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Shopper Blog: Pandemic frees ex-educator to turn out prize-winning art The Knoxville News-Sentinel 1 day ago Knoxville News Sentinel © Courtesy of Tracey Van Hook Joe Tate stands next to his painting “Paradise,” which won first place at the Dogwood Arts Spring Art Show. The octogenarian began painting a lot during the pandemic and now has a newfound passion. BEARDEN John Shearer, Shopper News The COVID-19 pandemic might have slowed down a lot of people’s lives either ...

Shopper Blog: Halls Branch Library gets crafty with Tween Totes The Knoxville News-Sentinel 2 hrs ago Knoxville News Sentinel © Ali James/Shopper News Halls Branch Library assistant Kimberly McCune shows off the contents of the duct tape-themed Tween Totes that were introduced in April. Halls Branch Library. May 5, 2021. HALLS Ali James, Shopper News “We understand that people are still adhering to social distancing guidelines, they are usually here to grab things and go,...

Shopper Blog: Halls Branch Library gets crafty with Tween Totes The Knoxville News-Sentinel 5/14/2021 Knoxville News Sentinel © Ali James/Shopper News Halls Branch Library assistant Kimberly McCune shows off the contents of the duct tape-themed Tween Totes that were introduced in April. Halls Branch Library. May 5, 2021. HALLS Ali James, Shopper News “We understand that people are still adhering to social distancing guidelines, they are usually here to grab things and go,...

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H. Charles Anderson of Kodak, Tennessee, passed from this life to the life eternal on April 19, 2021. He was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he later met the love of his life, Gale, at “The Hut” in August of 1958. They married on May 7, 1960 at First Baptist White Pine. He began his career as a sheet metal worker and, after years of hard work, he started a small single-family home construction business in south Florida with David Kimmel. While he loved the ocean, diving for Fl...

Shopper Blog: Comics characters and a rethinking of Easter The Knoxville News-Sentinel 1 hr ago Knoxville News Sentinel WORDS OF FAITH John Tirro, Shopper News I’ve been watching "WandaVision," in Connecticut, in the last days of my dad’s decline. It’s comforting to me. Wanda and Vision are comic book characters from my childhood, so it pleases my inner 12-year-old. They’re also movie characters that I enjoyed with my sons when they were 12, and the whole comic book th...

Shopper News Blog: New Red Door Thrift Store in Fountain City turns bargains into benefits The Knoxville News-Sentinel 3/5/2021 Knoxville News Sentinel © Ali James/Shopper News Anthony Jackson relaxes for a moment in his new store, Red Door Thrift Store Fountain City, Feb. 24, 2021. HALLS Ali James, Shopper News Anthony Jackson admits to growing up thrifting and yard sale-ing. “It’s hereditary,” said Jackson. “I always sold things to raise money for missions, but fe...

Shopper News Blog: Spend a little time with friends over boba tea at Hey Bear Café The Knoxville News-Sentinel 2/19/2021 Knoxville News Sentinel © Submitted by Rae Bolton Lisa Howard, author of “Not Easily Broken,” hangs out at a New Orleans restaurant in April 2019. KARNS Nancy Anderson, Shopper News It’s a quirky little place where everyone is welcome and there’s a tea for every taste. Hey Bear Café on 9036 Middlebrook Pike has authentic Taiwanese tea with a mul...

Shopper News Blog: Spend a little time with friends over boba tea at Hey Bear Café The Knoxville News-Sentinel 2/19/2021 Knoxville News Sentinel © Submitted by Rae Bolton Lisa Howard, author of “Not Easily Broken,” hangs out at a New Orleans restaurant in April 2019. KARNS Nancy Anderson, Shopper News It’s a quirky little place where everyone is welcome and there’s a tea for every taste. Hey Bear Café on 9036 Middlebrook Pike has authentic Taiwanese tea with a mul...