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VANDERBILT BASEBALL UT BASEBALL Eyes on another A maturity level NCAA title ‘beyond his years’ Five reasons why No. 2 VU Stallings is winning fans o is a favorite to win another the eld while helping Vols end NCAA championship. P31 14-year NCAA absence. P32 May 31 – June 6, 2019 Vol. 45 | Issue 22 KNOXVILLE EDITION www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville The power of information. KNOX • ANDERSON • JEFFERSON • CAMPBELL • CUMBERLAND CLAIBORNE COCKE • GRAINGER • HAMBLEN • BLOUNT • LOUDON • MONROE • MORGAN • ROANE • SCOTT • SEVIER • UNION Ledger FORMERLY WESTVIEW SINCE 1978 GET OUT Take in these short-drive Tennessee getaways. Story on pg. 2 Community Calendar ............................5 More inside: Public Notices ........................6-13, 22–29 Find Public Notices Career Corner ..........................................3 Newsmakers ..........................................15 inside & online: Personal Finance ....................................3 Crossword...............................................19 www.TNLedger.com News Briefs ..............................................4 Behind the Wheel .................................30 Page 2 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville MAY 31 – JUNE 6, 2019 Photograph provided Vistors snap photos at a fish tank inside the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga. If summer in your town is getting you down, GET OUT relief is one tank of gas away By Tom Wood most. My rst call was to Joe Elmore, host of eed a change for the summer? “Tennessee Crossroads” on WNPT-Ch.8. Hit the road. He and his cohorts have traveled the Take what “Condé Nast state’s highways and byways since 1987, Traveler’’ contributing editor showcasing people, places of interest, arts Mark Ellwood described as a and crafts, and food. Joe’s rst suggestion “microvacation” on a recent was a trip to Centerville in Middle N“CBS is Morning” appearance. Tennessee. “I think, often, this is a little bit like “ at’s … the hometown of Minnie tapas for travel. It’s a small-plate trend,” Pearl, and they have a great event on Ellwood explained. “So, basically, a long Saturday mornings called ‘ e Grinders weekend, you go somewhere nearby, Switch Music Hour.’ It’s free, it’s a live somewhere you’re really familiar with. But concert with a bunch of local musicians these microvacations, you’re like, ‘Oh, I who play country music,” says Elmore, can get three-, four-hours (away), maybe whose show recently received the on a direct ight that didn’t used to exist. 2019 Metro Historical Commission ere are a lot more connections, so it’s Preservation Award. widening your options.” “And then just across the street on But where to go? Especially if you prefer the court square is Breece’s Café, where to recreate those road trips of your youth Photograph provided we visited about a year or two ago. It’s for your own family or are in search of a A Century of the American Motorcycle Exhibit runs through Nov. 23 at the Graceland Exhibition just a down-home meat-and-three, a couple’s retreat. Center in Memphis. Mom ’n’ Pop kind of place. ere are Nashville’s always fun, and if you like and enjoy all that Music City has to o er. enochlophobia, BTW), then avoid Music a lot of friendly people, and a cool little music and crowds, CMA Fest is June So, if you like jam-packed, can’t- City for those two weeks, and try a four- town square. For sure, it’s going to be 6-10, o ering free concerts on seven breathe crowds squeezed into every day weekend or an entire week somewhere a lot quieter than it’s going to be (in stages downtown along with the ticketed nook and cranny of Nashville’s Lower that promises to let your blood pressure Nashville).” headliner events. Next up is Bonnaroo, Broadway streets and clubs, if you like drop. en I contacted former WSMV-4 June 13-16. And while that festival is 60 being part of the scene, then you may be Minnie’s hometown sports and news personality Rudy Kalis, miles down I-24 in Manchester, many shaping the brim of your cowboy hat and who suggested Lynchburg or Helen, of the 80,000 or so Bonnaroonies will be polishing your boot-scooting skills. In coming up with places to visit that Georgia, a cool little Bavarian-style using Nashville’s roads and airport to get But if you’re claustrophobic or o er something new and less rowdy, I mountain village about 3 hours from in and out. Many will extend their stays su ering from a fear of crowds (that’s checked in with friends and colleagues who know the Volunteer State better than GET OUT >> PAGE 16 MAY 31 – JUNE 6, 2019 www.TNLedger.com/Knoxville Page 3 Layoff odds high Code for ‘young’ Want to work past 65? Seeking digital You’ve got work to do natives. Really? Many people plan a di erent perspective to that team; if I’ve noticed on job postings lately to work past normal there’s an opportunity for me to work on that companies are seeking “digital retirement age, by it, then I would like to,’” she says. natives.” “Digital native” is used on digital choice or necessity. Keep learning But most aren’t taking marketing jobs and is often used on the steps that could We’re living in a world in which job postings for anything from a search LIZ increase the odds nearly half of all jobs are vulnerable to ANGELA engine optimization manager to a vice WESTON automation and many occupations of the COPELAND PERSONAL they’ll be able to do CAREER president of digital marketing. FINANCE so. future haven’t been invented yet. CORNER is term makes sense at rst. When asked what So, it might not be enough to be good But, the de nition of a digital native, they’re doing to ensure at what you do. You’ll want to get good according to Dictionary.com, is “a they can continue working past 65, fewer at what your company or industry needs Ledger person born or brought up during the age of di gital than half of employees polled in the next. technology and therefore familiar with computers and the 2019 Transamerica Retirement Survey Try asking your boss or human The power of internet from an early age.” of Workers say they’re trying to stay resources folks about what skills are information. ose who are turning 40 this year probably started to healthy. currently hard for them to nd. Stay use the internet around 1995 when they were sophomores up to date on your eld’s technology, Published weekly by in high school – if they were lucky. at was in the time of Similar numbers cited performing Westview Newspaper, LLC well in their current positions ( 43%) or consider adding credentials and “be the dial-up modem and America Online. greedy” about new experiences, says keeping their job skills up to date ( 40%). 222 Second Ave. N. Suite 101 eir parents were ahead of the game if they had a More than 1 in 4 workers say they aren’t Barbara Mistick, co-author of “Stretch: Nashville, TN 37201 home computer. In all likelihood, they really began to use How to Future-Proof Yourself for (615) 254-5522 doing anything to ensure they remain FAX: (615) 254-5525 computers when they went to college. Tomorrow’s Workplace “ and president employed longer. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m It should be noted that I’m omitting early Macs and Workers of the world, wake up. Bad of Wilson College in Chambersburg, things like Atari for the purposes of this column. I’m Pennsylvania. President & Chairman talking about the real internet. health, layo s and age discrimination Peter Schutt sideline many people who expected to Mistick says she attends at least one Digital natives had the internet in elementary school or conference a year that’s outside her eld Publisher & CEO work longer. Surveys show that anywhere Eric Barnes middle school. Wikipedia says digital natives “are often from 37% to 56% of retirees leave the just to meet new people and learn new Associate Publisher used to describe the digital gap in terms of the ability of things. She also creates a plan every year & Executive Editor job market earlier than planned. at Lyle Graves technological use among people born from 1980 onward can be catastrophic for your nances and for her career growth, and urges others to [email protected] and those born before.” your retirement. do the same. Planning Editor By this de nition, a digital native would be 38 years “People kind of think someone is Cindy Smith e employment deck is stacked [email protected] old or younger. Let that soak in. A job description that going to take care of it for them, but against you as you grow older. Few Contributors speci cally requests that someone is 38 years old or Hollie Deese companies o er age-friendly policies your professional development is your younger. own responsibility,” she says. Tim Ghianni that could keep people in the workplace Sam Stockard Why does this happen? I’d like to know this myself. I Linda Bryant thought the idea of a job posting was to hire someone with longer, such as formal phased retirement Keep looking Tom Wood programs. Our social and professional circles Offi ce Manager a certain skillset rather than a certain age. Donna Gosnell I also heard this rumor that discriminating on the Even employers that have diversity can shrink as we age. If we want to stay Art Director and inclusion policies typically don’t engaged, we should keep diversifying Leigh Melton Singleton basis of age when hiring is not allowed.