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SSgggaiM r'U "MM pojYoyK4VE-- Mold Issues or Musty Smells? SAtm Bsy FoUNDATWH WaHMROOFINS SPECIALISTS Free Inspections Estimates 865325-9794 MaiterDfyKnoxvilhxoin LUSTS TMATES ixvilkxom 1 i I email: communityknoxnewsxxjm IWEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 2072013 Text us! Pet adoption stories The News Sentinel is offering another option for getting your news and photos in the newspaper and on knoxnewscom Text your large smartphone photos to 865-315-3439 Be sure to save the number in your phone Check out other options for sending in your news on Page 2D Submit your animal rescue story to communityknoxncwscom for inclusion in our animal adoption sto ries online and in print on Page 2D Submissions must be no more than 250 words include names location and a photo A PLACE IN HISTORY beginnings were humble By'Chrystal Talbott talbottceknoxncwsxam 865-342-6375 Senior enters and wins pageants after nearly 50 years in business By All lames Special to the News Sentinel The highwayin the middle of nowhere what I remember thinking back in 1993 when 1 took my first ride' down Pellissippi Parkway I was living in West Knoxville at the time and wanted to go to Blount County However I was concerned about the length of time it would knsxnewscom Gallery: More Pellissippi Parkway construction photos take to go the way meaning getting on Interstate 40 to Alcoa Highway Then a friend suggested the parkway so off I went Realizing it has been 20 years since that first ride I got to wondering about its history and started digging around What I have learned is that Pellissippi Parkway has a lot longer history than I knew Here is just a short history of the parkway 195 miles of Pellissippi Parkway (State Route 1621-140) which begins at Oak Ridge High-way in Knox County (State Route 62) and ends at Old Knoxville Sm TALBOTT 7D In beauty queen Lauren nearly 50 years of pageantry she been a runner-up to actress Delta Burke been judged by FTank Sinatra Mickey Rooney andTony Randall and seen lots of changes to the beauty contest world I was 13) you paraded past the judges and they eliminated 10 girls at a time" says Monahan was no talent portion no bathing suits and no interviews The judges were looking for the "girl-next-door In 2012 Monahan won the age 60 category of the "Beauty of title The pageant held in Texas was the biggest personal win for Monahan yet "I tried to win and was runner-up three she says "I finally won I would not let it beat An exciting year followed for Monahan of Knoxville She was asked to judge contests donate crowns sashes and other memorabilia to charities and helped raise money for the Hospital at Vanderbilt At the same time she continued her demanding job as the director of the Frank Strang Senior Center in West Knoxville She oversees programs for the more than 5000 members For Monahan it all started when she was 13 years old in 1965 She saw a flyer at her junior high in Miami Fla calling for girls to enter the Junior Orange Bowl pageant threw on a Sunday dress and begged my mom to take says Monahan who adds that her mother was never a pushy pageant mom "My mother said you get eliminated well get ice But I get eliminated I won It changed my she explains made me wonder I can do this what else can I That win inspired Monahan to achieve a number of other goals: roller figure skating in the Junior Olympics receiving volleyball and basketball scholarships to the University of Florida becoming a squad member of the Miami Dolphin Cheerleaders and a US Coast Guard officer featured soloist in the Florida Philharmonic Sm PAGEANTS 7D Lauren Monahan was sent this custom-made doll after she competed in Ms World International first pageant win at age 13 changed her life she says A view of the Oak Ridge connector after grading had started looking toward Oak Ridge from the Mabry-Hood Road interchange on 1-40 in Knox County January 1971 ms am 'a "Wines Spirits wwwcedarblufiWinescom 44 rffc Find us on 1 75L $3794 Old Kingston Pike? In Bearden taJ tfasheswines com I umnvasheswinescom 9141 Cross Park Dr 690-0690 Jack Daniels Jim Beam Bourbon 1 75L $2178 Jagermeister 750ml $1868 New Amsterdam Vodka 1 751 1 648 Delicato Bote Box Wines 3L $1399 Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey 750ml $1268 Kendall Jackson Chardonnay 750ml 1 1 72 Louis Martini Cabernet Sauv750ml $1116 Red Diamond Merlot 750ml $848 ALL SCOTCHES 12 OFF 1 3T Jack Daniels 1 75L $3899 Rombauer Chardonnay750mL $2999 Stoli Vodka 175L $2799 Famous Grouse Scotch 1 75L $2699 Black Box Varietals 30L $1599 Belle Glos Meomi Pinot Noir 750ml 1 5 95 Bogle Essential Red 750mL $899 Cupcake Chardonnay eeeeeee 750mL $799 Menage a Trois Red750mL $749 Jack Daniels Gift Sets' 10 OFF JL 1sk We Match ALL Locally A Advertised PrilesT cbwsQcedorbtuffwinescom ALL PINOT NOIR Be CHAMPAGNE 15 OFF HAPPY THANKSGIVING! Jk.