjoy.

She got her undergradu-

ate degree at Carson-New-man, earned a business degree, took a job at IBM near Washington, D.C., and started applying to law schools. She ended up at William & Mary, graduated one Saturday, was mar-ried the next, and worked for Rainwater, Humble and Vowell in Knoxville for 6 years before striking out on her own.

In recent years, she’s made headlines with the Scenic Vistas Act, a reli-giously based anti-moun-taintop coal removal bill she wrote and lobbied (so far, unsuccessfully) for 5 years.

She says there’s little con-nection between political work and her legal career.

“The only way the two intersect is a few years ago I picked six easy-to-pass little Band-Aids we could stick in the code, and I passed six adoption bills in my spare time,” she said. “Legislators ask me ques-tions about child welfare related bills, and when I’m in Nashville, I can do adop-tion work also.”

And that is important.“People want to feel good

about how they become par-ents and how they give a child up. They want to feel

that the process had integ-rity and that the emotional aspects of it were valued, and I can do that. Some-times I work with adoption lawyers who are sleazy, and I understand the impact of that. It’s a giant, beauti-ful gift you’re giving these people, and all of a sudden it feels dirty and bad. …

“Agencies get paternalis-tic and tell people what they ought to do. I don’t know what to do, but I can talk about choices. When you are able to let the process have that kind of integrity and gravity, you’ve given ev-erybody a gift.”

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Dave Hart, valued at $817,250 plus perks per year as vice chancellor and director of athletics at the University of Tennessee, will return to Tuscaloosa this weekend.

He will be accompanied by Jon Gilbert, executive senior associate athletic director, and Mike Ward, senior associate AD for ad-ministration and sports programs. They came with Hart from Alabama in 2011 and will return for the 96th renewal of the football rival-ry which used to be played on the third Saturday – and was better then.

The trio is highly regard-ed but will not be hailed as conquering heroes. They have captured Bristol and gained some traction but not yet solved all the problems they inherited or created. Legal settlements, contro-versy over traditions and sustained success on the fi elds of play are pending.

Hart, 64, a former bas-ketball guard for the Crim-son Tide, is a career admin-

istrator, widely known and often in the news. Alas, this is no time to compare him with Alabama’s inexperi-enced athletic director, Wil-liam Raines Battle III, al-most 72, a rare one indeed, a former Paul Bryant disciple who once beat the Bear at his own game.

Hart is employed by Ten-nessee. Battle is part of the Tennessee fabric. He came fi rst to Shields-Watkins Field as a player for Ala-bama. He returned as a very young assistant coach, part of the reconstruction of Doug Dickey’s staff after the tragic train wreck of ’65.

Four years later, Bob Woodruff made the mis-take of a lifetime, promot-ing Battle beyond prepara-tion. At 28, he became the replacement for the dearly departed Dickey. He was the youngest head coach in college football. Dr. Andy Holt was surprised. Others raised eyebrows but nobody fainted.

Battle got off to an excel-lent start and was 36-5 after three and a half seasons. He was obviously brilliant, on his way to fame and fortune.

In fact, the bright high-lights of Battle’s coaching career came in his fi rst sea-son, mid and late October 1970 and on Jan. 1.

Tennessee intercepted a school-record eight passes and slugged sagging Ala-bama, 24-0. Bryant and Battle, teacher and student,

hugged and shook hands. It was a memorable occasion but it happened only once.

A week later, the Vols ripped Florida. Dickey took a deep breath and endured. He might have even won-dered if his move was a mis-take.

In the Sugar Bowl, Ten-nessee stunned undefeated Air Force, 34-13. It was the top of Battle’s mountain. Bobby Scott, Curt Watson, Chip Kell, Jackie Walker, Bobby Majors and people like that took him there.

A little later, Ray Trail recruited Condredge Hol-loway and the excitement continued despite a general decline.

Battle recognized what was happening and depart-ed with dignity intact. His exit line, defi ning class, was sensational: “When they run you out of town, make it look like you’re leading the parade.”

He returned as a busi-nessman with a great idea, pointing Tennessee toward considerable earnings in logo licenses and souvenir sales. He became the na-tional leader in collegiate marketing, a genuine legend in that fi eld.

Bill never lost interest in Tennessee. He has helped former players who needed help. He has been back for reunions, funerals and spe-cial events.

In his third career, he is Nick Saban’s boss! Imagine

VictorAshe

Striking the band

Seldom does the Uni-versity of Tennessee create what has become a food fi ght between top lead-ers on campus but that is what has happened with the exchange of com-ments between Pride of the Southland Marching Band director Gary Sousa (now on paid administrative leave) and UT Chancellor Jimmy Cheek.

As Chancellor, Cheek is the public face of the UT Knoxville campus. He nor-mally comports himself in a very professional and above the fray manner. He repre-sents decorum. Therefore, it was really surprising to see his very public letter to Sousa accusing him of whining and petulance. Normally that is said privately if at all. Clearly, Sousa has fully antagonized the Chancellor who, with his hot letter to Sousa, has elevated the issue even more than it was already. It has guaranteed intense media coverage.

As a taxpayer I have never liked the idea of paid leave which Sousa now has to the end of the semester. The fi rst 2014 semester does not start until Janu-ary. This is a paid vacation. Surely there is something he could be assigned to do to earn his pay beyond stay-ing off campus. Since Sousa has tenure it is virtually impossible to fi re him short of proving a criminal act. It would appear to violate his First Amendment rights to try to bar him from speak-ing to employees, students or fellow faculty members.

The sooner this issue is resolved the better for the band, which is a source of pride for all, and the entire UT campus. While Cheek could not have prevented Sousa from his actions, he might have been better advised to leave the verbal broadsides to others. At-tacks on subordinates seldom solve the issue but they are food for a hungry journalist.

■ Mayor Rogero won a huge victory last Wednes-day when the Transporta-tion Planning Organization

(TPO) voted to keep the James White Parkway extension off its 5 year plan. Rogero has regu-larly attended TPO since she became a member in 2011. She has made friends among the other members for attending and staying for the whole meeting. This paid off last week when her views prevailed. She won the support of all voting members from Blount, Anderson and Loudon counties in addition to the Farragut mayor and several others from Knox County.

■ Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters had never attended a TPO meet-ing until last week. Most TPO members did not know him and his pleas for the parkway extension suffered accordingly. If one wants to infl uence a group, then one needs to be present for all the meetings, not just those which attract the cameras.

■ County Commis-sion chair Brad Anders voted to put the JWP exten-sion back into the 5 year plan before he voted for the plan without the exten-sion once that failed. Knox County Mayor Burchett voted for the extension say-ing he wanted more public debate after opposing the JWP extension a few months ago.

■ The message here is that the hard work of Rogero paid off. If Waters and others want to infl u-ence TPO in the future, they should start by attend-ing the meetings and not sending staff.

■ Contrary to the report last week, city Fleet Service director Keith Shields does not receive a car allowance of $5,800 a year. He is one of a few city directors who do not receive this.

■ Next Friday, Oct. 25, at 2 p.m. the Knoxville Botanical Gardens will host a ceremonial planting of two blight-resistant Ameri-can chestnuts. This is part of an effort by the Ameri-can Chestnut Foundation to restore the chestnut tree after an estimated 4 billion mature trees from Maine to Georgia were killed by an Asian fungus known as chestnut blight. The public is invited to attend at the Gardens located in East Knoxville on Wimpole Avenue as well as view the gardens on the 47 acres of the former Howell Nursery.

GOV NOTES ■ The 8th District Repub-

lican Club will meet 7

p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22,

at Carter High School,

210 Carter School Road.

County Mayor Tim Bur-

chett will speak.

■ The Center City Repub-lican Club will meet

Thursday, Oct. 24, at

Shoney’s, 4410 Western

Ave. Dinner begins at 6

p.m. and the meeting

begins at 7.

Someone at the League of Women Voters’ candidate forum last week asked in-cumbent City Council mem-ber Daniel Brown where his opponent was. He smiled and shrugged his shoulders.

Drama-free forum for drama-free election

nounced that it was partici-pating in something called National Voter Registration Day on Sept. 24, which was the day of the city primary (if you didn’t hear about this event, don’t feel like the Lone Ranger – this reporter didn’t, either).

LWV forums are drama-free events rendered devoid of embarrassment by pre-submitted questions and strictly enforced rules and time limits. This one almost got interesting somebody asked the fusty old ques-tion about supporting con-solidated government and Duane Grieve (unopposed, 2nd District) responded with a nifty little mini-rant – “Look at the city, look at the county. Look at the dif-

ference between the two. Who’s written up the most?” – but was admonished by moderator John Becker who reminded him that there was a reporter in the room.

Becker, of course, was kidding, because surely nobody would really want to shut down a provocative answer at a political forum, not even when the question – should city and county governments be consoli-dated – is one that has been asked and answered with a resounding no every decade or so since the middle of the last century. The other can-didates also reminded the audience of that fact.

The contenders in the only real race in this elec-tion cycle, the 4th District race between incumbent Nick Della Volpe and chal-lenger Rick Staples, sat side-by-side and chatted like old friends.

Della Volpe, a pugnacious lawyer who has mortally ticked off police and fi re fi ghters, was restrained and gentlemanly and passed on an opportunity to talk about the city’s pension problems

(the issue that earned him an opponent).

Staples, an employee of the Knox County Sheriff’s Offi ce who is low key and affable, stuck in a few gentle barbs by promising to be a listener rather than a talker. He mentioned his mother a lot, working her struggles as a small business owner into his answer to a question that was prefaced with the allegation that Knoxville’s gender pay gap makes us the third-worst city for working women.

Altogether, the League should be commended for making the effort to stage this forum, even if no red meat was served. There’s only so much you can do.

One of his colleagues snickered and said, “He’s in the restroom.”

Then everybody guf-fawed, since candidate Pete Drew hasn’t shown up for anything this election sea-son, which makes him no better or worse than about 98 percent of the city’s registered voters who will probably not show up on Election Day.

Not that there’s much to show up for, since three of fi ve incumbents are run-ning unopposed and there’s no mayoral contest to draw attention.

The League is doing its best to generate attention to these races. Its website an-

Della Volpe Staples

Dave Hart Bill Battle

that!My opinion of Bill Battle

has never changed – in 47 years. He is a class act, keen mind, exemplary in charac-ter. What happened to him at Tennessee was unfair.

He was a good receiver coach, innovative in scout-ing, honest in recruiting, an excellent role model for young players (Bill was a year older than senior re-ceiver Johnny Mills – who put an arm on the coach’s shoulder and asked if the players could call him Billy).

Given time, Battle might have matured into a fi ne head coach. He never had a chance. He did pretty well with his Collegiate Licensing Company. It sold for something over $100,000,000.

Out of loyalty to his school, he became athletic director when Alabama called.

Wonder what would have happened here and there if Hart had stayed in Tusca-loosa? Marvin West invites reader reaction. His

address is westwest6@netzero.com.

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Margaret Jones, left, and Pauline Rassler had a lot

to catch up on.

REUNION NOTES ■ Rule High Class of 1973 will hold its 40-year reunion

Saturday, Nov. 16, at Bearden Banquet Hall. All graduates are

invited. Info: Mike Doyle, 687-2268, or Juanita McFall Bishop,

804-4816.

Free legal clinic for veterans

A veterans benefi ts free legal clinic, hosted by Knoxville VA-accredited at-torneys, will be held 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, at the John Tarleton Center, 2455 Sutherland Ave. Veterans and their family members will receive an overview of the programs available to them through the Department of Veterans Affairs; have the oppor-tunity to meet with an attorney; and receive advice and guidance regarding the necessary forms and procedures required in the pursuance of a claim for VA disability and/or pension benefi ts. Space is limited. For reservations: 637-0484. Info: Troy Weston, 544-2010.

Children’s Theatre presents ‘The Mousetrap’

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap,” a live mystery play for teens and families, Oct. 25 to Nov. 9 at the theatre’s new location, 109 Churchwell Ave. Show times are 7 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays, 1 and 5 p.m. Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays. Info/tickets: 599-5284, tickets@childrenstheatreknoxville.com or www.childrenstheatreknoxville.com.

Hearth Scares Ball upcoming

The third annual Hearth Scares Ball, presented by James White’s Fort, will be held 7-11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 25, at the Fort. Music will be provided by the Chillbil-lies. Lighting and special effects will be provided by Bandit Lites. Activities include an appetizer buffet, costume contest, silent auc-tion and more. All proceeds benefi t James White’s Fort and its preservation and ed-ucational programs. Info/tickets: 525-6514 or www.jameswhitesfort.org.

HEALTH NOTES ■ Jump Start Health and Fit-

ness, located at Associated

Therapeutics Inc., 2704 Min-

eral Springs Road, will off er

a women’s self-defense class

series for ages 14 and up 5-6

p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays,

Oct. 22 through Dec. 3. Fee of

$60 for the 12 classes is due

at registration. Info: 687-4537,

ext. 212.

By Betsy PickleForget Disneyland. The

Happiest Place on Earth – at least for one afternoon – was Tennova South, as former employees of Baptist Hospital of East Tennessee reunited fi ve years after the hospital’s closing.

Around 1,100 people packed a warehouse-like room at the back of Tennova South on Saturday, Oct. 12.

It’s possible they broke a Guinness record for hugs and smiles, but there wasn’t enough room to squeeze in any monitors to document it.

“I’ve seen a lot of people I didn’t expect to see,” said Beverly Gatton.

The gathering drew peo-ple from every position of the defunct hospital. An in-formal survey of nametags – many of which included the wearer’s department – indicated a preponderance of nurses.

“It was such a wonderful place to work, and it was fun being there,” said Sue El-lis, who worked in accounts payable for the hospital’s

fi nal 15 years. “I was there during the rough times, and it was still a great place to be.

“It’s so good that some-one took the initiative to get us together. It’s like a family reunion.”

Most of the four-hour reunion was devoted to chatting and reconnecting with old friends, as well as enjoying snacks and look-ing through memorabilia. A short program included singing by Melanie Elswick Pfennigwerth, comments from Dr. David Rankin and a few presentations by re-union committee chair Pat-sy Boling.

“I loved it,” Jeff Turner said at the end of the get-together. “I give thanks to all those who put it on. It was a great opportunity to see many old friends that I hadn’t seen in a long time.”

All present felt as though they were taking part in something special.

“There’s just this connec-tion of Baptist folks,” said Sherry Coffi eld.

A cake featured a photo of the hospital framed in icing.

We are fam-i-ly!

Tennova South was packed

for the reunion. Photo by Brad Hood

Reunion committee leaders Glenda Darden, left, and Patsy Bol-

ing seem happy that months of planning resulted in a fun time

for all. Photos by Betsy Pickle

Dr. David Rankin, left, and Jim Decker helped put to-

gether the event.

Modena Beasley, left, and Lisa Smith Faulkner are excited to

see each other.

Sherry Coffi eld en-

joys looking through

a Baptist Hospital

scrapbook. Coffi eld was

a second-generation

BHET employee; her

mother, Nancy Evans,

also worked there and

attended the party.

Melanie

Elswick

Pfennigw-

erth, above,

sings for her

former co-

workers.

Baptist Hospital staff at reunion

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Allen is Carter homecoming queenMarena Allen, (right) with escort Ben McCurry, was named the

Carter High School homecoming queen for 2013. Photo by Justin Acuff

Linda Norris, principal at Bonny Kate Elementary School, is not above wacky.

At a past School Cou-pon Book sales celebration, she wore a coconut bra and grass skirt. On Wednesday, after introducing 3rd grad-

er Jaycie Clapp as the top book seller, she allowed her-self to be duct-taped to the wall of the gym by students and teachers.

After her release, she said it had felt “tight and hot,” but “it was great fun.”

Norris hangs out

Principal Linda

Norris seems

happy to be

duct-taped to

the wall.

Bonny Kate Elementary School principal Linda Norris applauds

Jaycie Clapp, the school’s top coupon-book seller. Photos by Betsy Pickle

LIBRARY EVENTSBurlington Branch

Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

■ Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2 p.m.

– Computer Workshop:

Introducing the Computer. To

register: 525-5431.

■ Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2 p.m. –

Computer Workshops: Library

Online. To register: 525-5431.

Howard Pinkston Branch Library, 7732 Martin Mill Pike. Info: 573-0436.

■ Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m.

– Spooktacular Evening Story-

time. A fun eveLibrary events

Burlington Branch

Library, 4614 Asheville Highway. Info: 525-5431.

■ Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2 p.m.

– Computer Workshop:

Introducing the Computer. To

register: 525-5431.

■ Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2 p.m. –

Computer Workshops: Library

Online. To register: 525-5431.

Howard Pinkston Branch Library, 7732 Martin Mill Pike. Info: 573-0436.

■ Tuesday, Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m.

– Spooktacular Evening Story-

time. A fun evening of Hallow-

een stories, creepy crafts and

spooky snacks. For ages 2-6,

accompanied by an adult.

By Betsy PickleAs an inspirational

speaker, Inky Johnson is so hot he sets off alarms.

Actually, Johnson had help from an errant stu-dent on Wednesday at South-Doyle Middle School. Someone pulled a fi re alarm shortly after Johnson fi n-ished speaking to his sec-ond of two assemblies. He ended up waiting outside with his awestruck fans as members of the Knoxville Fire Department checked out the school.

But there was no ques-tion that Johnson fi red up the students with his talk. The former UT defensive back mesmerized his listen-ers with his personal story of perseverance.

Born Inquoris Desmond Chade Johnson on Feb. 12, 1986, the Atlanta native might have had a fairly stan-dard rags-to-riches story if he had achieved his lifelong

goal of playing in the NFL. A career-ending injury during the second game of the Vol-unteers’ 2006 season, how-ever, changed his narrative.

As a youngster in the Kirkwood section of south-east Atlanta, Johnson loved all kinds of sports – basket-ball, baseball, track. But he fell in love with football at age 7.

“I liked the idea of be-ing able to hit people with-out getting into trouble,” he said.

When his mother arrived home from work, Johnson would beg her to leave the car lights on so he could continue running drills in the dark. He rose at 5 a.m. to go on runs with his fa-ther.

Drugs weren’t just down on the nearby corner.

“I saw drugs cut up every day in my house,” he said. “I never touched the stuff.”

Living in a two-bedroom

house with 13 other rela-tives, Johnson slept on a pallet on the fl oor, fi ght-ing off cockroaches. Every night before he drifted off to sleep, he would dream of a future in the NFL.

His high school career was plagued by injuries, and at 5-9 and 153 pounds he wasn’t an obvious pick for a Division I college team. Still, he caught the attention of then-UT coach Phillip Fulmer, who of-fered him a scholarship.

On Sept. 6, 2006, in a game against Air Force, Johnson was injured while trying to make a tackle. He “busted” his subclavian ar-tery – doctors at UT Medi-cal Center stopped his in-ternal bleeding and saved his life – but he severed so many nerves that even the experts at Mayo Clinic were unable to get his right arm to work again.

Though people might have expected him to sit

back and give up, he thought only of the people who had put their faith in him.

“I kept going,” he said. “I had to complete my mis-sion.”

Johnson returned to UT and earned his bachelor’s and a master’s degree. These days, he lives in Atlanta with his wife and young daughter and son, and he devotes his time to mentoring and pub-lic speaking.

At South-Doyle, John-son used his combination of evangelistic fervor, movie-star good looks and Navy SEAL determination to get through to the students.

“I don’t believe in ex-cuses,” he said. “You’re not a product of your environ-ment. You’re a product of your decisions and your choices.”

Johnson sees his injury as a blessing.

“It was the defi ning mo-ment of my life,” he said.

Inky Johnson, back center, hangs with, from left, teacher Lisa Lusby and 8th graders Rayshawn St. Germain, Isaiah Henry, Lexi

Carrell, Inky Johnson, Jaycob Forrester, Kloi Blue and Stephanie Cupp. Photo by Betsy Pickle

Inky wows South-Doyle students

Empowering young womenMiddle school is tough

enough without added pres-sures of drugs, alcohol, bul-lying, low self-esteem and peer pressure. Thanks to the Sister-To-Sister sum-mit, girls can learn how to deal with everyday prob-lems and pressures and know that “everyone isn’t doing it” (participating the risky behavior).

This year more than 100 8th grade girls from Vine, Holston, Carter and Whittle Springs middle schools par-ticipated in the summit and worked in breakout sessions to address a variety of im-portant topics.

Through the day’s activi-ties, girls were able to gain a deeper understanding of problems they may encoun-ter on their journey to adult-hood and learn how to con-front problems.

Participants were able to discuss topics with fa-cilitators – many who went through the seminar in middle school themselves – and learn how to deal every day. “Everyone has issues,” said Carter Middle School teacher Tracy Cagle. “This event gives the girls an ac-tion plan to deal with pres-sures.”

Facilitator Kezia Wyatt is a junior at Carter High. She attended the summit and now enjoys helping younger girls work through issues. “When I was in middle school attending the summit helped prepare me for what to expect in high school. It was a life chang-ing experience.”

Ayanna Troutman is a junior at the L&N STEM Academy. She enjoys seeing the girls come in to the fi rst session with some attitudes and reservations, only to leave in the afternoon with new friends and more posi-tive attitudes. Wyatt and Troutman know that they can’t always fi x problems but they know that talking through issues and hav-ing the girls learn that they aren’t alone in their strug-gles helps.

This is the eighth year of the summit and this year’s event was held on the Strawberry Plains campus of Pellissippi State.

■ Berean Christian SchoolCasual Coffee events

will be hosted by the school

Ayanna Troutman, of L&N STEM Academy, and Kezia Wyatt,

Carter High, are two of the facilitators at the Sister-to-Sister

seminar, a day for at-risk girls to talk about problems they face

in middle school and to learn an action plan. Photo by Ruth White

8:30 a.m. each second Tues-day at its campus on Prosser Road. These question and answer sessions give pro-spective families a feel for the spirit and focus of BCS. All are welcome. Info: Tracy Denham, 919-9777 or tden-ham@bereanchristian.org.

■ Carter HighThe CTE department will

‘go pink’ to raise money for Susan G. Komen and breast cancer awareness. A Survi-vor Luncheon will be held noon-1 p.m. and guests are asked to call no later than Tuesday, Oct. 29, to reserve a seat. Salon services will

be offered from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Call 932-8181 for an appointment. The Mobile Mammography unit willbe on site and appointments can be made by calling 583-1003.

■ Knox CountyStrategic planning asking

the questions: What’s good? What’s not? What’s next? are open to the public at 6 p.m. Remaining sessions are:

Monday, Oct. 21, Karns High; Thursday, Oct. 24, Halls Elementary; andTuesday, Oct. 29, at Austin-East Magnet High School.

East Knox singers Singers from East Knox County Elementary School wowed the crowd at Carter Middle School

when Superintendent Jim McIntyre and others visited for an Insight Session in preparation for

the next 5-year strategic plan. They were directed by Steve Smith and are: (front) Eric Parrott,

Iyana Jones, Wesley Slagle, Aidan Cate; (second row) Taylor Dupler, Gabe Clark, Mason Foster,

Austin Bailey, Paul Winburn, Jacob Jackson, Katie Tolliver, Destany Thurmer; (third row) Nolan

Thomas, Isabelle Hicks, Briley Brasher, Katrina Hillard, Emily Bentley, Chloe Mahaven, Lizzie Bain,

Sami Jo Johnson, Brynn Fuller, Elexis Burton; (back) Deanna Ogelsby, Anna Spires, Brooke My-

ers, Briel Norman, Hannah Ortiz, Belle Wilson, Jaci Neal, Savannah Price, Savannah Lindsey, Alex

Brown. Photo by S. Clark

Carter Branch Library, 9036 Asheville Highway. Info: 933-5438.

■ Tuesday, Oct. 29, 6:30 p.m.

– Halloween Storytime. An

evening of Halloween fun

with Halloween books, crafts

and treats. Costumes encour-

aged.

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Gene Blaylock, a long-time fi refi ghter who joined

R u r a l /Metro Fire Department when it be-gan its Knox County op-erations in 1977, has been named Knox Coun-ty fi re chief.

Blaylock started his ca-reer as a fi refi ghter at Sta-tion 26 on Strawberry Plains Pike and rose to the rank of assistant fi re chief. He has served at fi ve stations and received numerous promo-tions, culminating in his recent advancement to fi re

chief. The position opened when Jerry Harnish was named Rural/Metro of Ten-nessee regional manager.

Harnish called Blaylock “a proven leader” for the company’s 15 local fi re sta-tions. Blaylock said he took a job as a fi refi ghter while attending college and en-joyed it so much he made it his career.

He holds a bachelor’s de-gree in business from UT. He was a member of the fi rst freshman class at the old Doyle High School and con-tinues to live in South Knox County. He and wife Debra have a son, Logan, who is a fi refi ghter with Rural/Met-ro stationed in Bluegrass.

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News from Rural/Metro

Fathi and Becky Husain met while students at UT. After they married and started a family, owning a business was their dream.

Wee Care Shoppe was started 22 years ago after they were faced with the huge expense of items for their fi rst baby. They want-ed a fun, kid-friendly place where they could take their own children to work. They also had a desire to help other parents fi nd the items they needed at reasonable prices.

Their current location, 2537 Chapman Highway, is in the same center as the Disc Exchange. As soon as you walk in to their show-room, it becomes evident parents can fi nd everything they need. From maternity clothes, baby books, baby equipment, cribs and toys – the selection is unbeliev-able.

There is a huge selec-tion of assorted shoes and clothes ranging in size from preemies all way to young adult. Halloween costumes and decorations plus bikes for all ages, even adults, are currently available.

Fathi loves to “wheel and deal” and gets great bar-

Business is

‘ongoing reunion’

Nancy Whittaker

gains. They have “the best prices on baby food and formula” and carry not only consignment items but new items as well.

Becky and Fathi make a great team. Both beam while talking about their four children who range in age from 15 to 23. Two sons were valedictorians at South-Doyle High School. Their older daughter gradu-ated cum laude from UT and their youngest child, a daughter, is a student at the L&N STEM Academy.

The best part of owning Wee Care Shoppe is seeing some of their original cus-tomers coming back with their now grown children who have a new baby. Becky says owning this business is like an “ongoing reunion.”

Check out the latest up-dates on Facebook, Wee Care Shoppe or call 573-4218.

Becky and Fathi Husain at Wee Care Shoppe

How many times have you sat through 3 or 4 traf-fi c light cycles on Miller-town Pike, in order to travel a quarter mile and get over that narrow creek bridge at rush hour? “Too many” is probably your answer!

Between the initial traf-fi c light queue, as you get off the I 640 exit, and the two traffi c lights at the Kinzel Way and Loves Creek Road intersections sandwiched between the narrow bridge, it seems like the bottleneck creep was endless. Cheer up! Your days of dodging those orange and white traf-fi c barrels will soon end.

Work on the north side of Millertown is done and that newly-paved lane is open. Work on the south side is moving forward expedi-tiously. Weather permitting, the overall project target completion date is Nov. 17. That is when the new bridge and protective wall on the south side, and some 1,330 feet of widened and paved roadway improvements should be fi nished, accord-ing to the city’s top civil en-gineer, Tom Clabo.

He reports that the near-ly $900,000 road job will sport three 12-foot wide lanes, a sidewalk, and turn lanes and new traffi c con-trols at Loves Creek Road. There will also be a left turn lane for both approaches on Loves Creek Road to help eliminate the wait there. Soon, you will purrin’, in-stead of cussin’, on your commute or shopping visit.

The Millertown Pike project will help our ex-panding East Area shopping destination thrive.

As reported recently, the Time to Shine car wash is open and running smooth-ly. The building pad for the dentist offi ce and eye doctor next door on the Matlock tract is graded and appears ready to start construction. Sam’s Club is almost ready to throw the doors open on its massive store addition.

Engineer Robin Tipton is encouraged with the road’s progress now that KUB has moved its power lines and AT&T has reworked its fi ber optic cable, and removed the old line poles. The shop-per no longer needs wonder if you’ll ever reach Food City’s modern grocery store on Millertown – you can get there any time of day. Better traffi c fl ow will encourage more shopping visits and quick-stop trips, while traf-fi c snarls often cause folks to shy away.

Brick by brick, the East

Millertown bottleneck uncorked

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Bridge work on southbound Millertown Pike

Pellissippi State Commu-nity College aims to help its students achieve academic goals and reach personal goals through extracurricu-lar activities and education-al events. That’s the point of the Oct. 21-25 Relationship Week at PSCC Magnolia Av-enue campus.

“We’re going to talk about healthy relationships: dat-ing, family, school peers, spouses and the whole, broad spectrum – and about keeping relationships healthy and safe,” said Ro-salyn Tillman, Magnolia campus dean.

The Clothesline Project, featuring shirts designed by Pellissippi State students, will be on display in the lobby. The Clothesline Proj-ect gives women affected by violence an outlet to express their emotions by decorat-ing a shirt.

“Sometimes it’s just a few words or images,” said Till-man. “We’ll display shirts designed by students last year.”

Monday, Oct. 21, opens with representatives from UT’s Relationship Rx pro-gram discussing ways to keep relationships healthy. Relationship Rx will have a table in the lobby with in-formation and giveaways 11:15 a.m.-1 p.m.

Also Monday in the lob-by, 11:50 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Pellissippi State faculty and staff will lead students in “Relationship Trivia.” The game includes broad trivia on all types of relationships

Relationship weekNews from Pellissippi State - Magnolia

– romantic, friendly and ac-quaintance related.

Tuesday features a Ques-tion Persuade Refer presen-tation, designed to facili-tate suicide prevention and awareness. Suicide is now the third leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds and is the second lead-ing cause of death among college-age students. Ap-proximately 1,100 college students die by suicide each year. The QPR presentation is open to the public. It takes place 12:55-1:40 p.m. in the

Area is expanding its shop-ping zone. The East Towne Area BPA has selected of-fi cers, and is ready to be-gin launch advertising and area promotions. Yes, the east side is open and on the move!

Correction: We mis-named the theater on Mil-lertown Pike in the last col-umn. It’s Carmike and we’re glad it is here.Nick Della Volpe represents District 4 on

City Council.

Community Room.On Wednesday, YWCA

representatives are in the Community Room to dis-cuss domestic violence and to allow students the chance to ask questions and receive personal counseling. YWCA victim’s advocates Judith Wyatt and Pat Boorse will be joined by Maria Mendo-za, a bilingual advocate.

The Rev. Daryl Arnold, pastor of Overcoming Be-lievers Church, speaks on the topic “What Men Want, What Women Need,” 9:45-10:35 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, also in the Community Room. Arnold’s talk is open to the public.

On Friday, the campus staff and faculty again ad-minister the “Relationship Trivia” game, this time so that students can self-test on what they learned about healthy relationships. Info: 329-3100.

North side of Millertown Pike is complete.

Turn lane at Loves Creek Road

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THURSDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 24-27BOO! at the Zoo, 5:30 p.m. Oct. 24-27, Knoxville

Zoo. Trick-or-treating, music, games, jugglers, Scary-Go-Round. Tickets: $7 at 637-5331, knoxvillezoo.org, zoo ticket booth (during regular business hours) and Kroger stores; free for children under 2. Parking: $5.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 24-27“Doubt, A Parable” – Pulitzer Prize- and Tony

Award-winning play by John Patrick Shanley, present-ed by the WordPlayers, Erin Presbyterian Church, 200 Lockett Road. Shows: 7:30 p.m. 24, 25 and 26; 2:30 p.m. Oct. 27. Tickets: $10-$12 at www.wordplayers.org or at the door with cash or check. Info: 539-2490 or www.wordplayers.org.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 24-31Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Ave.,

will have Haunted Lantern Tours 7 p.m. Oct. 24, 29 and 30 at the Ijams quarries, $10 ($7), call 577-4717, ext. 110 to register; Ijams Enchanted Forest all-ages Halloween walk, 4 p.m. Oct. 26, $10 ($7), call 577-4717, ext. 130 to register for a start time; and Naturally Yucky Halloween! 4 p.m. Oct. 31, $5 ($3), call 577-4717, ext. 110 to register.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 27-NOV. 3“Deathtrap” by Ira Levin, presented by Theatre

Knoxville Downtown, 319 N. Gay St. Shows: 8 p.m. 25-26, Nov. 1-2; 3 p.m. Oct. 27 and Nov. 3. Tickets: $10-$12 at www.wordplayers.org or at the door with cash or check. Info: 539-2490 or www.wordplayers.org.

MONDAY, OCT. 21The 5th annual Goodwill Golf Classic in

memory of Jerry Hatmaker,12:30-5:30 p.m. at Holston Hills Country Club, 5200 Holston Hills Road. Format is four-person scramble. Registration: individual,

$150; foursome, $550. Registration deadline: Oct. 14; 588-8567.

Tennessee Shines features Jesse Gregory & Fault-line, 7 p.m., WDVX studio, Knoxville Visitor Center, 301 S. Gay St.; broadcast on WDVX-FM, 89.9 Clinton, 102.9 Knoxville. Tickets: $10, at WDVX and www.BrownPap-erTickets.com. Remaining tickets sold at the door, while supplies last. Doors open at 6 p.m. Children 14 and under with a parent admitted free. Info: WDVX.com.

MONDAY-FRIDAY, OCT. 21-25YWCA Week Without Violence concludes with

the Purple and Persimmon walk, noon-1 p.m. Oct. 25, starting at the YWCA Downtown Center, 420 W. Clinch Ave. Info: 523-6126 or www.ywcaknox.com.

TUESDAY, OCT. 22Einstein Bros. Bagels, 11693 Parkside Drive, hosts

Knoxville Comprehensive Breast Center mobile unit. Call 584-0291 to schedule an appointment, and after the screening receive a free bagel and schmear. Info: www.knoxvillebreastcenter.com.

Foster Grandparent Volunteer Program ori-entation, L.T. Ross Building, 2247 Western Ave. Info: 524-2786.

A Haunting at Ramsey House, 4-8 p.m., Ramsey House, 2614 Thorn Grove Pike. Family fun including ghost stories, spooks, spirits and s’mores. J-Adam Smith of Knoxville Ghost Tours will discuss the “Spirits That Occupy Ramsey House,” and Bill Bass, co-author of the Body Farm novels, will sign books (bring your own or purchase).

Avanti Savoia’s La Cucina cooking class, Chef Arnold’s Eggcelant Egg Class, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 7610 Maynardville Pike. BYO wine. Cost: $50. Register: www.avantisavoia.com or 922-9916.

Appalachian author Sharyn McCrumb will speak and sign copies of her new book, “King’s Moun-tain,” 7 p.m., East Tennessee History Center, 601 S. Gay St. Free.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23Knoxville Writers’ Group, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Naples,

5500 Kingston Pike. Writer and medical editor Dorothy Foltz-Gray will read from her book “With and Without Her: A Memoir of Being and Losing a Twin.” All-inclu-sive lunch: $12. RSVP by Oct. 21 to 983-3740.

Beyond the Comfort Zone, professional develop-ment seminar for local and regional artists, 12-1 p.m. Emporium Center, 100 Gay St. Artist Laurie Szilvagyi will lead the presentation and introduce ways to remove obstacles and barriers to creativity. Cost: $5 (free for Arts & Culture Alliance members). Register: https://acaknoxville.eventbrite.com.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 25-27Federation of Metal Detector and Archaeo-

logical Clubs 2013 Convention and Hunt, Ramada Inn, 7737 Kingston Pike, and Lakeshore Park, 6410 S. Northshore Drive. Info: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FMDAC/.

FRIDAY, OCT. 25Band of Heathens will perform at 5:30 p.m.

at Disc Exchange, Chapman Highway, for the store’s 26th birthday bash. Free beer and food, compliments of Eagle Distributing and Quiznos.

3rd Annual Hearth Scares Ball, 7-11 p.m., James White’s Fort, 205 E. Hill Ave. Lighting and special ef-fects by Bandit Lites. Music by the Chillbillies, fi nger food, silent auction, costume contest. Tickets: $75 at www.jameswhitesfort.org or send check to JWF, 205 E. Hill Ave., Knoxville, TN 37915.

SATURDAY, OCT. 26West Knox Lions semiannual pancake break-

fast, 8-10 a.m., Chili’s, 120 Mabry Hood Road. All-you-can-eat pancakes and sausage; $5 adults, $3 children under 12 at the door. Info: www.thelube.com (click locations, Knoxville).

Anderson County High School Model United Nations team rummage sale, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at the school, 130 Maverick Circle, Clinton. Vendor spots avail-able: $10; email Ashley Bealer, abealer@acs.ac by Oct. 23 to reserve a spot.

Keep Knoxville Beautiful celebrates America Recycles Day, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at Krutch Park. Learn about recycling in Knoxville, see recycled art, bring old medications for safe disposal. Goodwill will shred and dispose of old documents.

Veterans Benefi ts Free Legal Clinic, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., John Tarleton Center, 2455 Sutherland Ave. Register: Legal Aid of East Tennessee, 637-0484. Space limited to fi rst 30 registrants.

Capt. W.Y.C. Hannum Chapter #1881, United Daughters of the Confederacy, 10:30 a.m., Green Meadow Country Club, 1700 Louisville Road, Alcoa. Business meet-ing 11 a.m. followed by lunch. Guest speaker Gerald Augus-tus will present “Battle of Campbell Station.” Reservations/info: Charlotte Miller, 448-6716. Visitors welcome.

St. Mark UMC, 7001 Northshore Drive, Trunk or Treat, 4-6 p.m. Door prizes, hayride, costume parade, refreshments. Free. Info: 588-0808.

SUNDAY, OCT. 27Paws on the Patio dog costume party, 1-6 p.m.,

Quaker Steak & Lube, 5616 Merchants Center Blvd. Ben-efi t for Union County Humane Society; prizes for best costumes and treats for dogs. For every $10 donation receive a $5 gift card.

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