VOL. 8 NO. 36
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new event One of Farragut’s traditional events will have a new name and a new event has been added to the September calendar. Taste of Farragut, sponsored jointly with the Farragut Business Alliance, is now Farragut Food Festival. Scheduled for Friday, Sept. 26, the event will move from the parking lot of the old Kroger to lawn in front of Renaissance Farragut, 12700 Kingston Pike. Anticipated attendance is 1,000. This is the sixth year for the event, which has grown steadily in the past few years. A list of food vendors, link to purchase tickets online and more information is available at www.farragutbusiness.com. General admission tickets are $25 for adults (if purchased in advance through noon the day of the event) or $30 if purchased at the gate. Admission for children under 10 is $10 in advance or $15 at the gate, with children under 5 free. Green Earth, Blue Skies is a new event for the town of Farragut. The free event from 1:30 to 4:30 on Sunday, Sept. 28, will be at Founders Park at Campbell Station. The day is sanctioned by National Public Lands Day, the nation’s largest, single-day volunteer effort for public lands. Kicking off the day will be ribbon cutting at 1 p.m. at the Outdoor Classroom on Campbell Station Road at the entrance to Farragut High School. For a complete schedule, visit www.townoffarragut.org/ publiclandsday.
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■ Stormwater Advisory Committee (SAC) – 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11 ■ Board of Mayor and Aldermen – 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11 ■ Personnel Committee – 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16 ■ Farragut Folklife Museum – 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23 ■ Board of Mayor and Aldermen – 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25 ■ Economic Development Committee – 8 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1 ■ Beautification Committee – 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7 ■ Farragut/Knox County Schools Education Relations – 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7 ■ Parks & Athletic Council – 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7
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September 10, 2014
Catholic celebration Fun, family will mark the end of silver jubilee By Betsy Pickle A year that began with solemnity will finish on a celebratory note. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville wraps up its 25th Anniversary Jubilee on Saturday with the 2014 Diocesan Homecoming Family Day Celebration and Closing Mass. Beginning at 10 a.m. on the grounds of Knoxville Catholic High School, 9245 Fox Lonas Road, the Homecoming will be a day of family fun and fellowship among believers. It will conclude with a 4 p.m. outdoor Mass celebrated by Bishop Richard Stika on the school’s football field. There could be quite a crowd; the Diocese has more than 66,000 members in about 50 parishes throughout East Tennessee. Many of the activities will be ones that are common at all kinds of church and school events – bounce houses, a dunk tank, a climbing wall, sack races, tug of war, volleyball, softball and other athletic
New York City Archbishop, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, opens the 25th Anniversary Jubilee of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville last September in Sevier County. Photos submitted competitions. There will also be a barbecue contest. Go for the face painting – stay for the “human hamster rolling cage ball.” The event is free, though registration is requested at www.
dioknox.org/homecoming. A catered lunch will be provided by Domino’s, and water will be available throughout the day courtesy of Sam’s Club. The Silver Anniversary Cel-
ebration kicked off Sept. 13-14, 2013, when the Diocese hosted a Eucharistic Congress in Sevier County. The Mass was celebrated To page A-3
New tool may help fill vacant properties By Wendy Smith Assistant Town Administrator Gary Palmer demonstrated a new online tool that will allow the public to easily access information about available properties within the town of Farragut at last week’s Economic Development Committee. The Recon 2014 map is available at www.townoffarragut.org/ recon2014. Developed properties are indicated by a red pin, and undeveloped properties are indicated by a green pin. Clicking on pins provides information and photos of each property. Vacant properties are one of the community’s biggest concerns, according to information collected by Northstar Destination Strategies for the town’s branding effort. Town Administrator David Smoak
presented Northstar’s research and branding platform statement to the committee. The Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved the statement at its recent meeting. While red pins appear to cluster along Kingston Pike on the Recon 2014 map, vacant properties aren’t necessarily a cause for alarm. Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce representative Tim Williams said that is to be expected as businesses come and go. Smoak reported a healthy amount of business investment this year. There has been $15.75 million in commercial finishes or brand new buildings so far in 2014. New building permits are on track with numbers from last year, he said. “A lot of good things are going on this year.” Committee member Knick My-
ers expressed concern that redevelopment of one vacant property did not receive approval by the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission last month in spite of meeting zoning requirements. Farragut Express Car Wash was not compatible with the current Land Use Plan for 103 S. Campbell Station Road, the former site of Silver Spoon Restaurant, said Smoak. Smoak also brought attention to the town’s first Public Lands Day celebration − Green Earth, Blue Skies, which is 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 28 at Founders Park at Campbell Station Road. The event will offer educational events for children and adults. A ribbon-cutting for the town’s new outdoor classroom at the Campbell Station Road entrance to Far-
ragut High School will precede the celebration at 1 p.m. Green Earth, Blue Skies takes the place of the town’s Picnic on the Pike. Bettye Sisco of the Farragut West Knox Chamber reported on the success of the Tennessee Chamber of Commerce Executives (TCCE) annual meeting, held in Farragut in August. The event received ample support from local business and government, she said. Phil Dangel of the Farragut Business Alliance said plans are being finalized for the Farragut Food Festival, which is at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 26, at Renaissance Farragut, 12740 Kingston Pike. The event was formally known as Taste of Farragut. Tickets are available at www.farragutbusiness.com
Knox Bar salutes outgoing judges By Wendy Smith Lawyers, it seems, are slow to talk about judges, even those who are about to leave the bench. But a few brave barristers were willing to share their impressions at last week’s Knoxville Bar Association’s annual Supreme Court Dinner. City Attorney Charles Swanson was quick with his praise. He described Chancellor Daryl Fansler as “one of the most responsible judges in my experience.” Fansler always gave a fair trial without being biased beyond the facts of a case, he said. Circuit Court Judge Harold Wimberly is an excellent scholar who understands the law and enjoyed the process of applying it, Swanson said.
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As a former Knox County Law Director, Circuit Court Judge Dale Workman came to the bench with a broad range of experience. He also brought a sense of humanity to the job. “He empathized with the people before him more than any other judge. He did a great job,” said Swanson. Steven Lipsey, an attorney with Stone & Hinds, served on juries in Wimberly’s and Workman’s courts. Both did an excellent job, he said. “I learned a lot by sitting in the jury box. My service on the juries made me very proud of the legal profession.” As a practicing creditors’ rights lawyer, Lipsey is in bankruptcy court reg-
teaching time around his hunting schedule. “He is one of the brightest, best judges.” Attorney Anne McKinney, known for her hats and musical parodies, recalled portraying Knox County Criminal Court Judge Mary Beth Leibowitz at the East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists’ Front Page Follies. In spite of McKinney’s jab at the judge’s “less than vogue” New Tennessee State Supreme Court Justice Jeff Bivins wardrobe, Leibowitz hapgreets U.S. District Court Judge Pamela Reeves at the Knox- pily recalls the event. ville Bar Association’s dinner. Photo by Wendy Smith “She always says, ‘She played me,’” laughed McKinney. ularly. He describes U.S. nancial problems.” The purpose of the SuBankruptcy Judge RichDoug Blaze, dean of the preme Court Dinner is to ard Stair as intelligent and UT College of Law, said the honor the Tennessee Sucompassionate with “just school was fortunate to the right temperament to have Fansler as an adjunct preme Court and all memhandle cases for people professor, in spite of how bers of the local judiciary. who are experiencing fi- difficult it was to schedule To page A-3
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