PAGE APB The Knoxville Focus December 31, 2018 December 31, 2018 www.knoxfocus.com PAGE A1 Now offering online auction services The Knoxvillele Fountain City Auction for all of your auction needs (865)604-3468 fountaincityauction.com OCUS FREETake One! www.knoxfocus.com F SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE - $74.50/YEAR December 31, 2018 Phone: 865-686-9970 | PO Box 18377, Knoxville, TN 37928 | Located at 4109 Central Avenue Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee 37912 Fountain City Ring in Auction Kicks Off the New New Year With Huge Year on Advertisement Auction Market By Amy Box Fellhoelter logo items like a ten-cent You can’t put a price tag soda vending machine, Square on reminiscing over a dis- chest coolers, and a five- play of vintage Pepsi-Cola cent pedal car. Some What are you wooden crates or a five- unique pieces to claim doing tonight? cent gumball machine, but are a World Fair pinball One way to celebrate coming to the 14th Annual machine, a 1924 antique is at New Year’s Eve on Advertisement Auction at pair of Tennessee license Market Square, presented Fountain City Auction will plates, a Wheelman Big by Lloyd’s Electric Service let you relive days of ole Wheel Bicycle, a Dale Earn- Inc., on Monday, Dec. 31. with no entrance fee. This hardt Coca Cola machine, The Holidays on Ice open- exciting live and online auc- and a “Stuart Little” motor- air ice skating rink, pre- tion becomes the largest of ized ride-on car. All of these sented by Home Federal its kind in the area this Sat- items can be found amid Bank, is open 1 - 10 p.m. urday, January 5. historic TEXACO, SHELL, The all-ages celebration “This auction brings in a and SUNOCO gas pumps, begins at 10 p.m. with The high quality of items and a huge selection of pedal Bicho Brothers perform- sellers. We collect items cars and tractors, and ing classic rock favorites on for it all year. You can’t go hundreds of signs in neon, the Market Square stage. out and get this every day. metal, and porcelain vari- The countdown to midnight Some of this stuff is hard eties. begins at 11:55 p.m., fol- to find,” says Greg Lawson, Lawson says the big- lowed by the ball drop, fire- owner of Fountain City Auc- gest change in the past 14 works and a group sing- tion. years of running the auc- along of “Auld Lang Syne.” Fortunately for cus- tion is the online element Frank Murphy from Clas- tomers, an extensive col- which made this event the sic Hits 93.1 FM and Kelli lection of popular items sixth most viewed online Smith of WATE Channel 6’s will be available such as auction in the nation last program “Living East Ten- antique gas and oil items, year, and the number one nessee” will emcee the retro vending machines, most viewed in the state event. Party favors, includ- PHOTO BY AMY BOX FELLHOELTER. vintage toys and cap guns, of Tennessee on the Auc- ing foam “2019” hats and bicycles, and a selection of tionZip website. Greg Lawson of Fountain City Auction is ready for the first big sale of the year. The inflatable “thunderstick” old-fashioned Coca Cola Continued on page 2 14th annual Advertisement Auction is this Saturday at noon. noise makers, will be avail- able while supplies last. No mobile food or alco- hol sales will take place on the square on New Year’s Eve. However, down- ‘Violins of Hope’ coming to Knoxville town restaurants, includ- By Mike Steely ing those participating in [email protected] the Peppermint Trail, will be open and offering spe- “They once asked a cials; it’s always a good Jewish musician why are idea to call ahead for hours there so many Jewish vio- and dinner reservations. linists. He looks at the Visitors should be aware violin, how small it was, of temporary closures and said ’It’s one of the around Market Square. only instruments you can Parking on Wall Ave will grab and run. Unfortunate- be prohibited starting at ly too many times we have 3 p.m., and the road will to do that.’” be closed 5 p.m. to 1:30 Those were the open- a.m. Parking on Union ing works of Rabbi Yossi Avenue between Walnut Wilhelm of the Chabad of and Gay streets and Market Knoxville when addressing Street between Union the Knoxville City Council and Clinch avenues, ends recently. at 7 p.m. Those streets “’Violins of Hope’ is a will be closed between collection of over 50 vio- 9 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. lins,” he continued, “that Free parking after 6 were rescued, saved and p.m. is available in all City- restored from the holo- Violins that survived the Holocaust have been reassembled and restored by Israeli master violin-maker and founder owned garages, includ- caust era. Some were of Violins of Hope, Amnon Weinstein. His son and a co-founder of Violins of Hope, Avshi Weinstein, will be making ing Market Square, Locust played during the holo- the trip from Israel to visit middle school and high school students in East Tennessee schools with the violins and will Street, Langley, City County caust, in ghettos and con- be accompanied by musicians who will play them. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions and touch the Building and Dwight Kessel. centration camps. The violins. Public parking spaces are Nazis had symphonies so currently limited in State that when Jews arrived at speaking on the request be obtained by calling Rabbi Yossi Street garage during the the death camps the sym- of Mayor Madeline Rogero (865)245-0202. Wilhelm tells construction project that phonies played and they who had appropriated Concerts are scheduled the story will increase its capac- thought ’How bad can it $2,000 from her budget to for January 23 and 24 of “Violins ity by 570 spaces. For a be?’ assist the Stanford Eisen- at 7 p.m., at the Tennes- of Hope” a map of available garag- “Some of those who berg Knoxville Jewish Day see Theater and will fea- display and es and lots, visit Down- played— their lives were School bring the Violins of ture some of the restored Knoxville townKnox.org/Parking. actually saved. After the Hope to Knoxville. violins being played by Symphony Visit www.knoxvilletn. war when they looked at “Violins of Hope: Strings the Knoxville Sympho- event coming gov/christmas for more the violin they couldn’t play of the Holocaust” will ny Orchestra. The Jewish to the details on New Year’s it any more. Many of them be on exhibit January 4 Day School is sponsoring Tennessee Eve on the Square and stored it in their attic or through January 27 at the event and information Theater in www.downtownknox- some drawer,” the rabbi the UT Downtown Gal- about tickets is available January. ville.org/holiday/pepper- said. lery, 106 Gay Street. Addi- at www.violinsofhopeknox. Photo by Mike mint/ for a list of Pepper- Rabbi Wilhelm was tional information can com. Steely. mint Trail participants. Happy New Year! PAGE A2 The Knoxville Focus December 31, 2018 Social Security Disability Basics Social secu- to be disabling, rity is a system and the con- that our govern- dition that the ment has set up applicant is to pay individu- alleging keeps als who retire a them from work- certain amount ing must be on of money each the list or must month. Social be as debilitat- security is also By Jedidiah ing as the condi- designed to pay McKeehan tions on the list. attorneyknoxville@ individuals a gmail.com The fourth monthly amount question the if they become judge asks is, disabled and are unable “Can the applicant do the to work. work they previously did?” Social security disabil- The judge must determine ity is an area of law unto based on the testimony of itself, but let’s go over the the people present at the very basics of it. hearing whether the appli- When you apply for cant can return to work social security disability, they previously performed PHOTO BY AMY BOX FELLHOELTER. you can do so by yourself, prior to their alleged dis- A preview for this Saturday’s Advertisement Auction will be held Friday, Jan. 4, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or with an attorney. If an ability date. Obviously, if attorney represents you, a judge believes they can his fee will be contingent return to their prior work, upon you receiving disabil- then an applicant will be Fountain City Auction Kicks Off New Year ity, so you do not have to determined to not be dis- pay that attorney anything abled. upfront. Finally, the last ques- With Huge Advertisement Auction When you apply for dis- tion the judge asks is, ability, your application “Can the applicant do Cont. from page 1 would look for their space.” The heated facility even has p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 5, will undergo a review by any other type of work?” Customers can preview This gives reason to why he concessions and is locat- from 9 a.m. until the sale the social security office. So its not good enough each item and its cur- and his staff meticulously ed at 4109 Central Avenue begins at noon. It only takes Very often, your initial that an applicant cannot rent bidding price before inspect every piece to list Pike near the Merchants a few minutes to register application for disability do their prior work, they the sale begins.