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ISSUE 26 VOLUME 27

FARRAGUT, TENNESSEE

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015

The ‘son’ll come out tomorrow ■

Tammy Cheek

Bobby McElroy, left, and Tylor Verley sing “Do You Love Me?” as the Blues Brothers during the talent show portion of First Baptist Concord Church’s Sonshine and Helping Hands banquest Thursday, Feb. 5, in the church.

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First Baptist Concord Church’s Sonshine Ministry Class and Helping Hands program participants were treated to a Valentine’s Day banquet and talent show, where the participants could display their talents. An estimated 150 members and their families gathered Thursday night, Feb. 5, at the church in Farragut for the dinner show. After dining, some Sonshine and Helping Hands participants danced while others sang or read scriptures. The highlight of the event was their performance of “1,000 Reasons,” singing “Bless the Lord Oh My Soul,” and citing 1,000 reasons to feel blessed. Steve Peek, minister of Legacy Builders who oversees special needs programs at First Baptist Concord, said the church offers special events, such as baseball games, Dollywood and other activities for Sonshine Class students and Helping Hands program participants. “This is the biggest event we have of the year,” Peek said about the banquet and talent show. The church’s Sonshine Class, which averages 30 to 40 students every Sunday, serves adults with special needs, he said. “We began in 1991 with three youth, and it has grown to where

we will have 125 here tonight [Feb. 5],” he added. “A lot of these children have undergone physical challenges, occupational therapy, heart problems and reconstructive surgery,” Sherry Walton, a volunteer, said. She indicated one participant could not speak last year but has undergone speech therapy and sang at the talent show. “So, what we’re seeing here tonight is miracle after miracle,” Walton said. “It’s awesome,” Brenda Ferrell, mother of Sonshine student Brian Ferrell, said. “I came back to this church just because I needed a place for my son and I to worship. We are accepted here.” Helping Hands, which is part of Sonshine Ministry and consists of 26 participants, is a ministry for those who graduated high school, “So we can provide outreach ministry opportunities here in the community,” the minister said. “I just think it’s amazing our church has such a program for children with special needs,” Margo Balint, mother of a Helping Hands participant Pamela Balint, said. “We are so blessed to have so many people, the pastor and volunteers, who care. There are not a lot of places like this. See SONSHINE on Page 5A

Turkey Creek: a success Part four of a four-part series on the retail development of Turkey Creek

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Farragut’s two surviving mayors reflect on the Town’s portion of “great success” retail-wise in Turkey Creek along Parkside Drive, as current Mayor Ralph McGill labels it — a roughly 10year process. “Once they started their development process, [John] Turley and [Turkey Creek Land Partners] focused their initial development on the Knoxville part of Turkey Creek. … They put off Farragut for several years before then they focused their attention on the Knoxville part of the development,” former Farragut Mayor Eddy Ford (1993-2009) said about the early 2000s. “Of course, underlying this might have been a concern about the restrictions or requirements that Farragut had with regard to the development process,” Ford added, emphasizing Town leaders at that time “had a concern about the impact on the neighborhoods;

Alan Sloan

This view illustrates the proximity of Gander Mountain and Best Buy, two of the “big box” retailers located along Parkside Drive in town of Farragut’s portion of Turkey Creek.

Stonecrest and Farragut View and the back sides of that where it abutted to that development.” With Knoxville having roughly 1.1 miles of the Turkey Creek development, as judged by Town limits along Parkside Drive to the east, and Farragut 0.8 of a mile on the western end, McGill said, “Real estate-wise, I think we probably have 40 to 45 percent of it in Farragut.” Even during the Knoxville Turkey Creek phase, TCLP and Town leaders worked together

because town limits were adjacent to the Knoxville development, to the south, Ford said. “Working with [Jim] Nixon, the representative of [TCLP], agreements were reached regarding fencing and buffering behind Walmart and Target, which exists today,” Ford added. “So that’s Farragut working with regard to the developers in relation to the initial phase of the Parkside development. See TURKEY CREEK on Page 2A

Sonya Drive, pictured here at Woodland Trace intersection near the Sonya intersection with North Campbell Station Road, was recently a radar enforcement area of Knox County Sheriff’s Office Traffic Unit.

Speed, noise enforcement just a call away

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ALAN SLOAN asloan@farragutpress.com

You never know when a Knox County Sheriff’s Office “traffic unit” officer will be positioned along a road in Town checking for speeders, Capt. Brad Hall, KCSO liaison for town of Farragut, said. “If I get a complaint about speeding, I contact [traffic unit]

and I say, ‘I’ve got an issue with speeding in a certain area, somebody’s complained, can you go run radar?’” Hall said. “As a matter of fact I just talked to one [recently] because I had two complaints from Darryl Smith the Town engineer, they came into him and he forwarded them to me, on Sonya Drive. A lady See KCSO on Page 5A

2A • FARRAGUTPRESS THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015

Farragut Town Hall: yesterday and today ■

ALAN SLOAN asloan@farragutpress.com

Celebrating Farragut’s 35th anniversary of incorporation includes a historical look at Town government facilities. By the fall of 2015, Farragut Town Hall will begin its 25th year as operational headquarters for town government. “I think the new Town Hall presented an opportunity for the town of Farragut and its citizens to have a focal point for its government,” former Mayor Eddy Ford said about the current location, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, pictured upper left, which opened in September 1991. “It was an incredible change.

“Prior to that we had offices in the back of stores and in the old Russell Dairy Processing Plant behind the Russell House,” which is now Dog Days Canine Playschool along Kingston Pike near Campbell Station Road intersection, Ford added. “And a couple of other places around Town.” Looking back to the early 1990s, “It was a major leap forward on faith to proceed to construct the Town Hall. I think it has stood as a symbol of the Town. I commend, of course, [then] Mayor [Robert “Bob”] Leonard and the other members of the Board,” said Ford, a Town alderman when Farragut government began operation in January

1980 who served in that capacity until being elected mayor in 1993. “Our Town administrator at that time was Jack Hamlett, and Jack did a tremendous job of putting together an architectural team the Board approved. … Acquired the land from Doug Horne as part of his development at that time.” Going back to 1980, “When the Town first met, its very first meetings were in the Diary Processing barn,” Ford said. “The first office facilities of the Town was behind what is now Prestige Cleaners,” pictured lower left, along Kingston Pike See TOWN HALL on Page 5A

Parkside zoning request passes ■ TAMMY CHEEK

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Turkey Creek From page 1A

“Of course we were very pleased when they began their development inside the town of Farragut area” starting around 2005. Farragut’s side has included big box retailers Best Buy, Gander Mountain, JCPenney, Belk and Publix. Ford recalled that in the beginning phase of Farragut Parkside retail growth he “was called to meetings where the developer, for example, of Gander Mountain was looking for, perhaps, some tax incentives … contributions from the town of Farragut. … I pointed out that they were already a foot up because Farragut did not have property taxes, whereas right down the road in Knoxville those folks were paying City of Knoxville property taxes. “I think there was some initiative shown in recognizing this was a special zone,” Ford added. However, “There were several

issues that came about when Best Buy came in,” Ford said, adding the late Bob Leonard, the town’s first mayor and an attorney “was working with an attorney’s group to bring in Best Buy on behalf of the Town. And through that there were some issues regarding the definition of what a sign was in relation to the Best Buy logo that appeared on all their stores. … It took a lot of effort, a lot of reasoning, to get [Town] staff to recognize that what came in was acceptable.” These retail outlets “laid the groundwork of what has expanded so much to be the Farragut part of the Turkey Creek development,” Ford said. “Turkey Creek has pretty much filled out except for a couple of office spaces,” McGill, who has served as mayor since 2009, said. “I think it’s a model of success in terms of what they’ve been able to do. “I think all in all everybody would say it’s been a great success,” he added.

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Grumbles from about 40 Sweet Briar subdivision residents followed Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen’s decision to vote 3-2 on second reading to rezone a vacant lot off Parkside Drive from office to commercial. The lot, 11454 Parkside Drive, is located between Tennessee State Bank and Parkside Medical Center and abuts the back of Sweet Briar subdivision. There is a 100-foot buffer between the

approve the rezoning, Markli asked that a deed restriction prohibiting a drive-thru be placed on the property after a resident voiced concerns about drive-thrus. Jim Nixon, the prospective buyer, is expected to lengthen the fence separating the lot from the subdivision and add more buffer vegetation. McGill and Honken sit on Farragut Municipal Planning Commission, which voted unanimously against rezoning the lot See BOMA on Page 4A

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Town Hall From page 2A

near Campbell Station Road intersection. “… As time went by we moved over to the Diary Processing Plant, that’s where the staff was.” However, “I bet there wasn’t a 1,000 square feet at either one of them,” Ford added. Making the move “was very, very exciting. The staff hadn’t been together for quite a while. … I was a new staff member but I was very proud of the building, I thought it was a huge step by the Town,” said Sue Stuhl, Parks and Leisure Services director who was hired as Community Services director by the Town in July 1991. “I was in the old stuff for a little while. “We had offices split between two places. We were in the Dairy behind the Russell House and we

Sonshine From page 1A

“Our daughter, Pamela, goes to the day program, Helping Hands and Sonshine Class,” she said. “One of the thing we prayed for was we would have a special needs ministry.” “This is a special group,” Mark Kelly, First Baptist Concord executive pastor, said. “They are so loving. “[The Helping Hands group] does an awesome job serving the community. This ministry just continues to grow,” Kelly said.

KCSO From page 1A

had called in about speeding cars on Sonya Drive. “I talked to the traffic guys and they were going to try and go” set up radar along Sonya for one or two days in early February “and see if they could find some speeders there,” Hall added. “I think the speed limit is like 25. “I get e-mails sometimes about speeding cars, and phone calls.” For example, “I got a phone call from a guy on Turkey Creek [Road],” Hall said. “He’s a guy that always gets his mailbox knocked down over there. So they went over there and they had radar on Turkey Creek Road

were in where [West Knox Chiropractic] is, upstairs above Rick Terry [Jewelry], that little building on the corner. … Upstairs and downstairs,” Stuhl added about the building on the corner of Kingston Pike and S. Campbell Station Road. “The administration offices and myself and the parks and rec person were upstairs in that Rick Terry building. “Codes, Public Works, most of Community Development, they were still in the Dairy on the other side. And we walked back and forth between the two.” Seeking the right architectural look for the new Town Hall, “We went to Germantown and I think we went to Franklin, Tenn.,” Ford said. Neither of those Town Hall designs was chosen, he added. Even dating back to 2009, Ford’s last year in office as

mayor, Town Hall space was tight. “The staff would argue they are bursting at the seams,” he said. “I think we’ve had space issues at Town Hall for years,” David Smoak, Town administrator since 2010, said. “… The community space here is so limited because of the facility that we have.” Knox County satellite services that have been located there since 1991 — County Clerk, Trustee and Sheriff’s Office (upstairs since 1995) — are not in danger of being asked to leave to free up space according to Smoak. “We really enjoy having the county here in the building,” he said. “That way, when citizens come, they can take care of their county business and their Town business hopefully all at the same time.”

”We have a lot of fun,” Diane Knudsen, Helping Hands program director, said. “We serve [Knox Area Rescue Ministries], Cedar Springs Church, nursing homes. “They are only here three days a week, so we pack a lot in,” Knudsen said. “[Helping Hands is] very good for our daughter, Sara,” Debbie Ross said. “She gets out of the house and interacts with her peers, and they do several programs.” “This is such a blessing to so many families,” Pam Verley, a

parent of Helping Hands participant Tylor Verley, said. “This whole ministry revolves around adults with disabilities. It’s a ministry that serves a very underserved population. “Our son, Tylor, has been in Helping Hands for about a year,” she said. “It has meant so much to him.” “They are really special, kind and loving to all the people,” Tylor Verley said about those overseeing Helping Hands. “They have a passion for God’s word.”

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nance [violations] inside the Town,” Hall added. “If they get repeated calls there, of course, they may tell them that they need to break up the party and everybody needs to move on. Every situation is different.” Though referencing the possibility of loud disturbances involving “loud music and drinking with maybe underage kids,” Hall added, “I don’t see a lot of that in Farragut. … You may have a little bit more of an issue in the summertime where people are outside, maybe somebody’s got a swimming pool and out there playing music and maybe barbecuing or something. “It’s not one particular area [of Town] that’s overloaded with loud party disturbance calls.”

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opinion 4A • FARRAGUTPRESS THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 2015

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townview: Did you know the town of Farragut is celebrating 35 years in 2015? I am honored to be serving as the third Town administrator of this beautiful, thriving and welcoming community. Farragut was David i n c o r p o - Smoak rated on Farragut Jan. 16, Town 1980, as a Administrator result of the initiative led by the Farragut Community Group. The pursuit of incorporation was in large part due to the desire for controls on zoning, building codes and signage as well as the ability to obtain direct access to state and federal funding for projects in the best interest of the Farragut community. The key to Farragut’s successes over the past 35 years is a direct result of our citizens’ commitment to volunteerism. The leadership of the Town is dependent on these volunteer citizens who have served as our lawmakers on the Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA). The first BOMA was elected on April 1, 1980, and was sworn in at their first meeting on April 7. Since that day, 26 citizens have served on BOMA, three of which have been elected as mayor. According to Betty Dick, who

served as alderman from 1981 to 1987, the first BOMA had no meeting place, phones, typewriters, pens, paper and certainly no staff to assist them. This BOMA was truly a group of committed community volunteers with uncommon ability, energy and foresight to help lead a brand new town. They spent two nights per week from 7 p.m. until well past midnight for more than a year setting in place the building blocks upon which Farragut was constructed. Seventeen citizens ran for the coveted five spots on the first BOMA, which still holds the record for the most candidates in one election in the Town’s history. Many Farragut citizens — and likely most of our neighbors in Knox County and Knoxville — do not realize that the BOMA members are unpaid volunteers. With the exception of a limited amount of funds for professional development training, the Town provides no compensation for BOMA in the form of a salary or stipend. These citizens serve Farragut simply because they believe in why the Town was founded and have a desire to see decisions made and ordinances passed that will continue moving Farragut in a positive direction. We have experienced much growth and many successes in 35 years due to the sound leadership provided by not only the FBMA but also our staff and numerous other volunteer citizen committees. This exemplary volunteer leadership will continue to lead us into our future.

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attorney representing applicants Nixon, of Farragut Land Partners, and Jeffrey Smith, vice president of corporate real estate with Fifth Third Bank, cited a leading 2001 court case. “You are probably aware that the Supreme Court has said that ‘mere complaints and fears of neighboring property owners do not provide material evidence necessary to support a board’s denial of an otherwise proper request,’” Kelly said. “Yet that doesn’t make your job easier when you are faced with people’s concerns of what might happen in the future.” Kelly said the rezoning request is consistent with the Board’s long-range plan.

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Jan 15; however, the Board voted 3-2 to approve the rezoning on first reading, with McGill and Honken also the dissenting votes then, Feb. 12. “We don’t see [having offices on that property] as a net revenue loss,” McGill said. Honken said while he thinks Turkey Creek has been a Godsend with revenues for the Town, he said the intent is evident that the space was supposed to be office. “Personally, even though I have great respect for Jim Nixon, I just don’t think this is a good fit,” he said. Michael Kelly, a Knoxville

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presstalk • This is a call for all of the workers that have been working with us for this last two weeks, I just want to say a big thank you, thank you, thank you. • I just want to thank the road crew of Farragut for doing such a wonderful job this snow season. I have to go to work at all hours of the night. Twelve, one, two o’clock in the morning and I live in Stonecrest subdivision where there’s a lot of curves, hills and I just want to say thank you so much. You’ve done an outstanding job. You deserve a raise. You’ve done great and I just want to thank you. • Last week my electric went out at about 12 p.m. And after I called to report it my power was back on in approximately oneand-a-half hours. Special thank you to all the crews and everyone involved. I’ve lived here for 30 years and I have always had prompt and courteous service and a call-back to make sure my power was on. Thanks again to LCUB and bless you all. • I am very disappointed to

671-TALK see three members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen totally disregard the tremendous time and effort by their own Planning Commission by voting in favor of a request by one of the Turkey Creek developers concerning a rezoning of property near Sweetbriar subdivision. This results in some very uncomfortable questions. What’s the point of having a planning commission if three members of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen ignore a unanimous vote? Doesn’t this set a bad precedent for future decisions for the planning commission as developers and special interests know they can always get three votes on the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to overturn? In fact, haven’t two aldermen served with the developer on the Town’s Economic Development Committee? Is this too cozy of a relationship, which results in this type of a vote? Editor’s Note: Farragut Town staff’s recommendation to Farragut Municipal Planning Commission was to rezone the

aforementioned property off Parkside Drive. FMPC chose to ignore the staff’s recommendation. • Every month I read about another developer trying to buy land in Farragut to develop highdensity apartments. Recently in the Knoxville News Sentinel it was noted that a Farragut resident once again is facing a highdensity development in the area near Smith and Boring roads. For years our mayor and aldermen worked so diligently to make Farragut a single family, school-driven community with an appropriate and profitable business community. Unfortunately, this effort seems to be slipping away. Multiple high-density apartment complexes will forever [inaudible] our community. Editor’s Note: Two apartment complexes, Derby Run and Lanesborough, have been in the Farragut community for more than 20 years.

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• Farragut codes enforcer Elliott Sievers has been named Code Official of the Year by East Tennessee Building Officials Association. Sievers received the honors during an ETBOA annual trainingsafety meeting Feb. 20 in Sievers Sevierville. • Robbie Stone, information technology systems innovator, has been hired by Priority Ambulance, an East Te n n e s s e e based national ambulance network, as its chief information officer. He will oversee IT strategy for Priority Ambulance. • Larry Hutsell, Knox Stone C o u n t y Health Department Emergency Preparedness coordinator, has received the 2014 Distinguished Career Award from Tennessee Department of Health Emergency Preparedness. The award is given to an individual who has shown extraordinary impact on pubHutsell lic health preparedness and response throughout his career and had a significant impact on the mission of emergency preparedness and the health department. • Paul Degges, Tennessee Department of Transportation deputy commissioner/chief engineer, has been honored Degges with Tennessee Tech University Engineer of Distinction Award. • James Roberto, associate laboratory director for U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge National Laboratory Science and Te c h n o l o g y Partnerships, Roberto has been elected a fellow of the Materials Research Society. Fellows are selected for internationally recognized contributions that advance materials research. Roberto was cited for discovery of the heavy element isotopes and sustained service to the MRS community.

Farragut Wine & Spirits has grown, providing more space and selections. David and Robin Purvis, owners, enlarged the store at 11238 Kingston Pike in the old Kroger shopping center, from 6,000 square feet of retail space to more than 10,000, with a total square footage of more than 13,000. “It is the largest store east of Nashville,” David Purvis said. “We’re excited about it,” he added. “We getting to do more of the things we wanted to do for a long time.” That included adding more non-alcoholic specialty food items, glassware, candles, beer and growlers, he said. “We put in a walk-in beer cave,” he added. “It is 320 square feet, as big as most people’s apartments. And, we added a growler station. We started selling ice. We have our own ice machine.” Moreover, “We expanded our wine selections,” David Purvis said. “We’ve expanded all our selections of everything.” He said the store’s wine selection has increased by 30 percent, and they added 20 percent more to their spirits selection. “We added an Italian [wine] section and French, Spanish,

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“We’re trying to get gourmet items, specialty glassware, entertaining pieces,” she added. “We’re trying to do as much with small, local Tennessee products as possible. “We’re a small business, and we want to give to small businesses.” Some of the other accessory items include gift baskets and

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Portuguese and Central American sections,” David Purvis said, also noting additional wine racking and signage were added. “I’m so excited about this,” Robin Purvis said. “I really think it’s going to be good for the store. I think it’s going to be very unique because of the accessory items we’re carrying.

books. “We’re trying to step out of the box,” Robin Purvis said. The expansion came about because state legislators voted to allow wine in grocery stores, and because town of Farragut approved of a new ordinance permitting additional wine and liquor See GROWING on Page 7A

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11556 Kingston Pike.. “The Project Wear and Share material drive provides community members with the opportunity to donate gently used materials, such as clothing and linens, to a dry cleaner in their neighborhood,” she said. “Simply bring in any unused clothing or linens to any dry cleaner which is participating in Project Wear and Share and drop off your items in the donation box. “Following a complimentary cleaning service, donated materials will be picked up and distributed to be sold at one of Goodwill Industries-Knoxville, Inc.’s 30 area retail facilities in a 15 county service area,” Box added Project Wear and Share “is an easy way to donate clothing that may need a quick cleaning prior to donating,” Box said. “When you donate to Goodwill, you are not just donating a shirt, you are helpSee GOODWILL on Page 7A

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stores in May 2007. “Wine is going in grocery stores in 2016,” David Purvis said. “We decided we needed a broader selection, and needed to add new items. “One of the things we’ve done is to add new technologies,” he added, also pointing out the new technologies included large screen TV monitors for education and entertainment. The store is open from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday except on designated holidays. For more information, call 865-777-2001 or e-mail to info@farragutwines.com.

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BHS girls to state, FHS wins region

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Miranda Burt, Farragut junior wing, drives past Morristown West defender Abby McKinnish.

Lady Ads lose close sectional again, 35-33

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Monday night's game against Morristown West, perennial state tourney condender, was a microcosm of Farragut’s recent sectional games: great effort, tough defense but the opponent makes clutch buzzer-beating shots — Lady Trojans 35 including Lady Admirals 33 one at the end. The Lady Ads’ fifth straight sectional game as a program ended similar to the previous four, and exactly as last year’s heartbreaking home loss to Jefferson County. Holding the Lady Trojans (30-5) without a See SECTIONAL on Page 6B

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Kristen Freeman, Lady Ads senior post-wing, finds an open teammate against Morristown West.

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Though blown out by powerful Jefferson County 59-37 at Bearden Nov. 18, the Lady Bulldogs avenged that loss one week later in a tournament, 5957. DomLady Bulldogs 42 inant for Lady Patriots 40 the first 16 minutes in their rubber match with the Lady Patriots in a sectional battle at JCHS Monday night, Justin Underwood’s girls were clutch at the end. A 15-foot buzzer-beating jumper by junior wing Chanler Geer, resulting from an inbounds play with 4.9 seconds to play, earned BHS its second trip to the TSSAA Class AAA state tourney in three years, 42-40 March 2.

Forcing a BHS turnover with about a minute to play and Bearden up 40-38, Jeff County (26-8) tied the game “on really a tough shot with 13 seconds left,” Underwood said. “We were out of timeouts.” After one Bearden shot misfired and went out of bounds off the Lady Pats, it was Lady Dawgs junior post Anajae Stephney (team-leading 14 points) who found Geer open just in time. “Chanler does so many things for us,” Underwood said about his junior, who scored six points. “She’s so athletic and such a match-up problem for teams.” Explaining how his team led 23-16 at halftime, “Defensively we did a really good job. ... Making them take contested See STATE BOUND on Page 6B

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Jaiden McCoy played the role of hero for the Farragut High School girls basketball team Sunday afternoon, March 1. “This feels great,” said McCoy, who scored 16 points and hit the game-winning shot with 1.4 seconds left to lead the Lady Admirals Lady Admirals 52 to a 52-51 Lady Bulldogs 51 over rival Bearden in the Region 2-AAA Tournament Championship Game at BHS. “We pulled it together and our defense won the game for us. “I’m glad to finally get a win over Bearden.” It was the third meeting this season between the two Kingston Pike rivals. The Lady Bulldogs (29-4 after the loss) won the previous two meetings. Bearden and the Lady Ads were supposed to meet for the District 4-AAA championship last month but inclement weather caused that game to be canceled. The Lady Ads (24-8 after the win) came out hot and scored the game’s first seven points. Bearden came back with a vengeance. They Lady Bulldogs closed out the opening quarter with a 14-4 run and opened a 1411 lead by stanza’s end. BHS, which won the regularseason district championship by

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Farragut's Anna Woodford, 12, sinks a jump shot as Bearden's Holly Hagood, 10, and Olivia Pfeifer, 14, defend in the Region 2A championship game at Bearden Sunday, March 1.

going undefeated in league play and entered Sunday afternoon’s showdown with a 15-game winning streak, remained hot in the second quarter and opened a 2919 lead at halftime, thanks in part to some cold shooting by the

Lady Admirals, who battled back to win their second consecutive Region 2-AAA championship. “We wanted to take care of business today,” FHS head coach See FHS-BEARDEN, Page 6B

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Blevins defends his team after BHS season ends 28-3

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OAK RIDGE — Listening to both head coaches speak after a stunning Region 2-AAA semifinal score at Oak Ridge High School Saturday, Red Rebels 79 “ W h o Bulldogs 43 owns the paint,” “attacking the rim” and “having 11 guys that can play” were reasons quoted by Maryville boss Mark Eldridge explaining his team’s do-or-die win versus Bearden. But while explaining his team’s

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Farragut girls start fast in region semis, oust Lady Govs ■ KEN LAY

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It wouldn’t win too many style points but the Farragut High School girls basketball team did enough to post a 62-47 victory over William Blount Saturday afternoon, Feb. 28, in the Region 2-AAA semifinals at Bearden High School. The Lady Admirals (23-8 after the win) got off to a hot start and opened an 18-6 lead by first quarter’s before extending its advantage to 33-19 at halftime. But the second half was a different story as the Lady Governors (22-11) held the Lady Ads to just six field goals after the break. FHS held on for a win that avenged a loss at William Blount in the regular-season finale. “For a while, this was a freethrow shooting contest and we were losing it,” Farragut head coach Jason Mayfield said. “We had a game a lot like this in the last game of the regular season and we got beat there.

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day [a 65-47 BHS quarterfinal win], we had them throwing up. “The entire Bearden boys basketball community feels betrayed,” he added. “Not being allowed to play for the District [4AAA] title, not being allowed to practice to get ready for the region title. Just to show up and play, you’re just a glorified AAU team then. I feel for our kids for not getting an opportunity, I feel for the entire Bearden basketball community.” Other programs facing the same adversity “might be able to

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Farragut's Maegan Hudson, left, makes a move on a William Blount defender during Region 2AAA action.

“[In the second half], we quit rebounding. Some of it was technique but mostly, they just out-

hustled us,” he added. Anna Woodford and Kristen Freeman sparked Farragut’s fast

get by and still win,” Blevins said, but added his Bulldogs “don’t have the talent some of the other programs have..” Unlike his Bulldogs, “I don’t think Maryville’s had the last two weeks off,” Blevins said. “I can’t imagine anybody having a more disadvantaged schedule than us.” Despite the schedule issues he mentioned, “Maryville played well and hard,” Blevins added. Austin Duncan, senior wing, led Bearden in scoring with 11. Quez Fair, junior point guard, added seven. Adam Fulcher scored five as did William Snyder. Red Rebels post Bryce Miller ended with a game-high 16. Wing

Dalton Price added 14. Handing host Oak Ridge its first in-state loss this season in the region title game Sunday, March 1 (60-56), MHS was 25-6 entering sectional play this week. Maryville took control early, leading 18-8 after one quarter and 37-18 at halftime, though star wing T.D. Blackmon was held scoreless due in part to a pair of early fouls. He finished with five points. “I thought we did a great job of helping down on [Jason] Smith,” Eldridge said about dominance in the paint while holding Bearden’s star junior post to four points. “We think Smith is their key. And I think early we kind of took him out of it and forced jump shots. ... And we were attacking the rim.”

start. Woodford had all 14 of her points before halftime and those helped the Lady Ads open the big lead. Freeman also finished with 14 points. That was before the Lady Admirals endured a power outage over the final 16 minutes. “We had some lapses,” said Woodford, who also finished with nine rebounds and three assists. “We did have some lapses in rebound and we had too many fouls. “But we’re learning from it and getting Lady Admirals 62 better.” Lady Govs 47 Farragut never trailed in the contest, but while it had its offensive struggles after halftime, the Lady Govs clawed their way back and pulled to within 46-40 when Amber Click hit a free throw with 5 minutes, 43 seconds remaining. Farragut junior guard Miranda Burt would convert a pair of foul shots a short time later to give Farragut a 48-40 lead before the Lady Admirals took a 50-40 lead

on a basket by Jaiden McCoy midway through the frame. McCoy’s field goal was the first for either squad in the final stanza. Though McCoy was taken out of the game, “When she came back in, she was a difference maker. She got a big offensive rebound,” Mayfield said. “I could’ve been smarter. That’s for sure,” McCoy said. “I was happy to get a second chance when [Mayfield] asked us who wanted to go in and rebound.” McCoy returned to the game and she rebounded. She also accounted for all three of Farragut’s field goals in the fourth quarter, scoring seven of her nine points down the stretch. Farragut also got 14 points from Burt, who was a perfect 8for-8 from the free throw line after halftime. The Lady Ads converted 11 of its 14 free throw attempts in the fourth quarter. The Lady Govs’ Lindsey Roddy scored a game-high 16 points. Click finished with 13.

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of senior guard/forward Olivia Pfeifer, who didn’t score against the Lady Red Rebels but got some crucial rebounds and played tough defense. “Olivia got some big rebounds,” he said. “She does the things that you need that don’t necessarily show up in the box score.”

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point for 12 minutes in the first half wasn't quite enough. A 15-foot jumper by Kristen Freeman, Lady Ads senior postwing, tied the game 33-all with 2:16 to play. The Lady Trojans (30-5) stalled for the final shot. A driving 10-foot jumper came long off the iron with five seconds to play, but MWHS junior post Jasmine Williams grabbed the rebound and banked in a 7footer with 2 seconds left for a 35-33 Morristown West victory. No Farragut timeout signal was acknowledged by the officials. “You felt like the last person to have the basketball was going to win,” said FHS head coach Jason Mayfield, whose team ends its season 24-9. “As crazy at it sounds, I actually thought about fouling so you'd have the ball at the end. But that would be kind of crazy while everything we preach about is defense, defense, defense.” In stalling for the last shot, “We tried to evacuate Jaiden [McCoy], the big girl, so we could get the lay-up. We missed it, and I was just in the right spot and put it up,” Williams said. “It's a tough one, kind of déja vu from last year,” Mayfield said. About his team’s defense, Mayfield added, “It was great.” “We struggled offensively, but defensively I'm proud of my team,” Freeman, who scored five of her seven points in the second half, said. Miranda Burt, Farragut junior

Jason Mayfield said. “We’ve won back-to-back region championships and I don’t think anybody has done that since those great Oak Ridge teams. That is something special.” What was also special for Farragut was a victory over its archrival. “I’m glad to get some revenge against Bearden,” said Farragut senior forward Kristen Freeman, who scored 11 points and buried three 3-pointers in the contest. “The third time was the charm for us. “We’ve won two region championships in a row and this feels good because Bearden won one on our floor two years ago.” Though Farragut had its share of offensive struggles in the first half, “We got good shots but they weren’t going down,” Mayfield said. “When we played them at home [in the regular season], we got good looks but we didn’t hit shots. When we played them over here, we didn’t take shots and we got blown out. I told the girls at halftime that we were taking good shots and eventually they would go down.” The shots finally fell for the

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Annie McMurry, FHS senior guard, looks to drive past a Morristown West defender.

wing and the team's defensive specialist, scored nine of her game-high 11 points in the second half. McCoy, junior post, scored eight but only two after halftime. Sue Yun Kim, senior point guard, had five and Maegan Hudson, junior wing, added two. Williams said about Farragut, “They're very good, very smart and very disciplined.” The Lady Trojans make their second consecutive state tourney trip without a senior playing regular minutes this season. “That's

a very good, well-coached team. Very scrappy,” Freeman said. The Lady Ads trailed 12-6 midway through the first quarter but took a 14-12 lead with tough defense and Freeman's 10-foot jumper with five seconds left in the half. But Lady Trojan guard Abbe Craine nailed a half-court shot, putting MWHS up 15-14 at the break. “I think it did give them momentum,” Mayfield said. A fast-break lay-up with one second left in the third quarter made it 29-26 Lady Trojans.

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shots,” Underwood said. But Bearden (30-4) saw JCHS rally. “They came out really determined, hitting the offensive boards and pressuring us really hard .... Their full-court press,”

Lady Ads, who used a 19-6 thirdquarter run to take a 38-35 lead by the end of the frame. “That third quarter really killed us,” Bearden head coach Justin Underwood said. “I think they outscored us by 11 or 13 points, but this was a great game and a fantastic tournament atmosphere. Farragut really did a good job.” Farragut took a 45-40 lead when Miranda Burt connected on a 3-point shot with 3:46 left. Chanler Geer, who ended with 14 points, would answer for the Lady Bulldogs only to see Freeman respond with a jumper. Bearden’s Anajae Stephney converted a 3-pointer to pull Bearden within 48-46 with 2:20 to go. Then things got crazy. Burt made a free throw to make the score 49-46 before BHS guard Holly Hagood hit a pair of foul shots to make it 49-48. The Lady Admirals then got a free throw from senior point guard Sue Yun Kim, a former Lady Bulldog, to make the score 50-48 with 48.5 seconds left. Trinity Lee, freshman guard, gave the home team a 51-50 lead thanks to her three-point basket with 12.7 seconds to go before McCoy ended things. the Lady Bulldogs coach said as Jeff County led 35-32 after three quarters. BHS freshman guard Trinity Lee, who scored 10 points, “Made a really big steal with under two minutes left” to stop a Lady Pats fastbreak score, Underwood said.

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Mika Rogers’ lifelong dream was realized last month. “Ever since Mika was a young lady, she wanted to be in a pageant,” Vannesa Rogers said about her daughter winning the Miss Shining Star Pageant crown Saturday, Jan. 24, in the 18 to 35 age category at Chilhowee Baptist Church in East Knoxville. “She was really excited. “Like her cousin, Brooke Rogers … she was always in a pageant and Mika always admired that so much.” Miss Shining Star pageant “is free to all the girls with special needs,” Vannesa added. “… Mika never understood why she couldn’t be in pageants … she never understood some of the requirements other pageants had” until Miss Shining Star began, sponsored by Open Doors of Tn. “It’s a Godsend. … A wonderful opportunity for those with special needs to enter and participate in.

… They feel empowered.” Mika, 27, a Farragut resident and member of First Baptist Concord, already had enjoyed pageant success from the previous year. “She entered this pageant last year and won ‘Miss Personality,’” said Vanessa, who along with husband, Michael Rogers, also are Farragut residents. However, Vanessa said her daughter’s main motivation to enter this year’s Miss Shining Star Pageant was “to cheer on her friend, Beth. … I didn’t realize it until after the pageant was over with. Someone was asking her about it, and that’s what she said.” Mika “told me she didn’t expect to win,” her mother added. “She was absolutely thrilled to win. It was a surprise to her that she won.” Mira works in “a wonderful program” at First Baptist Concord called Helping Hands in See ROGERS on Page 3C

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Mika Rogers was all smiles after recently being crowned Miss Shining Star. Mika is joined by parents Michael and Vanessa Rogers.

Former Vol Inky Johnson, father find faith after paralysis ■

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Farragut Intermediate School teacher Emily Woody, center, presents the schoolwide spelling bee winner, fifth-grader Ashlyn Sims, left, and the runner up, fifth-grader Danielle Nastasi. The girls were among those who competed in the school’s spelling bee in December 2014. Ashlyn will compete in the News Sentinel Souhern Appalachian Regional Spelling Bee in March.

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Farragut Intermediate School fifth-grader Ashlyn Sims won the school’s spelling bee in December 2014, while fellow fifthgrader Danielle Nastasi came in close as runner-up. Ashlyn said she is excited about winning. She will go on to compete in the News Sentinel Southern Appalachian Regional Spelling Bee in March at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. “I couldn’t believe that I had won, she said. “I was a little bit surprised.” Ashlyn is the daughter of Mark and Crissy Sims of Farragut and granddaughter of Beverly Miles, Brenda Miles and Gerry Miles.

Ashlyn said she thought since she is a fifth-grader now, she had a better chance of winning. “I was in it last year, and I got to sixth place. I won third place, and I noticed the two who beat me were fifth-graders. “I thought maybe now that I’m a fifth-grader I could win or come closer,” she said. Looking ahead to the SAR Spelling Bee, “I’m excited but I’m really nervous,” Sims said. Danielle said she feels a sense of accomplishment for winning runner-up. She will compete in the regional spelling bee if, for some reason, Sims is unable to compete. Danielle is the daughter of Tami and Doni Nastasi of See BEE on Page 6C

Tennessee is famous for many things – football, Dolly Parton, Moon Pies, whiskey and the Smokey Mountains. However, my family has recently found itself entertained by one of Tennessee’s slightly lesser-known claims to fame: fainting goats. Last summer, our neighbors introduced two baby fainting goats into the field directly adjacent to our home. These animals earned their name due to a hereditary condition that causes them tense up when they’re startled. Think of it as a full-body charley horse, except without the pain. As amusing as it is to watch these two kids “faint” when they’re startled, it also seems like one of the worst traits to have from an evolutionary standpoint. Imagine needing to run from a predator only to have your entire body freeze and fall over involuntarily? It’s easy draw a parallel between fainting goats and the way many of us handle our finances. Like the goats that are easily enticed with a handful of grain, we have a tendency to get complacent about the basics when the markets are

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Blank’s Tree Work All Types of Tree Care & Stump Removal Will beat ALL written estimates with comparable credentials Fully Insured • Free Estimates

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