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Pharmacy fire ruled electrical
A fire investigator with the Blount County Sheriff's Office has determined the source and cause of a fire that damaged a Maryville pharmacy on Friday.
The fire at Village Pharmacy, 2541 E. Broadway Ave., was electrical and started on the outside of the building at the weather head, according to Marian O'Briant, Blount County Sheriff's information officer. Foul play has been ruled out.
The fire was reported at about 5:22 a.m. in the older Village Pharmacy building, which was in one of three sections of the building, said Blount County Fire Chief Doug McClanahan.
Village Pharmacy was set to move into a new building that weekend and the building that caught fire was scheduled to be torn down this week. No injuries were reported.
The pharmacy's insurance company is handling any issues involving controlled substances in the building that caught fire, O'Briant said.Lost Cajuns benefit planned
The Lost Cajuns of East Tennessee social group will host a "Red Beans & Rice Bayou Bash Storm Relief Party" 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Smoky Mountain Harley-Davidson in Maryville. Admission is free.
The party will benefit the nonprofit Friends of Grand Isle, an eight-mile island of 1,500 in Louisiana. The event is also to bring awareness to The Gulf Restoration Network, Save the Wetlands and Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana.
The Soul Finger band will perform. For more information, call 748-7122 or email: lostcajuns@hot mail.com.Festival plans kids' play area
Joshua Resource Center's "Festival 4 Hope" will feature a unique children's play area 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 20 at Camp Tipton, Maryville.
Days Gone By, a Sevierville company, will bring their old-fashioned fun, including games of skill and chance. Children may try to walk on stilts, jump rope, Hula-Hoop and walk around in "Funny Feet" Stompers. Children may also play "Clothes pin drop," make "sawdust soup" and play with a wooden train set, among other things.
Also planned are a live auction and a Biker Run for motorcycle enthusiasts.
To register for the Biker Run, or for more information, go online at www.JoshuaResourceCenter.org or call (865) 380-5370. Tickets will also be available at the Maryville Wal-Mart from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12 and 19, at the event, and from JRC committee members.Items sought for cancer victim
Alona Murphy, a family member of cancer patient Bobby King, 42, is asking for donated items she can sell at an upcoming flea market at Parkway Drive-In in Maryville. The proceeds will be used to aid King with medical needs.
King, who resides in Blount County, was diagnosed with bone cancer about three weeks ago and is terminal. He spent 22 years in the military and most recently worked as an investigator for an insurance company.
Items for the flea market can be dropped off at Parkway beginning at 7 a.m. Friday and continuing through the weekend.
For more information on the flea market items, call Connie Delozier at 977-9668 or 696-0821. To contact Murphy, call her at 981-3257.Public Meetings Alcoa
BOARD OF EDUCATION: Will hold its regular monthly board meeting at 5 p.m. Sept. 16 in the board room of the Alcoa City Schools' Education Building.
Blount County
ELECTION COMMISSION: Will m eet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Election Commission office in Blount County Courthouse. Election day officials for the November general election will be appointed.