Farragut Shopper News 062413

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VOL. 7 NO. 25

IN THIS ISSUE

Miracle Maker

Jim Bellamy could have been a comedian. He taught American history at Powell High School from 1952-66 and was principal at Farragut High School for 24 years, serving until his retirement in 1990. Sandra Clark recalls an interview she conducted with Bellamy in 2000. He passed away in 2008.

See Sandra’s story on page A-11

Coffee Break She is the watchdog of town development’s rules and regulations, and Ruth Hawk watches projects like, well, a hawk. As community development director for the town of Farragut, Ruth says she is charged with helping people see how every project that happens in Farragut is interconnected. “I feel like our office is the one that helps people see the bigger picture and teaches people how the process works and why we have rules and guidelines,” says Ruth. Meet Ruth over this week’s Coffee Break.

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Natural consequence Summer art class brings nature indoors By Betsy Pickle Summer is a great time to be outdoors, enjoying nature and having fun. And thanks to a summer art class offered by the town of Farragut, kids can enjoy nature and have fun indoors, too. The town is offering a Kid’s Nature Painting Class at 9-11 a.m. Saturday, July 13, at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Instructor Angela Polly will show kids ages 6 and up how art can begin with nature. “It’s summer, so I wanted to do something that embraces the season,” says Polly, who began teaching art classes for children at the Town Hall about two years ago. “My favorite thing to do in the summer is to go hiking, and when you go hiking you see all kinds of beautiful things in nature.” Polly will bring that insight to her class, encouraging the participants to look at nature and think of certain shapes and forms. “I’m going to take them on a little hike and have them collect things that they respond to,

and then we’ll use those objects to make a piece of art. I want to show them how you can be inspired by something and then turn it into a piece of art.” Polly, 30, grew up in the suburbs of Charlotte, N.C., but she was able to escape to nature regularly. “I remember playing a lot in the woods as a kid,” she says. “There were a bunch of woods behind my cousin’s house, and we would go out there and just spend the entire day walking around and playing and finding things.” From an early age, she expressed herself through drawing, and she majored in fine art, with a concentration on painting and sculpture, at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. After college, she moved to East Tennessee and eventually ended up working at the nonprofit Girls Inc. in Oak Ridge. She was a program specialist teaching a national curriculum, but she also directed art projects and workshops with the girls. “Whether they were

At a town of Farragut art class for children led by Angela Polly, Eowyn Clark creates a tie-dye masterpiece. Photos submitted

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Greatest Vol ever? Children with orange interests and undoubtedly high IQs were frolicking in their forum sandbox. Surprisingly, they got semiserious long enough to conduct an informal poll – to determine the greatest ever football Volunteer. Of course Peyton Manning won.

See Marvin West’s story on A-6

Farragut play day Last week, the Shopper News interns braved the flood to enjoy a play day in Farragut. They praticed their golf swings at the Concord Par 3’s indoor facility. They enjoyed lunch at Lakeside Tavern and got a history lesson from columnist and historian Malcolm Shell. The day ended with a tour of WBIR-TV and a guest spot on “Live at Five at Four.”

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Angela Polly instructs Alisha Soni, left, and Taylor Higginbotham in an art activity.

creating a masterpiece – it wasn’t about that, it was about the experience,” she says. “Their experiences with the art that I would teach them made them open up. They got to know each other, they got to know themselves, and I think it helped them express themselves.” Polly, whose day job

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Citizens rule: Filling the slots on Farragut committees From staff reports In Farragut, it takes a “navy.” With a small full-time paid staff and active community programs, the town depends on a host of volunteers to handle committees and bring much of the town’s business to the town administrator and Board of Mayor and Aldermen. Annually, the town accepts applications to fill open slots on the 12 standing committees. The term of service on each varies, as does the number of committee members and whether or not they must be residents of the town of Farragut. At the June 13 BOMA meeting, additions were made to 10 committees. There were no changes proposed for the Board of Plumbing and Gas/Mechanical Examiners and the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission committees.

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Economic Development Committee: Reappointed five members whose terms were expiring. The BOMA discussed expanding the committee because of community interest in serving on it, which would require an amendment to the bylaws. Eleven applications were received for five open slots. Reappointed for additional two-year terms were Ginny McClain-Tate, R. Knick Myers, Phil Dangel, Naoko Blue and Jim Holladay. Arts Council: Mary Agnes Schaefer and Sandra Dean were reappointed to two-year terms, and Mary Ellen Reda was approved as a new member. Beautification Committee: Repointed to two-year terms were Claire Ansink, Gerry Gennoe, Kathy Pierre, Mabel Sumner and Marianne McGill.

Board of Zoning Appeals: Merton “Corky” Ives was reappointed to a five-year term. Farragut Folklife Museum Advisory Board: Reappointed to two-year terms were Libbie Haynes, Steve Stow, Carolyn Sinclair, Louis LaMarche and Carolyn Coker. Parks and Athletics Council: Appointed to two-year terms were current members Loretta Bradley and Ron Pinchok and new appointees Drew Carson and Tyler Mallison. Appointed to one-year terms were Sharon Martens and Michael Peters. Personnel Committee: Regina Foy and Joseph DiMauro will join reappointed members Gary Schmitz and John Underwood to serve two-year terms. Farragut/ Knox County

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Schools Education Relations Committee: Michael Singletary and Mark Littleton were reappointed to two-year terms and will be joined by new two-year members Shyam Nair and Kristen Pennycuff-Trent. Stormwater Advisory Committee: Ed Whiting, the Municipal Planning Commission appointment, and Violet Freudenberg were reappointed for two-year terms, and Joe Wolfe will join as a new member for a two-year term. Visual Resources Review Board: Linda Johnson, Mary Layman and Cynthia Hollyfield were reappointed to serve twoyear terms and will be joined by new two-year member Jerry Benton. Brittany Moore was appointed to serve a one-year term.

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