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■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD [email protected]
Farragut’s Entertainment District will welcome a new business next year along Outlet Drive.
Boat dealership Moses Watersports, al-ready serving the area from nearby Lex-ington Drive, just off Lovell Road, will con-struct a new facility during the next year and relocate next door to Buddy Gregg RVs and Motorhomes.
Chris Sharp of Urban Engineering dis-cussed the plans with Town staff and Far-ragut Municipal Planning Commission members during the regular monthly Staff/Developer meeting Tuesday, June 29. The site plan is set to be discussed further and voted on during the Thursda, July 15, FMPC meeting.
“It has been in the works for over a year,” Moses Watersports general man-ager Dustin Burke said. “We need more space, but we really like this part of Town, so we were excited to be able to stay in this area.”
“Between our new building and equip-ment, we will be investing over $4 million dollars in the community,” company own-er Chris Finch said. “Our new building will be over 16,000 square feet of state-of-the-art marine service and sales facility. We will be expanding our staff … adding two to three new employees shortly after the new loca-tion opens. “
“It is a little downsized from our current 25,000-square-foot building now,” Burke said. “But the space of the new building will be more useable, as we have several
Grand Marshal’s ‘west’ switch:Byrd from FPS to A.L. Lotts
■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD [email protected]
After leading Farragut Primary School since 2012, principalGina Byrd has assumed the same position at A.L. Lotts Elemen-tary School — where she first taught in Knox County Schoolsnearly two decades ago.
Byrd (see photo, left) began in her new role Thursday, July 1.She had been with FPS for 12 years, and was first appointed an assistant principal there in 2009.
Taking her place at FPS is former KCS ad-ministrator Lynn White, a Farragut High School alumnae who also started her new role July 1.
Byrd departsKnox County Schools announced the job
change on its website, while Byrd sent a pa-rental e-mail announcing her move.
Tammy Cheek
Farragut’s four public-school principals were Grand Marshals for the Town 33rd Annual Indepen-dence Day Parade Saturday morning, July 3. From left: Weston Edmonds, Farragut Middle; Gina Byrd, Farragut Primary; Deborah Adorante, Farragut Intermediate; and Dr. John Bartlett, FHS.
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Stars & stripes back, in Paradeform, for Town
From “Uncle Sam,” aka Bo Connor representing parade entry Akima Club (above right), to patriotic Preston Martin, 2 (above left), Town of Farragut welcomed an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 mostly colorful spectators to its 33rd Annual Independence Day Parade on Kingston Pike Saturday morning, July 3. The roughly 90-minute parade, with 86 entries, ran from West Point Drive to just beyond Boring Road (old Ingles parking lot). See related photos on pages 3A and 4A of this section, and in West Side Faces, page 8B. Also see Grand Marshals photo below.
White
Thousands make sea of red, white, blue along Kingston Pike
Photos by Tammy Cheek
Moses Watersports
See MOSES on Page 4A
See BYRD-WHITE on Page 2A
“I have some clients who want me to do more. ... I always remember I’m just a visitor, so I try to have them very involved in the process,”
- Jamie Kidd, co-owner of local business that can “see through” issues and develop solutions. (Read story beginning on page 5A)
“Kids want to do what they see their mom and dad do. If they smoke, the kids will probably want to smoke,”
- Andy Houck, who has an upcoming address open to the public about how to gain discipline in a key area of life. (Read story beginning on page 2B)
“Our seniors show up and work out .... for 30 extra minutes a day. I just think that’s really showing at meets, based on the scores of the last two weeks,”
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• At 8:29 p.m., Tuesday, June 22, a Knox County Sheriff’s Office unit responded to a Woodchase Drive residence in reference to a hit-and-run with property damage to a brick mailbox.
At 7:40 p.m. that day, complainant/victim/property owner was approached by a neighbor notifying him his brick mailbox was damaged. The neighbor observed on his ring doorbell camera the mailbox being intact at 7:30 p.m., but damaged 10 minutes later, the officer’s re-port stated.
The neighbor advised the victim the doorbell camera only records if it detects movement; it
was inactive when the mailbox was damaged. The doorbell camera did not record any ve-hicles or people leaving the scene in the area ofthe mailbox prior to, or after, it was damaged.
“From the damage to the mailbox that I ob-served, it appears a vehicle was traveling west-bound on East Fox Den Drive when it struck themailbox, then left the scene,” the report furtherstated.
Victim stated in the report it would cost about$3,000 to have the large brick mailbox replaced.
There was no information on the unknown suspect vehicle or its driver when this report was filed.
■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD [email protected]
For the second consecutive meeting, Farragut’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen discussed and approved Town Committee appointments Thursday, June 24.
Mary Cook and Mary Nussbaum were re-appointed to the Education Relations Committee. Going forward, Nussbaum will be representing St. John Neumann Catholic School, as BOMA approved a charter change allowing for a voting representative from that school. It is the next step in Vice Mayor Louise Pov-lin’s intent to have representatives from all Farragut’s private schools, in addition to the public schools, serving on the ERC.
The charter change also adds a representative from the Far-ragut High School Education Foundation and adds two more youth representatives, one to represent each of the remaining high schools in Farragut (Concord Christian and Knoxville Christian schools.)
Other appointees confirmed at the June 10 BOMA meeting include:
• Arts and Beautification Committee (two-year terms): Mayor Ron Williams, Board representative; Marianne McGill; JoNell Ko-cisko; Brenda Seals; Bettye Newby; Michele Barker; and Annie Judkins;
• Plumbing, Gas Mechanical: (three-year terms): Kenny Scramlin and Stephen Byrd; (two-year term) Stephen Sloan;
• Board of Zoning Appeals: (five-year term) Alderman Scott Meyer;
• Education Relations Committee: Janet Morgan was appoint-ed to take former member Nussbaum’s place as Farragut High School representative;
• Farragut Tourism Advisory Committee: (one-year term) Alderman Ron Pinchok, Board representative; (two-year terms) Darryl Whitehead, attractions representative; Julie Blaylock, retail representative; McGill and Deborah Pinchok, both at-large; (one-year terms) Wendy Robinson, Nicholas Blair, Riley Honken, all at-large members; and Alex Bhakta, lodging repre-sentative.
• Museum Advisory Committee (two-year terms): Williams, Steve Stow, Todd Klepper, Dot LaMarche, Henry Bird and Sue-Anne Hansler; (one-year terms) were Bill Battle, Lisa Hall and Kocisko;
• Parks and Athletics Council (two-year terms): Jeff Ullian, Yvonne Tharp, Mark Geller, Scott Russ, Randy Armstrong and Honken;
• Stormwater Advisory Committee (two-year terms): Jennifer Mayfield, Quaing He and Violet Freudenberg;
• Visual Resources Review Board (two-year terms): Layman, Jeannie Stow, Randy Arm-strong and Stephen Marlowe.
In other business:• BOMA approved on second reading an ordinance amend-
ing the Farragut Municipal Code pertaining to the Open Space Mixed Residential designation, requiring a concept plan be sub-mitted in the future to consider any rezoning requests, showing the distribution of attached versus detached dwelling units.
In our June 17 front page story concerning an appeal by devel-oper Steve Williams before Farragut Board of Mayor and Alder-men — he was against an approved site plan for a subdivision being built beside his property — Vice Mayor Louise Povlin was misquoted in reference to Turkey Creek Road.
Regarding the newly planned subdivision along McFee and Boyd Station roads, the comment should have read: However, Vice Mayor Louise Povlin said Grove subdivision engineers suggested any future road be taken onto Virtue Road, not Evans Road.
We regret the error, which also has been corrected in our on-line story archives.
“I want to express my grati-tude for allowing me to be part of Farragut Primary family for the past 12 years,” her e-mail stated. “I have loved serv-ing the students and hold this community in the highest re-gard. That is why it is difficult to tell you that I will be leaving FPS to become the principal at A.L. Lotts Elementary next school year.
“Lotts is where I started my career teaching kindergarten, and where I hope to finish my career in Knox County,” she added.
Byrd’s post on Facebook fur-ther stated, “My family (staff and parents) at FPS will always be a huge part of our lives. FPS, thank you for loving me, thank you for loving my family
and thank you for loving kids the way you do every day.”
On that same social media post, Byrd shared that exactly 20 years prior to her July 1 start date at A.L. Lotts. She and her husband, Russell Byrd, had moved into a subdivision “di-rectly across the street.
“I am excited to be a Lotts Leopard again,” she added.
Before coming to Knox County, Byrd taught at Hous-ton Academy, in Dothan, Ala-bama, and Northside Elemen-tary, in Panama City, Florida.
White new principalWhite joined Knox County
Schools in 1993 as a teacher at Chilhowee Intermediate School. She also taught at Karns Intermediate School and Hardin Valley Elementary.
In 2013, she was appointed as an assistant principal at Gibbs Elementary, and in 2015 she
was named an assistant princi-pal at Blue Grass Elementary.
In 2016, she was appointed principal at Sterchi Elemen-tary, where she served until being appointed to FPS.
White holds a bachelor’s de-gree in elementary educationfrom Tennessee Tech and amaster’s degree in educationaladministration and supervi-sion from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
“In addition to having spent my entire career as an educa-tor with Knox County Schools,I’m also an alumnae of KCS,having attended the Cedar Bluff Schools and graduated from Farragut High School,”White said. “I’m very excitedto meet and serve the staff, stu-dents, and families of the Far-ragut Primary community.
“It is a wonderful group ofstudents and families. ...”
Byrd-WhiteFrom page 1A
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Kids, canines aplenty at Independence Day Parade
Enjoying 33rd Annual Town of Farragut Independence Day Parade Saturday morning, July 3, are (above) Brynnan Allen holding his daughter, Harper, 3, while wife/mom Kristi Allen holds their other daughter, Ha-ven, 2. (Top middle) Lee Ann Payne and granddaugh-ter, Parker Beal, wait for the parade to begin. (Top, far left) Mason Kastura, 1, looks up at Knox County Sher-iff’s Office Helicopters in flight with his mother, Tara Kastura. (Left) Elena Alles, left, with Oso, 5 months, and her mother, Tanya Alles, with Lola, 16. (Bottom left) Blakelee McCullough, 3.
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• I’m calling about the (paid advertisement opinion) inthe paper (on Opinion page, 4A, of the Thursday, July 1 issue) called “Dozens Angry” by Steve Williams of Farragut. I totally agree with him, and I’m very concerned about what ishappening — not only on the areas of roads he’s talking about, but on Old Stage Road going from Highway 11 (in Loudon Coun-ty) over to Kingston Pike, and also McFee Road. There are carsthat fly up and down Old Stage Road all day long and all nightlong, at a very excessive speed. The speed limit (on Old Stage)from Kingston Pike up to Dixon Road is 35 (mph); and then from Dixon Road to Highway 11 is 30 (mph) — yet cars do anywherefrom 60 to 70 mph. And Farragut is doing nothing about that. I just wanted to pass that along. ... Something needs to be doneabout possibly putting in a stoplight or stop sign at a couple ofplaces on Old Stage to slow the traffic down.
(Editor’s Note: Steve Williams’ paid advertisement opinion tookthat form, instead of being a Letter to the Editor, because Mr. Wil-liams preferred not to edit his opinion down to 600 words or less.Any Letter to Editor or BOMA column cannot exceed 600 words)
• I read with great interest the (paid advertisement) opin-ion of Steve Williams (Opinion page, 4A, of the July 1 issue). It brings to the point, who owns the property in Farragut? Is itowned by the Mayor (Ron Williams) and the Vice Mayor (Louise Povlin)? Or is it owned by individual landowners? The individu-al landowners on Evans Road agreed with Steve Williams: theydidn’t want a stub-out to his property from the Boyd Station de-velopment. I even understand the Boyd Station developer didn’twant it. The homeowners across Evans Road did not want the stub-out, which the Town — if Steve Williams ever developed his property — would try to run a road through his property to Ev-ans Road. That’s not right. Who owns the property in Farragut?Is it the individual landowners with private property rights? Oris it the mayor, the vice mayor and the aldermen?
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While the indoor space may be a bit less, Burke said thenew site will offer much more outdoor capacity for its mer-chandise lines, which include new and pre-owned Malibu,Axis, Phoenix and Crownline boats, as well as Manitou pon-toons.
“We are really pumped about it,” he added. “One portion of it will have roll-up doors soyou can access it right fromthe parking lot.”
Additionally, the new build-ing will be owned outrightby Chris and Jennifer Finch,rather than leased, which isthe company’s current situa-tion.
“Our lease is up in June of next year, so we are hoping thenew building will be finishedby next May,” Burke said.
Per Steve Williams’ letter (paid advertise-ment on page 4A, July 1 issue; see Editor’s Note in Presstalks), the Town is NOT requir-ing him to build a road through his property. The Town is NOT building a road through his property NOR are there plans to do so. There is NO stub-road on his property. There is NO stub-road in The Grove at Boyd Station (TGBS) connecting to his property.
Steve Williams is the property owner of two large tracts of land. One parcel fronts Evans Road, the other fronts Virtue Road. Other than conditions outlined in the Town’s land use plans and regulations, it is entirely in Steve Williams’ control how, when or if he develops his land.
The connection location in TGBS is an open space area of grass and trees. This open space area, abutting the south side of the Williams’ properties, is reserved space that COULD be a connection point. Whether that connection point is ever developed is entirely up to Steve Williams based on whether he decides to fur-ther subdivide his land and how.
When Concept Plans come before the Far-ragut Municipal Planning Commission (FMPC), it has the responsibility of both focus-ing on the proposed development and consider-ing the broader surrounding plan of develop-ment. The FMPC relies on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) to help guide it in these circumstances. The CLUP provides a vision for the densest use for each property in the Town, and that is what the FMPC plans around.
The future land use designation for the Wil-liams’ properties is open space cluster resi-dential, which translates to the zoning district Rural Residential with Open Space Residential overlay (R1/OSR); the density of this zoning district is 2.178 units/acre.
According to the CLUP, Steve Williams could maximize the use of his property by combining his two parcels and requesting a rezoning to R1/OSR, which would yield a 96-lot subdivi-
sion. As envisioned in the CLUP, this is the highest and densest use of this property and, therefore, the build-out the FMPC planned for.
A 96-lot subdivision would require two access points to meet the standards of the fire code, for safety reasons and subdivision regulations. The most logical location for a subdivision entrance for this property is on Virtue Road across from Turkey Creek Road. If the connec-tion point in TGBS was removed, the second access point for this possible 96-lot subdivision, by necessity, would be on Evans Road.
It seems to me that, with a second access point in TGBS, the residents of The Farm at Willow Creek would have a strong and valid argument to advocate for no access to Evans Road for this proposed 96-lot subdivision, as the requirements for two access points as required by the fire code and the subdivision regulations are met; a third access point is not required.
Notwithstanding the potential densest use of Steve Williams’ property that is available to him for development, he is not required to build out in that manner and can explore less dense forms of development, which would not require a connection to the access point in TGBS.
The FMPC has worked with property owners who subdivided their properties in less dense forms: estate-sized lots on Evans Road and Dixon Road; lower-density subdivisions (Brass Lantern) in which a waiver from the subdivi-sion regulations was granted.
Due to word-count constraints, I cannot adequately address my concerns about the traf-fic analysis provided in the last week’s letter and during the Board meeting, as well as other concerns mentioned during the Board meeting discussion.
Please go to my blog at Farragutfyi.com for more information.
Vice Mayor Louise Povlin, Town of Farragut
Vice Mayor contests July 1 paid opinion
BOMA’s ‘Parade thank you’
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Concerning the 33rd Annual Independence Day celebration on Kingston Pike in Farragut Saturday, July 3, “the Board of Mayor & Aldermen wants to thank everyone who attended or participated in helping make the 33rd Annual Parade the best one yet,” stated Farragut Mayor Ron Williams, center, on behalf of Vice Mayor Louise Povlin and aldermen, from left, Drew Burnette, Scott Meyer and Ron Pinchok. (See Parade photos on pages 1A, 3A and in West Side Faces, page 8B)
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• Slyman Real Estate & Auc-tion is celebrating its 50th an-niversary this year. Founded in 1971 by James “Jim” Slyman, it serves Knoxville, Farragut, Knox County and the surround-ing region.
• Ty Wolaver is the newest area farm management spe-cialist to join University of Ten-nessee Extension’s MANAGE program, where he will serve farm families in the Northeast-ern region of the state.
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• Marianne Wanamaker, associate professor of eco-nomics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, r e c e n t l y was ap-pointed ex-ecutive di-rector of the university’s Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Poli-cy. She be-gan Thurs-day, July 1, and replaces former executive director Matt Murray, who announced his retirement in March.
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• Knox County Archives recently received national recognition for its longtime work to save i m p o r t a n t records and p r o v i d e them to the public. The Society of A m e r i c a n Archivists announced Knox Coun-ty Archives and its for-mer manager, the late Doris Rivers Martinson, have re-ceived the organization’s 2021 Distinguished Service Award.
The SAA, headquartered in Chicago, credited Knox County for the “many steps to preserve and make accessible its records to residents.”
• Kurt Rosenberg, CEO of Online Development Inc., recently was selected to be a member of a chief executive peer advisory board in Knox-ville by Vistage Worldwide Inc. Rosenberg joins more than 250 senior executives, business own-ers and CEOs across Tennessee who are Vistage members.
A Wisconsin native, Rosen-berg has more than 30 years of experience working in the in-dustrial automation industry and living in several countries and cultures.
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After 3 years, Plaza open
Pinnacle of Turkey Creek general manager Darryl Whitehead (with scissors) cuts the ribbon on the shopping complex’s new plaza, previously the fountain area, during a Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce-sponsored ribbon cutting Wednesday, June 30. Also on hand for the event were Ben Pinnell, third from left, president of Hickory Construction, contractors for the proj-
ect; Sara Hedstrom Pinnell, far right; owner/head designer of Hedstrom Landscape Architecture; Andrew Spatz, second from right, lead designer with Hedstrom Landscape Architecture; Kasi Lawson, third from right, marketing representative for TVA Em-ployees Credit Union, which sponsored the outdoor space; and a host of Chamber and other supporters.
■ TAMMY CHEEK [email protected]
A project three years in the making came to fruition when Pinnacle of Turkey Creek held a ribbon cutting, hosted by Far-ragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, for its new plaza Wednesday, June 30.
The plaza, formerly the fountain site constructed in 2005, is located between The Loft and Talbotts in Pinnacle’s shop-ping complex, operated by Bayer Proper-ties.
“It’s awesome,” Pinnacle general man-ager Darryl Whitehead said about the fin-ished project. “It’s completed, everyone enjoys it. It gives us an opportunity to do even bigger and better things we’ve been working on for the last nine years.”
Pinnacle already is offering fitness class-es, food trucks on Fridays and a musical artist who comes to play on Saturdays.
For Pinnacle, the project was a long time coming. “When COVID hit the first or second week of March (2020), it was put on hold,” Whitehead recalled. “We were sup-posed to start construction. ...”
However, he urged the owners to go ahead with the construction since the nearby Regal Pinnacle 18 theater was con-tinuing with its own renovations.
“We used COVID to revamp the place,” Whitehead said. “Wi-Fi is running throughout the property now … and there’s stuff in the works, including work-ing with the Town of Farragut on a nice walkway between us and our new neigh-bor (onto Outlet Drive by going over Inter-
state 40/75). It will be beautiful.”Whitehead said the owners realized the
space needed a redesign.“Three years ago, we had a conversa-
tion” with Sara Hedstrom Pinnell, owner/head designer of Hedstrom Landscape Architecture, and her husband, Ben Pin-nell, president of Hickory Construction, Whitehead recalled. “We sat here and de-cided what we wanted this to look like.”
Whitehead said the criteria dictated the space reflect East Tennessee’s outdoors.
Additionally, “this space needs to be flexible for special events and other differ-ent things happening,” she said.
“What you see is what they came up with,” Whitehead added, indicating the plaza and pointing out TVA Employees Credit Union was biggest project sponsor.
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(Above) Robbie and Jamie Kidd of Concord are providing custom-made window treatments with their new home-based business, Blinds & More of East Tennessee. (Above right) Robbie installs a window valance for a customer.
Kidd couple excelat window treating■ TAMMY CHEEK
Jamie and Robbie Kidd of Concord have started Blinds & More of East Tennessee to provide every kind of window treatment for customers in Farragut, Knox County and beyond.
While handling the design and sales aspects of the home-based business, Jamie, co-owner and designer, has partnered with co-owner husband, Robbie, who handles the installation, business management and marketing.
“This is something we’re both excited about – being able to be a part of helping people feel more at home … making their house their home,” Jamie said.
“All of our window treatments are custom-made specifically for the client’s windows,” she added. “Right now, the big trend is motorization, so we’re motorizing almost every treatment that there is.”
A motorized window treatment is operated with an electronic
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motor that is controlled with a remote.“We can motorize everything from woven woods, roller shades
to draperies,” Jamie said. “(Clients) can do it from their phoneor they can do it from the Alexa app. That just really seems to bethe direction things are going.
“We offer roller shades, woven woods, blinds, shutters and allsoft treatments: draperies, Roman shades, valances, cornices,bedding. We do all that,” she added. “We have a local workroomthat handles our soft treatments, and I have multiple vendors for other (treatments).
“Several of the vendors I’ve work with for 17 years now. I trustthem, their quality and warranty.”
The Kidds also offer solar/roller shades, cellulars, cordless and non-motorized treatments, but they do more than just win-dows. They also provide home décor services.
“I have some clients who want me to do more, they want meto design a room or get some accessories,” she said. “I alwaysremember I’m just a visitor (in the clients’ home), so I try to havethem very involved in the process. I’m not telling them what todo. It’s a collaborative effort, so at the end they feel a part of itand they’re invested in the project as well.”
Although the business started in January, Jamie has been in
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the window treatment indus-try for 17 years, working for herself and another business before launching their busi-ness.
“I’ve always had an eye for design since I was little,” she said.
In 2009, Jamie worked for a company that specialized in only custom-window treat-ments. “It just really narrowed my focus,” she said. “I think that’s been very helpful be-
cause I stay current on all the trends … staying in my lane of window treatments has really given me a specialty.
“So, pretty much, when I walk into a client’s house, I can tell what will work and not work pretty much right away,” she added.
While home-based, Jamie said Blinds & More is a mobile business, working from her car.
“I go to homes, measure and take samples with me,” she said. “It just seems to work better that way because they
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Piranhas recent ‘attacks’ net 2 match wins
1-Mile champions: Open champs (above) Lindsay Parks, 41, 6:02; and Chris Davis, 43, 5:30; Female Masters, Erin Kotowski, 40, 6:56; Male Masters, Timothy Rutherford, 58, 6:09; Female Grandmasters, Tammy D Kregel, 50, 7:59; Male Grandmasters, Mark MacDonald, 61, 6:57; Female Veteran, Dana Moser, 78, 14:21; Male Veteran, Jeff Thornburg, 65,7:26; Female 3-6, Talia Smith, 5, 9:29; Male 3-6, Chase Gordon, 6, 8:50; Female 7-8, Lydia Smith, 8, 8:32; Male 7-8, Ethan Sprow, 8, 7:30; Female 9-10, Lucy Davis, 9, 7:48; Male 9-10, Dylan Benner, 9, 8:02; Female 11-14, Malena Veinot, 11, 7:49; Male 11-14, Cade Duncanson, 12, (running, right), 5:47; Female 15-19, Rylee Gifford, 15, 6:12; Male 15-19, Joe Maine, 19, 6:44; Female 60-64, Mary Jackson, 61, 15:05; Male 60-64, Daniel Walker, 60, 8:48; Female 65-69, Teresa Hill, 67, 29:04; Male 65-69, Romano Sims, 69, 29.04; Female 70-74, Susan Wise, 71, 29:12; Male 70-74, Ray Kowalski, 70, 29:07; Female 75-79, Kathy McKay, 76, 29:08; Male 75-79, Mike Kitchens, 76, 29:22; Female 80-84, Hilda Stein, 80, 29:12.
Concord Hills Piranhas Community Swim Team, 180 strong ages 4 to 18, once again is competing in Greater Knoxville Area Interclub Swimming Association League 2 this season. With a decisive home-pool victory against League 2 rival Gulf Park Tuesday, June 29, the Piranhas improved their record to 2-1 entering this week. “We did great; I think things are going really well,” head coach Lucy Donaldson said after the June 29 victory. Rebounding well from an opening-sea-
son loss to Fox Den, the Piranhas beat Gettysvue for their first win. “I’m just blownaway because they’re showing up two times a day for practice and they are work-ing hard. Our seniors show up and work out, out of the water, for 30 extra minutes a day,” Donaldson said. “I just think that’s really showing at meets, based on the scores of the last two weeks.”
Freedom Runtop finishersAnnual Farragut Independence
Day Fleet Feet Freedom Run, 2-mile and 1-mile courses, fea-tured a field of 243 from Farragut and Knoxville plus other loca-tions in the Knox County area — and several from across the state and out-of-state.
They began at Town Hall Satur-day morning, July 3, and finished in the old Ingles parking lot just west of Boring Road.
Photos by Alan Sloan
(Above) David Rector holding his son, Chasen, 2, alongside big sister, Collins, a Concord Hills swimmer in the Girls 8-and-Under category, during the Piranhas’ home meet against Gulf
Park Tuesday evening, June 29. (Above right) Troy Gleckler, 17, a rising senior at Farragut High School, competes in the Boys 15-and-Over 200-yard individual
medley for Concord Hills against Gulf Park, as does Jake Fergu-son, (right) in a Boys 9-and-10 freestyle event.
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the addictive nature of sugar and junk food, made changes in his own life to eliminate those tempta-tions. He will speak on the topic beginning at 11:15 a.m., Wednesday July 14, in West Knox County Senior Center, 239 Jamestowne Blvd.
“Junk food is as addictive as cocaine, and just as hard to get off,” said Houck, a former home care busi-ness owner, now retired. “You really have to treat it like you are getting off drugs.”
He described how sugar and junk food trigger the body’s dopamine production, giving consumers “a high” they constantly seek.
“It leads to people snacking, all the time, to keepthose dopamine levels up,” Houck added. “It is reallyamazing how little humans need to eat to survive, butit really has become an addictive response.
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Junk food ‘as addictive as cocaine:’ Houck speech set
■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD [email protected]
While the addictive natures of alcohol and drugs are well known, another more prevalent and legal addic-tion is sapping the energies, strengths and willpower of millions of Americans, and a Farragut resident is on a mission to change that.
Andy Houck, who has spoken out for years about
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Inverness resident Lisa Bengston poses with the “Little Free Li-brary” she and her family donated to the community, which islocated alongside the Farragut Greenway.
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■ TAMMY CHEEK [email protected]
Ashley Lynch of Farragut is taking on Send Seniors Love full time and will be holding an inaugural Senior Seniors Love Golf Tournament Aug. 2, at The Club at Gettysvue, 9317 Linksvue Drive in West Knox-ville.
Registration starts at 11 a.m., followed by lunch at noon and the shotgun start at 1 p.m. Cost to participate is $100 per golfer and $400 per foursome, with proceeds benefiting Send Seniors Love.
Lynch, who has worked with seniors since 2018, founded
■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD [email protected]
Lisa Bengston’s love of books spills over into every area of her life — from her job as an Usborne Book & More Educational Ser-vices representative to the numerous volume-filled bookcases inher Inverness home.
Now it’s helping provide a community library right outsideher door.
Bengston and her husband, Adam Bengston, worked togeth-er on what is the latest “Little Free Library” in Farragut. She repainted and repurposed a secondhand freestanding enclosed structure, donated by a neighbor, and Adam “did all the digging and concrete pouring” to set it up.
“I did a facelift,” she said of the charming two-story mini li-brary. “I painted it and patched the roof, then put the sign on.”
They placed it along the Farragut greenway, running fromKingsgate into Inverness, which also runs right beside the Bengston’s home along Hidden Grove Road, and filled it with a variety of books for all ages.
The concept is to “take a book—share a book” to keep a varietyof reading material circulating through the library. The family’s
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To mitigate stress at school,FHS CAM Club springs up
■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD [email protected]
A small Farragut High School club managed to make a big im-pact — even during a difficult COVID-19-centric year.
The Complementary Alternative Medicine Club was founded during the 2019-20 school year under the guidance of Shannon Exum, FHS Health and Exercise Science teacher and club spon-sor, specifically to help mitigate student and staff stress levels.
According to its website, organizers acknowledged past “dark times” and “tragic events” at the school, which were primarily
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for senior citizens.Inspired by visits to her
grandparents at their nursing home, she saw some people did not get visitors or interaction with people outside of the fa-cility.
“It broke my heart,” Lynch said. “I couldn’t imagine not going to see my grandparents … I couldn’t imagine, dur-ing COVID, not being able to see anybody from the outside world and being locked in.”
The program started with individuals being invited to send cards or letters to seniors through Send Seniors Love.
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• Veterans Legal Advice Clinic once again will be held in person at Knox County Public Defender’s Office, 1101 Liberty St., Knoxville, from noon to 2 p.m., Wednesday, July 14. Any veteran seeking legal help is encouraged to at-tend. Current CDC guidelines will be followed regarding indoor social distancing and mask-ing for those who are not vaccinated. Those wishing to wear a mask are welcome to do so regardless of vaccination status.
Veterans who are not able to attend the clin-ic in person are encouraged to continue to use the telephone clinic option. Pre-registration is required for telephone clinic. Veterans are asked to call Legal Aid of East Tennessee at 865-637-0484 to pre-register.
“This is a general advice clinic with a wide variety of legal issues, including family law, landlord/tenant, bankruptcy, criminal de-fense, consumer protection, contract disputes, child support and personal injury, among oth-er issues,” a Knoxville Bar Association press release stated.
• Simulcast for Promise Keeper Event from Cowboys Stadium in Dallas Texas is at Calvary Baptist Church, 3200 Kingston Pike in Knoxville. Simulcast runs from 7:30
to 10:30 p.m. EDT, Friday, July 16, and from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. EDT, Saturday July 17.
Speaker lineup includes Johnathan Evans, former NFL fullback and chaplain of the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks; Less Parrot, bestselling author of ”Love Talk” and founder of Better Love.com; Samuel Ro-driquez, president of NHCLC and bestselling author of “Be Light;” A R Bernard, pastor of Christian Cultural Center and host of “AR Bernard and Faith in Practice;” Carter Con-lon, pastor of Times Square Church and host of "It's Time to Pray;" Nick Vujicic, founder of Life Without Limbs and bestselling author of “Life Without Limits;” Donald Burgs Jr,, pas-tor, author and president/CEO of D.B. Min-istry Inc.; and retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, former Delta Force and CIA officer. Cost of registration is $20.
Register at http://www.promisekeepers.brushfire.com/. Space is limited to 1,000.
• Knoxville Children’s Theatre, in part-nership with the Clayton Foundation, will present a live production of the Disney clas-sic, “The Little Mermaid, Jr.,” adapted from
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Three of MTSU’s ‘TrueBlue 100’ from FHS, BHS
Middle Tennessee State University has released its latest “True Blue 100” honorees for 2021, including three students from Far-ragut and nearby: rising sophomores Grace Feng, a Farragut High School alumnae; and Parker Huskey and Lauren Peters, Bearden High School graduates.
“True Blue 100” represents 100 outstanding high school fresh-men who share the university’s core values and commitments and live up to them each day — all while excelling academically.
Those core values and commitments include honesty and integrity, respect for diversity, engagement in the community, commitment to nonviolence and academic achievement, a MTSU press release stated.
“These honorees receive this recognition first and foremost because of the hard work they have put forward in their studies during their first year of high school,” MTSU president Sidney A. McPhee said. “We hope this accolade encourages them to con-tinue to pursue academic excellence in the years to come.”
Dean’s List honorees from Farragut during Spring Semes-ter included: Daniel Woodard, Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law; Connor Barker, Northeastern Univer-sity; Caroline Anne Joy, Wofford College; and Madison Bu-chter, College of Charleston.
Addressing Penny’s ‘coughing, snorting’
Q: “Penny,” my sweet Pug, started making this coughing, snorting noise. My neighbor says she thinks it’s a reverse sneeze, but I’ve never heard of that. I have an appointment with my vetnext week — should I be worried? E.R., Farragut.
A: I hope Penny is feeling well. There are many reasons for coughing and/or snorting in dogs, reverse sneeze being one ofthem. Reverse sneezing is a spasm at the back of the throat inresponse to an upper respiratory irritant. It is more common in brachycephalic dogs — dog breeds with short noses — like pugs.With a reverse sneeze, the air flow is inspiratory and often quite
loud. In comparison, the breath is outward (orexpiratory) with a cough.
A reverse sneeze can be worse with excite-ment, allergies or other nasal irritants. Since it is not always predictable, it can be helpful to take a video on your smartphone if possible.This may help your veterinarian make a di-agnosis.
Other potential reasons for coughing and/or snorting include allergies, bacterial or vi-ral infections, heartworms or primary heartor lung disease. At your appointment next week, your veterinarian will want to examinePenny, including listening to her heart and lungs.
Generally, there is no treatment requiredfor reverse sneeze. Episodes are fairly short,
ranging from a few seconds to one-to-two minutes. Talking gen-tly to Penny and stroking her throat may shorten her episodes.
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Gold Award Girl Scouts total five from Farragut, Knox County ■ STAFF REPORTS
The Girl Scouts of the Southern Appalachians announced its 2021 Gold Award recipients from Farragut and Knox County.
Janda Atchley built a pollinator garden at Farragut High School to address the issue of endangered pol-linators and to elevate the education of students. The garden enhances the beauty of the high school and lets students learn about environmental issues. Atchley partnered with the environmental science department to sustain the project after she graduates.
Caroline Brown created the Kids Cove Bee Awareness at Zoo Knoxville to combat the decreasing bee popula-tion. Brown painted the bee boxes to
make the beehives more visible to visi-tors and added an educational aspect to raise awareness of the importance of bees.
Kathryn Bush noticed that chil-dren’s learning and activity levels decrease during the summer, which could lead to behavioral and attention problems. Bush created an at-home summer camp with age-appropriate activities, including a website with tutorial videos. The activities prompt creativity, exercise and being outdoors. Her summer camp also included 55 take-home activity kits with learning solutions that supported many chil-dren during the pandemic.
Maggie Clark helped Ijams Nature Center by improving the safety and accessibility of the Ijams Discovery Trail. She improved the trail to better
handle rain and foot traffic and helped to create plaques to educate visitors on maintenance for the trail.
Olivia Wilkerson built and stocked a library for elementary school stu-dents and their parents. She wanted to ensure parents had access to books so they could model reading to their children.
“Our communities have been posi-tively impacted by the vision, leader-ship and dedication of each of our Gold Award girls,” said Lynne Fugate, CEO of the Girl Scouts of the South-ern Appalachians. “This high honor required hours of hard work and the leadership skills that they have been developing during their years as a Girl Scout.”
“The Girl Scout Gold Award rep-resents exceptional achievement in
leadership development, positive val-ues and service,” a GSSA press release stated. “Only Girl Scout Seniors and Ambassadors are eligible for the Gold Award, and before they can pursue it, they must meet prerequisites, includ-ing completing a Take Action Project or earning the Girl Scout Silver Award,which entails a girl-led project to im-prove the neighborhood or community.
“At a minimum requirement of 80 hours, most girls spend between one and two years on Gold Award projects. A Gold Award Girl Scout’s achieve-ments prime her for the fast track when it comes to college admissions and making her a ... candidate for aca-demic scholarships and other financial awards. In addition, Gold Award Girl Scouts who join the Armed Services enter at a rank above other recruits.”
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Changing of the Guard, for 2021-22, at RCF(Left) The Rev. David Bluford, left, accepts the gavel as 2021-22 Rotary Club of Farragut president from former president Edward Jones, now designated as past president, dur-ing the club’s Changing of the Guard ceremony in Fox Den Country Club Wednesday, June 30.
(Below) Bluford, far right, swears in some of the 2021-22 RCF officers during the ceremony. From left are Doug Powell, Scott Bertini, Bill Rice, Steve Krempasky, Mary Ann Imgram and Denise Defenderfer.
■ TAMMY CHEEK [email protected]
With Rotary’s International theme of “Serve to Change Lives,” Rotary Club of Far-ragut’s newly installed presi-dent, the Rev. David Bluford, said his goals are to increase membership, fundraising and service projects.
Joining Bluford at the helm is 2021-22 president-elect Me-gan Belcher; vice president Val Privett; secretary Mary Ann Imgram; treasurer Steve Krempasky; sergeants-at-arms Howard Fass, Scott Bertini and Bill Rice; service projects chair Scott Bertini; fundraising chairs, Scott Brockamp and Denise Bash; membership chairs, Cindy Kraus and Doug Powell; Foundation chair Bill Rice; international service chair Becky Duncan; youth services chair, Denise Defenderfer; public relations chair Tom King; and Edward Jones as past president.
“It’s an honor,” Bluford, a chaplain with Parkwest Medi-cal Center, said about being elected as 2021-22 president. “It’s a privilege but also a re-sponsibility to move forward.”
He said international incom-ing president Shekhar Mehta of Calcutta, India, has chal-lenged all members to change lives — not only others’ lives but also their own.
“That’s what Rotary’s all about — to serve and change lives, but it’s not just lives on the outside; it’s also to change our lives,” Bluford said.
One of this year’s new ser-vice projects is to grant a wish with the Make a Wish Foundation. He added the club also hopes to hold its an-nual wine tasting and auction fundraiser.
Additionally, Bluford is looking at increasing member-ship by 10 percent.
“We have 89 members right now,” he said. “We would like to get that up to a little over 100.”
While the club lost some members during the 2020-21 year — some because they re-located, some who died — they also gained a few in the last few weeks, Bluford noted.
“Several will be joining us in the near future,” he added.
Rotarians also were chal-lenged with empowering girls and women to succeed.
Bluford accepted the gavel from outgoing president Jones,
who was praised for stepping up during the 2020-21 year of COVID-19.
“We are all thankful for his strong and thoughtful leader-ship in the year of COVID and Zoom,” King, a past president and public relations chair-man, stated in his Sunday, July 4, newsletter.
“It was no accident we had Ed as our leader,” Bluford said of Jones. “Ed probably should be in my position now, but we had someone leave (that moved up Jones and Bluford to last year’s positions). We had the right leadership here this last year.”
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Disney's 2008 Broadway pro-duction, each Friday through Sunday from July 9 through July 25, at KCT, 109 E. Church-well Ave. Performances begin at 7 p.m. each Friday; at 1 and 5 p.m., each Saturday; and at 3 and 7 p.m., each Sunday. “Pro-duction features the famous music by Alan Menken with lyrics by Howard Ashman and Glenn Slater,” a KCT press re-lease stated. “‘The Little Mer-
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• Ladies, if you are new to the area or just want to make new friends, come and join Newcomers Club for lunch and a program at noon, Wednesday, July 21, in Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike. Speaker will be Christine Chemot of CMC Properties. For reservations, call 865-985-0521 before Monday, July 19.
On June 30, 2021, Dr. Stephen Harrington Stow, age 80, walked through the gates and began asking God questions about how in the hell he got there. Steve was a graduate of Vanderbilt University and earned his MS and PhD degrees in geochemistry from Rice University. He worked for Continental Oil Company early in his career and then taught geology at the University of Alabama during the years of Coach “Bear” Bryant. In 1980, he moved to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as head of the Ge-ology Department and later became the Ethics director for the institution. Steve retired in 2005 after serving as director of the Oak Ridge Museum of Science and Energy.
As a longstanding member, he was treasurer of the National Geological Society of America and a member of the Knoxville Philatelic (Stamp Society). Steve served as ORNL’s Ombudsman and also was a Fellow of the Advancement of Science and Geological Society of America.
He was a nationally known authority on the Manhattan Project and occasionally wore a suit and hat from that era for his animated lec-tures on this subject. He was instrumental in documenting the history of ORNL, recording interviews with many of the notable scientists who had worked there.
Locally, Steve also served on several com-mittees within the Farragut community, most notably as president of the Farragut Museum. He was instru-mental in the production of the History of Farragut film, inter-viewing and recording of many persons involved in the forma-tion of Farragut.
Steve is survived by his wife, Jeanie Chaney Stow; daughters, Lauren Simpson and Jennifer Stow; stepson, Matt Chaney (Jen); grandchildren, Regan, Piersen and Mac Simpson, and Juliana and Maggie Chaney; sister, Cynthia Yancey; and many lifelong friends.
Steve was one of a kind with a dry sense of humor ... he was fa-mous for saying “When I get around to it ...,” although he never did. Everyone who met him loved him.
A Celebration of Life will be held in August at the new Far-ragut Community Center located at 239 Jamestowne Blvd. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the ORNL Science Museum, the Farragut Museum or the Lewy Body Dementia Society.
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While it has been “just a side gig,” she added, “Now I’m full speed ahead. It’s grown that much.
“What started in Knox Coun-ty ended up around the globe, and now we have a new addi-tion, Boxes of Love.”
When someone buys a box for a senior, Lynch’s volun-teers fill it with an activity, a sugar-free treat, socks, skin care items and a handmade card filled out by the volun-teers.
“The sponsored box can go to a loved one of their choos-ing or a senior in need,” she added.
Each box costs $35, which in-cludes shipping.
“We want to keep the mo-mentum going, and these box-es of love are something that is
a need,” Lynch said. “There’s only going to be a greater need because the Baby Boomers are aging and starting to go into nursing homes. It’s a huge generation.”
To continue the program’s momentum, Lynch has orga-nized the golf tournament to raise funds and awareness.
“There’re going to be priz-es,” she said. “The $1 million Hole-in-One Shot is sponsored by Finn’s (Restaurant & Tav-ern in Knoxville), so we’re go-ing to have a great time.”
As for future fundraisers. ”I’m not stopping at golf,” Lynch added. “I’m open to other sports, other different events.”
Along with the boxes, cards and letters can be sent to P.O. Box 22093, Farragut, TN 37933.
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On the website, she said there also is a link for people who simply want to donate.
contribution is listed as Char-ter No.128136 in a comprehen-sive listing of Little Free Li-braries officially registered.
“We love books as a family and know how many use the
greenway by our house, so we love being able to share that with the community,” she said, noting the couple’s two chil-dren, Cameron and Wesley, also have the same passion.
Cameron actually helped his dad set out a bench beside the Little Library itself — already
lushly sheltered by a canopy of trees — creating a welcoming locale to curl up with a book or two.
“It really brings me joy to offer this,” she said. “There is nothing I love more than to see kids sitting down and read-ing.”
Although not the only such library in Farragut, Bengston had an outpouring of positive comments and donations when she announced the newest Little Free Library on social media.
Other neighborhoods have offered them, and The Rotary
Club of Farragut has donated at least two in the community.
For more information aboutthe program, visit http://littlefreelibrary.org. Bengs-ton’s online literacy group can be found on Facebook bysearching Shared Stories With Lisa B.
“There are so many exte-rior factors working against people,” he added, referring to billboards, commercials and everyday activities, such as go-ing to the movies.
“You don’t have to have Cokes or pretzels or popcorn at the movies, but we are trained to believe that is just part of the experience.”
It is problen for adults and children.
“Kids want to do what they see their mom and dad do,” Houck said. “If they smoke, the kids will probably want to smoke. If they eat junk food, they will want to do that too, and will, especially if it is in the house.
“Nobody wants their kids to be overweight, but many times they don’t see the problem be-cause they are addicted, too,” he added.
Another problem he points to is how unhealthy food “is
a multi-trillion dollar a year business.”
“On the other hand, 80 per-cent of all major diseases are caused by bad diets,” he added. “And, once you start down that path of an unhealthy lifestyle, it has a snowball effect.
“I’m just hoping to help peo-ple realize the physi-cally harm-ful prop-erties of sugar and junk food, and perhaps they will be more apt to fight it off,” Houck add-ed.
The first step, as is the case for anyone in the throes of an addiction, admitting there is a problem — and actually want-ing to be different.
“You have to decide you want to make a change,” Houck said. “People talk about diets but don’t typically talk about the
addiction component, so thatmust be addressed.
“Diets are temporary — you must embrace a healthy life-style,” he added. “Then it real-ly becomes a one-day-at-a-timeprocess.”
David Catlett, a decade-longfriend of Houck’s and frequenttennis opponent, has beenhelped by his advice.
“He has really guided me and helped me in my diet,”said Catlett, who has heard Houck’s talks on the subject.“One problem is that I wasn’t drinking enough water, andsometimes, when I would feel hungry, that was all I reallyneeded.
“He has helped me so much, and I’m glad he is sharingwhat he has suggested that hashelped me,” he added.
Ultimately, Houck said hewould like to lead a supportgroup for those addicted to sugar and junk food.
To register for Houck’s talk, call 865-288-7805.
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CAM ClubFrom page 2B
caused by stress.“Through the use of CAM,
we will do our utmost best to alleviate the negative stress here at our school so those tragic events will never repeat themselves,” its mission state-ment noted.
“Our mission is to help ev-eryone at FHS feel cared for so they can live better and hap-pier lives,” Exum added. “We offer a holistic approach to dealing with stress, but it all comes down to showing others how much they matter.”
She said the club began by offering an herbal tea cart and essential oils, but had to discontinue those options be-cause of COVID.
“But the teachers and stu-dents really appreciated what we were doing,” Exum added.
Encouragement helped the group persevere and be cre-ative going forward.
What its nearly two-dozen
club members were able to provide during the last school year was support for each oth-er and their fellow students and staff, albeit in more one-on-one circumstances.
Teas and essential oils were still offered, and a group proj-ect recognized FHS janitors
and cafeteria workers near the end of the school year with gift bags of candles, teas, home-made bath salts and chocolate — along with a note that read, “CAM Club’s purpose is to give back to you. This appreciation only scratches the surface of all you have done for us. We
are infinitely grateful.”Rising senior Ali Bhimani
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For Coulter, the experience has been “life changing.”
“I think our club has done a
great job at outreach and being inclusive,” she said. “Even injust offering tea, it’s those little things that can make a big dif-ference.
“Our club has really inspired me and helped me realize what I want to do is to help people,”Coulter added.
(Far left) Farragut High School Complimentary Alternative Medicine Club members Rachel Schram, left, and Sophie Dotson put together homemade bath salts for the Club’s group project. (Left) Lillian DeBari De Webster, FHS cafeteria worker, was just one of many sup-port staff employees who were given gift baskets from FHS’s CAM Club near the end of the school year.
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westsidesidefaces8B • FARRAGUTPRESS THURSDAY, JULY 8, 2021
Independence Day ParadePerhaps especially eager to enjoy an Independence Day parade weekend for the first time since 2019, hundred of families with children were prominent among an
estimated 8,000 to 10,000 who lined both sides of Kingston Pike for miles — from West Point Drive to just beyond Boring Road — for 33rd Annual Town of Farragut Independence Day Parade Saturday morning, July 3.
Eighty-six entries, according to the Town of Farragut, featured representation from schools, clubs, youth organizations, businesses, local politicians, Knox County Sheriff’s Office and other emergency agencies, along with the Town itself during the roughly 90-minute parade.
Grand Marshals (see photo, page 1A) were the four Farragut public schools principals: Dr. John Bartlett, Farragut High; Weston Edmonds, Farragut Middle; Debo-rah Adorante, Farragut Intermediate; and Gina Byrd, Farragut Primary (see story on Byrd, page 1A, and other parade photos on pages 1A, 3A and 4A).
Miss Tennessee Shining Star Madison Woods, 17, with her mother, Sherry Woods
Festive Akima Club entrant Jayne Hutson Dake
From left, Hulsey siblings Samuel, Ava B. and William
Sir Goony’s brought the go-karts
From left, sisters, Emma, Ella and Maddie Hutchins; and sisters, Natalie and Brooklynn Leep
Terry and Tom Oakes
From left, Autumn Lynch with cousins, Sam Garner, 4, his brother, Will Garner, 3, and their grandmother, Cindy Smith
Scott and Elissa Fleming with son, Wyatt, 8, and daughter, Ella, 5
Holly Janney, left, and her mother, Kay SchellFrom left, Isla White, Lila McCroskey and her brother, Liam,and Cordelia Silvestri
Hay sisters, June, left, and Marybeth
Brookton Hayman
Lilian Chandler holds Lucy Brown, who is pic-tured with her sisters, Emry and Willa.
Melissa Glover and “Moose”
Photos by Tammy Cheek & Michelle Hollenhead