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ISSUE 43 VOLUME 27 FARRAGUT, TENNESSEE THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2015

Alan Sloan

Kristi Hulsey, Village Green Homeowners Association president, and Rob Eddins, HOA vice pres-ident, in front of the pool and tennis court, 218 West Heritage Drive, they are looking to replacewith a $1.05 million proposed renovation.

■ ALAN SLOANSpecial to farragutpress

The fate of a proposed $1.05million pool, tennis courts,sports court and parking lot ren-ovation for Village Green subdivi-sion, 218 West Heritage Drive,will be decided Saturday, July 12.

That’s the date where resi-dents representing VillageGreen’s 462 households willgather in the subdivision club-house and vote whether or not toaccept the plan, which wouldinclude a $400 annual spike inhomeowners dues over eightyears (currently $295 yearly) or aone-time “special assessment”fee of $3,000 per household forone year.

Proxy ballots for those unableto attend the July 12 meeting inVillage Green clubhouse, 218West Heritage Drive, recentlywere distributed to each home,Village Green HOA presidentKristi Hulsey said.

A 60-percent quorum at themeeting, and at least a two-thirdvote of approval from householdrepresentatives is needed tomake the project a reality,

Hulsey added. Breaking down the numbers of

those outspoken in favor versusthose outspoken against as ofmid-June, “It’s about 180 verbalyes’s and about four dozen verbalno’s,” Rob Eddins, Village GreenHOA vice president, said.

The biggest negative they hearis, “’I don’t use the pool so whyshould I pay for it?’” Eddins said.“… Most of the disapproval andnegative comments and atti-tudes about it are pretty basicpocket book.”

The new “L-shaped” pool’smain swimming area “would be25 yards long and about 50 feetin width” plus “a shallow end inthe short arm of the ‘L,’” Eddinssaid, adding the current WestHeritage Drive pool “is about athird of that size.”

Though saying the new pool isnot being built just to satisfy theswim team, the Village GreenGators, with “north of 100” sub-division youth ages 6 to 18,Eddins added, “It is a factor.”

With only five lanes for Gatorscompetitions at the Monticellopool, “It is the smallest and shal-lowest pool for competitive,

neighborhood swimming inKnoxville,” Eddins said, addingthe new pool would have “eightlanes.”

The West Heritage andMonticello pools were “builtmore than 40 years ago” accord-ing to Eddins, with both on theverge of needing extensiverepair. “It’s difficult to maintainand operate. They’re moneypits.”

The $1.05 million estimate isbased on “a local landscapearchitect who has significantexperience with projects likethis,” Eddins said.

Also included in the renova-tion are “two bathrooms” plus abare structure for a future“snack bar” without making itoperational immediately basedon current limited funds, Eddinssaid.

One subdivision resident onrecord opposing the project, BillShunk, said he’s lived in VillageGreen “since 1977.”

Village Green resident poolusage is inflated, Shunk said,because “there’s probably a half-

Village Green residents battle over pool assessment

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Continental Properties to go ‘back to the drawing board’■ TAMMY CHEEK

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Continental Properties Com-panies Inc., also known asContinental 333 Fund, has with-drawn its request to rezone 19.66acres just north of Kingston Pikeat Peterson Road for The Springsat Farragut, an upscale apart-ment development.

“We are going take that itemoff the agenda,” Mayor RalphMcGill said during Farragut’sBoard of Mayor and Aldermenmeeting Thursday, June 25.“There won’t be any action taken

but representatives of Contin-ental, at that time, would like tomake a statement.”

Town administrator DavidSmoak said Continental Proper-ties’ withdrawal of the applica-tion means the firm would haveto come back and go through thewhole process again. Smoak’sannouncement elicited applausefrom residents.

Despite the announcement,Smith Road and other area resi-dents asked to speak on the pro-posed rezoning

Baldwin Park subdivision resi-dent Michael Wilson said resi-

dents did not have an issue withthe developer.

“It’s a nice project, but thereare inconsistencies with theComprehensive Land Use Plan,”Wilson said.

Mul Wyman, a resident ofWyndham Hall subdivision offGrigsby Chapel Road, said hethought the development shouldbe built in the Mixed-Use TownCenter District, and other resi-dents agreed.

While residents were given theopportunity to speak, they ob-jected to the firm’s having anopportunity to give public expla-

nation for its withdraw.“I object to Continental Pro-

perties making any kind of state-ment,” resident John Nehls said.“There’s no longer an itembefore the Board, and for themto make a statement, not as aresident, I think would deprivethe citizens of what I believe isfollowing the procedure or theprotocol.”

Along that line, the crowdinterjected, saying ContinentalProperties representatives werenot residents.

Town attorney Tom Hale spokeover them, saying, “The chair-

man is entitled to manage theagenda. Let’s be fair about this.“Everyone who comes in herehas rights, not just one group,”he said. “When we start denyingrights, we run the risk of beingsued.”

Still, residents such as MartinRitter of Fox Den subdivisionobjected.

“It’s not an issue on the agen-da,” Ritter said.

“You weren’t on the agendaeither,” McGill said.

“Don’t you guys want to find

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■ ALAN SLOANSpecial to farragutpress

When Keith Cottrell refersto Farragut Primary School ashis administrative “bootcamp” for learning about howa kindergarten through sec-ond-grade school operates,it’s any-thing buta harshr e f e r -ence.

“Farra-gut Pri-mary wasa fantas-tic area togrow forme,” Cottrell, FPS assistantprincipal for three schoolyears, said after beingappointed new principal atCedar Bluff ElementarySchool Tuesday, June 2. “Theschool was great, the commu-nity was wonderful.

“First off all, I have to saythat the principal, Gina Byrd,was a wonderful friend to me,a wonderful mentor to me,”

Cottrell added. “She’s a greatschool leader as the commu-nity knows.

“And she was just fantasticfor letting me have opportuni-ties at the school to lead dif-ferent instructional initia-tives. To certainly interactwith the kids, interact withthe parents.”

Though an elementaryschool teacher for 13 years“prior to going into theLeadership Academy” to trainas an administrator, “All myteaching experience was withintermediate-aged students,”Cottrell said. “So actuallyworking in a primary schoolfor three years was like pri-mary school boot camp forme. It gave me a great oppor-tunity to learn more about thecurriculum and the types ofteachers that gravitatetowards those grades and thestudents.

“So it was a great trainingground in that regard.”

Cottrell’s administrative

Cottrell to head CedarBluff Elementary School

Cottrell

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New concert series slated for Founders Park at Campbell Station■ KEN LAY

Correspondent

Shandy Dixon and Amy Bolingrecently took a labor of love andthe duo soon hopes to reap thefruits of that labor.

“My friend Amy Boling and Iwanted to do something for thetown of Farragut,” Dixon said.“We love music. Our kids playmusic and I’m the daughter of amusician.”

Dixon and Boling set out on amission that resulted in TheLawn Chair Concert Series,which will debut on July 30 atFounders Park at CampbellStation.

The concerts will be onThursday night from 6 to 9 p.m.,

July 30 and Aug. 27.“This is for the town of

Farragut and this is for fun,”Dixon said. “We wanted to dosomething simple without all ofthe money and politics involved.

“This all started when theyhad an open-mic night atFarragut High School and theyhad kids who couldn’t get in tothe auditorium,” Dixon said.“Amy and I knew that these kidsjust want to listen to music. Youknow that if the kids wanted tolisten to music, then their par-ents probably want to listen too.

“This is grass roots and any-time you want to do anything,you have to go downtown. We

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dozen subdivisions that use thatpool because they don’t have onein their own place.”

If the new pool becomes areality, “How is it going to bemaintained? … Who is going tofoot the [bill] for maintenanceon this?” Shunk said, adding healso fears unbudgeted cost

increases in the buildingprocess.

“I would say by the time theygot done, you would probably belooking at $2 million,” Shunkadded.

Eddins said the issue of build-ing a new pool “has been bub-bling up for a couple of yearsnow. … The idea of replacingone of our old pools was firstbroached in 2011.”

PoolFrom page 1A

Rendering of Village Green swimming pool master plan

• On June 24 at around 8:10p.m., Knox County Sheriff’sOffice responded to Kohl’s de-partment store, 11530 KingstonPike in Farragut, for a theft byshoplifting. Complainant/wit-ness/loss prevention reportedthat she observed the suspect, a39-year-old white female, takemerchandise into a fitting roomand then not bring it out withher. The fitting rooms werechecked and the merchandisewas not there. Suspect attempt-ed to exit the store without mak-ing any attempt to pay for themerchandise. Complainant stop-ped the suspect and discoveredthat the suspect was wearingthe merchandise under herclothing. Merchandise wasrecovered but cannot be resolddue to suspect wearing the mer-chandise. The merchandise totalwas $127.03, which is a Class AMisdemeanor. Suspect wasarrested. There is Kohl’s securi-

ty video of the incident.• On June 24, a City Bank

complainant called and reportedsuspicious activity on her creditcard. Complainant then realizedseveral items including her cred-it card were missing from herbillfold. She had last seen theitems before leaving her car atthe Gold’s Gym parking lot nearFarragut at 7 p.m., June 24.Victim’s car was locked but nodamage appears to have beendone. Complainant advised shehas canceled her debit and cred-it cards and was missing $110 incurrency.

• On June 27 at around 8:24p.m., KCSO responded to JC-Penney, 11534 Parkside Drive inFarragut, for a theft by shoplift-ing. Complainant reported thatthe suspect, a 24-year-old whitemale, had just put on a pair ofshoes from the shelf and ran outof the store while not makingany attempt to pay for the mer-

chandise. Suspect was also withanother suspect, a 22-year-oldwhite female, who had attempt-ed to do a return and then possi-bly taken some unknown mer-chandise by concealing it in herpurse. Suspect fled from thestore and ran down the street.KCSO was unable to locate thesuspects. Merchandise total was$79.99 making it a Class AMisdemeanor. There is JC-Penney security video of the inci-dent.

• On June 26 around 10:16a.m., a complainant advised hisWells Fargo credit account wascompromised by the suspect dur-ing the listed dates. The accounthad been paid off by the com-plainant but was charged for atotal of $2,093.46 by the suspect.It is unknown how the suspectobtained the information neces-sary to gain access to theaccount.

experience actually began atCBES “in the LeadershipAcademy during the 2011-12school year” before coming toFPS. “Cedar Bluff was my intern-ship place” under then principalSusan Davis, he said.

About his new job, “It’s a hugehonor. It’s been a great ride sofar. I’m very, very excited,”Cottrell said. “It was Tuesday[June 2] when I got the call fromDr. [Jim] McIntyre [Jr.],” KnoxCounty Schools superintendentwho appointed Cottrell to CBES.

Going to The University ofTennessee with the goal ofbecoming a teacher after gradu-ating from Knoxville CentralHigh School in 1987, Cottrellpoints to a key moment early inhis KCS teaching experience

that encouraged him to becomean administrator.

“My second year as a teacherand I was working at A.L. LottsElementary and my principalthere, his name was FredNidiffer, very early on in myteaching career encouraged meto consider administration,”Cottrell said. “He saw a skill setin me that he thought would be agood fit for that.

“I thought about it, but I want-ed to wait until it just felt right,”Cottrell added. “… When KnoxCounty started the LeadershipAcademy that was kind of thecatalyst for me because Ithought that program would be agreat bridge between the class-room and administration.

“And it was.” Cottrell’s CBES duties official-

ly begin July 1.

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wanted to do this, so the com-munity can walk over and hearsome music and so people canhear music and stay close tohome. We’re doing this with asmall budget. This is for thecommunity of Farragut and weneed the community to bethere.”

Dixon recently took her questto the town of Farragut and saidshe was surprised that the Townembraced her idea.

“We called the town ofFarragut and I expected to getshut down or ‘a maybe nextyear,’” she said but I’d like tothank Sue Stuhl with Parks andRecreation for all of her help.The town of Farragut agreed tolet us use the park and theyagreed to provide us with elec-tricity. We’re just so excited

about all of this.”The concerts will be family

friendly according to Dixon.“Everybody should just come

out and bring a picnic basket ortheir lawn chair and have fun,”she said.

Dixon also noted that theevent organizers are in negotia-tions to obtain food trucks.

The Lawn Chair Concert

Series opens July 30 with RogerAlan Wade and Kelsey Woods.

Wade, a country-rock singer-songwriter, is Dixon’s father.Kelsey’s Woods is anAmericana/Roots band. Thegroup, originally fromChattanooga, now callsKnoxville home. Kelsey’s Woodsis a regular on Knoxville’s clubscene.

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• It is my understanding fromthose opposed that they areappalled that anyone would voteyes to the rezoning since theyhave spoken so loudly and sincethe mayor voted yes they want torecall him from office. Yet FoxRun, Saddle Ridge and ConcordHills are absent from the meet-ing. Fox Run’s board stated theyare in support and ambivalent ofthe project. The more I learn, Idiscover they are not speakingfor the majority of our citizens.

• I’m a Village Green residentand I kinda of wondered aboutthe special assessment of $3,200,so a friend of mine asked her

attorney and was told that asidefrom making your home muchharder to sell that you as you paythe $3,200 special assessment ininstallments of $400 a year, sothat if you try to sell your homebefore the eight years that youwill have to pay off the remainingbalance before you can sell thathome. She explained, if I under-stand her right, that it was adebt of the owner of record theyear the special assessment wasplaced. So, for example, if youpay $400 this year and next yearput your home on the market,you will have to pay the remain-ing $2,800 at one time before you

sell the home. Surprise, surprise,nobody tells us this stuff. ForPete’s sake, please vote no.

• I’m calling about the VillageGreen $1 million-plus specialassessment on that big pool andthat whole area that’s beingpushed by just a few of theVillage Green residents, mostlythe swim team households whobelieve that the rest of us in thesubdivision should foot the billfor their pool. I have to tell youthat I’m retired. I live on a fixedincome. I try to keep my housenice, but I can’t afford any of this

We had some exciting newsthis month when we announcedthat Tennessee students madesignificant gains in the 2015Tennessee Comprehensive As-sessment Program (TCAP)scores.

We saw gains in all high schoolsubjects and in the majority ofsubjects in grades 3-8. Thescores show strong growth forthe third consecutive year. Infact, we have seen dramaticgains in key areas since we cameinto office in 2011.

We have 131,000 more stu-dents performing on grade levelin math than in 2011. We alsohave nearly 60,000 more stu-dents performing at grade levelin science since that time. Wehave seen particularly signifi-cant increases in Algebra II. In2011, less than one-third of stu-dents in Algebra II were per-forming at grade level. This year,more than 54 percent of our stu-dents performed at or abovegrade level in that subject.

We also saw advances inscores among black, Hispanic,Native American and economi-cally disadvantaged students,with every one of those groupsmaking gains in all high schoolsubjects. Black, Hispanic andNative American students alsomade gains in math and readingin grades 3-8, narrowing achieve-ment gaps with peers.

While high school studentsand seventh- and eighth-gradestudents made gains in literacy,the state average in literacydeclined in grades 3-6. Thisshows we need to push harder

than ever to ensure our studentshit the mark in reading in theearly grades.

It is reassuring to know we aremaking broad gains in educa-tion, but we want to bolster thattrend every way we can. That iswhy we see great promise inestablishing the Governor’sTeacher Cabinet. We’ve had anumber of conversations withteachers in a variety of settings,and this is another way toreceive direct feedback fromteachers who are in front of aclass every day. As Tennesseecontinues to build on the suc-cess we’ve seen in our schoolsover the past four years, we wantto hear from teachers aboutwhat is working and what needsimprovement.

The cabinet will meet quarter-ly with Education CommissionerCandice McQueen and me toshare timely information fromthe classroom, advise us on poli-cy considerations and provide adirect line of communication toschools and communities.

We asked directors of schoolsto nominate one teacher fromeach of their districts, and 18classroom teachers were select-ed based on the following crite-ria: focused on student achieve-ment, encourages collaborationamong colleagues, demonstratesleadership, solutions-orientedand relentlessly pursues excel-lence. They are: ElisabethMcArthur Bellah, Maryville CitySchools; Melissa Bennett, BlountCounty Schools; Marsha Buck,Kingsport City Schools; NickDarnell, Hamblen County

Schools; Rebecca Few, Mur-freesboro City Schools; CathyGinel, Oak Ridge City Schools;Anita Underwood Gray, LebanonSpecial School District; AnnetteC. Johnson, Franklin CountySchools; Abbey Kidwell, ClintonCity School District; Wanda N.Lacy, Knox County Schools;Jessica Lindsay, AchievementSchool District; Schwann Logan,Bartlett Municipal School Dis-trict; Lance Morgan, Union CitySchools; Jessica Murray, DyerCounty Schools; Kyle Prince,Rutherford County Schools;Angie Tisdale, Franklin SpecialSchool District; Karen Vogel-sang, Shelby County Schools andCatherine Whitehead, ChesterCounty School System

These teachers come from allover the state, from cities, sub-urbs and rural areas, and theyhave varying years of experienceteaching first through 12thgrades. They have a lot on theirplates, so I really appreciatetheir willingness to serve thestate in this way. Our first meet-ing is planned for July.

We know that nothing is moreimportant for us than gettingeducation right. We are askingTennessee students and teach-ers to do more than they everhave before, and the results con-tinue to show growth. We arealways looking for where we canimprove. It is all part of oureffort to help every Tennesseestudent graduate from highschool, obtain a postsecondarydegree and be successful in theworkforce.

In 2014, the town of Farragutpartnered with North StarDestination Strategies, a nation-al leader in its industry, to helpus develop a new communitybrand. North Star’s process,applied in more than 200 com-munities nationwide, involvese x t e n s i v er e s e a r c h ,t a r g e t e dstrategies,distinctivec r e a t i v eand actionideas forbringing abrand tolife.

N o r t hStar under-stands thatcommuni-ties thati n i t i a t ebranding efforts with thoughtfulresearch and then proceed froma distinct strategic position arethe most successful. More than15 pieces of quantitative andqualitative research — includ-ing perception studies, demo-graphic profiling and a competi-tive analysis — were conductedto understand Farragut from acommunity, consumer and com-petitive perspective. Throughoutthe research phase, we heardthat Farragut is an amazingplace to live thanks to greatschools, engaged parents, and asafe community that is wellcared for and welcoming. TheTown also is a major shoppingdestination for those in thegreater Knoxville area and is in aprime location offering residentsan easy commute. Finally, weheard that Farragut offers anexceptional quality of life thatincludes beautiful parks and

greenways and a thriving busi-ness community.

A creative committee — madeup of Town staff, elected offi-cials, business owners and com-munity leaders — selected “LiveCloser • Go Further” for ourstrapline. Farragut is close to somuch that matters to residentsand visitors: The University ofTennessee, Interstate 40/75,great shopping and dining, top-rated Knox County Schools, amultitude of housing options,greenways and parks, and more.Because of this literal and figu-rative closeness to everythingthat matters, our residents, busi-nesses and visitors can “GoFurther” in life. The second halfof the strapline is an open-endedinvitation to go further in school,in business and in life.

We hope you will findFarragut’s new logo to be pro-gressive, youthful, friendly andmemorable. The logo comes tolife in color with a blue andbright green — a reference toour well-manicured landscapes,proximity to the TennesseeRiver, and parks and greenways.The blue maintains a similarityto the Farragut blue our resi-dents are used to seeing whilealso adding the fresh moderngreen.

Over the next weeks andmonths, you will begin seeingthis new brand integratedaround Farragut in a variety ofareas including Town entranceand park signs, decals on Townvehicles and the Town’s website.We hope you will embrace themeaning behind our brand andcontinue to celebrate whatmakes Farragut special to ourEast Tennessee region. The townof Farragut: Live Closer • GoFurther.

DotLaMarche

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extravagance. I heard too,someone told me, that whenwe’re done paying for this poolin eight years they’re going toslap another assessment on usfor the other pool. That’s ridicu-lous. We need something done.

• I’m a resident of VillageGreen and I would like to com-plain about the person whowrites Presstalk. This person isvery, very biased and is notprinting both sides of the story.Village Green’s swimming poolwas built before July 1966, whenVillage Green opened. It wasbuilt by Marvin Ellison. Thispool will be 50 years old in thespring and it needs to bereplaced or it will not be able tobe used anymore. As for peoplewriting in to complain thatthere were secret meetings,there were signs all over theplace in Village Green aboutthese meetings and they werenot secret meetings because Iwas at them. Those people donot read their mail, they do notread flyers. I cannot believe thatthere are so many people inVillage Green that don’t knowwhat’s going on because theydon’t bother to read. … Thereare people in Village Green thatdo not want to pay money foranything, but there are almost200 of us who signed a straw pollballot that said we wanted thisdone. Just because the other

people who never bother to readanything are finally readingsomething, because they have tovote, and we want everybody tovote. There are over 400 homeshere in Village Green. Anyway, Iexpect to see something in thePresstalk about the other side ofthe story and not just these fewpeople who are complaining thatit is too much money because theswimming pool, tennis courts,the club house were all built bythe developer, Marvin Ellison, in1966. You cannot let anything gothat long without replacing it orrepairing it and it is beyondrepair.

Editor’s Note: Presstalk is notwritten. It is compiled frommaterial that is called in or e-mailed to our Presstalk tele-phone number (671-TALK) or e-mail address ([email protected]) without bias.We enjoy having both sides of anissue presented. However, untilwe received this call in, therehave been no communicationsfrom Village Green residents in

support of this project. We can-not print “the other side” if noone presents it.

• Has anyone noticed all the“burn out” tire marks all over thestreets in Farragut. They can beseen on West End Boulevard,South Campbell Station Road,McFee Road, Kingston Pike andBoyd Station Road. How can peo-ple do drag racing and burn theirtires without some police seeingor hearing it? Something needsto be done to make our streetssafe.

• I’m a resident of Kings Gateand I take offense at all the talkabout people making below$40,000 a year not being worthyto live in Farragut that was madeduring the [Farragut Municipal]Planning Commission meeting[June 18]. Our subdivision washere long before both BaldwinPark and Waverly Court andGrigsby Chapel Road was noth-ing more than a two-lane alley, sowhat makes you think we want tolive next to you?

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out what Continental wants totell us?” LaMarche said.

“No,” a number of residentsreplied.

“Well, I guess you all canleave,” Markli said. “I sure wouldlike to hear what they have tosay. I think if someone wants toinvest $37 million in the Town,and they’ve driven all the waydown here, I sure would hear

what they have to say.” “I want to know what they

want to do and what they aregoing to do,” LaMarche said. “Ithink we need to hear what[Continental] is going to tell us.Guys, be kind.”

Board members voted unani-mously to allow Johnson to speak.

Continental Properties’ devel-opers opted to withdraw itsrezoning application its site planand come back with anotherone, Sara Johnson, Continental

Properties development direc-tor, said.

“We’ve been looking at thismarket for over a year now, andwe found a site that we feel fitsvery well within the context ofthe Comprehensive Land Usemap,” Johnson said but addedafter hearing from members ofthe planning commission, theBoard and staff, there was a con-cern about density.

“So rather than proceedingforward with our plans, we

ZoneFrom page 1A

decided to go back to the draw-ing board,” she said.

Johnson said the firm hasdecided to take another look at

the density and site plan layout,work with the property owner onthose items and come back withanother application.

Farragut grad, family perish in plane crashA plane carrying a 2015 Farra-

gut HighSchool grad-uate alongwith hermother andfather crash-ed into theroof of aM a s s a c h u -cetts homekilling all onboard Sun-day, June 28.

Nicole Kalister, her mother,

Betty, and father, Dr. JosephRick Kalister, all residents ofRockwell Farm subdivision, wereaboard the flight, which wasbound for Boston on a collegevisit to Northeastern University.

Dr. Kalister was emergencyroom director at Starr RegionalMedical Center, his wife, Betty,was a frequent yoga instructor atFarragut Town Hall.

A grief counseling was held atFHS from 6 to 8 p.m., Monday.

The NTSB is investigating thecrash.

Nicole

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Rotary Club of Farragut hosted its first International Food Gala as its signaturefundraising event.

The gala, which took place Saturday, April 18, at The University of TennesseeVisitors Center off Neyland Drive, Knoxville, featured foods from France, Spain, theMiddle East and Italy. Event co-chairmen said they were pleased with the turnout.

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• Johnathan Sitzlar has been named director of theFacilities, Information andReservat ionManagementDivision ofU.S. Depart-ment of Ener-gy’s Oak Rid-ge’s assistantmanager foradministrationoffice. Sitzlarwill direct astaff of 24 fed-eral employeesin the FIRMD and be responsible fordevelopment and execution of a vari-ety of programs, including reserva-tion management, infrastructure andfacility man-agement.

• WendySchopp of thefinancial serv-ices firm, Ed-ward Jones,12744 King-ston Pike, Far-ragut, has wonthe firm’s ex-clusive Spiritof Caring Aw-ard. The award is designed to recog-nize financial advisors who exempli-fy values, culture and spirit of giving.

• LauraM o l l e n h o u rand BetsyHerzog of the financial serv-ices firm, Ed-ward Jones,have won thefirm’s TedJones Pros-pecting Awardfor achievinghigh levels ofsuccess earlyin their car-eers. Theywere two of923 of thefirm’s morethan 13,500financial advi-sors to receivethe award.

• Connie S.Wagner, direc-tor of radiology for ParkwestMedical Center, has been appointed by Tennessee Center for PerformanceExcellence Board of Directors to its2015 Board ofE x a m i n e r s .Each year,TNCPE AwardProgram recog-nizes local,regional ands t a t e w i d eorganizationsdemonstratingexcellence inbusiness opera-tions and re-sults. Parkwest has twice been recipi-ent of the TNCPE Award.

• Clarence Brown Theatre at theUniversity of Tennessee has receivedoperating support funding fromShubert Foundation, which is connect-ed to operators of several Broadwaytheaters for the second year in a row.This year’s grant was for $15,000.

• East Tennessee Foundation hasawarded $125,000 in Art Fundgrants supporting the arts in EastTennessee to 20 recipients, which areKnox County Public Library,Appalachian Arts Craft Center,Carpetbag Theater, Circle ModernDance, city of Luttrell, CumberlandCommunities Communication Corp/WDVX, East Tennessee HistoricalSociety, Etowah Arts Commission, FortSanders Foundation for Patricia NealRehabilitation Center, Great SmokyMountains Heritage Center, GreeneCounty Heritage Trust, Historic Rugby,Historic Tennessee Theatre Found-ation, International StorytellingCenter, Joy of Music School, KnoxvilleMuseum of Art, Knoxville Opera, RuralResources, Union County Arts Counciland the University of Tennessee/Clarence brown Theatre.

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Fitness Together Farragut had a ribbon cutting, hosted byFarragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, Monday, May 11,at its facility at 11521 Kingston Pike in Village Green ShoppingCenter, Farragut. On hand, from left, were Sonia Holas, KnierimOrthodontics; Kent Davis, RCN Communications; Jason Bradley,Fitness Together Farragut; Cheryl Haskins; Andrew Henderson,owner of Fitness Together Farragut; Mandy Loope, FitnessTogether; Mac Bowers, Fitness Together Farragut.

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Sir Goony’s gets a facelift■ TAMMY CHEEK

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For Sir Goony’s Family FunCenter co-owner JohnnieStringfield remodeling work isnever done.

“This past year, we have done alot of things that needed to bedone,” Stringfield said about hismost recent and biggest remod-eling project that started inMarch. “We’re constantly upgrad-ing stuff. We still have more todo.”

The 7.98-acre family-run cen-ter at 10925 Kingston Pike,Farragut, has undergone a majorremodeling of its concrete andrebar animals, putting surfacesand 12 holes, as well as adding allnew water slides and HiltonHead hand-dipped ice cream onits menu. Still, Stringfield said heexpects to look at making morechanges in the fall.

“As soon as we get it all done,we start (remodeling) all overagain,” he said. “Once we get tothe end of the season, we’ll lookat what we want to do in thespring.”

Upgrades are made as theStringfields save enough for thework, he said, adding, “We’vebeen blessed in our business.”

Customers will note somechanges to the animals. Forexample, the dinosaur waschanged from purple to orangeand it is slamming a caveman.Another change includes theaddition of a princess in the cas-tle.

“We had a 4-year-old little girlwho named her Princess Rose,”he said.

Stringfield and his daughter,Shelby, and 14-year-old familyfriend, Lydia Cage, were involvedin the remodels.

“My daughter, Shelby, pickedout the color of the castle,” hesaid. “I kind of like it.”

His daughter, Sydney, isinvolved with the business aswell, helping with the bookkeep-ing, Stringfield added.

While Stringfield and wife,Sheila, bought the business April7, 1997, Sir Goony’s was built inthe late 1980s, he said.

“This place has a lot of histo-

ry,” he added. When theStringfields bought the business,it included two miniature golfcourses, one of which was achampionship course and two go-kart tracks. Since then, they haveadded on to the golf courses andadded paintball in 1999 and aradio-controlled car racingspeedway track three and a halfyears ago.

“We have 36 holes of golf,” hesaid, adding the center has two18-hole golf courses, the morelaid-back course with the ani-mals and a championship course.

“What I like most is the familyenvironment,” he said. “I thinkthe best thing I like about this[business] is there is nothingbetter than kids’ laughter.”

Sir Gooney’s draws familiesfrom all over the area, fromFarragut to Bearden, HardinValley and even Karns andKnoxville.

“We get a lot of camp andschool groups in the summer,” hesaid.

Sir Gooney’s Family FunCenter is open from 10 a.m. to 11p.m., Monday through Thursday,from 10 a.m. to midnight, Fridayand Saturday and from noon to10 p.m., Sunday.

For more information, call 865-675-3262 or go to sirgoonys.net/.

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Top: Lydia Cage, 14, takes a break from painting part of the cas-tle, one of the structures that got a face lift at Sir Goony’s thispast spring. Above: Johnnie Stringfield, co-owner of Sir Gooney’s Family FunCenter off Kingston Pike stands in front of the castle, one of thestructures that got a face lift at Sir Goony’s this past spring.

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Studio 135 had a ribbon cutting, hosted by Farragut West KnoxChamber of Commerce, Tuesday, May 19, at its salon, 135West End Ave., Farragut. On hand, front row, were Marci Stiles,Mind Yer P’s & Q’s; Susanne Fields, Kevin Moore’s sister; PamMcCoy, Studio 135 hairstylist; Jessica and Kevin Moore, Studio135 owners; Yvonne Murray, Mortgage Options Lending; ArleneWeinstein, Arlene’s Fun Travels. Back row are Melissa Zitt,Activise Chiropractic; Eric Whitener, Crye-Leike; Michael Kilby,Mortgage Options Lending; Keith Garrett, Fifth Third Bank; Dr.Dan Van Zandt, Take Shape.

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Hickam-Cruze named ‘coach of the year’■ KEN LAY

Correspondent

When Whitney Hickam-Cruzebecame softball coach at HardinValley Academy seven years ago,she set out to build the LadyHawks’ program from scratch.

It took seven seasons of upsand downs but Hickam-Cruzeand the Lady Hawks finally sawtheir hard work pay off in 2015.Hardin Valley won its first-everDistrict 4-AAA and Region 2-AAAChampionships and made anappearance in the Class AAAState Tournament.

Recently Hickam-Cruze, whosaw her team rewarded so hand-somely, was named Prep XtraCoach of the Year.

She may have received a highhonor, but she’s giving credit tothose around her.

“It’s very rewarding,” she saidof being named Coach of theYear. “But when you have a spe-cial group of girls like this, itmakes your job easier.

“I never had to harp on themor yell at them for not playinghard. We have a great teamchemistry and when you thinkabout this team, the word thatcomes to mind is resilience.”

Hardin Valley, which went 29-14 and finished fifth in District 4-AAA during the regular season,had to come from the loser’sbracket and win the tournamenton the road against top-seeded

Bearden. And that was only oneleg of a journey that landed theLady Hawks in Murfreesboro.

The Lady Hawks lost to theLady Bulldogs in the winner’sbracket semifinal. But HVA ral-lied to upset No. 2 seed and dis-trict co-champion Maryvilletwice to earn a return trip toBearden, where it knocked offthe Lady Bulldogs (who alsomade their first-ever trip toMurfreesboro) to win the districttitle.

The Lady Hawks then postedRegion 2-AAA Tournament winsover Halls and Bearden beforebeating Seymour at home tomake the State Tournamentfield.

“I’m so proud of these girls,”said Hickam-Cruze, a 2004Central High School graduate,who played in the StateTournament during her seniorseason with the Lady Bobcats.“When you play in our district,you have to have a short memory.You’ve got to learn quickly andmove on.”

Hickam-Cruze only made onetrip to the Spring Fling as an ath-lete with a veteran team. AtHardin Valley, however, the 2015team had a mix up veterans andyoungsters/ The Lady Hawks,with some hard work, may end upon the grand stage in theMidstate again soon.Photo Submitted

Whitney Hickam-Cruze, left, coaches a Hardin Valley Hawks softball player during a game at homeduring the 2015 season. Hickam-Cruze was named Prep Xtra Coach of the Year.

Standifer at home in Rocky Top League■ KEN LAY

Correspondent

Drew Standifer spent the sum-mer doing what he loves andthat’s playing college basketballin his hometown.

“I love playing in the RockyTop League,” said Standifer, a2012 Bearden High School grad-uate who will soon begin his sen-ior year at King University inBristol. “I’m playing close tohome and it’s good to have allthose people come out and seeus play.

“And it’s at [Knoxville]Catholic High School, so it’s justa short drive down the road frommy house.”

King University is an NCAADivision II School but the PilotRocky Top League gives

Standifer and other small col-lege players the chance to playwith and against some topDivision I players and some for-mer college standouts that nowplay professionally overseas.

“It’s a great chance for me toplay against some UT guys andwhen you play against thoseplayers, it makes you better, eventhough those players aren’texactly playing super greatdefense.

“This also gives me the chanceto play with some of my team-mates in the summer close tohome. When I play in the RockyTop League, I get to catch upwith some old friends like [for-mer Tennessee] player WayneChism.”

This summer [in the leaguethat completed its eighth season

on July 1], Standifer played forCampus Lights, a team coachedby former Farragut High Schooland Maryville College standoutBrent Watts.

Watts, though extremely com-petitive, is easygoing comparedto King University coach GeorgePitts and Bearden head manMark Blevins. Standifer thrivedunder those mentors but his bas-ketball life hasn’t always beeneasy.

“Coach Pitts and coachBlevins are old-school hard-nosed coaches,” he said. “Playingfor coach Blevins was a greatexperience but it was hard.

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■ KEN LAYCorrespondent

Ray Dover is no stranger to theFarragut High School boys soccerteam. Andhe’s glad tobe cominghome.

“I’m excit-ed,” saidDover, whowas recentlynamed tor e p l a c eW a l l i eCulbreth as the Admirals’ soccercoach. “I’ve got to meet with theplayers, work on the schedule anddo the adm-inistrative things. I’vegot to hire my staff. It’s a busytime.

Dover replaces Culbreth, whocoached at Farragut for 14 sea-sons and won four Class AAA StateChampionships. The new coachknows that he has some big shoesto fill.

But he’s looking forward to thechallenge.

“The truth is that these are thejobs you want,” said Dover, a 2000Farragut High School graduate,two year starter and team captainon the soccer pitch. “At Farragut,it’s a disappointment when youdon’t win a State Championshipand nobody has higher expecta-tions than me, not any parent andnot any administrator.”

After his playing days with theAds, Dover went on to attend TheUniversity of Tennessee beforemaking several stops to establish

himself in the health insurancebusiness. He spent time in LittleRock, Ark., Kansas City, Mo.,Houston, Texas, and Nashville.While he solidified himself in thebusiness world, he coached at soc-cer clinics and camps.

He returned to East Tennesseeto become an assistant coachunder Gordon Heins at KnoxvilleCatholic High School. Dover was avarsity assistant and the Irish’sjunior varsity coach for threeyears.

“I grew up with Gordon. When Iwas a kid, he was my club coach.He has 25 years of coaching expe-rience,” Dover said. “He told methat he had an opportunity for meand that’s when I came back andtook the job at Catholic.

While with the Irish, Dover con-

tinued to shore up his standing inthe health insurance industry andthat has allowed him to dedicatehimself more to coaching.

“Now, I’m at a place profession-ally where I can dedicate the timeto being a head coach,” Doversaid. I learned a lot about organi-zation from Gordon and I learneda lot from Brian Donnelley [anoth-er club coach who was an All-American at Duke, who played forthe United States under-21National Team].”

FHS principal StephanieThompson said that the hire was acritical one for the school and thesoccer program.

“It was incredibly important tofill this position with a coach whounderstands the tradition andexpectations of our program,”

Thompson said in a school pressrelease.

Farragut athletic directorDonald Dodgen agreed.

“We’ve got a good one,” he said.“He’s the right guy to maintainsuccess of our soccer program.”

Dover noted that the interviewprocess was a rigorous one.

“At Farragut, you have the sup-port of the administration,” Doversaid. “That was apparent through-out the interview process.

“I met with every grade levelprincipal, along with StephanieThompson and coach Dodgen. Istill call him coach Dodgen. Hewas my PE coach and he coachedsome of my good friends [in bas-ketball].”

Dover named new Farragut Boys Soccer coach

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■ KEN LAYCorrespondent

Brent Watts is and has alwaysbeen a competitor. He was once abasketball star at Farragut HighSchool and went on to be astandout at Maryville College.

His playing days are now over.He’s now a business owner andfamily man but basketballremains close to his heart andfor the last eight summers, he’sreturned to the game he loves.

Since 2008, Watts has coachedin the Pilot Rocky Top League.Watts, who coaches CampusLights and guided the squad to aleague championship in 2014, isone of four coaches (includingChad Smith, Pat Walden andRick Campbell) to coach in thefan-friendly summer leaguesince it began in a hot BeardenHigh School gym.

“It’s just nice and it leads tome paying more attention to highschool and college basketballduring the season,” said Watts,

the 1997 Farragut High Schoolgraduate who recently openedLogo Braces, a company thatmanufactures ankle braces. “Theleague has given me the chanceto interact and have a personalinterest in so many differentplayers.”

It’s alsogiven Wattsthe chanceto competeagain andwhile coach-ing in theleague, he’scoached thelikes ofArmani Moore and DaneBradshaw among others.

“This gives me the chance toget my basketball fix and it’s anopportunity for all of us to catchup with old friends,” Watts said.“We have all kinds of talentedplayers. You have Division I,Division II, Division III, andNAIA players and you get to seethese players grow through the

years.“The league is all about matu-

rity. When guys are being recruit-ed to play college basketball,they’re 17 and 18 years old. Bythe time they’re seniors in col-lege, they’re 22 or 23 years old. Inthat time, they grow and developand that’s why you have somesmall college players who cancompete with the guys playingfor Tennessee.”

The Pilot Rocky Top Leaguefeatures current and former col-lege and professional basketballplayers. It’s an athlete’s leaguebut that doesn’t mean thatcoaches don’t have an impact.

“In this league, you put guysinto situations and see how theyreact,” Watts said. “You see whatthey do and you see how theyplay.

“And then, you find out howsmart they are and what kind ofbasketball players they are goingto be.”

During his time in the league,Watts has seen changes for the

better.One change was the move from

Bearden to Knoxville CatholicHigh School, an air conditionedvenue. Bearden had no climatecontrol in the gym when theleague contested its games therebetween 2008 and 2012. In 2013,Christian Academy of Knoxvillewas the league’s home. It moved

to Catholic the following yearwhere it remains.

“The first good change was theair conditioning,” Watts said.

Over the years, the league’sdynamic has also changed. It wasonce dominated by college starslike Chris Lofton, Ron Slay and

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basketball. He’s great with disci-plining his players and it’s toughwhen you have to go through run-ning drills.

“He’ll have you do something1,000 times until you do it theway he wants it done.”

Blevins definitely impacts hisplayers and his lessons go farbeyond the basketball court.

“Coach Blevins wanted us toplay hard and he wanted us tolook after our [younger] team-mates,” Standifer said. “He hadme mentor a young guy, whosometimes had trouble getting toclass and I had to call [the team-mate] and sometimes, I had topick him up.

“One time, we were playing inan exhibition game and coachBlevins benched all of the sen-iors because one of our team-mates missed a tutoring appoint-

ment. Coach Blevins wanted usto be strong and he wants us tobe successful in life.”

Although Standifer acknowl-edged that life was sometimeshard in high school, he notedthat Blevins had a lighter side.

“He’s knowledgeable man andsometimes, he’s a man of fewwords,” Standifer said of Blevinsand sometimes, when you don’texpect it, he could be funny. A lotof times, he would tell us somefunny stories when we were driv-ing back from a summer trip.”

Standifer also took a classfrom his high school coach andhe said that Blevins brought his-tory to life.

“He teaches a class calledAmericans at War and it’s allabout the Civil War,” Standifersaid. “Coach Blevins knew all thegenerals and he knew theirstrategies.

“We went on field trips and wewent to a Civil War reenactment

and he was in it.”Blevins prepared Standifer,

who will soon enroll in graduateschool and later become a physi-cal therapist, to play for Pitts,another legendary old-schoolcoach.

“Coach Pitts breaks you downand makes you a better player,”Standifer said. “He plays mindgames. If you make a mistaketwice, he’ll take you out.

“He’ll explain what you didwrong and then put you rightback in the game. He alwaysgives his players secondchances.”

While Standifer is accustomedto gritty basketball, the PilotRocky Top League gives him andother players to have a little fun.

“In the Rocky Top League, it’sjust guys playing basketball,” hesaid. “We have fun and get achance to interact with kids, whocome out and warm up for us andthat’s great.”

“This 2015 team will always bespecial to me,” she said. “We hada great mix of upper classmenand underclassmen. These girlshave already started workingtoward next year.”

As for the coach, she alsoremains hungry.

“I’m not satisfied and as acoach, you’re never really satis-fied,” Hickam-Cruze said. “I lookat this in terms as a beginning.

“Hopefully, this is the begin-ning of great things for our pro-gram. This group has hit theground hard and running.Getting to the State Tournamentnever gets old and nothing’s morefun than winning ball games.”

The softball team was only partof an epic spring at Hardin Valley.The baseball team won a StateChampionship. The boys soccerteam made it to Murfreesboro fora second time and the track pro-grams had some stellar perform-

ances in Murfreesboro.The Lady Hawks’ stay at the

tournament was a brief one.That, however, didn’t tarnish ahistorical season.

“I was, and we were so happyto be a part of all of this,”Hickam-Cruze said. “HardinValley is a great school and greatplace and I wouldn’t want to beanywhere else.”

She also credits HVA’s adminis-tration for her team’s success.

“[Principal] Sallee Reynoldsand [assistant principal] JonMiller have been great,” Hickam-Cruze said. “They mentored mein high school.”

Miller was the principal atCentral and Reynolds was anassistant principal duringHickam-Cruse’s playing days inFountain City. The coach alsohad high praise for athletic direc-tor George Ashe.

“He’s a great athletic director,”she said. “He supports you and hekeeps you in line with theTSSAA.”

C.J. Watson (a former Volunteer,who played in the summer afterfinding a place in the NBA withthe Golden State Warriors andlater with Chicago and Indiana).

“We don’t have the star powerthat we used to have and wedon’t have the athletes. But wehave basketball players and wehave good basketball players,”Watts said.

During his time in basketball,Watts has made numerous stops.He will, however, will alwayshave fond memories of his dayswith the Admirals in Farragut.

“I was fortunate enough toplay for Farragut at a time whenKnoxville was a pretty talentedmarket,” he said. “I was fortunate enough to go throughhigh school with some talentedplayers.”

Dover’s Farragut roots runextremely deep. He played soccerfor Dennis Lindsay (who remainsthe girls coach at FHS.

“I got a lot out of the Farragutsoccer program,” Dover said. “Ifeel that it’s time to give back.

“My roots in Farragut are very,very deep. I played for DennisLindsay. {Assistant principalKellie Ivens] taught me and shecoached my brothers in track andcross country. My roots inFarragut go back to when I was infirst grade in the old building atFarragut Primary School.”

Dover makes it no secret thathis ultimate goal is to win StateChampionships but also knowsthat the District 4-AAA scheduleis tough as it includes the likes ofBearden, Hardin Valley Academy,Maryville and West High.

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■ TAMMY CHEEK [email protected]

Thousands of Farragut arearesidents are expected at thisyear’s Farragut 28th annualIndependence Day Parade.

The Town will host the paradebeginning at 9:30 a.m., Sat-urday, July 4, on Kingston Pikestarting at Farragut High Schoolentrance, Lendon Welch Way,and continuing to Boring Road,just east of Farragut TowneSquare Shopping Center, whichis the former Ingles store site.

"The Independence Day Par-ade continues to be Farragut'smost popular and well-attendedcommunity event each year,”

Chelsey Riemann, Farragut pub-lic relations coordinator, said.“We invite our citizens and thesurrounding community tospend July 4 morning with us forthis family-friendly event. Kids— and their parents — willlove the horses, bands, dancersand giveaways from local busi-nesses.

“We expect between 1,000 to1,250 parade participants and10,000-plus attendees onKingston Pike,” Riemann said.“We're excited to announceattendees can expect a specialFarragut giveaway to be handedout during the parade by our Board of Mayor andAldermen.”

This year’s grand marshal willbe Helen Ashe, founder of theLove Kitchen. A Knoxville chari-ty, the Love Kitchen providesmeals, clothing and emergencyfood packages to those who arehomebound and unemployed,Riemann said.

“We have 91 entries in theparade,” she said, adding thecutoff every year is 95 entries.

Parade-goers can expect tosee such entries as MayfieldDairy, Sweet Frog FrozenYogurt, RiverView Family Farm,Sir Goony’s Family Fun Centerand Chick-Fil-A.

Eun’s Martial Arts Center’sentry will involve between 80 to100 youngsters, and East

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Allyson Brown, 5 front, and Emery Hussar, 6, take part in lastyear’s Farragut Independence Day Parade, riding in RiverViewFamily Farms train. Farragut will host its 28th annual parade,which starts 9:30 a.m. Saturday, July 4, at Farragut HighSchool’s entrance at Lendon Welch Way, then travels alongKingston Pike to Boring Road, next to the old Ingles store sitein Farragut Towne Square Shopping Center.

Tennessee Bucketeers will havea bagpiper and 15 durmmers,Riemann said.

“These are intellectually dis-abled teens and adults,” she

said about Tennessee Buck-eteers participants.

Along with these entries,


Farragut Business Alliancemembers invite Farragut andsurrounding communities to cel-ebrate Independence Day at the eighth annual Red, White &Blues Pre-Independence DayPicnic.

The event, presented by TDSTelecom and co-hosted by FBAand town of Farragut, will takeplace from 6:30 to 10 p.m.,Friday, July 3, on the lawn ofRenaissance | farragut at 12849Kingston Pike, Allison Sousa,FBA executive director, said.

“Bring your lawn chairs andpicnic blankets,” she said.

Renaissance | farragut is amove from last year’s location,Sousa said.

“With Two Rivers Church tak-ing a break from its traditionalJuly 3 event, we thought a loca-tion closer to that end of town

might draw some new folks toour event,” Sousa said.

“We never know for sure, buttraditionally we’ve had 1,200 to1,500,” she said. “With CaseyAbrams as our headliner thisyear, we’re anticipating 1,500 to2,000, so folks should go aheadand get their tickets onlinenow.”

Families can gather for thelive concert, presented by Ten-nova Healthcare, featuring CaseyAbrams, who will take the stageat 8 p.m., or take part in a water-melon-eating contest, sponsoredby Ingles Markets.

After competing in 2011 on“American Idol, Abrams, 24,singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist released a self-titled album on Concord Recordsin 2012 and had an acting role inthe upcoming movie, “Offer andCompromise.”

“The FBA has been trying,hoping, to secure a ‘big fish’ for

several years now, and thanks toTennova Healthcare, we’ve final-ly done it with Casey Abrams,”Sousa said. “He’s proven to be adraw already, as we’ve sold tick-ets to this event all the way toNashville so far.”

Besides Abrams, entertain-ment will include Concord Brass,which will open the celebrationwith a variety of patriotic tunes.

“We’re happy to have theConcord Brass return this yearto get folks in a festive moodwith their patriotic music,” shesaid.

While adults enjoy the music,children can take part in a num-ber of free activities, such asGame Truck, face painting,Bricks 4 Kidz, RoHAWKtics,Bouncy Castle and Hamster Ball.Premium rides, for which anadditional charge applies,include Zip Line, Euro-Bungy

Get your Red, White & Blues on!

Johnson spreads the word on fireworks safety■ ANTHONY ELIAS

[email protected]

Fire Marshal Dan Johnson isspreading the word about fire-work safety as the town ofFarragut prepares for it’s annualIndependence Day events.

“Firework sales and use areillegal in all parts Knox Countyincluding Farragut,” Johnson

said. “If individuals travel toareas where fireworks andsparklers are legal, we encour-age you to read all instructionsand suggest that children neverhandle and objects that mayexplode or reach temperaturesin excess of 1,000 degrees.Additionally, attention should be

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David’s Abbey Carpet & Floors isone of many local businesses proud ofthe country where they live and makebusiness decisions to show it. Thestore’s location in Patriot Corner ishome to the 25-by-40-foot Americanflag that cannot be missed while driv-ing down Kingston Pike. The flag isreplaced twice per year to prevent atethered look.

“I couldn’t be sitting here in busi-ness if we didn’t have the freedomand the people to fight for that free-dom,” said David Hayes, owner ofDavid’s Abbey Carpet & Floors. “Weare lucky to live in the US. It’s thebest country in the world.”

David’s Abbey Carpet & Floors has awide selection of strictly Americanmade merchandise. “In my business,half of our products are made in the

USA. We have one of the best groupsof associates you could put togetherand the best selection of carpet, vinyl,wood, ceramic and area rugs,” Hayessaid.”

The store also is a strong supporterof HonorAir and gives their customersthe chance to participate, as well. They offer each customer theopportunity to donate to the organiza-tion, and the store will match thatdonation.

More than 60 years ago a remark-able generation of Americans joinedforces to protect civilizations in thelargest war in world history. Noamount of gratitude could ever repaythe debt for the gift of democracythese veterans gave the world.

HonorAir Knoxville is dedicated tohonoring East Tennessee World War II

and Korean War veterans and the sac-rifices they made to ensure our free-doms. HonorAir flies the veterans tosee the World War II Memorial inWashington D.C. free of charge, a tripmost would not be able to make with-out the HonorAir program. HonorAiris completely funded through dona-tions.

“These flights are very expensive.They cost about $60,000 each flight,they take about 125 veterans eachflight and they do two flights per

year,” Hayes said. “Whether they areWorld War II or whether they are lastweek’s veterans, I couldn’t operate abusiness in a free country withoutpeople like that.”

Hayes, a Farragut resident, has fourchildren and nine grandchildren thatchoose to celebrate IndependenceDay together at his home each yearand occasionally attend the annualtown of Farragut parade. “They allcome over here, and we enjoy it,” headded.

David Hayes:business owner,

patriot

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David Hayes, owner of David’s Abbey Carpet & Floors.

From his strong support of veterans to his Made inthe USA merchandise, Hayes understands

the unique nature of our Republic.

Riemann said the parade willinclude floats, animals, antiquecars, dance groups and electedofficials.

Kingston Pike will be closedfor the parade from 8:30 a.m. to about noon from Concord toBoring Road. On the north side of Kingston Pike, motoriststraveling west can find a detour at Grigsby Chapel Road to Smith Road to KingstonPike. Travelers can detour at Campbell Station Road toParkside Drive to Lovell Road,going east, she said.

On the south side, there is a detour from Concord Road toTurkey Creek Road, Virtue Roadand to Kingston Pike goingwest, she said. Travelers heading east will find a detourfrom Concord Road to Kingston

Pike. Motorists traveling on South

Station Road to get to the bank,post office or other businesseswill find that road open to theprivate road just south of theformer Silver Spoon property.

Kingston Pike, from ConcordRoad/West End Avenue toCampbell Station Road, willreopen about 15 minutes afterthe final parade participantshave passed through theCampbell station Road andKingston Pike intersection.Riemann said Kingston Pike willopen fully once all parade par-ticipants are safely off the road.

For more information aboutthe parade, call Farragut Parksand Leisure Services Depart-ment, 865-966-7057, or visit www.townoffarragut.org/parade.

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and mechanical bull. Sousa said attendees can get

something to eat at food boothsprovided by Costco, Dickey’s

Barbecue Pit, Dixie Lee Farmer’sMarket, Farragut High SchoolMarching Band, Pilot Club,Restaurant Linderhof, SnappyTomato Pizza and VG’s Bakery.

Advanced tickets are $8 foradults, $3 for children ages 2 to

11 with children younger than 2 admitted free. They are avail-able in person at SouthEastBank, 12700 Kingston Pike,Farragut, or online at farragut-business.com.

Tickets at the gate cost $10 for

adults and $5 for children ages 2to 11.

“The ticket includes admissionto the event, concert and severalfree activities in SouthEast BankKids’ Play Area.

Parking is available o site and

across the street at FirstFarragut United MethodistChurch. Knox County Sheriff’sOffice deputies will be on site toassist with crossing KingstonPike.

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paid to surrounding vegetation,drought conditions and sur-rounding items that may catchfire.”

Johnson went on to say thatdue to the “inconsistencies” ofmaking these fireworks, theresults tend to be unpredictableand taken for granted.

“Due to the limited qualitycontrol and oversight of theseproducts, the destructive valuesof these products can be easilyunderestimated. We emphasizeleaving it up to professionals andgoing to a licensed public dis-play.”

The Fire Marshall’s office willeven provide information on sev-eral of those displays.

“Our office provides informa-tion on area displays conductedby State licensed and insured

firms. That includes Fox DenCountry Club, World’s Fair Parkand Lenoir City.”

Johnson also had a few wordsof advice for dealing with barbe-cue fires, saying, “Please remem-ber to maintain and extinguish-ing method around any open fireand only grill with a properlymaintained appliance.”

Johnson went on to add thatalthough they haven’t set up any-thing in case people find and/ortake photos of suspicious materi-al they find at one of the events,people should still get the word ifsuch a situation calls for it.

“We don’t currently have a cen-tral point established, but theycan be emailed directly to myoffice for follow up or contact theKnox County Sheriff’s Office.”

Knox County Sheriff’s Officespokeswoman Martha Dooleysaid the Sheriff’s Office wantsthe community to be smart and

aware this holiday. “We advise people not to drink

and drive, remember that fire-works are illegal in Knox County,make sure you are watching chil-dren in and around water, anduse common sense.”

Despite the calls for cautionand safety, Johnson also remind-ed of what the town of Farraguthas to look forward to.

”A great town of Farragut spon-sored parade surrounded by pre-and post events in the sourround-ing areas,” Johnson said. “Fromthe Red, White & Blues festival toKnoxville’s Festival on theFourth, there’s something foreveryone.”

The Fire Marshal’s Office canbe reached at 865-675-2384 [email protected] Knox County Sheriff’s Officecan be reached, non-emergency,at 865-215-2444.

July 3Gatlinburg – Midnight

Independence Day Parade – The“First July Fourth Parade of theNation!” kicks off with floats,balloons, and marching bands asresidents pay tribute to theUnited States of America.

Murfreesboro – Guests cancelebrate Independence Daywith a picnic, live music fromBonnie and Bonnie while kidscan play 19th century lawngames 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. atOaklands Historic HouseMuseum.

Waynesboro – Mark Colliewill perform during the inaugu-ral Stage 64 Music Concert 6p.m. to midnight atWaynesboro’s Stage 64, a newoutdoor music venue in

Waynesboro City Park.Fireworks will be set 9:30 p.m.during the celebrations.

July 3-4Chattanooga – Prepare to be

amazed with an aerial displayand fireworks shot over thewater 10 p.m. each night atLake WinnepesaukahAmusement Park.

July 3-5Farragut – Farragut Business

Alliance will host Red, White &Blues Pre-Independence DayPicnic from 6:30 to 10 p.m.,Friday, July 3, on the lawn atRenaissance. Casey Abrams willperform. Cost is $8 per person inadvance, $10 at the door.Volunteers are needed for this

event. For more information, visitfarragutbusiness.com/events orsignupgenius.com/go/

Jackson – Enjoy live music,barbecue, a bike show and moreduring the Riders andRockabilly Rally in downtownJackson.

July 4Farragut – The 28th Annual

Indepen-dence Day Parade willbegin at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, July4. For more information, call 865-218-3375.

Linden/Lobelville – Listen tomusic by Doug McCormick withthe Herbert Hinson Band 6 p.m.in Linden; then enjoy a fire-works display 9:30 p.m. at CityPark.

Nashville – Music City July

4th Spectacular – This annualevent is Nashville’s largest, one-day party with live music, familyactivities, food and the nation’sbest fireworks displays.

Bristol – The Border BashConcert Series will feature IanThomas and the Band ofDrifters along with Bill and theBells as part of the July 4thWeekend events in downtownBristol TN/VA. The event is freeand open to the public.

Winchester – Enjoy music byHunterGirl with Band as theyperform on the Hard Dock Caféat Tim’s Ford Marina & Resort.

Union City – Enjoy food,music, demonstrations, and fire-works 1-9 p.m. at Discovery Parkof America. Tickets are $10.

Knoxville – Americana music

by Handsome and the Humbles,dance music by Bantum Roosterand bluegrass favorite MistyRiver will provide the tunes sur-rounding the family fun andfood for the Festival on the 4th4 p.m. at World’s Fair Park.

Knoxville – KnoxvilleSymphony Orchestra will performthe 31st Annual Pilot Flying JIndependence Day concert at 8p.m., Saturday, July 4, at World’sFair Park. The concert is free andopen to the public. For moreinformation, call RachelDellinger, 865-521-2317.

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From left: Tee No.9A Shawn McGraw, Pam Schaefer, Kachelle O'Connor and Betty Davis by CarrieWrinn.

■ ANTHONY ELIAS [email protected]

Fox Den Country Club 18-HoleLeague held a “50 Shades of“Green” tournament Thursday,June 25, at FDCC, giving thosewho turned out a glimpse into itscreative worlds.

As part of its annual mem-ber/guest tournament, leaguemembers come up with a cre-ative theme to make the daymore entertaining.

“Every year, the 18-hole ladiespick a theme for this day,” BettyDick, chairman of the leaguesaid. “As chairman of the group,it’s my responsibility to intro-duce my ideas. I went to theinternet, actually, and I hadthree or four ideas, but this wasthe one, when I said it, every-body just laughed and it justwent from there.”

Betty Macdonald, BrookeWalker, Linda Arbuckle and

Karen Gilbertson won the event,but talk throughout the coursecame from Hole 16, where Dickscored her first hole-in-one, hel-ping her team finish with 99.

“Well I had a 5-hybrid and ithappened to be good that the pinwas 3-position and it rolled in.We all cheered because I’venever had one before. It’s quiteexciting.”

For tournament teammate —and 9-hole member-gone-guest— Thursday, Angie Beeler andthe rest of Team Tee No. 13A, itwas just as exciting for themwatching as it must’ve been forDick.

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Casual Pint fundrasier reunites military pilot with dogs■ ALAN SLOAN

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To help support the care of petswhose military personnel ownersare deployed overseas, or movedto another base where having apet is not allowed, The CasualPint in Farragut stepped to theplate.

“I approached The Casual Pintto participate in what we call aBeer-Dog Veterans Challenge. Forevery beer that is sold from 6[p.m.] to midnight, $1 goes toDogs On Deployment,” KatieBrown, Knoxville coordinator forDogs On Deployment, said aboutthe Friday evening, June 12,event. It featured the reuniting ofretired U.S. Air Force Maj. KevinCook with his two Australian cat-tle dogs, Indi and Ruby, for thefirst time in more than six monthswhile Cook was deployed over-seas.

Dogs On Deployment facilitatesthe care of such pets.

A packed house witnessedCook, a Special Operations mili-tary pilot looking to become an

airline pilot, embracing Indi andRuby with cheers all around.

“I was set to go on my firstdeployment, which was Januaryof 2014 and I needed to findsomething to do with the dogs,”Cook, said. “You can always boardthem, but you don’t really want todo that, it’s kind of cost prohibi-tive. … I was looking for an alter-native, somewhere where they’dbe happy.”

Brown and her husband, DODvolunteer Alex Brown, took inRuby and Indi, both 10 years old.“I had them for six months, andthen he came back for a month ortwo, and then was redeployed foranother six months. I’ve havethem overall about a year,” KatieBrown said.

“Through a good old Internetsearch I ran across Dogs OnDeployment. … I found Alex andKatie up there in Lenoir City.”Cook said. “I just can’t say enoughgood things about the way Alexand Katie took care of them.”

Chris Mulgrew, The Casual Pintmanager, said co-owner PatrickO’Brien “is part of the Air

National Guard, he’s the flightsurgeon for them. Pat and [co-owner] Barbara O’Brien are veryinvolved with Young-Williams[Animal Shelter]” and other pet-related organization, “So theycame across this charity.

“Luckily, we were able to havethe reunion and the fundraiser,which was amazing for us andamazing for the charity,” Mulgrewadded. “We’re just very gratefulthat they wanted us to host theevent. Kevin deserved severalbeers from us. We’re happy he’swilling to do this at our store.We’re happy and proud of whathe’s done.”

Mulgrew said many such mili-tary personnel who need care forone or more pets “have families,but sometimes for individualsthey don’t have family membersclose to them [logistically]. …It’s kind of overlooked that theyneed that assistance.”

“We have over 700 pets that wehave watched and fostered since2011 when we were established”locally, Katie Brown said. “It’sbased in San Diego.”

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS IN YOUR COMMUNITY, SCHOOL AND PLACES OF WORSHIP

• Farragut Folklife Museum’s2015 membership drive beginsJuly 1 and runs through June30, 2016. For more information,visit townoffarragut.org/register/

• Knoxville Track Club will hostThe 2nd Annual Farragut 13.1,5K, and Kids Mile run slated forOct. 31. For more information, e-mail Kristy Altman, [email protected] or visitktc.org/

• Farragut West Knox Chamberof Commerce will hold its net-working from 8 to 9:30 a.m.,Thursday, July 2, at HamptonInn at Cedar Bluff. For moreinformation, call 865-675-7057.

• Knoxville Symphony Orch-estra will perform the 31stAnnual Pilot Flying J Indepe-ndence Day concert at 8 p.m.,Saturday, July 4, at World’s FairPark. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call RachelDellinger, 865-521-2317.

• Town of Farragut will hostfour technology classes for sen-iors offered by local company“Social Media 4 Seniors,” from 1to 3 p.m., Thursday, July 9, forPinterest, Instagram and Twitter.Cost is $30. How to use Facebookwill be from 10 a.m. to noon,Friday, July 17. Cost is $30. Howto use iPad and iPhone basics will be from 10 a.m. to noon,Monday and Tuesday, July 20-21. Cost is $45. Samsung Galaxyphone/tablet basics will be from10 a.m. to noon Thursday andFriday, July 30-31. Cost is $45.All classes will be held in thecommunity room at FarragutTown Hall. Participants must be 55 years of age or older toattend. For more information,call 865-218-3375 or visittownof-farragut.org/register/

• Town of Farragut construc-tion project will close EverettRoad to Union Road and SplitRail Farm subdivision beginningTuesday, July 7 and go into late2016. For more information, callMcKinnon Construction, 865-408-3030 or David Sparks, 865-966-7057.

• Town of Farragut will hostbeginning Tai Chi classes from 9to 11 a.m., Sundays, July 5through Aug. 30, in the commu-nity room. For more information,call 865-482-7761.

• Town of Farragut will hostcontinuing Tai Chi classes from11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Sundays,July 5 through Aug. 30, in thecommunity room. For more infor-mation, call 865-482-7761.

• Town of Farragut will hostZumba Kids from 9 to 10 a.m.,Thursdays, July 9 through 30, inthe community room. Cost is $3per class. For more information,

call 865-218-3375.

• Town of Farragut will hostYoga from 9 to 10 a.m., Tuesdays,July 14 through Aug. 18, in thecommunity room. Cost is $60. Formore information, call 865-218-3375.

• Town of Farragut will hostPilates from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.,Tuesdays, July 14 through Aug.25, in the community room. Costis $60. For more information, call865-218-3375.

• Town of Farragut will hostZumba from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.,Mondays, July 27 through Aug.31, in the community room. Costis $45. For more information, call865-218-3375.

• The 28th Annual Indepen-dence Day Parade will begin at9:30 a.m., Saturday, July 4. Formore information, call 865-218-3375.

• The 14th Annual Fun withFarragut’s Fleet will be from 9 to11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 15, atMayor Bob Leonard Park. Theevent is free and open to the pub-lic. For more information, call865-218.3375.

• The 24th Annual Free Day ofPutt-Putt will be from noon to 9p.m., Monday, Sept. 14, at Putt-Putt Golf & Games of Farragut.For more information, call 865-218-3375.

• Farragut Business Alliancewill present Farragut FoodFestival from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.,Friday, Sept. 25, at Renaissance.Cost is $25 in advance and $30 atthe gate; $10 in advance for chil-dren under 10 and $15 at the gate. For more information,call 865-307-2486 or visit face-book.com/tasteoffarragut/

• Freaky Friday Fright Nite inFarragut will be from 5 to 7 p.m.,Friday, Oct 30, at Mayor BobLeonard Park. The event is freeand open to the public but dona-tions for the Ronald McDonaldHouse will be accepted. For moreinformation, visit townoffar-ragut.org/

• Town of Farragut invites com-munity members interested inlearning more about Farragut toapply for its third Introduction toFarragut program slated to beginat 6 p.m. Wednesdays, Aug. 26,Sept. 9, 23, Oct. 7, 21 and Nov.4, at the Town Hall. For moreinformation, call JenniferHatmaker, 865-966-7057 or [email protected].

• The following students werenamed the Dean’s list atTennessee Wesleyan College forthe Spring 2015 semester;Lauren Attanasio, Cindy Collins,Karen Franqui, Jenna Anderson

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• Knox County VeteransServices Office will provide infor-mation and assistance to Vet-erans and family members con-cerning VA benefits from 11 a.m.to noon, Thursday, July 9, atFrank R. Strang Senior Center.For more information, call 865-215-5645.

• Taoist Tai Chi Society of USAwill be starting beginning classesin July and August. For moreinformation, call 865-482-7761 orvisit Taoist.org/usa/locations/

• Town of Farragut Parks &Leisure Services Department willoffer two field days from 9 to 10a.m., Mondays, July 13 and 20,at Anchor Park. Ages arefor grades 3-5. Cost is $3 per child. For more information,call Lauren Cox, 865-966-7057 ore-mail lauren.cox@ townoffar-ragut.org.

• Knox County Public LibraryFarragut Branch will hold a 1776Book Discussion led by Dr. DavidKey. For more information, callShelia Pennycuff, 865-777-1750.

• Smoky Mountain Rumblerolls into Knoxville July 10through 12 featuring MollyHatchett, Black Stone Cherry andBrad Puckett Band in Knoxville’sHistoric Old City. For more infor-mation, visit smokymountain-rumble.com or carleoentertain-ment.com/

• Great Smoky MountainsInstitute at Tremont will host anopen house from noon to 3 p.m.,Thursday, July 9, on Tremont’scampus. Lunch will be served inthe dining hall to allow volun-teers to meet faculty and staff.For more information, callHeather Davis 865-448-6709 or e-mail [email protected].

• CONTACT Care Line will hosta pancake breakfast from 8 to 10a.m., Saturday, July 11, atApplebee’s Restaurant in OakRidge. Tickets are $5 and can bepurchased at the door. For moreinformation, call Patti Atkinson,865-312-7450.

• Metropolitan KnoxvilleAirport Authority and Arts &Culture Alliance of GreaterKnoxville will present and display“Arts in the Airport,” nowthrough Oct. 7, in the securedarea behind McGhee TysonAirport’s security gate check-point. For more information, visitknoxalliance.com/album/air-port_spring15/

• Ijams Nature Center willpresent the 5th Annual wonder ofHummingbirds Festival from 8a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 22.Cost is $5, children under six arefree. For more information, callBillie Cantwell, 865-567-4273.

• Home Federal Bank invitesEast Tennesseans to enjoy freeadmission to Knoxville Museumof Art during the month of JulyKMA will be open from 10 a.m. to5 p.m., Tuesday through Sat-urday and 1 to 5 p.m., Sunday.The museum will be closed July 4.For more information, visit home-federalbanktn.com/

• Knoxville Children’s Theatrewill present “Bambi, Life In theWoods,” at 7 p.m., Thursdays andFridays, July 10 through 24; 1 to 5 p.m., Saturdays, July 11through 25; and 3 p.m., Sundays,July 12 through 26. Tickets are $12, any adult and childentering together are $10. Formore information, call 865-208-3677.

• Pellissippi State CommunityCollege will offer Double Playsummer camp for rising fourththrough eight grades from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m., Monday throughFriday, July 13-17, at HardinValley Campus. Cost is $219. Formore information, call 865-539-7167 or visit pstcc.edu/bcs/

• International speaker andauthor Israeli Jewish ChristianBaruch Maoz will speak at 7 p.m.,Monday, July 6, at ChristCovenant Church. The event isfree and open to the public. Formore information, call TeresaPratt, 865-671-1885 or visit the-maozweb.com/

• Concord Adult Day Enric-hment Services will hold its meet-ing from 10 a.m. to noon,Tuesday, July 7, at ConcordUnited Methodist Church. Formore information, e-mail [email protected].

• Caitlin Marie Keough earneda Bachelor of Science degree inbusiness majoring in marketingfrom Miami University in May2015.

• Extension Master GardenerMarsha Lehman will host “Kale inDecember and Carrots inJanuary…no problem!,” from3:15 to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, July30, at Humana Guidance Center.For more information, call 865-329-8892.

• Extension Master GardenerLisa Churnetski will host “Getfree plants…making more ofyour favorite plants,” from 1 to2:30 p.m., Saturday, July 18, atKnox County Public LibraryCedar Bluff Branch. For moreinformation, call 865-470-7033 orvisit knoxlib.org/

• Sara Daley graduated magnacum laude from Boston Collegewith a Bachelor of Sciencedegree from University’s RobertJ. Morrissey College of Arts &Sciences majoring in chemistryand communication in May2015.

• Lawn Chair Concert Series inthe Park will from 6 to 9 p.m.,Thursday, July 30, at FoundersPark at Campbell Station.For more information, call 423-593-0293 or visit, facebook.com-/mamajamproductions/

• Join Arbor Day Foundation inJuly and 10 trees will be plantedin high need National Forests.Cost for joining is a $10 donation.

• The Dirty Guv’nahs will beginits farewell tour at CastletonFarms’ A Sip of summer concertseries at 8:30 p.m., Saturday,July 18, in Loudon. Gates open at5 p.m. Tickets are $25 and $5 willbe donated to East TennesseeChildren’s Hospital. For moreinformation, call CastletonFarms, 865-376-9040 or visitasipofsummer.com/

• The Pat Summitt Foundationand St. Jude Children’s ResearchHospital will celebrate an“Evening for Champions,” at 7p.m., Saturday, July 11, atHistoric Tennessee Theatre.Proceeds from the event will ben-efit The Pat Summitt Foun-dation’s fight against Alzheimer’sdisease and St. Jude Children’sResearch Hospital. Tickets are$50. For more information, visitticketmas-ter.com/event/

• Independence Day at the Cityof Knoxville’s Festival on theFourth at World’s Fair Parkbegins at 4 p.m., Saturday, July 4rain or shine. No alcohol, tents orpets are allowed in the park forthe Festival. Free parking is avail-able in the 11th Street, LocustStreet, Walnut Street, StateStreet and Market Street garages,as well as the City’s Blackstocklots on Grand Avenue. ADA park-ing is available at Fort Kid park-ing lot. For more information,visit knoxvilletn.gov/4th/

• The fireworks display spon-sored by the City of Oak Ridgewill begin at 10 p.m., Saturday,July 4, at A.K. Bissell Park. Formore information, call CandiceBrogan, 865-425-3546.

• Tennessee Valley MachineKnitters Club will hold its month-ly meeting at 10 a.m., Tuesday,July 7, at Alcoa First UnitedMethodist Church. The programwill be making a child’s 1-hour-plus sweater. For more informa-tion, call Marie Hickson, 865-457-0960.

• Farragut High School Bandwill hold its annual rummage salefrom 8 a.m. to noon, Saturday,July 11, in the commons at FHS.All proceeds will benefit FHSBand. If you would like to donateyour items call by July 8 for ascheduled pick-up time. For moreinformation, call Jennifer Lackey,865-696-2524 or e-mail [email protected].

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Of course we won’t have meet-ings (we’re all too busy) andthere won’t be dues or uniformsor secret handshakes, but we’llall know we belong. And we justmight start having an annual con-vention here in Woodland,Washington. We’ll be a sisterhoodof SLOBS (remember SLOBstands for Spontaneous,Lighthearted, Optimistic andBeloved) and we’ll be boundtogether by our love for our fami-lies and our desire to have clean,cozy, peaceful homes.

Here’s the test. Incidentally, ifyou can honestly answer yes toevery one of these SHE scenarios,you’ll eligible for admission intothe highly coveted DE status(Deficiency Expert) of the cluband you’ll receive all the goodies

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Kachelle O’Connor and BettyDavis weren’t afraid to showtheir creative colors, dressing ingreen tutus, bowties and hats.O’Connor got to see just the kindof support her teammatesshowed for the bold idea.

“I’m just grateful because Ihad the bag of their stuff and Iwas afraid I was going to have todo it by myself and they weregoing to say, ‘No, I hope you haveyour receipt; let’s take it back’,but they were troopers, theywere great sports because theylike to have fun and we like toplay good golf but we like to have

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“Aren’t they cute?” Judy Wei-sser of ‘group’ Tee No. 18B saidabout O’Connor’s team’s tutus.The double-eagle scorer at Hole16 went on to compliment theturnout for “Fifty Shades ofGreen” tournament, saying, “It’sbeen a ball. It’s been fun.Everybody dressed for it. Thegreens are blinding.”

The Fox Den tournamentended with an awards ceremony.Karen Jones walked away with a$125 gift certificate to K-TownSpecialty after finding the win-ning sticker on the bottom of herseat.

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Stephen Peairs, left, of Farragut shows his sons, Gavin, center, and Garrett how to bait a hookduring the Free Fishing Day Saturday, June 6 at The Cove at Concord Park.


The fish were biting for familiesand friends attending FreeFishing Day.

The annual event was present-ed by Tennessee Wildlife Reso-urces Agency, Knox County Parksand Recreation and TennesseeValley Sportsman Club Saturday,June 6, at The Cove at ConcordPark, 11808 S. Northshore Drive.It provided area families a chanceto fish permit-free.

“It’s a beautiful day to be fish-ing,” Jason Anderson of Farragutsaid. “The weather is perfect.”

Anderson brought his daugh-ters, Ana, 9, and Lauren, 7.

“Ana’s been here before,” hesaid.

“I like talking about fishingwhile I wait for a bite,” the 9-year-

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Farragut area senior citizenshad an opportunity to learn moreabout services available to themduring a Senior Expo.

The Senior Expo, which tookplace Wednesday, June 3, at FrankR. Strang Senior Center, 109 LovellHeights Road, was the first such

event for the center, LaurenMonahan, coordinator, said.

She estimated about 200attended the Expo.

“They were busting the doorsdown,” Monahan said. “I knewthis [event] was gold. It’s going tobe fun.”

“It’s wonderful, Sidh Nath of

old said. TWRA stocked catfish in the

pond and supplied fishing equip-ment to attendees during theevent, Sgt. Joe Durnin, eventorganizer with TWRA, said.

“Things are going well,” Sgt.Russell Young, TWRA fisheriestechnician, said. He estimatedTWRA officers handed out about100 fishing poles to attendees.

“I’m not sure the number ofpeople who brought their own,”he said, adding the number ofattendees trickled in and out ofthe park as the day progressed.

We just hope people are havingfun,” he said.

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“They love to fish, so when weget an opportunity to go to a freefishing day, we go,” StephenPeairs of Farragut said of hissons, Gavin, 2 and Garrett, 4.

Leslie Musto of Knoxville saidher daughters, MacKenzie andKylie, her mother, Pat DuPree,and she came to the event for achance to catch fish.

“We’ve been coming for sixyears,” she said. “We haven’tcaught one but we keep trying.My daughter, MacKenzie, likescoming out here to catch fish.”

“I think it’s pretty awesome,”Billy Inman Jr., 12, of Knoxville,said about the Free Fishing Day.“Last year I got [a fish] and thisyear I got one. I hope to catchtwo.”

Dylan Cook, 14, of JeffersonCounty said coming to FreeFishing Day was a tradition. Thisyear marks his third year in a rowhe and his friends have attended.

“It’s gone pretty well so far,” hesaid.

“It’s exciting when you have afish that grabs onto your line,”Evan Hartsell, 11, of Knoxville,said.

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While trying to help promote agrowing sport in their ViewHarbor subdivision in Concord,Joe and Karen Carson have beentesting the famous phrase fromthe movie “Field of Dreams:”“build it and they will come.”

Having already built a two-goal60-by-40-foot basketball court 15years ago for public use in theirbackyard, Joe decided in earlyMay, with Karen’s blessing, toline off the court to also becomea public use pickleball court (40-by-22-foot).

“This was definitely Joe’s idea,”Karen Carson said about theroughly $500 conversion, addingshe was “a reluctant agreer …I’m more conservative with themoney.”

However, “I love having some-

thing we can do outside and havefun and not have to go some-where,” she added. “I enjoy it. Ithink we’ll have fun at it.”

A combination of “ping pong,badminton and tennis” played ona court roughly half the size oftennis dimensions according toJoe Carson, pickleball hasbecome a growing sport amongthose 50-and-over since the early2000s.

Just add a “tennis height” netof three feet, while having pickle-ball paddles (more than twicethe size of ping pong paddles)and a plastic ball (resembling awhiffle ball used with plastic batsin stickball) and the Carsons’court is ready for public use.

“About a year ago I read in thepaper where they had convertedsome of the [tennis] courts inTellico Village to pickleballbecause tennis courts weren’t

being used that much. Pickleballcourts were getting a lot of use sothey converted a few more topickleball,” Joe Carson said.“And then I read a little bit aboutpickleball … and it’s more forpeople that are past their [athlet-ic] prime. It’s not as demandingas tennis.”

Inspired to build a public-usebasketball court in his backyardto give neighborhood youth aplace to play, Carson recalledthat while growing up inBrooklyn “some of my happiestmemories as a teenager weregoing out and playing pick-upbasketball on the playgrounds.”

Although saying his public usehoop court hadn’t caught on “asmuch as I’d hoped,” Joe Carsonadded, “Kids shoot regularly, kidscome by and play” without any

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Farragut area residents turnedout to learn more about the bene-fits of and how to install rain bar-rels.

Town of Farragut partneredwith Knox County Water QualityForum to host a Rain BarrelWorkshop Saturday morning,June 13, in Farragut Town Hall.By attending, each participantreceived a 55-gallon rain barreland learned how to install andmaintain it.

“This has been a popular pro-gram,” Jason Scott, FarragutStormwater Management coordi-nator, said. He added the Townhas been doing the workshopssince 2008.

“Farragut [housing] is boom-ing,” Scott said, adding morehouses lead to fewer areas for

water to run off, except onto thestreets and stormwater drains.

“What goes into the stormdrains goes into the TennesseeRiver or into a sewage system,where it is treated,” he said. Rainbarrels, Scott said, can helpreduce some of that run-off.

While some attendees said theycame to find a solution to theirwater problems, others said theywere looking for a cheaper sourcefor buying a rain barrel.

Cheryl Rodgers of Knoxvillesaid she knew much about thebenefits of installing a rain bar-rel. She said water from the rainbarrel tends to have not as much“stuff” as treated water from agarden hose.

“The garden does not grow aswell as water from the gardenhose,” Rodgers said, adding shelearned from the workshop howmuch water she could conserve

by using a rain barrel. Mary Ball, who attended as a

Boys and Girls Club representa-tive, said she came to the work-shop to see if having a rain barrelwould suit the Boys and GirlsClub’s needs.

“We don’t have an outdoorwater source,” Ball said, addingthe club was introduced to therain barrel concept and she cameto explore that possibility.

“This [workshop] I great,”Annie Gray, Pellissippi StateCommunity College English pro-fessor and Service Learning pro-gram coordinator, said. “We havea lot of interest at PellissippiState on sustainability.”

“We have a huge sustainabilitycampus initiative on our campus-es, and we have a huge Service-Learning program, a type of expe-

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“We invited any agency thatworks with seniors to put up atable and tell what they do,”Monahan said, adding about 40agencies participated.

“In two hours, I didn’t have anymore room,” Monahan said. “We ha-ve everything from transportationto caregivers, real estate, CPAs, chi-ropractors and health screenings.”

Besides the information avail-able, the center provided refre-shments as well.

While some came for the infor-mation, others said they came forthe food or “goodies.”

“It would be nice to see allthese goodies,’ Doris Bianucci ofKnoxville said.

John May of Knoxville said hecame for the freebies.

Monahan said the event cameabout because she wanted toshowcase all the offerings thesesenior agencies have.

“We’ve had one or two but I’venever had them all together,”Monahan said. “It’s a nice way toget everyone together.”

“I didn’t expect a response thisgreat,” she said. “The nice part isevery table has a door prize togive away, but the grand prize isa $100 gift certificate.”

Attendees could win a gift cer-tificate for a car wash and theirchoice of any the University ofTennessee Volunteers basketballgame as well.

Leanette Coyne of Farragutsaid she came to the center forthe exercise and saw the Expotaking place.

“I think it’s a real good thing.It’s convenient,” she said. “Icome here a lot,” she said. “Ithought while I was here I mightas well get checked [with thehealth screenings].”

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Above: These women enjoy classic rock hits from SecondOpinion during Second Saturday Concert Series at TheCove at Concord Park Saturday evening, June 13. Seatedare Judy Van Dyke, left, and her daughter, Cindy Van Dyke.In back is friend, Gina Pack.Left: Bernie and Aggie Wallace and their daughter, DaniWarren.

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Bernie and Aggie Wallaceenjoyed what might be called a50th wedding anniversary week-end enjoying one of their favoriteentertainment pleasures: SecondSaturday Concert Series at TheCove at Concord Park.

“It’s just enjoying people hav-ing fun, and good old-timeymusic,” Bernie said about thisJune 13 gathering, the firstSecond Saturday Concert of the2015 season (through Sept. 12).

“And we like to watch the dogs,the dogs are so friendly and hav-ing a good time,” Aggie said. “Thisis special.”

Bernie and Aggie said theyhave attended almost all SecondSaturday Concerts, seven yearsworth, since moving to West KnoxCounty from the Reading, Pa.,area.

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“We’ve heard them before andwe like them,” Aggie said aboutSecond Opinion. “I can’t think ofany we didn’t like.”

“They’re one of our favorites,”Bernie added.

Although Bernie said, “Moreoften that not it’s just us two”attending Second Saturday, Aggieadded, “I have some knitting

friends that come out sometimes”.However, on this Second

Saturday, “They’re all going toSecret City tonight to hear ThreeDog Night,” she said.

Cindy Van Dyke, a 1981 gradu-ate of Farragut High School, wasalongside her mother, Judy VanDyke, a Bearden High School grad-uate, and family friend, Gina Pack,a Farragut High School graduate.

While daughter said one of bestthings about Second SaturdayConcert is “free entertainment,”

Judy added, “It’s outside.” Cindy said her family “has been

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“I used to bring my husband. Hewas in a wheelchair,” Judy addedabout her husband, the lateThomas Van Dyke. “We really misshim, he loved to come over here,too.

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“Our granddaughter [MeganBright], she’s 23 now, and we’veactually had her birthday partydown here before.”

Pack was a first-time SecondSaturday Concert attendee. “I likeit. The music’s really good. Ofcourse, I get to be with myfriends,” she said.

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Teleri Hughes of Farragut watches her tee shot during Second Annual Farragut Lions Club Hole-In-One Shootout at Willow Creek Golf Club hole No. 11 Friday evening, June 12. In back watch-ing are fellow qualifiers including Teleri’s sister, Eirianwen Hughes (in black) and their mother,Denise Hughes. Also watching, from left, are John Covington, Sidney Hankins and Chip Thomas.


After Glyn Hughes of Far-ragut saw a sign promotingSecond Annual Farragut LionsClub Hole-In-One Shootout, hisfamily would end up comprisingone-third of the shootout field.

“I saw it advertised on theside of the road on the way toIngles,” Hughes said about howhis family ended up taking partin qualifying rounds before he,wife, Denise, and daughters,Eiri-anwen and Teleri Hughes,earned their tries at WillowCreek Golf Club’s No. 11 hole(177 yards) Friday evening,June 12. A hole-in-one wouldhave meant ownership of aMercedes-Benz Smart Car.

“I said to my wife, ‘Let’s gotry it.’ We all went differentdays” to qualify. … Some of thegirls from Farragut High School[golf team] were helping out,and we knew some of the girls,”added Glyn, whose youngerdaughter, Teleri, was a formerLady Admirals star player nowa member of the TennesseeVolunteers Women’s Golf team.

“She just got back from play-ing in the Welsh LadiesAmateur” in May, Denise saidabout Teleri.

While none of the Hughes

family members said they hadever nailed a hole-in-one in anytype of golf contest, Glynadded, “Today would be a goodday to get one.”

Though none of the Hughesfamily, nor any of the other sixqualifiers on hand Fridaynailed the hole-in-one, Teleri’sdrive was closest, about 10 feetfrom the hole.

The Hughes foursome werefour of 12 who qualified during“closest to the pin” roundsFriday and Saturday, May 29-30and June 5-6, in a field next tofarragutpress office, 11863Kingston Pike. (Two of the 12were unable to be at WillowCreek Friday).

Glyn, Eirianwen and Teleriall were quick to point out thatDenise’s qualifying drive “wasclosest to the pin, about twofeet-nine inches.”

Before the Shootout, “I had-n’t played in three years,”Eirianwen said. “I was kind ofreluctant because I hadn’tplayed in so long.

“But I got into the swing ofthings.”

Other qualifiers were ChipThomas, Jesse Hawkins, JohnCovington, Sidney Hankins, JoeMcConnell and Wes Clenney.

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notice needed to the Carsons.However, “Kids today don’t do

pick-up [basketball] the way Idid pick-up when I was a youngman,” Carson added.

With pickleball as an option,“Now maybe some of the [baby]boomers will do some pick-upagain, pick up pickleball,”Carson said. “In fact, they havepicked up pickleball a couple oftimes a week at City of Knoxvillerec centers.”

Rules are similar to tennisexcept points only are earnedwhile serving, and no volleys areallowed within 10 feet of the net.Returns of serve must also bouncebefore being returned. Games areto 11, win by at least two points.

As of late May, the only pickle-ball games have mostly beenbetween the Carsons, with Joe, asafety oversight engineer at OakRidge National Laboratory, hold-ing a 2-1 edge against Karen, apediatric nurse and Dist-rict 5representative on Knox CountyBoard of Education.

For anyone interested in usingthe Carsons’ pickleball court, orpossibly arranging a game versusJoe or Karen (when her shoulderimproves), go online tohttp://whsknox.blogs.com/pickle-ball

Alan Sloan

Karen Carson displays her pickleball backhand in a matchagainst her husband, Joe Carson, on the couple's backyardcourt Saturday morning, May 30.

PickleballFrom page 6C


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The Rotary Club of Farragut presented its Service Above SelfAward to Knoxville Fire Department senior firefighter CoryDarnell, center, during its Wednesday, June 3, meeting. TomTouzeau, left, was out running on a greenway trail along MeltonHill Lake Drive near the Oak Ridge Marina Jan. 5, 2014, whenDarnell saw Touzeau lying facedown on the running trail in fullcardiac arrest. Darnell began CPR immediately and is creditedfor saving his life. Also on hand was KFD chief Stan Sharp, right.Dale Read (not pictured), club president for the 2015-16 Rotaryyear, presented the Service Above Self plaque to Darnell and a$100 gift certificate to a Knoxville restaurant.

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riential learning facility we useto teach course skills and con-cepts in a hands-on way,” Graysaid.

Pellissippi State CommunityCollege students have partneredwith the Town on building a com-munity garden at the Town’s

Outdoor Classroom off NorthCampbell Station Road.

“We want to use sustainableagricultural practices, so a lot ofus are going to school on whatthe town of Farragut is doing,”Gray said.

Scott said the workshopallowed the Town and KnoxCounty Water Quality Forum todo something that improved

water quality and educated arearesidents on conservation andrainwater harvesting benefits.

Since the rain barrel initiative,Scott said nearly 3,000 rain bar-rels have been distributedthroughout the Knox Countyarea. This provided about150,000 gallons of stormwaterrunoff reduction.

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Cheryl Rodgers, a Fountain City area resident, said she attended town of Farragut’s Rain BarrelWorkshop Saturday, June 13, at Farragut Town Hall to find a cheaper rain barrel source.

Rain barrelFrom page 6C

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West Hills Health & RehabNow a 4-Star Medicare Rated Facility!

6801 Middlebrook Pike Knoxville, TN 37909

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Premier Private Pay Long-Term Suites Available • $275 a day

• Private suites equipped with42” flat screen TV’s, phones and WI-FI

• 24 hour nursing care• Physician onsite full time five days a week

• Concierge service • Individualized care• Restaurant Style dining


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