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BUZZ Sand volleyball ahead for town The town of Farragut is now accepting registrations for its summer sand volleyball and fall softball leagues. The sand volleyball leagues begin the week of July 11; the softball leagues begin the week of Aug. 8. All leagues will be played at Mayor Bob Leonard Park, located at 301 Watt Road. Area churches, businesses and other organizations are invited to participate. The registration and payment deadline for sand volleyball is Monday, June 27, at 5 p.m.; the deadline for softball is Monday, July 25, at 5 p.m. Sand volleyball leagues are $165 per team, and softball leagues are $325 per team. Info: townoffarragut.org/ register or 218-3373
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Looking back Oral History project captures history of Farragut
Bike to Work Day The 16th annual Bike to Work Day was delayed by rain and rescheduled for 7:30-8:30 a.m. Friday, June 3, at Market Square. Stop by on your bike and grab baked goods from Wild Love Bakehouse and coffee from Trio Cafe! Want to bike to work, but aren’t sure about the best route? Or would you just like some company along the way for a change? Meet at Third Creek Greenway trailhead (130 Forest Park Blvd.) at 7:15 a.m. to go from Bearden to downtown and UT.
Church sponsors block party Close to 100 members and guests turned out for the Farragut Christian Church Block Party on Sunday at the church home, 138 Admiral Rd. While adults enjoyed conversations at shaded tables, the children did what children do best: Ran, jumped, scooted, skipped, tossed Frisbees and rode bikes all around the grassy lawn and church parking lot.
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Behind the scenes at Savelli’s Elizabeth “Liz� Savelli is completing 23 years running a popular neighborhood restaurant, Savelli’s, in West Knoxville. She opened up on March 1, 1993, and has been at 3055 Sutherland Avenue ever since. She said her most famous guest was Willard Scott, whom HGTV introduced to Savelli’s. But other well-known patrons have included Tommy Lasorda, and chef Tim Love.
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Julia Barham, coordinator of the Farragut Folklife Museum, and Steve Stow, museum committee chair, look over items donated through the Oral History program. Photos by Carolyn Evans
By Carolyn Evans The town of Farragut may be relatively new as towns go, but what came before – from the village of Concord to Civil War battles to the agricultural community – is rich in history. Capturing that history has be-
By Sherri Gardner Howell In Farragut, there always seems to be something brewing about signs. Mike Mitchell was at the Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting on Thursday with one of the town’s new informational signs on zoning changes in hand. He got
it off the ground near Brixworth subdivision, and he was returning it to the town, but not before he used it to make his point: The sign is too hard to read from the street. It was a return performance for Mitchell, who spoke first about the signs the week before at the Farragut Municipal Planning Committee
meeting. The MPC wouldn’t let him load his pictures of the sign into the computer to give a visual of what he considers the problem, so, this time, he just brought along a sign. In the end, all was friendly and cordial, with Community Development Director Mark Shipley agreeing, as he had at the MPC meeting,
Art on Main is this weekend By Libby Morgan Union County will shut down Main Street this Saturday to celebrate all things artistic – especially music. Art on Main is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 4, in historic downtown Maynardville, the Cradle of Country Music. The free arts and music festival will honor Chet Atkins and celebrate the music of Union County. It is on, rain or shine. The Chet Atkins Tribute will be led by musicologist and radio host James Perry. In the flavor of Chet’s legendary thumb picking-style of guitar playing, Parker Hastings will perform. He is 15-years-old and holds the current title of national thumb picking champion – in the adult category. Tommy Emmanuel introduced Hastings to a Knoxville audience at his concert on May 21 at the Bijou when he invited Hastings to join him on stage. Parker will be performing on the noonday WDVX Blue Plate Special on Friday, June 3. Songwriter Eli Fox will bring
tory to share. He still has a list of future interviewees waiting for him. “We started with Barbra Beeler who worked at the museum for many years,� says Barham. “She was a docent here for us and a committee chair. She’s a wealth of
historical information on the area. Then we started trying to get people recorded on a variety of topics – the village of Concord, Farragut High School, the establishment of the town of Farragut.� To page A-3
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come an interesting pastime for Farragut resident and Farragut Folklife Museum committee chair Steve Stow. Under the direction of museum coordinator Julia Barham, Stow has collected 25 to 30 one-hour video recordings of Farragut area residents who have his-
his original Americana music to the Back Porch Stage. He is a multi-instrumentalist who has appeared on the Blue Plate, Knoxville Stomp, and is scheduled to perform at the 2016 Bristol Rhythm and Roots. Fox is a rising senior at Webb School in Knoxville. Knox County Jug Stompers, The Valley Boys, Knoxville Banjo Cotillion with Greg Horne and Kyle Campbell, Swamp Ghost and Virginia Faith also will perform. Union County veterans will kick off the day with an opening ceremony at 8:45 a.m. Fine arts and craft demonstrations will be throughout the grounds, including glassblowing by Matt Salley of Marble City Glassworks, metalsmithing by Amber Crouse, apple butter making, corn shuck dolls by Anne Freels, slab woodworking by David West, and fine art painting by Brian Whitson. There will be shade tree and porch pickin’ with everyone welcome to join in. Shabby Chic 33 Boutique will
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