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We’re upgrading and have a well-loved, but still in very good shape Reebok RL-545 Elliptical Trainer we are looking to give away (rather than just have it hauled away).  If you’re interested, call us at 865-247-7040 and make arrangements to pick it up.  It can be semi-disassembled for easier moving.

This is a good machine for indoor exercising over the winter!  It has a battery operated console to track time, distance, calories, etc. as well as a built in fan and heart rate tracker in the handles.  You can increase resistance for a tough workout or go easy.  There are several pre-programmed workouts as well.

Here is a link to the user manual (couldn’t find a link to the machine itself).  https://www.manualowl.com/m/Reebok/Rl545-Elliptical/Manual/345380

Laura Ward

 

We have had a medium sized dog (lab mix) in our neighborhood for about three weeks.  Yesterday, I was able to approach it.  It’s very hungry.  It’s black, medium hair length, wavy, grey muzzle, collar with box for electronic fence (Pet stop).  The dog is well trained – can sit and stay on command but obviously lost or dumped..

Please call me (Karen Hughes 974-6387 or 851-9155) or send an e-mail ([email protected])  if you know where this dog belongs.  I will have to take it to the shelter pretty soon if it’s not claimed.

 

Karen Hughes

I checked with Andy’s list and did not find any listing for generator service. I seem to remember some email threads about that subject from several members of the form. I have used a generator service for some period of time, but I’m no longer sure they are available. Would like some recommendations from those of you who have generators, in particular,whole house or similar thanks, David

It is that special time of the year again, a time to pull our decorations out of the attic and the basement and create a beautiful festive neighborhood atmosphere during the holiday season. The Beautification Committee has been working to help in this effort.

Several neighbors have met together to make lovely bows to adorn all the street signs. They will be hung this coming weekend for your month long enjoyment. There will also be additional decorations in various parts of the neighborhood.

Again this year, a selection committee will drive the streets during the week of December 7-14 to choose three residences that are especially festive. The selections will be made, announced and signs placed in the yards on Monday, December 14.

We encourage everyone to contribute to the festivity making this a special Holiday destination for friends and family. This has been a wonderful year and it is nice to celebrate by lighting a tree or a candle. I know we are all grateful to be living on “the quiet side of the river.”

Happy Thanksgiving from the Beautification Committee!

 

 

My daughter needs an exercise bike for rehab after hip surgery. After giving one away less than a month ago, we need the use of one for a few weeks. Does anyone have one to spare?

Forrest Orr

865-679-1970

There are a few bags of pecans remaining after our best pecan year yet. Thanks to those of you who ordered. If your order has not been delivered yet, a garden club member is on her way to you. The crop was especially delicious this year. One pound bags of pecan halves or of pieces are now $15 each. Call Mary Cartwright at 579-5617 and get your pecans before Thanksgiving.

I retrieved a tube from the river. It’s large yellow 2 person type. Call or text 406-3934 if it is yours.

Neighbors-

Medium/Large sized dog seen wandering along Maloney.  Invisible fence collar?  Maybe broke out of yard.  No ID.  Black head/shoulders with sort of spotted grey body.  First seen Maloney & Lakecrest, next seen Maloney & Circle Lake.

The daytime garden club in our neighborhood has been working with a landscape architect to develop gardens on two pieces of Knox County Highway Dept. property within Lakemoor Hills.  One is the 1/10th mile median strip along Bluff Point and the other is the circular property in the cut-de-sac at the end of  Circle Lake.  These two designs will be on display at the LHHA meeting on Nov. 17 at 7 PM at Lake Hills Church.  The gardens are designed to be demonstration areas using plants that are native to our area and attract birds and butterflies.  They also incorporate rain garden designs that will help mitigate storm water issues along certain properties.  Knox County Stormwater Department has worked with us to develop the ideas and is providing some of the funding through a grant program for the plant acquisition and installation.  There will be seating areas, walking paths, a small gathering area for music or storytelling, and beauty for all seasons.  Development of the gardens will happen over a period of time and there will be many opportunities for neighbors to become involved.  Come Tuesday night to see the designs and hear more about our plans.

Join Jim Gray for a discussion of Too Much Magic: Wishful Thinking, Technology and the Fate of the Nation by James Howard Kuntsler in the East Tennessee History Center auditorium on Wednesday, November 18 at noon in the East Tennessee History Center auditorium at 601 South Gay Street.

Gray says “Too Much Magic is the latest in James Howard Kunstler’s effort to understand American life and to look into our future. It is an update of his best-selling The Long Emergency and a continuation of work that dates back to the early 1990s in The Geography of Nowhere.”

“Too much magic” is what Kunstler sees in the bright visions of a future world dreamed up by optimistic souls who believe technology will solve all our problems. Their visions remind him of the flying cars and robot maids that were the dominant images of the future in the 1950s. Kunstler’s image of the future is much more sober. With vision, clarity of thought, and a pragmatic worldview, Kunstler argues that the time for magical thinking and hoping for miracles is over, and the time to begin preparing for the long emergency has begun.

“Too Much Magic is essentially about the need to get the facts—and our thinking—straight about America’s (and the world’s) future,” Gray says.

Gray is co-founder and Executive Director of the East Tennessee Permaculture Research Institute. Since coming to Knoxville in 1995 Gray has worked at a variety of positions including Operations Supervisor for the United States Census, chair of the Knox County Democratic Party, and Operations Manager of Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development. He has also produced—and sometimes hosted—Democratic TeleVision, a weekly talk and call-in program on Community Television, for eleven years. Gray is developing a book proposal based on a recent essay entitled “Farming as an Act of Rebellion.”