http://www.metropulse.com/news/stories/scene-and-heard/?partner=RSSMetroPulse Stories: Scene and Hearden-usstories/scene-and-heardhttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2011/nov/02/finding-football-americana-north-knoxville-gibbs-c/?partner=RSSSure, there’s a buzz-cut, gangly teen cradling his slick-haired infant in one elbow as he exits the rest room, catching up the baby’s receiving blanket with an oversize Air Jordan foot when it trails into the hard-packed dirt behind the cinderblock room that serves as a skybox. But it stops there: The rest of the Gibbs-Carter game at home for Gibbs could be happening in the ’60s, ’50s even. kennedyr@metropulse.com (Rose Kennedy)Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:31:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-23846-734443stories/featuresRose KennedyKnoxville, TNFinding Football Americana at a North Knoxville Gibbs-Carter Game MetroPulsefinding-football-americana-north-knoxville-gibbs-curn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-23846-734443Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2011/nov/02/cheering-south-knoxvilles-tennessee-school-deaf-vi/?partner=RSSThe stands are full for the Tennessee School for the Deaf Vikings’ last football game of the season, but you’d never know it by listening. In fact, you’ve probably never heard as quiet a crowd as this one at any football game—and it’s not because the Vikings are losing. No, the majority of people in the stands for the Vikings’ game are like the kids on the football team: They’re deaf. gervinc@metropulse.com (Cari Wade Gervin)Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:31:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-23845-734443stories/featuresCari Wade GervinKnoxville, TNCheering On South Knoxville's Tennessee School for the Deaf VikingsMetroPulsecheering-south-knoxvilles-tennessee-school-deaf-viurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-23845-734443Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2011/nov/02/east-knoxvilles-mighty-marching-roadrunners-bring/?partner=RSSThere’s a rumble in the distance: a knuckle-popping cadence from a 10-man drum corps that sticks together like triple-sided tape, syrup on glue. And here they come, marching ’round the gate leading into the stadium: the Mighty Marching Roadrunners of Austin-East. mconnergibson@gmail.com (Mike Gibson)Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:31:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-23847-734443stories/featuresMike GibsonKnoxville, TNEast Knoxville's Mighty Marching Roadrunners Bring the SwaggerMetroPulseeast-knoxvilles-mighty-marching-roadrunners-bringurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-23847-734443Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2011/nov/02/west-knoxvilles-football-rivalry-keeps-tradition-a/?partner=RSSIt’s not called the Battle of West Knoxville for nothing: the Bearden Bulldogs’ annual showdown with the Farragut Admirals. For years, this game was the biggest match-up on either team’s schedule, and could define a season. But the times have changed. everettm@metropulse.com (Matthew Everett)Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:31:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-23844-734443stories/featuresMatthew EverettKnoxville, TNWest Knoxville's Football Rivalry Keeps Tradition Alive in a New EraMetroPulsewest-knoxvilles-football-rivalry-keeps-tradition-aurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-23844-734443Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2011/mar/09/north-knoxvilles-neon-service-co-keeps-craft-neon/?partner=RSSHere, in a 6,000-square-foot building, is what proclaims itself as “Knoxville’s oldest and most reliable sign company.” Since 1953, under a succession of different owners, Neon Service Co. has manufactured, maintained, repaired, and replaced signs of all kinds for businesses of all kinds, large and small. Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22691-734205stories/featuresJesse Fox MaysharkKnoxville, TNNorth Knoxville's Neon Service Co. Keeps the Craft of Neon Sign Making AliveMetroPulsenorth-knoxvilles-neon-service-co-keeps-craft-neonurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22691-734205Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2011/mar/09/east-knoxvilles-aqua-chem-makes-water-safe-drink-a/?partner=RSSAqua-Chem has two other locations, under different names, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., and Houston, but its Knoxville location is its corporate headquarters. According to plant manager Tracy Gamble, most of its business is for military use of one kind or another; the company manufactures purifying units that convert seawater to potable water for naval use, for example. mconnergibson@gmail.com (Mike Gibson)Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22690-734205stories/featuresMike GibsonKnoxville, TNEast Knoxville's Aqua-Chem Makes Water Safe to Drink Around the WorldMetroPulseeast-knoxvilles-aqua-chem-makes-water-safe-drink-aurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22690-734205Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2011/mar/09/south-knoxvilles-marble-city-glassworks-creates-ar/?partner=RSSMarble City Glasswork's entire work area—the furnaces, the work benches—is in a cinder-block room of maybe 500 square feet. In fact, it’s an old two-car garage beside an old uninhabitable house on the rural fringe of South Knoxville. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22693-734205stories/featuresJack NeelyKnoxville, TNSouth Knoxville's Marble City Glassworks Creates an Artful Industry of Decorative GlassMetroPulsesouth-knoxvilles-marble-city-glassworks-creates-arurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22693-734205Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2011/mar/09/west-knoxvilles-knoxville-glove-company-persists-a/?partner=RSSYou might drive past it on Sutherland Avenue any number of times without really noticing the nondescript beige warehouse. It’s easy to miss the small square sign out front, too, the one that says “Knoxville Glove Company, Since 1914.” But there, in that 20,000-square-foot facility, is what owner Rod Townsend Jr. calls, “the detritus of the entire American glove industry.” gervinc@metropulse.com (Cari Wade Gervin)Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22692-734205stories/featuresCari Wade GervinKnoxville, TNWest Knoxville's Knoxville Glove Company Persists Against a Shrinking Market for Hand-Sewn GlovesMetroPulsewest-knoxvilles-knoxville-glove-company-persists-aurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22692-734205Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2010/nov/24/east-knoxvilles-austin-east-dance-company-choreogr/?partner=RSSMike Gibson partakes an evening of artful dance at a recital of the Austin-East Dance Company in East Knoxville. mconnergibson@gmail.com (Mike Gibson)Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:43:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22145-734100stories/featuresMike GibsonKnoxville, TNEast Knoxville's Austin-East Dance Company Choreographs Important LessonsMetroPulseeast-knoxvilles-austin-east-dance-company-choreogrurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22145-734100Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2010/nov/24/south-knoxvilles-copa-cabana-night-club-unleashes/?partner=RSSMatthew Everett ventures to the Copa Cabana night club in South Knoxville. everettm@metropulse.com (Matthew Everett)Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:37:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22144-734100stories/featuresMatthew EverettKnoxville, TNSouth Knoxville's Copa Cabana Night Club Unleashes Hip-Hop Dance NightsMetroPulsesouth-knoxvilles-copa-cabana-night-club-unleashesurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22144-734100Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2010/nov/24/north-knoxvilles-sacred-hoop-drum-and-dance-circle/?partner=RSSRose Kennedy joins the Sacred Hoop, Drum and Dance Circle at the Broadway Academy of Performing Arts in North Knoxville. kennedyr@metropulse.com (Rose Kennedy)Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:34:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22143-734105stories/featuresRose KennedyKnoxville, TNNorth Knoxville's Sacred Hoop, Drum and Dance Circle MetroPulsenorth-knoxvilles-sacred-hoop-drum-and-dance-circleurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22143-734100Change734105Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2010/nov/24/west-knoxvilles-cotton-eyed-joe-still-home-line-da/?partner=RSSRose Kennedy treks to the line-dancing destination of Cotton Eyed Joe in West Knoxville. kennedyr@metropulse.com (Rose Kennedy)Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:30:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22142-734100stories/featuresRose KennedyKnoxville, TNWest Knoxville's Cotton Eyed Joe Still the Home of Line DancingMetroPulsewest-knoxvilles-cotton-eyed-joe-still-home-line-daurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-22142-734100Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2010/jun/16/north-knoxvilles-union-stockyards-offer-slice-agri/?partner=RSSIf you haven’t heard of Union Stockyards, where you can bid for any cow you want, Jack Neely says you shouldn’t worry. They haven’t heard of you, either. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-21389-733939stories/featuresJack NeelyKnoxville, TNNorth Knoxville's Union Stockyards Offer a Slice of Agricultural Life in the 'BurbsMetroPulsenorth-knoxvilles-union-stockyards-offer-slice-agriurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-21389-733939Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2010/jun/16/west-knoxvilles-duncan-boat-dock-fixture-life-lake/?partner=RSSFrank Carlson visits Duncan Boat Dock on Fort Loudoun Lake, where generations of waterfarers come to fill their tanks. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-21384-733939stories/featuresFrank N. CarlsonKnoxville, TNWest Knoxville's Duncan Boat Dock a Fixture of Life on the LakeMetroPulsewest-knoxvilles-duncan-boat-dock-fixture-life-lakeurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-21384-733939Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2010/jun/16/east-knoxvilles-cardins-drive--has-been-classic-50/?partner=RSSAt Cardin’s Drive-In on Asheville Highway, Betty Bean finds that some things never change: the peanut butter milkshakes, the carhop service, and the big crowds. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-21386-733939stories/featuresBetty BeanKnoxville, TNEast Knoxville's Cardin’s Drive-In Has Been a Classic For 50 YearsMetroPulseeast-knoxvilles-cardins-drive--has-been-classic-50urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-21386-733939Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2010/jun/16/south-knoxvilles-spy-teck-supply-one-stop-shop-sne/?partner=RSSNeed a camera hidden inside a teddy bear? Gary Glarner won’t ask why. As Rose Kennedy discovers, Spy Teck Supply has everything you need for a bit of domestic espionage. kennedyr@metropulse.com (Rose Kennedy)Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:00:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-21388-733939stories/featuresRose KennedyKnoxville, TNSouth Knoxville's Spy Teck Supply a One-Stop Shop for SneakinessMetroPulsesouth-knoxvilles-spy-teck-supply-one-stop-shop-sneurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-21388-733939Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/nov/25/north-knoxvilles-star-sales-wholesale-wonderland/?partner=RSSStar Sales is on North Central, about a holler and a half past Happy Holler. It’s a plain cinder-block building beneath a big red star, which in this case suggests no influence of Communism. Based on its operating particulars, you’d never suspect this is a place that’s ever particularly merry, or that it sports whimsical artificial Christmas trees, including an over-the-goalposts Go-Vols tree to assuage a mediocre season, as well as an almost life-size statue of Santa himself—or that it may be the best one-stop shop for Christmas shopping on a budget in Knoxville. neely@metropulse.com (Jack Neely)Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:24:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-20291-733736stories/featuresJack NeelyKnoxville, TNNorth Knoxville's Star Sales a Wholesale WonderlandMetroPulsenorth-knoxvilles-star-sales-wholesale-wonderlandurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-20291-733736Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/nov/25/west-knoxvilles-mennonite-church-aids-third-world-/?partner=RSSModest, a single story of clean white clapboard, a simple cross over the door, the Concord Mennonite Church stands out like a beacon. It’s way far west Knoxville, on Dutchtown off of 40W, just past billboards for the Katch One Lounge and Krystal. Take a right on exit 374, away from Turkey Creek and towards the Adult Superstore, and a hand-lettered sign points to “Craft Sale.” Held each November in association with the nonprofit Ten Thousand Villages, the sale helps bring handcrafted items made by third-world artisans to North American markets. kennedyr@metropulse.com (Rose Kennedy)Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:20:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-20290-733736stories/featuresRose KennedyKnoxville, TNWest Knoxville's Mennonite Church Helps Third-World Artisans MetroPulsewest-knoxvilles-mennonite-church-aids-third-world-urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-20290-733736Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/nov/25/south-knoxvilles-my-village-provides-day-care-unde/?partner=RSSFrom the outside, My Village looks like a public school, which is a nice way of saying it looks like a prison. Barbed wire sits atop a chain-linked fence that surrounds a red-brick building. White paint chips gather on windowsills under clear-ish glass. Today the cold, mono-grey sky dulls even the brightest colors of two playground sets trapped behind still another fence, and there’s something unsettling about seeing the playthings of children trapped behind so much twisted metal. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:15:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-20289-733736stories/featuresFrank N. CarlsonKnoxville, TNSouth Knoxville's My Village Provides Day Care for Underprivileged FamiliesMetroPulsesouth-knoxvilles-my-village-provides-day-care-undeurn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-20289-733736Change0Usablehttp://www.metropulse.com/news/2009/nov/25/east-knoxvilles-broken-wing-meat-processing-aids-s/?partner=RSSFollow the dimly lit, sinuous Riverside Drive east from downtown, and after a few miles you’ll come upon a bucolic, two-story home with a white picket fence framing the driveway. Behind the house sits a fairly typical garage, complete with a canoe fixed across its facade and fluorescent light emanating from its single window. Across the room, the rhythmic hum of a bandsaw tears through flesh under the surgical, latex-covered hands of Ed Blankenship, the owner and butcher of Broken Wing Meat Processing. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:08:00 -0000urn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-20288-733736stories/featuresFrank N. CarlsonKnoxville, TNEast Knoxville's Broken Wing Meat Processing Aids Second Harvest MetroPulseeast-knoxvilles-broken-wing-meat-processing-aids-surn:publicid:www.metropulse.com:news-Story-20288-733736Change0Usable