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What became new in Farragut and the immediate area during 2014 included a South Ward alderman, a future District 7 state senator not named Campfield, two Farragut public school principals, two Congressional Medal of Honor visitors, construction to make it easier entering and coming off the Interstate, a re-branded park and a half marathon. Controversies included a lawsuit over just how much Mixed Drink Tax town of Farragut owed Knox County Schools and a neighborhood looking to stop a senior living center. A settlement was reached between town of Farragut and Knox County after the county filed a lawsuit seeking to recover overdue Mixed Drink Tax revenues. The agreement stipulates the Town would pay KCS $1,106,829, which represents 50 percent of the revenues collected from the Mixed Drink Tax from 1999 to 2013, Allison Myers, Town recorder, said. She added that amount would be paid out in installments over a three-year period with each installment $368,943. Dozens of Grigsby Chapel Road residents continued their protests into November against TDK Construction’s request to rezone a parcel of property, located next to Chapel Pointe off Grigsby Chapel Road, to R-6, a zoning change that would allow multi-family housing or apartments. Farragut Municipal Planning Commission voted against recommending the rezoning to Board of Mayor and Aldermen, by a 6-2 vote, during its Dec. 18 meeting. Key highway and road improvements included the I40/75 interchange at Campbell Station Road, which broke ground in November. It will include longer ramp lengths, an additional exit lane and a new traffic signal at the eastbound exit ramp to Campbell Station Road to allow traffic to turn safely off the exit ramp, and onto the entry ramp, Mark Nagi, Tennessee Department of Transportation Region I community relations officer, said. If a pair of professional estimates were close to reality, a reconfigured and supposedly much safer Dixie Lee Junction (intersection of state highways 11 and 70) would be constructed and operational by 2017. “While we anticipate a fall 2015 construction letting, the progress of the Right of Way phase will determine the earliest letting date,” Nagi said last summer. A 110-foot diameter roundabout at the intersection of Northshore Drive and Choto Road opened in October. Among new things in Farragut was changing the name of

Campbell Station Park to Founders Park at Campbell Station. The inaugural Farragut 13.1 Half Marathon was a success for former FHS Lady Admirals track star Gina Recher Rouse, who successfully battled cold and windy conditions to cross the finish line as fastest female (1 hour, 20 minutes, 36 seconds), earning a $1,000 first-place check. Men’s champ Patrick Cheptoek from Boiling Green, Ky. also was overall champ (1 hour, 9 minutes, 38 seconds) among 755 total participants from at least 13 states. Two Congressional Medal of Honor recipients visited Hardin Valley Academy Friday morning, Sept. 12, in conjunction with Congressional Medal of Honor Convention in Knoxville Sept. 1013. Retired U.S. Army Col. Roger Donlon and retired U.S. Army Maj. James Taylor both are Vietnam veterans who arrived via Blackhawk helicopter. Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted to approve a professional services agreement with North Star Destination Strategies of Nashville to provide research for branding and marketing the Town during its Thursday, Feb. 13, meeting. Town leaders also began seeking architectural guidelines for its newly constructed and renovated commercial buildings, hiring a Colorado firm to conceive a plan. Michael Reynolds, principal at FHS for 10 years and a f o r m e r teacher and coach at the school, was reassigned to become principal at Knoxville Central High Reynolds School for the 2014-15 school year. Stephanie Thompson was chosen by Dr. Jim McIntyre Jr., KCS superintendent, as interim FHS principal for at least the 14-15 school year. A group called “Hardin Valley Supports a Middle School” made a push for a new middle school in the valley, meeting with Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett and Knox County Commissioner Brad Anders in February. Following the retirement in May of Kay Wellons, Farragut Intermediate School principal and longtime Farragut e d u c a t o r, R e g g i e M o s l e y stepped in as new FIS Wellons principal beginning See REVIEW on Page 4A

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Leslie Howe, Farragut High School computer science teacher, displays the plaque she earned after being named Knox County Schools Teacher of the Year among high school candidates. Dr. Jim McIntyre Jr., KCS superintendent, and Lynne Fugate, then Knox County Board of Education chair and current Fourth District representative, join Howe during annual KCS Teacher of the Year Celebration in Crowe Plaza Hotel, downtown Knoxville, Tuesday evening, Feb. 25.

Scrambles was one of several cats in the community that went missing.

Former Vice Mayor Bob Watt stands ready for the start of his namesake fishing rodeo.

A crew waters grass along Watt Road extension as the final stages of construction were completed prior to opening last summer.

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Town of Farragut received a Four Star Award from Tennessee Recreation and Parks Association during its 63rd annual conference last November in Nashville. The award was in the Four Star Renovated Facility category for the synthetic turf field project the Town installed last year at Mayor Bob Leonard Park, Sue Stuhl, Farragut Parks and Leisure director, said. “We were thrilled to get the award,” Stuhl said during a Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting Thursday, Dec. 11. “I know there was a lot of competition. This is great for the Town.” “We’re excited [about getting the award],” she said. “This is the parks and recreation professional association for the state.” She added the award meant the Town was judged by its peers across the state. The project was involved installing a synthetic turf system on one of the rectangular athletic fields in Mayor Bob Leonard

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Myers said. The site plan proposes a 252unit apartment development on 32.31 acres to the north of Holiday Inn Express off North Campbell Station Road, Ashley Miller, Community Development assistant director, said. One of the “subject to’s” was the developers’ use of hardy plank rather than masonry on the proposed buildings. Jason Perry, developer with Perry Management Group, said the plan does have 50 percent masonry, which the architect understood was acceptable, and used hardy plank to break up the brick so it would appear less “institutional.” Myers said he would like to see at least 75 percent masonry on the building and other commissioners agreed. “I don’t think we are getting to the intent of having masonry on the buildings,” Myers said.

Park, Stuhl said. The project was completed in November 2013 with the help of a $250,000 Local Parks and Recreation Fund grant, which was administered by the Recreation Educational Services Division, Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation. “The field was one of the oldest in the park, and it was in need of renovating because it wasn’t draining properly anymore, so it needed to be renovated,” Stuhl said. “By installing synthetic turf, we can use [the field] year round, and we don’t have to close it for winter or any time we are doing renovations.” “The Town renovated this aging facility into a year-round facility currently being used by thousands of players from over 10 athletic organizations,” Chelsey Riemann, Farragut public relations coordinator, said. “This field is the first synthetic turf field available for public use in the Greater Knoxville area.” Stuhl said a number of sports currently are played on the field, football, soccer and LaCross.

“I don’t have a problem with the plan, but I would like to see if you can enhance it further,” Commissioner Ron Honken said. On another matter, commissioners unanimously approved the final plat, submitted by SF Holdings LLC, for Split Rail Farms subdivision off Everett Road. The subdivision includes 38 lots on 13.20 acres. Twenty-six dwellings are proposed in that phase. The Commission approved the development’s concept plan and preliminary plat in June, Miller said. “Since that time, the applicant has been working to complete the public improvements provided for on the preliminary plat.” Miller said. In other action, Commissioners also voted: • unanimously to recommend approving a site plan for parking lot modifications at Farragut Village, 609 Campbell Station Road. The modifications would add more parking spaces.

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dents expressed concerns about animal cruelty. Among notable figures who died in 2014 was Bob Watt, 76, a U.S. Army veteran, former Town vice mayor and a 1955 FHS graduate whose Lovell Heights Barber Shop “was the center of information exchange regarding the young town of Farragut” in the 1980s, former Farragut Mayor Eddy Ford said. Bob also started an annual June ritual, Bob Watt Youth Fishing Rodeo, in 1985. Hired as town of Farragut administrator in 1995, Daniel Carl “Dan” Olson “essentially transformed the Town and the way it did business,” Ford said. Olson “When Dan came the town of Farragut was carrying debt. … He said, ‘We can get through this, we can pay off our debt.’ … Under his leadership we accomplished that,” Ford added about Olson, Town administrator for roughly 14 years until 2009. He was 54. “He was so important to the town of Farragut for such a long period of time.” Among top accomplishes in Farragut were the following: • Leslie Howe, a calculus teacher at FHS, was named KCS High School Teacher of the Year during annual KSC Teacher of the Year Celebration Feb. 25 in Crowne Plaza hotel, downtown Knoxville. • During the previous two school years, FHS achieved spe-

cial recognition as a Reward School from Tennessee Department of Education. FHS is one of only a handful of schools in Tennessee to achieve in the top five percent statewide in both student performance and student academic progress during 2012-13 and 2013-14 — and the only public school in Knox County achieving both. • Tom Hale, attorney for town of Farragut, was one of four attorn e y s statewide chosen last summer by Gov. Bill Haslam to become a Hale “Special Supreme Court” justice. Hale is a commercial, litigation, transactional and municipal attorney for Kramer Rayson LLP firm in downtown Knoxville. Speaking of accomplishments, those Diamond Admirals did it again. Rallying from a mediocre 10-9 start to the season, FHS won the program’s ninth state baseball crown, blanking Houston 5-0 behind then junior staff ace Patrick Raby, in the Class AAA title game in May. Farragut’s boys golf team, coached by Jonathan Cox, also added to that program’s list of state crowns, edging Brentwood for the Class AAA title in October.

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with the 2014-15 school year. In the political realm, a significantly bigger turnout versus the Town’s last election in 2009 resulted in Farragut voters re-electing Mayor R a l p h Pinchok McGill, North Ward Alderman 1 Bob Markli and a 65-year-old political rookie, Ron Pinchok, as new South Ward Alderman 2, among its three positions up for grabs on Election Day, Thursday, Aug. 7. Richard Briggs, former Knox County District 5 commissioner, defeated GOP incumbent Stacey Campfield in the District 7 state Senate primary, then beat Democratic opponent Cheri Siler in the November General Election. Among crimes of note in 2014 was a string of burglaries spanning roughly three months, and resulting in more than $10,000 worth of stolen items recovered in pawned jewelry through March in Farragut subdivisions. “A masked man” brandishing a handgun jumped over the counter and robbed First Tennessee Financial Center at 11864 Kingston Pike March 31, taking an undisclosed amount of money. Several cat lovers in Farragut and surrounding communities reported the sudden disappearance of their cats in 2014. A handful who reported their inci-

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Break-in reported at Dixie Lee Wines & Liquors

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Only a few weeks after opening a roughly 2,000-square foot wine tasting room and beer cave extension, a Farragut beverage store was burglarized and vandalized for an estimated $7,800 loss. Entry point was the back wall of Dixie Lee Wines & Liquors, 13044 Kingston Pike. “Security video shows a large man entering the business at about 1:21 [a.m. Monday morning, Dec. 22,] walking to the front of the store taking [$300] and then leaving the building “about two minutes after breaking in, according to a

report filed by Officer Nina Hummel, Knox County Sheriff’s Office. “[Employee] Samuel Taylor [III] stated that the employees arrived at the store to find the cash register open, and upon further investigation found that a hole had been smashed into the wall in the office from the outside” along with “an additional hole in the rear of the building,” Hummel’s report further stated about the estimated $7,500 worth of damage. “… Several shoe prints were found in the mud behind the building.” No arrests had been made as of Monday, Dec. 29, according to KCSO.

BOMA approves snow removal schedule • Trucks 7 and 13: Intersection of Campbell Station Road and Grigsby Chapel Road, intersection of Campbell Station Road and Kingston Pike, North Campbell Station Road and South Campbell Station Road, Brooklawn Street, West End Avenue and school entrances, Municipal Center Drive, Parkside Drive, Turkey Cove Lane, Campbell Lakes Drive and Lakesedge Drive. • Truck 7: Ridgeland Drive and Forest Ridge Circle, Snyder Road, Outlets Drive, Grigsby Chapel Road, Smith Road, intersection of Smith and Boring roads, intersection of Smith Road and Kingston Pike, Intersection of Peterson Road and Kingston Pike, intersection of Chaho Road and Kingston Pike, Federal Boulevard, intersection of Old Stage Road and Kingston Pike, Old Stage Road, Dixon Road, intersection of Watt Road and Kingston Pike, Watt Road, intersection of Everett Road and Kingston Pike, Everett Road and St. Andrews Drive. • Truck 13: Intersection of Campbell Station Road and Sonja Drive; intersection of Campbell Station Road, Herron Road and curve on Herron Road; intersection of Campbell Station Road and Old Colony Parkway; Old Colony Parkway; Russfield Drive; Jamestowne Boulevard; Peterson Road; East Kingsgate Road; Midhurst Drive to Red Mill Lane; Red Mill Lane; intersection of Turkey Creek Road and Red Mill Lane; intersection of Turkey Creek Road and Concord Road; Virtue Road; Boyd Station Road and keeping railroad clear for Rural Metro; McFee Road; Way Station Trail; Spur Road; Wells Fargo from Spur to Way Station Trail. • Truck 8: Intersection of Russgate Boulevard to Kingston Pike, Belleaire Drive, intersection of Boring Road and Kingston Pike, Sugarwood Drive, Butternut Circle and Butternut Circle to Virtue Road, intersection of Virtue Road and Kingston Pike, East Fox Den Drive, Axton Drive, Clover Fork Drive, South Monticello Drive, North Monticello Drive, Smith Road [Grigsby Chapel Road to Everett Road], Andover Boulevard, Hickory Woods Road, North Fox Den Drive, Singing Hills Point, South Fox Den Drive, Union Road, North Hobbs Road and Fleenor Road. • Truck 19: Farragut Hills Boulevard, Crown Point Drive, Thornton Drive, Hughlan Drive, Towne Road, Roane Drive, Loudoun Drive, Admiral Drive, Sonja Drive, intersection of Sonja Drive and Woodland Trace Drive, Oran Road, Wardley Road, Dundee Road, Newport Road, Ida Hertzler Lane, Herron Road and Gates Manor Drive. The following roads were approved for the secondary priority schedule [as available]: A.: Lady Slipper Lane, Sedgefield Lane, Sweetgun Drive, Mapletree Drive, Cool Springs Boulevard, Spring Water Lane, Saddle Ridge Drive, Treyburn Drive, Brochardt Boulevard, Whispering Hills Lane, Comblain Road, Camdenbridge Drive, Oakley Downs Road, St. John Court, Prince George Parrish Road, Belle Grove Road, O’Connell Drive, Weatherly Hills Boulevard, Deanwood Lane, Applegate Lane, Altimira Drive entrance, Wyndham Hall Lane, West Fox Chase Circle, West Woodchase Road and Chapel Glen Lane. B.: Shirecliffe Lane, Witherspoon Lane, Inglecrest Lane, Brixworth Boulevard, Bayshore Road, Sailview Road, Spinnaker Road, Lake Heather Road, Woodcliff Drive, Harbor Way to condo’s entrance, Blue Herron Road, Anchorage Circle, Harrow Road, Golden Harvest Road, Banbury Road, West Kingsgate Road, Battle Front Trail and Chaho Drive. C.: South Hobbs Road, Triple Crown Boulevard, Cashmere Lane, Johnsons Corner Road, Rockwell Farm Lane, Lawton Boulevard, Fort West Drive, Long Bow Road, Somersworth Drive, Windham Hill Road, Gwinhurst Road, Bridgemore Boulevard, Highwick Circle, Allen Kirby Road, Providence Glen Lane, Evans Road, Cottage Stone Boulevard, Stone Villa Lane, Lone Willow Drive, Stone Vista Lane and Vista Brook Lane. D. Woodland Trace Drive, Crosswind Drive, Windward Drive, Flotilla Drive, Crestview Road, Mountain View Road, Vista Trail, Glen Abbey Boulevard and Boring Road.

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Details concerning the shooting death of Evan Hall, 19, a 2013 H a r d i n V a l l e y Academy graduate and former HVA Hawks football lineHall man, have come to light. Jack Bush, 19, allegedly shot Hall following a “confrontation” in front of Bush’s home, 7777 Christin Lee Circle in West Knox County, at 12:45 a.m., Saturday morning, Dec. 13, a report filed by Knox County Sheriff’s Office

Major Crimes Det. Tim Atchley stated. Bush “turned himself in at the City-County Building just before 1 p.m. this afternoon [Wednesday, Dec. 17],” a KCSO press release stated. “He was charged with voluntary manslaughBush ter and was released on a $10,000 bond.” “Knox County 911 received calls regarding victim Evan Hall driving recklessly in the area of Jenkins Road and Summer Place subdivision in West Knox County causing property damage,” Atchley’s report stated. “Witness

accounts indicate that victim subsequently wrecked his truck at 7773 Christin Lee Circle and exited the vehicle where he was confronted by suspect Jack Bush who had recognized the vehicle as belonging to victim. “Suspect Bush exited his home and confronted victim with a handgun in the streets in front of suspect’s residence at 7777 Christin Lee Circle and, when victim allegedly rushed at him, discharged his firearm resulting in the death of victim,” the report concluded. “Hall was pronounced dead on the scene by Rural/Metro,” the KCSO press released added. Damage to a resident’s mailbox resulting from the wreck was listed at $250, Atchley’s report stated.

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• The Casual Pint, 143 Brooklawn St. in Farragut, will hold a ribbon cutting, hosted by Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, from 4 to 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16. • Perceptics, 11130 Kingston Pike, will hold a ribbon cutting, hosted by Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 21. Tammy Cheek

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• Potbelly Sandwich Shop, 11661 Parkside Drive, will hold a ribbon cutting, hosted by Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, from 11 a.m. to noon, Friday, Jan. 23.

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• Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a networking at Rural Metro, 160 N. Campbell Station Road, from 8 to 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 29. • Stan Swaggerty Tile Design, 161 West End Ave., will hold a ribbon cutting, hosted by Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Friday, Jan. 30. • Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a networking at Clarity Pointe Knoxville, 901 Concord Road, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 5. • A networking hosted by Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce has been scheduled from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 8, at Cool Sports: Home of the Icearium, 110 S. Watt Road, Farragut.

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A juice bar has opened in Turkey Creek in Farragut. I Love Juice Bar started operating Nov. 24 at 11681 Parkside Drive, Mike Masters, general manager of the Turkey Creek location and one of the managing partners of I Love Juice Bar, said. He recruited Sydney Johnson to take the reins as general manager of the store in early spring 2015. Masters, a Farragut native, also opened an I Love Juice Bar in Bearden, and he plans to open another juice bar in downtown Knoxville. The Bearden juice bar

opened Sept. 20. Masters said he has been in the restaurant business for years and has opened 56 restaurants. His first was P.F. Chang Bistro. He became involved in the juice bar business when he was introduced to Barry Goodman, president of Juicy Partner LLC. “I met with him with the opportunity to help him and his partners develop his market, which includes [six] states — North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Alabama, Florida and now part of Tennessee,” Masters said. Goodman, one of the owners of Juicy Partners LLC, helped devel-

op the juice bar market, and Juicy Partners LLC goes to areas where there are Whole Foods or Earth Fare demographics, Masters said. “I thought the Farragut area would be a good place to locate,” he said. “It’s fairly residential here.” Masters said he wants the juice bar to be a solution to people’s bad habits. “We want parents to introduce their children to healthy foods and juices early,” he said. “Instead of biscuits and gravy, they can get salad and juice.” Masters said he does not want I See JUICE on Page 8A

Farragut area Profile by Sanford first in state

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Profile by Sanford has opened its first store in the Farragut area. Its newest location now is open at 113 Lovell Road and is the first store to open in Tennessee, Shawn Neisteadt, media strategist for Sanford’s Sioux Falls (S.D.) region, said. “We really looked for communities that fit the Profile demographics,” Nate Malloy, chief operating officer for Sanford, said, adding the company chose the 113 Lovell Road location because the size of Knoxville

and surrounding areas fit his business market well and this metro area has a strong local economy. “We are very excited about locating in Knoxville, and we look forward to serving the community in the weight loss and weight management area,” Malloy said. Sanford Health is an integrated not-for-profit health system headquartered in the Dakotas with locations in 126 communities in nine states. It launched Profile in Sioux Falls, opening its first storefront See PROFILE on Page 8A

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For the past year, Dr. Bobbie McCue, doctor of audiology at AccuQuest Hearing Center, has been serving area residents in the center’s Farragut location at Suite B, 11121 Kingston Pike. Looking back at the past year, she said, “It’s exciting because we’ve had a good first year. “We’ve had some community events, and we’ve been able to help a lot of people hear better and communicate better with friends and family,” McCue added. A Farragut resident, McCue said she moved her practice to the Farragut Corporate Center because she knew there was a need for hearing services in the area and she thought the Town was a wonderful community. She opened in November 2013 in Farragut. Prior to that, she was practicing in Knoxville for three years. “Our office is at the leading edge of the audiology field because accurate hearing impacts the quality of life,” she said. “We make it a point to address all questions and concerns while supplying patients with superior care, sound and stable hearing recommendations, cutting-edge diagnostic evaluations and the best hearing aid technology.” The practice provides a number of hearing services, McCue said. “We offer complimentary diagnostic hearing evaluations, which are a complete hearing test at no charge to the patient. Then, we counsel the patient on the results of the evaluation and appropriate recommendations,” she said. The center also offers free annual testing, she added. AccuQuest also provides hearing aid fittings and orientations and hearing aid repairs on all makes and models, she said. As part of its service, AccuQuest offers a three-year complete service warranty with damage and loss coverage on nearly all hearing aids, she added. Besides the fittings and orienSee ACCUQUEST on Page 8A

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Dr. Bobbie McCue, left, doctor of audiology at AccuQuest Hearing Center in Farragut, places headphones on Michelle Lopshire before testing.

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health care,” she said. “We do hours by appointment,” McCue added. The office is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays and Fridays, but it can take patients other days by appointment. For more information, call McCue, 865-392-9559 or go online at accuquest.com.

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Despite post fouls, Lady Ads make it 9 of 10 ■

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SEVIERVILLE — With Farragut’s top two post players in foul trouble early, Lady Admirals head coach Jason Mayfield got a much-needed balanced scoring attack and stout defense in opening round holi-

day tourney action. Farragut defeated Creek Wood, a Class AA state tournament team last season from Middle Tennessee, 54-35 in Sevier County Shootout at Sevier County High School Saturday, Dec. 27. Improving to 9-4 after Saturday’s win, the Lady

Admirals advanced to semifinal action Monday evening, Dec. 29, versus Lady Admirals 54 Pigeon Lady Red Hawks 35 Forge (after deadline). That winner took on the Fulton versus Warren County winner in the championship game Tuesday, Dec. 30.

“It was a weird game for us. Kristen Freeman and Jaiden McCoy both got into foul trouble,” Mayfield said. “We had to use our depth. We shot pretty well. … I think we made seven three[point field goals], which is more than what we’ve done all year, so it was good to see that.

“We defended pretty well. … They had a couple of post players that could really shoot from the perimeter. It was kind of an adjustment, but we were able to get out there and be able to guard them pretty well,” the FHS skipper added. “We had some See LADY ADS, Page 10A

Dawgs break new ground with 16-0 start ■

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For all of Mark Blevins’ success as Bearden High School varsity boys basketball head coach the past 20 seasons — dominating District 4-AAA while averaging 28 wins per season — his 2014-15 Bulldogs apparently have plowed new ground. With a 54-44 victory against South-Doyle in semifinal action of BSN Sports/Nike Super 16 Boys Tournament at BHS Saturday night, Dec. 27, Bearden improved to a perfect 16-0. Bulldogs 54 “I think Cherokees 44 that we were 15-0 and we got beat by West in ’99,” Blevins said about what he believes is the best Bulldogs start in his 21 seasons at the helm. The key to his team’s fast start this season? “Everybody contributes,” Blevins said. “We’re not the most athletic team but we play so hard. … Once we figure out what we’re really supposed to do, I think we can get better.” Offensively, however, the Bulldogs struggled somewhat with South-Doyle’s trapping zone defense. Bearden saw a 50-38 lead with less than two minutes to play cut to seven with 1:25 showing. The Cherokees missed a threepoint field goal trying to cut the gap to four with 1:05 to play. A Bulldogs rebound and Jason Smith lay-up helped BHS regain control. South-Doyle fell to 8-6. “South-Doyle is extremely athletic. They’ve got a good ballclub. And their athleticism hurt us,” Blevins said. “I thought we played probably as good as we could.

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Quez Fair, Bearden junior point guard, drives to the basket as South-Doyle defender Sam Moss awaits. In back rushing in to hit the boards is Jason Smith, Bulldogs junior post.

“Rebounding-wise with them, I thought we controlled the boards in the first half. They were more active in the second half,” Blevins added. “And they got a lot of steals in the second half. We threw the ball away. We didn’t protect the ball very well in the second half.

“But we had to go with six [players] down the stretch. We didn’t feel like we had anybody else that could contribute tonight. Some nights it’s that way. Those six, they gutted it out and pulled it out for us.” Offensively, Bearden junior point guard Quez Fair combined

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a 12-point night with some nifty assist passes. Despite a handful of turnovers by Fair caused by intense Cherokees defensive pressure, Blevins said about the fuel to his offense, “It starts and ends with Quez Fair. The rest of us feed off Quez.” Speaking of Fair’s improvement versus last season, especially with his perimeter shooting, Blevins added, “There’s nobody at least in East Tennessee that has improved as much as Quez or has worked as hard as Quez from the spring and summer. … He’s our player of the game just about every night.” As for other Bulldogs, [Jason] Smith did his normal thing inside,” Blevins said about his 6foot-5 junior post (team-leading 14 points). I thought Austin [Duncan] did a good job offensively (eight points). Dakota [McGowan] hits his free throws, Sam Phillips hits a couple of big shots and grabbed a couple of big rebounds.” Phillips, a 6-foot-2 senior post, scored 12. “They’re a very long and athletic team. … Their athleticism really affected us in the third and fourth quarter,” Phillips said. McGowan, a starting guard despite being a freshman, scored four. Adam Fulcher also scored four points. “It’s been a challenge for me. Definitely getting to know the new plays. Upgrading from middle school ball is a completely different story,” McGowan, known for his defense and ballhandling, said. “Ballhandling, I used to do a lot of junk but now I realize I can’t do that. I have to use my

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GREENEVILLE — With a game-high 35 points from sharpshooter Mika Wester, a 6-foot-1 “Division I” wing, Cocke County led the red-hot Bearden Lady Bulldogs during much of their LandAir Classic contest Saturday, Dec. 27. Lady Bulldogs 74 But a 2712 BHS Lady Cocks 61 fourth quarter resulted in a 74-61 Bearden victory during first round play, improving the Lady Dawgs’ record to 13-2 overall. The 16-team tournament concluded Wednesday, Dec. 31 (after deadline). “We started very slow. Part of that was because they shot the lights out in the first half,” Bearden head coach Justin Underwood said about a 35-32 Cocke County halftime edge. Wester “is a Division I signee. ... Very smooth and skilled. “I thought offensively we did a very good job in the first half. But I thought defensively we needed to contest a few more shots,” he added. “In the third and fourth quarter we did a much better job of being able to rotate and challenge their shooters.” Anajae Stephney, Lady Bulldogs junior post, led her team with 24 points. Trinity Lee, freshman point guard, came off the bench to score 19. “I think Trinity gave us a big boost, she hit some big shots off the bench,” Underwood said. “Came in and really gave us a lift offensively.”

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Nine teams for annual Hoe-Down hockey tourney ■

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Making money isn’t the most important thing about Seventh Annual Knoxville High School Hockey Hoe-Down High Tournament. Or any past Hoe-Down. Although proceeds benefit Knox Amateur Hockey Association, tournament coordinator Scott Ingmand said, “We don’t make any money on this tournament. We do this because there are high school players in the area that never really, outside of playing in their league, get a chance to play other talent outside of their area. … Get on the ice and give these kids a chance to see something different.” This season’s Hoe-Down will feature nine teams Friday, Jan. 2, and Saturday, Jan. 3, with top four seeds advancing to the semifinal and championship rounds Sunday, Jan. 4, in Cool Sports Home of the Icearium in Farragut (See schedule on this page).

“It’s also a recharger because of the long break in the school year for school being out [no weekly games on Thursdays this season due to Christmas and New Year’s Day],” Ingmand added. “They can get back on the ice and get their legs back before the league starts again [Thursday, Jan. 8].” While Ingmand and other tournament officials “struggled to get some teams in this year … last year we had a waiting list,” he added that five teams from at least 150 miles away in the field have become annual Hoe Down participants. “The regulars have been Father Ryan [Nashville] for all seven years now; the WinstonSalem Ice Hawks, they’ve been here every year; North Mississippi [Monarchs] and Owensboro [Kentucky Rampage] have been for the last three years. Hendersonville [Commandos] came the second year … then came back last year,” he said. “… The teams that have left

here have sent communications back saying they love this tournament. “I can tell you the Owensboro team this year has made comments that this tournament matches their talent really well. … They love how the tournament’s run, they love the hospitality room that’s there for the parents and the skaters. And the basic structure: they’re all getting three games in a weekend.” These five join KAHA teams Farragut, Bearden/Karns, Knoxville Knights and Knoxville Warriors. New for this year’s Hoe-Down is streaming all games via http://www.mobilepressbox1.com/ “This is something new John Johannes [KAHA] hockey director started this year. … It’ll be kinda fun, especially for those teams that are out of state. They’ll be able to catch up to what’s going on with the games,” Ingmand said. “We keep adding new features every year.”

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McNitt Catholic Invitational champ at 132 Among a 26-team field including schools from Georgia, Ian McNitt of Hardin Valley Academy claimed the 132-pound class championship during annual Knoxville Catholic Wrestling Invitational ending Saturday, Dec. 6. McNitt was one of four Hawks placing in this tournament. Nick Moore took fourth at 138; Kameron Isbell earned fifth at 106 and Brandon Dougherty claimed sixth at 152. McNitt, who defeated Trey Lepper of Halls in the 132 title match at Catholic, was seeded sixth during Bradley Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Bradley Central High School in

Cleveland last month. He ended up taking fourth among a 30team field also including schools from Georgia and Alabama. Tyler Henry of Hardin Valley (113 class) was not seeded but ended up fifth at Bradley after winning by decision versus John Mcalpin of Scottsboro 8-4. Two Bearden Bulldogs also placed high at Bradley. In the 126-pound class, Zach Patterson finished second after being pinned by Knox Fuller of Bradley Central in the 126 championship match. At 170, Bulldog Jacob Gerken earned third place after beating DeAngelo Johnson of East Ridge 3-2.

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who knows, it might have been a totally different game,” Stewart said. “We’re trying to start with our defense and let everything else kind of play off that. We’re athletic enough. Defense is supposed to be our calling card. “We didn’t shoot the ball as well tonight as we usually do.” About the Bulldogs, Stewart said, “Coach Blevins is a legend. His teams are so fundamentally sound, disciplined.”

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passing skills for other people.” South-Doyle was led in scoring by post Miles Thomas’ game-high 15 points. Point guard Jacquez Bruce scored 11. Cherokees head coach Brian Stewart said he was happy with his team’s second-half intensity after trailing 23-10 at halftime. “If we could have just played with that same effort in the first half

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Farragut Folklife Museum has extended its application deadline for entries into its quilt show. The deadline for entries to Quilt Show 2015 – The Love of Quilts is Friday, Jan. 16, Chelsey Riemann, public relations manager, said. The show is scheduled for Friday, Feb. 13, through Sunday, Feb. 15, at Farragut Town Hall, and it is free and open to the public. Those interested in displaying their quilts can access an information sheet and application at townoffarragut.org/quiltshow or at Town Hall, Riemann said. “The Folklife Museum Committee is seeking vintage, new and unique quilts to display,” she said, adding “Wearable Art" is the theme for a special exhibit, which includes quilted accessories and clothing items. Individuals are welcome to enter more than one item in the show, but a separate application must be submitted for each item, she said. All entries must include a photo and will not be accepted without one, she added. “Quilts do not require a sleeve to be entered,” she said. “Those selected for the show will be notified by Tuesday, Jan. 20.” The quilt drop-off date is from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 9, at Town Hall, Riemann said. See DEADLINE on Page 8B

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From drug buying to Christian studies House of Grace keeps changing lives

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The addiction recovery story connected with Water Angels Ministries’ House of Grace — accomplished with prayer, Bible study, food, shelter and loving support from First Baptist Concord volunteers instead of professional assistance — has added two more unlikely chapters. With Samuel Burgin’s rap career hopes hitting a major snag in Atlanta, he stopped over in Knoxville and “went under the bridge to buy marijuana” next to Knox Area Rescue Ministries on his way back home to Asheville, N.C., he said. One year in House of Grace, thanks to Water Angels Ministries founder Stephanie Mitchum, a FBC member, luckily being there during his bus stop-over, Burgin not only has turned around his life — he’s a student at Johnson Bible College “with a scholarship,” Mitchum said. On top of that, Burgin returns to Water Angels to help counsel troubled children and youth whose home lives are, at best, unstable. “I’ve become a leader here at Water Angels. … Water Angels definitely has been a Godsend,” Burgin said while assisting Water Angels’ annual Christmas Party for homeless adults and vulnerable youth and children Sunday afternoon, Dec. 14. “They saved my life. I was headed down a one-way street to probably certain death. “I came here with a backpack, a broken heart and no support. Now I have an apartment full of things … and I am in college,” he added. Mitchum “pretty much sold me on the idea when she asked me, ‘What do you have to lose?’” “I had gone under that bridge to pray for people with a group … and he was the one I prayed with,” she said. “He’s like, ‘I tried that Jesus character once. … He did nothing for me.’” However, “We remained in contact” through Burgin’s e-mail address, Mitchum added. “I continued every day to send him scriptures. “I told him, ‘If you’re ever tired of this life, I’ve got a home if you’re ever serious about stopping drugs.” About being a leader, Burgin said, “It’s really inspirational to see the kids. … I’m an example of Christ to them, and it’s rewarding.” Brad Lowe, a Village Green resident, has been working in the maintenance department at FBC since early spring after recovering at House of Grace for about nine months, Mitchum said. “He was on everything … anything he could get his hands on,” she added. “Heroin, crack [cocaine], crystal meth. … In fact, his girlfriend died of a drug overdose. “He went through severe depression. He wanted to die, also. And that’s when he came in,” Mitchum added about the small house along University Avenue in Downtown Knoxville in which House of Grace is located.

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Samuel Burgin, a graduate of Water Angels Ministries’ House of Grace, gets a hug from one of the children he helps to counsel during Water Angels’ annual Christmas Party for homeless adults and underprivileged and homeless youth and children Sunday afternoon, Dec. 14.

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Girls high school lacrosse has come to Farragut High School — in a roundabout way. “We’re not technically the Farragut High School Lady Admirals,” head coach Holly Kelly said about her Farragut Ladies Lacrosse Club team, which nevertheless is made up almost entirely of FHS students. “I wasn’t sure there was an interest, so we called an interest Photo submitted

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meeting in September just to see if I would have enough to show up for a team,” Kelly, an anatomy and physiology teacher at FHS, said about her Farragut team. “And we’ve had about 22 that have been consistently showing up.” Of the 22, however, Kelly said 17 had never before played lacrosse. “In the fall we just called it developmental [workouts]. We were teaching them literally how to catch and pass,” she added.

From September into December, “We worked twice a week “for an hour-and-a-half on basic techniques and skills of the game … cradling [possessing the ball in the stick’s net], passing and shooting … at the lacrosse field behind [Farragut] Middle School,” Kelly said about their 2015 regular season home field. “We’re starting to be able to move up and down the field with consecutive catches and passing. … See LACROSSE on Page 9B

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community Now The City of Knoxville’s Holidays on Ice presented by Home Federal Bank is open and has extended hours through the end of its season Sunday, Jan. 4. The rink is open from 1 to 9 p.m., Sunday through Thursday and from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday-Saturday. For more information, visit knoxvillesholidaysonice.com

Now Town of Farragut Parks and Leisure Services department announces application packets for athletics organizations requesting field use at any Farragut park for spring and summer 2015 are available at Farragut Town Hall or town’s website. Deadline for application is 5 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 7. For more information, visit, townoffarragut.org/fielduse/

Dec. 31-Jan. 1 Tennessee State Parks will sponsor free, guided hikes on New Year’s Day beginning at 10 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 31, at Radnor Lake State Park, Henry Horton, Harrison Bay, Tims Ford, Norris Dam and Pickett State will host midnight hikes. For more information, visit http://tnstateparks.com/about/specialevents/first-hike/

Jan. 1 Knoxville Track Club will host Calhouns New Years Day 5k beginning at 9 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 1, at Parkside Drive. For more information, call Bobby Glenn, 865-548-7664.

Jan. 1 The UT Arboretum Society will host the First Annual New Year’s Day Walk at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan.1, at The UT Arboretum in Oak Ridge. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit utarboretumsociety.org/

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Gatlinburg’s 27th New Year’s Eve Ball Drop and Fireworks Show will begin at midnight, Wednesday, Dec. 31, at the base of the Space Needle. Leading up to midnight, there will be free music in the parking lot adjacent to Gatlinburg Convention Center. For more information, call 800-588-1817 or visit Gatlinburg.com/nye/

Taoist Tai Chi will begin two classes from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Sundays starting Jan. 4, at Farragut Town Hall, and from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Mondays starting Jan. 5, at Peace Lutheran Church. For more information, call 865-482-7761.

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Jan. 6 Tennessee Valley Machine Knitters Club will hold a workshop to knit chemo hats from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 6, at Alcoa First United Methodist Church. For more information, call Marie Hickson, 865-457-0960.

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Jan 10 Harvey Broome Group will hold its annual retreat at 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 10, at Will Skelton’s home. For more information, call 865-5232272.

Jan. 8 Knoxville Choral Society will hold auditions for all voice parts from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 8. For more information, call 865-312-2440 or visit knoxvillechoralsociety.org/

Jan. 9 Caregiver Support Group will hold its meeting from 10 a.m. to noon, Tuesday, Jan. 9, at Concord United Methodist Church, For more information, call 865-675-2835.

Jan 10 Harvey Broome Group will dayhike Virgin Falls State Natural Area Saturday, Jan. 10. The hike requires 6 to 7 hours to complete. For more information, call BJ and Bob Perlack, 865-229-5027, or e-mail perlack@aol.com.

Jan 10 Freedom 424 will host Run 4 Their Live 5k/1 Mile Walk starting at 9 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 10, at Market Squark. For more information, call Karen Harper, 865-437-8921.

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Mysteries Book Group welcomes Allison Stein for a discussion of “Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption” by Laura Hillenbrand beginning at 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 10, at Knox County Public Library Farragut Branch. For more information, call Shelia Pennycuff, 865-777-1750.

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Jan. 11 Longstreet-Zollicoffer Camp 87, Sons of Confederate Veterans, will hold its monthly meeting beginning at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan 11, at East Tennessee Historical Society. For more information, e-mail Randy Tindell, rtindell@1bmc.com/

Town of Farragut and Cool Sports Home of the Icearium will celebrate National Skating Month at Farragut Skate Date from 4 to 6 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 17. Two ice skating passes are $16. For more information, call 865-218-4500.

Jan. 19-March 9 First Farragut United Methodist Church will host an eight-week course “With Hope in Mind,” for those who need help coping with a loved one with mental illness, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Mondays, Jan. 19 through March 9. National Alliance on Mental Illness will offer the class. For more information, call Cookie Spillers, 865-671-0703.

Knoxville Children’s Theatre will present “Huckleberry Finn,” beginning at 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays, Jan 16 through Feb. 1, and from 1 to 5 p.m., Saturdays and beginning at 3 p.m., Sundays. For more information, call 865599-5284.

Harvey Broome Group will winter backpack Abrams Falls in Great Smoky Mountain National Park Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 31 - Feb. 1. Cost is $4 per person. The roundtrip hike is 11.6 miles. For more information, call Ron Shrieves, 865-922-3518, or e-mail ronaldshrieves@comcast.net.

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Foothills Community Players “The Miss Firecracker” will be March 19, at Clayton Center for the Arts. For more information, call 865-712-6428.

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Seeking a two- or three-year global grant to help train youth with “life skills” to help fight high unemployment in Kenya, The Rotary Club of Farragut asked two of its members to travel to Nairobi last October looking for Kenyan Rotary support. If successful, Farragut Rotary would obtain a global grant from Rotary International for the effort — along with help from The Rotary Breakfast Club of Knoxville and other area and Region 6780 Rotary Clubs — with a total amount estimated from $125,000 to $175,000 according to Farragut Rotarian Bruce Williamson. “A very, very high unemployment rate. Somewhere I believe I See KENYA on Page 9B

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From left, Adam Webster, Aaron Guo, Alber t Liu and Michelangelo Cambie-Fabris focus on playing with LEGOS during Farragut Primary School’s fall festival Saturday, Oct. 18, at the school. Photo submitted

While Nairobi, Kenya, planning for a Rotary International project to implement life skills training for unemployed youth in Kenya, The Rotary Club of Farragut representatives Bruce Williamson, left, and Jonathan Johnson, right, join Dan Hipsher, Breakfast Club of Knoxville Rotary, second from left, and Father Aloysius, a member of the Rotary Club of Karen (Nairobi suburb).

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Now that Christmas is over and the tinsel is coming down, Farragut residents may want to consider recycling their live Christmas trees. Knox County Solid Waste accepts the trees free from Knox County residents, Zachary Johnson, recycling coordinator with Knox County Engineering and Public Waste, said. “Knox County residents should use the Christmas tree recycling service because it is a convenient, safe, free, environmentally responsible way of disposing of their Christmas trees,” Johnson said. The county’s convenience centers accept the Christmas trees to ensure residents have an environmentally responsible way of disposing of the trees after they are done with them, he said.

The public can drop off their trees at its Halls Convenience Center, 3608 Neal Drive. “The only Knox County convenience center that accepts greenwaste is the Halls Convenience Center,” Johnson said. “That center accepts anywhere from 15,000 to 55,000 pounds of greenwaste per month depending upon the season.” The center’s normal hours are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 7 a.m. to 3

p.m., Saturday. It will be closed and New Year’s Day. For more information, call 865-215-5865 or go online to www.knoxcounty.org/solid_waste/christmas_tr eecycling.php. Johnson said greenwaste consists of Christmas trees, leaves, brush, logs, tree branches and grass, and makes up 20 to 30 percent of the total municipal solid waste stream. See TREE DISPOSAL on Page 4B

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Thousands flocked to this year’s Farragut Primary School Fall Festival to play games, make crafts and have fun while supporting the school. The festival, which took place Saturday, Oct. 18, on the school grounds, also featured a silent auction, a performance by secondgrade classes, inflatables, lunch, a martial arts performance and a bake sale. “We’ve been coming every year,” Chris Hale, whose children attend the school, said. “We just came to have fun.” “It’s awesome,” FPS Principal Gina Byrd said Saturday. ”It’s a perfect day.”

Byrd estimated this year’s crowd at 4,000. “It’s just been very successful,” she added. “We had a lot of presales, and a lot of local businesses that sponsored our fall festival.” This was the 23rd year the school’s Parent-Teacher Organization held the communitywide event as a major fundraiser for the school. While money raised from the event was still being tallied, event chairman Marshanda Pinchok said the PTA’s goal was to raise more than $30,000 from the festival. The money is expected to go toward PTA-sponsored programs such has the school health clinic, new technology, the school’s See FESTIVAL on Page 6B

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Are your New Year’s resolutions just hope? Happy New Year everyone! Was your New Year’s Resolution to get more organized in 2015? Or was it a New Year’s Hope? Over the years, I’ve written essays on being loving and kind to yourself and to help you to fall in love with YOU. I’ve dedicated my writing Pam career to helping you Young and your Make it quest to haFun! ve a peaceful, cozy, organized and happy home. Until I quit hoping I could get organized, I faithfully faced each New Year in a bigger mess than the year before, and with a bigger hope that this time I’d do it. That kind of hope is unconscious compromise with doubt. It’s wishful thinking. It’s like saying, “I’m going to try to get organized this next year.” When you try you lie and when you hope, it’s nope. So how do you quit hoping and trying and just do it? Baby steps are certainly part of it, but for me I had to get a hold of the right reason to take those baby steps. In my hoping days my reasons to get organized were wrong. I was in a very unhappy marriage and I thought if I could get organized he’d finally be happy with me and our marriage would improve. I tried and hoped my way into overwhelming chaos and misery. It wasn’t until I realized I wanted to get organized so I would have more free time to play that I was able to break free and get out of the mess I’d created. I got organized in 1977 and in 2002 I met a person who changed

my life. Her name is Nelly. She’s my inner child. Even though I met her 15 years after I got organized, obviously she was alive and well behind my desire to have more free time to play. Doesn’t that sound like a child’s motive? My theory is that we all have an inner child and she has a great deal to do with our choices in what we eat, say and do and our motivation to get organized. We all have the ability to be organized if we want to and getting the right reason it crucial. Here’s some dialogue between Nelly and me that might help you get the right reason to get organized once and for all, starting today. “Hi Little Girl, how are you doing?” “Fine.” “Nelly, I didn’t know you were with me in 1977 and so many people don’t know that they have an inner child, so can you help them?” “What am I suppose to do? I’m just a kid?” “I know, but you sure got me to get the right reason to get organized way back in 1977. How’d you do that?” “Well, I had to just wait ‘til you got excited about gettin’ out of the mess we were in.” “Excited?” “Yeah, remember when you read that book by Daryl Hoole the

lady with a whole buncha kids who was born organized and she made it look so easy? She called it, The Art of Homemaking.” “Yeah, I forgot about her. She did make it sound easy and fun!” “Yeah and that’s when I perked up! I liked that feeling you had! It made me happy and so I just thought real very hard and I heard you tell your sister, ‘We need to get organized for a different reason this time, not so Mom’ll get to brag about what a great job she did raisin’ us instead of apologizing to our husbands for the messes we turned out to be. And not so Mr. Cranky Pants is happy and gets nicer. I’m gonna get organized for me this time! I’m gonna have more free time to play!’ (I just sorta slipped that in!)” “You know once I got the right reason, I had so much energy and I quit caring if I was making Mr. Cranky Pants happy. Hey did you come up with that name or did I?” “I did! And remember when you started getting organized, he just got crankier and crankier and we got happier and happier.” It was true! The more organized I got the more free time I had to play with my kids and be creative. Housework went from drudgery to the thrill of playing house! No more hoping and trying, we were having fun. Mr. Cranky Pants didn’t appreciate my creativity. He wanted me

to make extra money being a meat wrapper (good union). Once I had habits and routines that served me I was able to play more and more. If I hadn’t gotten organized I never would have written Sidetracked Home Executives or my latest book The Joy of Being Disorganized. Granted, I’m not a brilliant writer and my books don’t come near works such as War and Peace and Gone with the Wind, but every one of us has something good to share with this beautiful world. We are all part of a wonderful life and when we get organized we really get to play in it! I hope (and this kind of hope is filled with joy) you are looking forward to a fabulous year filled with the fun of being organized. This New Year stands before us beckoning us to fly higher than we ever have before. Let’s christen our new calendars with dates and plans that include our obligations as well as fun, adventure and creativity. Now that’s a good reason to get organized! For more from Pam Young go to www.cluborganized.com. You’ll find many musings, videos of Pam in the kitchen preparing delicious meals, videos on how to get organized, ways to lose weight and get your finances in order, all from a reformed SLOB’s point of view.

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Residents are asked to remove any ornaments, tinsel, wire frame wreaths or other decorations before dropping off the trees, he said. “By recycling Christmas trees, Knox County hopes to raise awareness about the advantage of keeping this type of material out of area landfills and, instead, utilizing it to produce mulch and other beneficial soil amendments, which can be returned to the landscape,” Johnson said. Once the trees are dropped off at the center, they are hauled to Knox County’s greenwaste recycling contractor, Nature’s Best Organics, where they are chipped into mulch, which the public can purchase from Nature’s Best. Knox County received and recycled 1,352 Christmas trees on 2014, Johnson said. “They weighed 40,650 pounds,” he said. “In 2013, Knox County accepted and recycled 2,102 Christmas trees at a total weight of 60,361 pounds. “There has actually been a decrease from last year to this year,” he said. “This may be due to more residents purchasing artificial multi-use trees.” Besides trees, people also may recycle wrapping paper and cardboard gift boxes at any of the following centers: Dutchtown, 10618 Dutchtown Road; Halls; John Sevier, 1950 W. John Sevier Highway; Powell, 7311 Morton View Lane; and Tazwell Pike, 7201 Tazewell Pike, Knoxville.

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Faith Lutheran Farragut Presbyterian and Concord United Methodist chur-ches partnered, once again, to help area families enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner. The churches’ volunteers helped people in need “shop” for Thanksgiving fixings from 2 to 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 24, from Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry in Faith Lutheran Church, 225 Jame-stowne Blvd., Farragut. “We’re all working in pantry together at this point,” Jan Darnell, Shepherd of Hope coordinator, said. “It’s fabulous. It’s so heartwarming to be able to do God’s work.” “I’m very excited about the joint effort between the three churches and the opportunity to serve the families in the local communities,” Jane Currin, Concord United Methodist Church director of missions, said. “I came last Monday for the regular pantry,” a West Hills food recipient said. “They are always helpful with anything you need. “It’s helped me out a lot, just being able to come,” she added. “They don’t say anything about your zip code. I’m glad they are here.” “I think it’s pretty awesome,” another recipient, Brittany Smith of Farragut, said. Volunteers worked in three shifts – 21 to a shift, Darnell said. “We use a shopping method,”

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Volunteer John Shoemaker helps load a Thanksgiving dinner Monday, Nov. 24, for Brittany Smith of Farragut at Faith Lutheran Church’s Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry.

she added. “It takes a little bit longer to do that, but [recipients] can pick out items they will eat. They don’t have to take what they won’t use.” Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry has been open for two years. Darnell said the first year. It served 73 people a month. “Now, we are serving 173 a

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Simulations, demonstrations and presentations by emergency personnel gave Farragut and area families an opportunity to learn about fire and car safety at Tennova Medical Center in Farragut. Parents and grandparents stopped by the hospital’s parking lot, with children in tow, to check out Seventh Annual Fall Fire Prevention Festival Saturday, Oct. 18, at Tennova. For example, while Tennessee Highway Patrol officers demonstrated what can happen in a car accident without a car seat in one area of the festival, Mike Lewis State Farm joined up with Knox County Rescue Squad volunteers and Hardin Valley Health Occupation Student Association members to demonstrate how the volunteers respond to a vehicular accident in another. Children also interacted with firefighters, rescue squad members, law enforcement officers and American Red Cross volunteers to check out their vehicles during the festival. “It’s great,” Melinda Peairs of Farragut said about the event. Peairs brought her sons, Garrett, 4, and Gavin, 2, after reading about the festival the farragutpress. “They love firefighters and anything to do with them so it’s fantastic,” she added. “[The event] is essential, especially in light of the fact little boys and little girls look up to firefighters, paramedics and police officers. They get to meet everyday heroes.” Melissa Glover of Knoxville said she brought her sons, Anderson,

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Show times are: from 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 13; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, 1 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 15. Riemann said there will be a reception for the quilt owners 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 13, and the scheduled date for quilt pick up is 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 16.

to the festival said he learned about the event from his daughter. “I think it’s nice,” Stevens, a retired firefighter, said, adding he thinks such an event is important because it teaches children about fire safety and that children do not have to be afraid of emergency workers. “[The children] are our most precious things,” he added.

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came to the pantry, Darnell said. During their shopping, volunteers give out cards listing the hours and days the pantry is open, she added. Support for the pantry comes from Faith Lutheran Church’s Cookie Walk and Craft Fair event,

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year, she said. Usually, church members go to the recipients, working with school counselors and social workers; but this year the recipients

“One thing I wish they would do here is give away smoke detectors,” Stevens said. “There are too many deaths because people don’t have smoke detectors. In Los Angeles, we used to give away smoke detectors once a year.” Amy Smith of Farragut said she learned about the event from her husband who works at the hospital and brought her children, Ryan, 3, Eric, 6, and Sara, 11 months. “It’s a beautiful day so we decided to come out here,” Smith said. which is from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Dec. 6, at the church. The pantry is open from 3 to 5 p.m., the first and third Mondays of each month. Guests are welcome to shop every 30 days, she said.

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The girls are working on spatial awareness and defensive strategy, which requires talking to your teammates.” Kelly said Farragut held its own in two fall scrimmages against a more experienced Knoxville Catholic team at KCHS. After losing to the Lady Irish 10-7 Nov. 20, “We actually scrimmaged Catholic

Kenya From page 3B

heard 50 to 65 percent, in that range, for [ages] 35 and under,” said Williamson, an expert in grant writing as a senior economist at The Institute for Nuclear Security at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He joined fellow Farragut Rotarian Jonathan Johnson, who discovered the need “during a mission trip,” and Dan Hipsher of Rotary Breakfast Club for a fact-finding trip to Nairobi Oct. 12-19. The trio outlined their mission, and details of their Kenyan trip, to Farragut Rotarians during the

Dec. 4 and tied them, 6-6, so we thought, ‘that’s pretty good’ because Catholic’s had a team for three or four years,” she said, though adding KCHS was missing its best player in both games. “So we have improved. … We thought that was a good yardstick to see how far we’ve come along.” Previously, “The only option for girls to play lacrosse [locally] previous to this year was the club team called the Cheetahs,” Kelly

said of the now dissolved team. “We have seven seniors and seven freshmen and a few inbetween,” Kelly said about her team. “They all get along and have hardly any drama.” Kelly’s experienced players are Olivia Martin, a senior attack; Emily Weathers, a sophomore attack; Linden Perkins, a junior defender, and sisters, Christa Hill, a sophomore goalie, and Emma Hill, a freshman midfielder. Perkins attends

Hardin Valley Academy. Kelly is assisted by Pam Hill, Christa and Emma’s mother. Farragut will play in Tennessee Girls Lacrosse Association’s East 2 region with Catholic, West Knoxville Lady Warriors (including Bearden and West high school players), Seymour, Pigeon Forge, Sevier County and GatlinburgPittman, Kelly said. “We’re the largest region now in the state of Tennessee.”

Beginning with “conditioning and stick work” during January practices, Farragut’s early regular season schedule includes a tournament at Baylor School, Chattanooga, Feb. 20-21. Kelly’s new team will host a tournament, including “a Middle Tennessee team” and “I think Girls Preparatory School from Chattanooga,” on Mayor Bob Leonard Park’s synthetic surface field Saturday, April 18, she said.

club’s Wednesday, Dec. 17, meeting in Fox Den Country Club. “There’s a very rapid expansion of population in the last 30 years … eight per mother,” Williamson said after his trip, adding many parents died of AIDS “and the children survived as orphans.” “The reason for going was to identify the Rotary partners, and any governmental agencies, that we might need to work with,” Williamson added about Rotary Club partners to help administer the vocational training should the grant become a reality. “So we went and met with three different, very good clubs in Nairobi. … One of them agreed to be the

anchor club and the other two will be partners.” “They also see the need for the project.” While children “have good education in reading, writing and arithmetic through eighth-grade” in Nairobi, Williamson added there’s a lack of “business skills. … Only the wealthy can go beyond eighth-grade educationwise. It’s the way the public system works.” As a result, “You’ve got a lot of younger people that don’t know how to interview, don’t have selfesteem, don’t know how to look an employer in the eye with confidence and explain what they’re capable of,” Williamson said.

“The project’s purpose is to reach those, particularly the younger people up to about 10th grade [ages 12 to 15, mostly boys] who have either dropped out of school or who are considering dropping out of school, and reaching them with training and what we’re calling life skills. How to present yourself to an employer, how to save [money], what to think about if you’re thinking about starting a family. Particularly with young girls, what to think about to be aware of the responsibilities of childbearing,” he added. “If everything clicks,” Williamson said the program in Kenya

could be implemented as early as “sometime after July 1, 2015.” Those targeted for training also would include “the government’s list of people who dropped out of secondary education, middle school education and are unemployed,” Williamson said. “Rotary can provide business mentorships for very talented individuals regardless of their schooling background” and “internships for the traditional life skills graduate” to learn, for example, how to deal with customers.

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