Photos by Amy Smotherman Burgess

  • Stefan Bergeron prepares lunch for customers at The Shrimp Dock on Kingston Pike. The New Orleans native is pulling for the Saints in the Super Bowl today, even though he watched Peyton Manning of the Colts play high school football in the same city.
  • South College founder Steve South poses at the site of the former Goody’s Family Clothing headquarters in West Knoxville. The school has reached an agreement to lease space at the office building on Parkside Drive.
  • A 7-foot-tall snowman sits in the rain in the front yard of Jeremy and Erika Carr in Fountain City on Friday. The couple built the snowman last Saturday during the snowfall. They gave the snowman an umbrella to protect it from the rain to see if they could keep around a little longer.
  • Former UT football player Chuck Smith looks on as other players run drills for NFL scouts during ProDay workouts at the Neyland Thompson Sports Center on the University of Tennessee campus last March.
  • Jeff Kaplan, left, and Jay Adams, center, of Banyan Global Technologies LLC, watch with John McCracken of Inventure Laboratories Inc. as the new gear-cutting machine is placed for a demonstration on Monday.
  • Twelve year-old Valancia Zimmerman walks with her adoptive mother Angie Zimmerman off the airplane after it landed outside of TAC Air at McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Zimmerman was one of six Haitian orphans brought to Knoxville and greeted by other adopting families, White Stone Church members and well-wishers. Pilot Corp. provided one of the jet planes used to transport the children and their new families to Knoxville. The children were living in the earthquake-damaged Coq Chante Orphanage in Haiti.
  • Al Fitzpatrick carries his seven year-old adopted daughter Jayla off the airplane after it landed outside of TAC Air at McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010.Fitzpatrick was one of six Haitian orphans brought to Knoxville and greeted by other adopting families, White Stone Church members and well-wishers. Pilot Corp. provided one of the jet planes used to transport the children and their new families to Knoxville. The children were living in the earthquake-damaged Coq Chante Orphanage in Haiti.
  • Ten year-old Odette Coleman is greeted by her adoptive sister, Taylor Coleman, at TAC Air at McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Coleman was one of six Haitian orphans brought to Knoxville and greeted by other adopting families, White Stone Church members and well-wishers. Pilot Corp. provided one of the jet planes used to transport the children and their new families to Knoxville. The children were living in the earthquake-damaged Coq Chante Orphanage in Haiti.
  • Eleven year-old Islande Stout is greeted by her adoptive father, John Stout, at TAC Air at McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Stout was one of six Haitian orphans brought to Knoxville and greeted by other adopting families, White Stone Church members and well-wishers. Pilot Corp. provided one of the jet planes used to transport the children and their new families to Knoxville. The children were living in the earthquake-damaged Coq Chante Orphanage in Haiti.
  • Eleven year-old Islande Stout is greeted by her adoptive father, John Stout, at TAC Air at McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Stout was one of six Haitian orphans brought to Knoxville and greeted by other adopting families, White Stone Church members and well-wishers. Pilot Corp. provided one of the jet planes used to transport the children and their new families to Knoxville. The children were living in the earthquake-damaged Coq Chante Orphanage in Haiti.
  • Six year-old Wousamy Bates is greeted by his adoptive family, (left to right) Karen Logan and Mike Bates at TAC Air at McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Bates was one of six Haitian orphans brought to Knoxville and greeted by other adopting families, White Stone Church members and well-wishers. Pilot Corp. provided one of the jet planes used to transport the children and their new families to Knoxville. The children were living in the earthquake-damaged Coq Chante Orphanage in Haiti.
  • Six year-old Wousamy Bates is greeted at TAC Air at McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Bates was one of six Haitian orphans brought to Knoxville and greeted by other adopting families, White Stone Church members and well-wishers. Pilot Corp. provided one of the jet planes used to transport the children and their new families to Knoxville. The children were living in the earthquake-damaged Coq Chante Orphanage in Haiti.
  • Adopting families, White Stone Church members and well-wishers wait for six Haitian orphans to arrive at TAC Air at McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Pilot Corp. provided one of the jet planes used to transport the children and their new families to Knoxville. The children were living in the earthquake-damaged Coq Chante Orphanage in Haiti.
  • Six year-old Wousamy Bates gets off the aircraft as it lands outside of TAC Air at McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Bates was one of six Haitian orphans brought to Knoxville and greeted by other adopting families, White Stone Church members and well-wishers. Pilot Corp. provided one of the jet planes used to transport the children and their new families to Knoxville. The children were living in the earthquake-damaged Coq Chante Orphanage in Haiti.
  • Al Fitzpatrick carries his seven year-old adopted daughter Jayla as they are greeted by wife Sheri Fitzpatrick in TAC Air at McGhee Tyson Airport on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. Fitzpatrick was one of six Haitian orphans brought to Knoxville and greeted by other adopting families, White Stone Church members and well-wishers. Pilot Corp. provided one of the jet planes used to transport the children and their new families to Knoxville. The children were living in the earthquake-damaged Coq Chante Orphanage in Haiti.
  • Don Lawson, left, director of Career, Technical and Adult Education for Knox County Schools, and Tim Hill, manager for West Town and Knoxville Center malls, share a laugh on Friday at Knoxville Center.
  • UT assistant coach defensive backs, Willie Mack Garza, during practice at Haslam field in April 2009.
  • Ken Irvine, left, commander of Knoxville’s American Legion Post 2, and Marty Everett, commander of American Legion District 2, look over the proposed site for an expansion of the state veterans cemetery.
  • UT coach David Cutcliffe talks to the offensive players during the first practice for the 2007 football team on Friday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
  • Former offensive coordinator, David Cutcliffe, and wide receivers coach, Trooper Taylor talk during the 2006 Orange and White game.
  • Former Tennessee offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe pulls quarterback Bo Hardegree aside as he runs out to start play during the 2006 Orange and White game at Neyland Stadium.
  • Students had expressed their sentiments on the Rock on the University of Tennessee campus Wednesday after the sudden resignation of football coach Lane Kiffin on Tuesday.
  • Former University of Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin boards a private jet provided by a Las Vegas luxury car dealer Wednesday at McGhee Tyson Airport on his way out of town.
  • Layla Kiffin, wife of former University of Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin, and Monte Kiffin, former University of Tennessee defensive coordinator, board a plane at TAC Air at McGhee Tyson Airport bound for California on Wednesday.
  • Former University of Tennessee head football coach Lane Kiffin waits to board a plane bound for California at McGhee Tyson Airport on Wednesday.
  • Layla Kiffin, wife of former University of Tennessee head coach Lane Kiffin, and Monte Kiffin, former University of Tennessee defensive coordinator, board a plane at McGhee Tyson Airport bound for California on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. After only 14 months on the job and with five years remaining on his contract, Kiffin broke the news Tuesday night that he was leaving UT to take the head coaching position at the University of Southern California.
  • Monte Kiffin waits to board a California-bound plane at McGhee Tyson Airport. Lane Kiffin resigned as head football coach for the University of Tennessee after accepting an offer with the USC Trojans. Monte Kiffin and Ed Orgeron also resigned and will join Lane Kiffin in California.
  • Former University of Tennessee head football coach Lane Kiffin waits to board a plane bound for California on Wednesday at McGhee Tyson Airport.
  • Layla Kiffin, wife of former University of Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin, boards a plane at McGhee Tyson Airport bound for California on Wednesday. Lane Kiffin is joining the University of Southern California as their head football coach.
  • Memerbs of the Kiffin family board a plane at McGhee Tyson Airport bound for California on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010. After only 14 months on the job and with five years remaining on his contract, Kiffin broke the news Tuesday night that he was leaving UT to take the head coaching position at the University of Southern California.
  • Monte Kiffin waits to board a California-bound plane at McGhee Tyson Airport. Lane Kiffin resigned as head football coach for the University of Tennessee after accepting an offer with the USC Trojans. Monte Kiffin and Ed Orgeron also resigned and will join Lane Kiffin in California.
  • Tennessee senior J.P. Prince speaks to members of the media Friday at Thompson-Boling Arena.
  • Players run the length of the court and back during practice at Thompson Boling Arena on Friday. UT announced earlier in the day that Tyler Smith had been dismissed from the team.
  • Players run the length of the court and back during practice at Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday.
  • Bruce Pearl, UT head coach for men's basketball, speaks to the media after practice at Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday. Pearl dismissed senior forward Tyler Smith from the team earlier in the day.
  • UT senior Bobby Maze speaks to the media after practice at Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday. 'Anytime you lose a brother, a teammate you've been with, it's very tough,'' senior point guard Bobby Maze said of Tyler Smith's dismissal which was announced earlier in the day.
  • UT head men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl talks with Wayne Chism during practice at Thompson Boling Arena on Friday.
  • UT assistant coach Tony Jones sits on the bench during practice at Thompson Boling Arena on Friday.
  • Senior Wayne Chism hangs from the rim during practice at Thompson-Boling Arena Friday. Chism said, 'Tyler will always be family to us, and Tyler will always be in our mind,'' after Tyler Smith was dismissed from the team on Friday.
  • UT coach Bruce Pearl directs player Skylar McBee during practice at Thompson-Boling Arena Friday.
  • Senior J.P. Prince shows the jersey numbers for the four players suspended or dismissed from the team during practice at Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday, Jan. 8, 2010. Senior forward Tyler Smith was dismissed from the team on Friday, Melvin Goins, Cameron Tatum and Brian WIlliams are still suspended.
  • Wayne Chism and Kenny Hall during practice at Thompson Boling Arena on Friday.
  • From left, Tennessee starters Scotty Hopson, Kenny Hall, Bobby Maze and Wayne Chism talk during Friday’s practice at Thompson-Boling Arena.
  • Kenny Hall, J.P. Prince and Scotty Hopson wait to go in during practice at Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday.
  • Bobby Maze, Kenny Hall and Scotty Hopson take a break between running during practice at Thompson Boling Arena on Friday, Jan. 8, 2010. Senior forward Tyler Smith was dismissed from the team on Friday.
  • Players run the length of the court and back during practice at Thompson-Boling Arena on Friday.
  • Lady Vols players Glory Johnson, Briana Bass and Kelley Cain share a laugh with Wayne Chism as he warms up for practice after the Lady Vols had finished their practice at Thompson Boling Arena on Friday.
  • Kenny Hall and Josh Bone stretch during practice at Thompson Boling Arena on Friday.
  • Players gather to start practice at Thompson Boling Arena on Friday, Jan. 8, 2010. Senior forward Tyler Smith was dismissed from the team on Friday.

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