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ISSUE 18 VOLUME 33 FARRAGUT, TENNESSEE THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2021 • 1A

NHCF: vaccine so far a success

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Virtual Farragutmeetings maybeto summer: mayor

■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD mhollenhead@farragutpress.comWith the ongoing surge of

COVID-19 cases, Gov. Bill Lee issued four Executive Orders Sunday, Dec. 20, including EO 71, allowing local governing bodies in Tennessee to contin-ue meeting electronically.

Farragut Mayor Ron Wil-liams said he was “pleased but not surprised” by the gov-ernor’s actions, which came while the state was listed as No. 1 in the nation for COVID-19 per capita infections.

“We all are thankful that Gov. Lee has extended his Ex-ecutive Order for virtual meet-ings for everyone’s safety,” Williams added.

A handful of Farragut resi-dents have railed against vir-tual meetings, both through e-mails sent to Town officials

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The late Ken Dunlap, Hardin Valley Academy assistant principal, is remembered as a “Gentle Gi-ant” who went the extra mile to help students at HVA. Mr. Dunlap died unexpectedly Thursday, Dec. 17, of a massive heart attack. A 2019 photo shows him at work.

‘Gentle Giant’ at HVA remembered■ TAMMY CHEEK tcheek@farragutpress.com

An assistant principalwhom colleagues, parents andstudents said “went the extra mile for students” at HardinValley Academy while knownas a “Gentle Giant,” KennethDunlap passed away suddenly during the holiday break.

A Knoxville native and 35-year educator who also servedas a teacher, athletic directorand sports coach, Mr. Dunlap, 56, died Thursday, Dec. 17, af-ter suffering a massive heartattack in his home.

“Ken would look for a stu-dent who didn’t have much, whether that was financialsupport or parental support,”Dr. Rob Speas, HVA executiveprincipal, stated in an e-mailto farragutpress. “He would quietly see how he could sup-port them, whether it was sav-ing them some extra food at

■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD mhollenhead@farragutpress.comCVS and Walgreens employees began

providing the COVID-19 vaccine in area nursing homes and assisted living fa-cilities last week, including NHC in Far-ragut.

Administrator Karla Lane, who was among the first of nearly 200 staff and res-

idents receiving the shots, said “it was the best Christmas present I could ever havegotten when they called Dec. 21 to tell usthey would have our clinic (Monday, Dec.28).

“We had to mobilize very quickly — we only had three days to get consent forms signed and get ready. I knew if we didn’t

See VACCINE PLAN on Page 6A

See MR. DUNLAP on Page 2A

“The committee and I met to collaborate to plan events for 2021 and what we all wanted members to get out of them,”

-Amber Martinez, a marketing coordinator who is planning

a special webinar. (Read story on page 5A)

“Life is going pretty good. As long as I’m able to enjoy it, I’ll just keep on. It’s bad to get old, but worse not to,”

-Elwyn Flury, who celebrated a special birthday surrounded

by her creations. (Read story beginning on page 2B)

“They have a great program and I can’t wait to be a part of his staff. I’m looking forward to seeing how he does things …,”

-Rusty Bradley, a state title-winning football head coach

now back in a former role. (Read story on page 1B)

This Tennessee De-partment of Health COVID-19 projected vaccine time graph — set up according to age, health and occu-pation status — was passed along courtesy of Farragut Mayor Ron Williams

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lunch time, rewarding them with goodies for good behavior or providing presents for them at Christmas.

“He never wanted any credit from these actions.”

Thanks to his experience, “Ken provided me with a lev-el of support that other staff members at Hardin Valley could not because Ken had served successfully as a head principal. He could see issues or potential problems before they occurred,” Speas stated.

“He brought a veteran per-spective to the conversation that always elevated our solu-tions when we were problem solving at Hardin Valley,” he added. “He was good educator, but more importantly he had a genuine care and concern for the well-being of others.

“He will be missed in the Valley.”

Also serving in administra-tion “at several schools” ac-cording to Danny Trent, Knox County Schools executive director of Secondary Educa-tion, Mr. Dunlap “was a true champion of students.

“When he was at Powell High School, he started the first cheerleading team for stu-dents with disabilities called ‘The Sparkles,’ and he always made a point to high-five members of the band during games,” Trent added.

“Ken touched the lives of many during his time with us, and our thoughts and prayers are with his family.”

Joining the HVA staff in Jan-uary 2019, Mr. Dunlap’s career started at Greenback High School in Loudon County, where he was a science teacher and a successful head coach.

He led the GHS Lady Chero-kees girls basketball team to the TSSAA Class A state cham-pionship in 1987.

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• At 1:30 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 3, Knox County Sheriff’s Office units responded to Tennova Tur-key Creek Medical Center on report of a female fight-ing the ambulance crew and medical staff. At least one officer observed suspect as belligerent and unco-operative with staff, yelling and cursing, preventing staff from carrying out their duties. When she was told to calm down, suspect said she had to use the re-stroom. She was told to “hold it for a short time until a restroom could be secured for her use,” the report stated. Suspect then exposed herself and urinated on the gurney. “She was taken into custody without in-cident” at first, the report stated, but added, “When transportation arrived and attempts were made to move her restraints from the front to the back, she be-gan resisting.” Suspect was placed on the ground and restraints were adjusted before she was taken away.

• At 10:37 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 2, an officer was in the area of North Campbell Station Road look-

ing for a suspect fleeing the scene of a vehicular fire. Officer reported seeing a person matching the de-scription of the suspect sitting at Pilot, 701 N. Camp-bell Station Road. After making contact with the sub-ject, he had a strong alcoholic odor coming from his breath and person. He was unsteady on his feet and his eyes were red and watery. Suspect was arrested and taken into custody for public intoxication and transported to Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility for processing.

• At 12:23 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 2, an officer ob-served a suspect’s vehicle, a 1999 Chevrolet Tahoe, traveling west on Outlet Drive. The vehicle struck the curb on the right roadside and recovered — but during roughly the next mile, the suspect’s vehicle crossed the center-line three times and struck the curb again. Officer conducted a traffic stop. Driver admitted to drinking several beers immediately prior to the stop. He agreed to perform a battery of Standardized Field

Sobriety Tests, during which he performed poorly. Hewas taken into custody and read the Tennessee Im-plied Consent warning, after which he consented toprovide a sample for chemical testing. Rural/Metroresponded and was unable to obtain a sample. He was transported to the Roger D. Wilson Detention Facility for processing. The vehicle was towed to Cedar Bluff Towing.

• At 1049 a.m., Thursday, Dec. 31, an officercame into contact with a complainant through a telephone call in reference to a disturbance at Costcoin Farragut. Complainant is self-employed truck driv-er who made a delivery to Costco. While complainantwas there, she said someone identifying himself as aCostco employee became upset with her because shehad a flat tire on her trailer. Complainant said the al-leged employee told her he was a commercial vehicle

Town’s Making Medicare Easiervirtual Jan. 19; March in person

Town of Farragut will host two sessions of a free class on Mak-ing Medicare Easier. The first session, which will be virtual, is from 6 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 19. The second session, currently scheduled to be in person in Farragut Community Center, is from 6 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 16.

Instructor Bruce Landis of Providence Advisors Group will provide an overview of parts A, B, C and D and discuss enroll-ment periods and supplements. Registration deadline for the January class is Friday, Jan. 15. Registrants will receive a link to join the class virtually. Registration deadline for the March class is Friday, March 12.

Register at townoffarragut.org/register, in person at the Com-munity Center, 239 Jamestowne Blvd., or call 865-218-3375.

correctionThe author of “Frame of Mind,” Steven Dekanich can be con-

tacted at hello@stevendekanich.com or on his website at stev-endekanich.com. In an article that ran in the Community section of our Thursday, Dec. 31 issue, the e-mail was listed incorrectly.

We regret the error.

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Talk Townof theFARRAGUTPRESS THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2021 • 3AA Publication of the Town of Farragut • Winter 2021

Mayor Ron Williams

From the Desk of the Mayor…In spite of what was a very difficult year for many of us, we really have a lot to be thankful for as

we begin a new year in Farragut. We started 2020 by celebrating the Town’s 40th anniversary, and I enjoyed hearing stories of how the Town’s founders worked together to bring about our indepen-dent municipality.

Then, in January, we opened the beautiful new Farragut Community Center! This was a dream for many years before our partnership with Knox County made the community center and the West Knox Senior Center a reality. Before COVID showed up, we hosted three wonderful events at the community center – the Farragut Photography Show, the Songwriters Show-case and the Shamrock Ball.

In spite of the year’s many challenges, the Town hosted three successful socially-distant events – the Bob Watt Youth Fishing Rodeo, Freaky Friday Drive-Thru Boo and Light the Park, which expanded to include the plaza at the Campbell Station Inn and the community center in 2020.

We broke ground on Phase 3 of McFee Park, which will be an incredible public space when it’s completed next summer. In August, the Town received the gift of Red Mill Dam, a future recre-ational site, and in November, Mayor Ralph McGill Plaza at the Campbell Station Inn became the Town’s newest public gathering place. If you haven’t stopped by to see the plaza, I invite you to do so soon. It is sure to be the site of many happy events.

We also made significant progress on two major road projects. Construction documents for Union Road are nearly complete, and Virtue Road construction will start later this month.

There are still many unknowns, but as we embark on 2021, there are flickers of light at the end of what has been a very long tunnel. The fact that a vaccine is on its way that will protect health-care workers and our most vulnerable citizens is reason for optimism. But until the world is a safer place, please continue the five core actions: practice physical distancing, wear cloth face coverings, practice proper handwashing, clean/sanitize surfaces and stay home if you’re sick. If we stick with those practices, 2021 could be a bright new year.

The winter Talk of the Town has been condensed due to the postponement/cancellation of several events.

Please see townoffarragut.org and farragutparksandrec.org for updates on Town events, programs and meetings.

The Farragut Parks & Ath-letics Council has created a program to encourage residents to get active on the Town’s 16 miles of greenways and trails.

The Farragut 40 program of-fers a prize to those who track

40 miles of walking, running or biking in eight weeks along Far-ragut park trails and greenways through Friday, March 26.

Those who complete the pro-gram successfully will receive a prize and be entered into a

drawing for a $100 gift card!The program is a great way

for Farragut residents to get or stay active, as well as an in-centive to explore the Town’s beautiful public spaces! Reg-istration opens Thursday,

Jan. 7, and closes Sunday,Jan. 31. Participants can be-gin tracking mileage the daythey register. To register, visittownoffarragut.org/register orcall 865-218-3376.

Farragut 40 program aims to get Farragut residents moving

Outdoor activities have been stressed as a safe option for gatherings, and the Town has ideal amenities for outdoor meetings and parties. The Town’s pavilions, located at Anchor Park, McFee Park and Founders Park at Campbell Station, are available to rent throughout the winter months from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily. For those hoping to use the pavilions in spring, summer and fall, be sure to reserve your date well in advance as they fill up quickly. Rental policies have been adapted to meet social distancing guidelines.

Pavilions may be reserved through 2022 by call-ing Arleen Higginbotham at 865-218-3375 or by registering online at townoffarragut.org/register. Pavilions may also be used on a first come, first served basis if they have not been reserved. Each

pavilion has a reservation board that holds the schedule for that week.

The Farragut Community Center is another option for 2021 events and gatherings. The com-munity center has a beautiful Assembly Hall and a middle-school sized gymnasium that are both ideal for larger gatherings, and two classrooms for smaller meetings or get-togethers. Learn more about each of these rental spaces at farragutpark-sandrec.org/community-center.

While there are currently numerous safety regulations at the community center, it’s not too early to make reservations for late spring, summer and fall. Once it becomes safe to gather, weekend rentals are expected to pick up. Don’t miss out! Call 865-218-3376 for more information.

Make reservations now for 2021

All natural turf athletic fields at Anchor, Mayor Bob Leonard and McFee Parks will open Monday, March 1. For those athletic clubs that were not able to meet the field allocation deadline, a limited amount of field space may be available on a pre-pay basis. Athletic club repre-sentatives may contact the Parks & Recreation Department regarding pre-pay field use beginning at 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 16.

Use of all Town of Farragut athletic fields requires proof of liability insurance and other paperwork provided by the Town. For more infor-mation, call the Parks & Recreation office at 865-218-3376 or email AthleticFieldReservations@townoffarragut.org.

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parks

We look forward to celebrating Independence Day with our annual parade this year! But please note that it will be held a day early on Sat-urday, July 3. Due to the overwhelming popularity of the parade, en-tries will be limited to the first 95 registrations received. If you plan to participate, be sure to mark your calendar for Thursday, April 1, when parade registration forms and information sheets will be available at townoffarragut.org/register.

Emails will be sent to groups that participated in 2019. In the mean-time, if you would like to add your name (or group name) to the mail-ing list, please call Arleen Higginbotham at 865-218-3375 or email pertinent information to ahigginbotham@townoffarragut.org.

2021 Independence Day Parade is Saturday, July 3

The Farragut Parks & Recreation Department is committed to offering safe programming to the community! Mark you calen-dars for these new and amended events:

Hide and Seek with the Admiral is an outdoor competition that takes place in Farragut’s four parks! Participants are invited to download maps that show Admiral Farragut’s favorite “hiding spots” in each park, and then visit the parks to find the exact loca-tions. A tag has been placed at each hiding spot with a number on it. When participants find the tag, they record the number on an answer sheet. Maps, answer sheets and more info are available at farragutparksandrec.org/hideandseek. The hunt begins Feb. 1 and continues through the end of March. You could win a Dairy Queen gift certificate!

March 5 and 6, the Arts & Beautification Committee is spon-soring the Town of Farragut Juried Two-Dimensional Art Show. The public is invited to enter, and the free show will be held at the Farragut Community Center. More details, including catego-ries, will be released closer to the event. Artists of all ages can participate.

The Parks & Recreation Department will offer more grab-and-go crafts this winter! Pick up a children’s Valentine’s Day craft starting Monday, Feb. 8. Grab a St. Patrick’s Day craft start-ing Monday, March 8. Craft kits are available while supplies last. One craft per child, please.

Be sure to follow Farragut Parks & Rec on social media and keep an eye on the website, farragutparksandrec.org, for updates and more info about upcoming events.

SAVE THE DATES for upcoming events

Aerial photos shot by P38 Aerial show the changes that have taken place at the intersection of Campbell Station Road and Kingston Pike over the past two years. During that time, the Farragut Gateway opened on the southwest corner, exterior restoration of the Campbell Station Inn and the Mayor Ralph McGill Plaza were completed on the northwest corner, and Admiral’s Corner, home of new dining concept 35 North, will soon open on the northeast corner. These types of redevelop-ment often take years, but there’s no denying that the end result is worth the wait.

Campbell Station Road intersection takes new shape

and on social media.Williams said it might con-

tinue into the summer months, though vaccines are being rolled out in waves. A timeta-ble is unknown when enough people will be able to receive the vaccines in order to, by de-creasing COVID-19 cases, less-en state and local restrictions.

Town meetings are broad-cast live on Charter channel 193 and TDS channel 3, and broadcasts for both BOMA and Farragut Municipal Planning Commission have been live on the Town’s YouTube channel.

More Executive OrdersGov. Lee also issued Ex-

ecutive Order No. 70 (effective through Tuesday, Jan. 19), which limits public gatheringsto less than 10 (not including churches, weddings and funer-als), encouraged employers toallow employees to work from home if at all possible, andlimited high school sportingattendance to immediate fam-ily, coaching staff/personnel, first responders and mediarepresentatives.

Executive Order No. 73 ex-tends the State of Emergency,while EO 72 allows continua-tion of remote notarizationsand witnessing of documents.

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The Town of Farragut is known for many things: great people, great schools, great parks and great dining and shopping. One of my desires is for our Town to be known as a place that is welcoming and accommodating for those with disabilities.

Over the past couple of years, we have taken on many projects that have further expanded our handicapped-accessible facilities. Most recently, we have upgraded our Anchor Park amenities, making it much easier for those with disabilities to access and enjoy them.

A few years ago, I proposed the addition of an all-inclusive playground. This kind of playground combines welcoming elements for people with disabilities, as well as features that someone without limitations could enjoy.

Conceptually, the project was received well by the Board, though up until recently the lack of funding made it seem like a distant dream.

However, about six months ago, Sue Stuhl found a grant opportunity through the Blue-Cross BlueShield Foundation. She made it very clear that getting a grant for this type of play-ground would be very difficult, but she and her staff worked diligently to get the grant request submitted.

Fast forward six months and the news came back that Farragut was awarded an all-inclu-sive, multi-generational playground!

I can’t say enough about what an amazing job

Sue and her team did in securing this grant! The new playground will be built directly be-hind Farragut Town Hall.

The existing parking lot and property are flat and easily accessible, making it the per-

fect location for this type of playground.

Highlights include:• A swing area that in-

cludes two zero G Inclusive swings, a tot seat, an expres-sion swing and two belt seat swings, plus:

• merry-go-all• ground-level musical

play• climbing elements• whirlwind seat• sensory cove• slides

The playground will also include a Thrive 450 fitness station for ages 13 and up and a pavilion with four picnic tables.

The news that Farragut will soon have a wonderful new playground is a great way to start the new year, particularly for those who have been needing a space like this.

Regardless of what 2021 brings, we want to be known as a Town that looks out for every resident regardless of their age or abilities.

■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD mhollenhead@farragutpress..comFarragut’s Board of Mayor

and Aldermen approved a $723,000 contract last month to address storm drain infra-structure — addressing a pri-mary concern in recent years.

The approved contract is with Gulf Coast Underground, and the cost will cover clean-ing, inspecting and repair of stormwater pipes at 17 loca-tions throughout Town.

The winning bid was well under the Town’s stormwater fund of $1.2 million.

“The Town has not con-tracted with Gulf Coast Un-derground in the past, but the company is well-regarded in the industry and has com-pleted many similar projects throughout the Southeastern U.S.,” Town engineer Darryl Smith stated in a report.

“The repairs include cured-in-place pipe lining (CIPP), pipe replacements and all as-sociated work,” Smith’s report further stated.

Farragut found itself repair-ing two emergency stormwa-ter breaches nearly two years ago following extremely heavy rainfall, and since then staff

has worked with outside com-panies and the University of Tennessee to help assess pos-sible stormwater repair needs.

Vice Mayor Louise Povlin has been the most outspoken for the proactive strategy, and during budget talks pushed to ensure the stormwater budget line-item was well-funded.

In other business, BOMA approved:

• A $258,837 bid from Wha-ley Con-struction to c o n s t r u c t the Watt Road Pedes-trian Cross-ing project, which was the lowest among four bids submitted.

This project — which will provide pedestrian connectiv-ity from Orchard Grove and Sedgefield neighborhoods across Watt Road to Mayor Bob Leonard Park — had been approved previously, but bids were rejected as being too high during the last fiscal year.

Construction also will in-clude about 700 feet of side-walk, a pedestrian refuge is-

land in the center turn lane and flashing beacons on an overhead mast arm.

Alderman Drew Burnette cast the lone “no” vote.

“This is a very dangerous spot for a crosswalk,” he said. “It is on a blind hill where peo-ple absolutely fly. … I am abso-lutely not in favor of crossing at one of the most dangerous spots.”

“I don’t disagree that there is not an ideal location, but people do cross there,” Povlin said. “They are crossing in that area already.

“I am relying on the engineer that they will put it in the best line of sight,” she added.

• Three ordinances on sec-ond reading: Ordinance 20-24, which prohibits smoking on the grounds of the Town’s playgrounds; updating the Grand Opening Special Events Permit section of the Farragut Zoning Ordinance, which in-cludes omitting a filing fee for grand opening signs and con-tinues allowing signs to be in place up to 20 days; and rezon-ing a seven-acre portion of the Velma Seal property, south of McFee Park, from R-1 Agricul-tural to Open Space Residen-tial Overlay (R-I/OSR).

• Having been proud to live in Farragut for many years, I am appalled that our Town has resorted to nothing better than a bar and food truck restaurant in the center of Town square. In the recent KNS article, it was mentioned that people need a place to take their children after a ballgame. Really? To a bar? We drink wines and beers ourselves, but there are ample places for this.

We have so many fast foods and average restaurants: too many pizza and hamburgers places; Mexican and (Asian) res-taurants, but hardly any above-average restaurants. Question: why can a Town as wealthy as Farragut not support at least one or two upscale restaurants? This is what is lacking (even before COVID). It appears that we are becoming more of a casual rather than an upscale community. If a brewery is added, as planned, parking will certainly become an issue in this loca-tion, if not before then.

• Tonight (Sunday, Jan. 3) I noticed on Twitter that Shop Farragut liked a tweet backing up our two Republican Senators’ vote on the Constitutional stand of not accepting the vote from the States of Joe Biden winning the Presidency.

This note is not concerning who you support or your personal political leanings. Each person is granted the right to vote and believe as they wish, but Shop Farragut should not in any way offer any political opinion. They are partially dependent on funds from Farragut to exist, and exist to aid small business in Farragut, not to further someone’s personal political agenda.

Shop Farragut should never like, tweet, Facebook, message or offer a political opinion. Shop Farragut does not represent my political point of view or yours, Republican or Democrat.

To “like” anything that does not build business in Farragut. (It) is not the job or essentially the purpose of Shop Farragut. This is not the first offense. It is one of many. As someone who has contributed to Shop Farragut in the past and certainly will never again do so, I find this “like” most unlikable and feel that the Shop Farragut board should take a good, hard look at this and think hard about their leadership.

Shop Farragut has done many wonderful things for the Town. But they crossed a line here.

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Alderman Drew Burnette

Town of Farragut

To tackle serious issues, $723G for stormwater approved

Securing Playground grant is Town’s latest ‘great’ move

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Michelle Hollenhead

Greeting drivers picking up free meals Wednesday, Dec. 23, at The Cutting Edge Classroom, 817Herron Road. were volunteer Joy Wilson, left, and Cuttling Edge co-owner Jaana Alunni.

■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD mhollenhead@farragutpress.comChef John Alunni and his

wife, Jaana Alunni, co-owners of The Cutting Edge Classroom in Farragut, made Christmas a little more special for area residents and two local non-profits Wednesday, Dec. 23.

The couple, assisted by more than a half-dozen volunteers, handed out homemade pasta meals while also taking up do-nation for Second Harvest of East Tennessee.

About 250 meals had been prepared, and were given out on a first-come, first serve ba-sis at The Cutting Edge Class-room parking lot along Herron Road from 3 to 5 p.m.

John said afterward about $2,000 had been raised for Sec-ond Harvest.

“We wanted to give back to the community that has been so supportive of us; and also, we were just sick of seeing people go hungry,” he said of the effort.

“Everything went really well, and I hope we made a dif-ference.”

Leftover meals were given to Knoxville Area Rescue Minis-tries the following day, which serves the homeless popula-tion in downtown Knoxville.

West Under 40 webinar helps ‘build resilience’■ TAMMY CHEEK tcheek@farragutpress.com

After launching a new pri-vate Facebook page, Farragut West Knox Chamber of Com-merce’s West Under 40 Young Professionals will hold its first 2021 event: a free webinar to share coping skills during the pandemic.

The webinar, “Build Resil-ience,” is slated to run from 10 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 13. The online event features Anna Rappaport, a Wash-ington, D.C., attorney coach (teaches professional behavior to attorneys).

The webinar is designed to provide tools to help young professionals cope with adver-sities, especially in light of ris-

ing COVID-19 numbers.Amber Martinez, a new West

Under 40 member who orga-nized the webinar, said Rappa-port — who has 20 years expe-rience coaching lawyers to be professionals — could provide insights to young professionals on how to ride out and build resilience against the COVID storm.

“The committee and I met to collaborate to plan events for 2021 and what we all wanted members to get out of them,” said Martinez, a marketing co-ordinator with Computer Sys-tems Plus in Knoxville.

In the planning committee’s talks, its members realized, “everyone is feeling alone and unmotivated,” she said.

“So, we wanted to give them

encouragement during this time and show how they can make the most of 2021 and to set a tone of overcoming these things,” Martinez added.

She said the commit-tee wanted to provide tools and a framework to achieve that goal.

“I’ve re-ally seen a need,” M a r t i n e z a d d e d . “Young professionals are dis-couraged with COVID. I saw a group of people saying, ‘I don’t know what I’m going to do.’”

Martinez was referred to

Rappaport, executive coach and founder of Excelleration Coaching who also developed a head coach training program for an international leadership program in 2006.

After learning the “law coach” also speaks to other groups — as a coach of 11 years mentoring, training and teach-ing coaches about “bouncing back from a setback” — Marti-nez contacted her.

Martinez said after viewers see the webinar, “We hope they will feel seen and known and that they are not the only ones and not feel isolated.”

To register, go to the FWKCC website at www.farragutcham-ber.com and click on the link, or go to West Under 40’s new Facebook page, where they

also can join as a member.West Under 40 recently

launched the private Facebook Group where young profes-sionals from anywhere in thearea can be in the know about West Under 40’s upcoming 2021 events, share ideas, challenges, solutions and more.

According to FWKCC presi-dent/CEO Julie Blaylock,“West Under 40’s goals areto provide opportunities foryoung professionals to con-nect, learn, grow as individu-als and within their industries and give back to their commu-nity or, as one of our founding committee members said, ‘be more than a business card,’”

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Karla Lane, NHC Farragut administrator, was among the first toreceive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, as given by a Walgreensemployee, at NHC Monday, Dec. 28. Nearly 200 staff and resi-dents received the shots.

agree to the clinic date, we could be put to the back of the line, and I didn’t want to wait.

“I think we did pretty well with such short notice and it being the holidays.”

Lane said 125 employees — about 50 percent of the staff — and 80 percent of NHC’s health care residents received the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during the clinic, which was adminis-tered by area Walgreens phar-macists.

“I was happy to get the shot and happy to have my picture made showing me getting it (see photo on this page),” she said, referring to hers and oth-er employees’ photos posted on NHC’s Facebook page fol-lowing the vaccinations.

The second dose will be ad-ministered 28 days following the first, in a second clinic set-ting, during which time those who didn’t receive the first shot will be able to do so, as well, Lane said.

“Once we receive the second shot, within two weeks, we should be 94 percent protect-ed,” she added.

Unlike some national media accounts, which have focused on potentially negative side effects from the vaccine, Lane said that was not their experi-ences.

“It hurt less than the flu shot,” she said. “It was not as sore, and I didn’t have any side effects, no aches or pains. Some of our employees talked about their arms being sore and some were tired a day or two afterward, but we didn’t have any patients who had any side effects or reactions.”

Even before the shots began being available, Lane said she rallied her employees and en-couraged them to see the posi-tive aspects of the coming vac-cine.

“I told our staff the vaccine is the first step for us to have a good 2021,” she said. “We have been health care heroes for the last nine months, and this was a chance for us to step up and be bigger health care heroes.

“We have heard so many awful things, about COVID, and even about the vaccine al-ready, but people need to hear the good part of it, too,” Lane added. “We had almost 200 people get the vaccine, with no bad reactions. Not among our 90-something residents or our 18-year-olds who took it.”

Lane said she was especially proud of the participants in the latter age category.

“We had a lot of young people sign up, and I am very proud of them for setting the example and being willing to take it,” she said.

“I’m proud, too, to be able to tell my grandchildren I was part of history in getting one of the first vaccines. It was

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truly an historical moment.”Vaccine rollouts

Farragut Mayor Ron Wil-liams said Gov. Bill Lee’s office, along with a representative from the state department of health, has been keeping elect-ed officials apprised weekly of the situation since two vac-cines — Moderna and Pfizer — were approved in late 2020.

“It has definitely been a moving target,” said Williams, who noted the state’s distribu-tion has differed from the Cen-ters for Disease Control guide-lines.

According to CDC allocation report, 115,000 doses of Mod-erna were delivered in Tennes-see Dec. 21; 39,800 Dec. 28; and 39,700 Jan. 4. According to the CDC report on Pfizer distribu-tion, 56,500 were delivered Dec. 14; 39,975 Dec. 21; 51,675 Dec. 28 and 39,975 Jan. 4.

No additional information about available doses was available at press deadline.

An estimated 450,000 individ-uals in Tennessee have been designated in the first priority category (1a1), and have been

among the first to receive the vaccines. State documents re-ported most of these individu-als will receive the vaccines though their employers.

They include first respond-ers and other high-exposure health care workers, inpa-tients, residents and staff of long-term care facilities and adults unable to live indepen-dently.

Last week, state guidelines were updated to include those age 75 and older as being pri-ority recipients. The next cat-egory (1a2) includes mortu-ary employees and outpatient health caseworkers with direct patient access, among others.

While employees from Wal-greens and CVS have adminis-tered many shots in long-term care facilities, health depart-ments throughout the state also have been vaccinating eli-gible recipients.

More information can be found at Knox County Health Department’s website, covid.knoxcountytn.gov, and Ten-nessee Department of Health’s website, covid19.tn.gov.

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Irish defenders Blue Cain (1), a sophomore guard, and Alex Doerger, left, a freshman forward, try to double team Bearden’s Izaiha Bredwood, a senior guard, Thursday, Dec. 10, at KCHS.

‘Sevier’ly strong 2020 end for Irish■ KEN LAY Correspondent

SEVIERVILLE — While many high school basketball players spent their Winter Break at home, the Knoxville Catholic High School boys basketball team got some post-Christmas action last week.

The Irish, who were slated to play in the cham-pionship game of the Sevier County Winterfest Shootout Classic Wednesday, Dec. 30, didn’t get the chance to win a championship because that contest was canceled.

Nonetheless, KCHS nabbed a pair of impres-sive Winterfest victories Monday, Dec. 28, and Tuesday, Dec. 29.

“I feel fortunate that we’ve been able to play 10 games,” Catholic head coach Mike Hutchens said about an 8-2 record in 2020. “We had the Arby’s Classic canceled and we were hoping to get three or four games there.

“But we were able to get a couple of games here and that was important for us,” he added.

The Irish opened the Sevier County tourna-ment with a 71-36 victory over the host Smoky Bears Dec. 28.

In that game, junior point guard B.J. Edwards returned to action after missing Catholic’s re-cent loss to Christ School (North Carolina) due

‘Valuable knowledge’ fromGrace to Webb with Bradley■ KEN LAY Correspondent

KNOXVILLE — A success-ful football head coach is mak-ing a return to the Cedar Bluff area.

Rusty Bradley, who guided Christian Academy of Knox-ville to consecutive Division I Class 3A state championships in 2011 and 2012, has joined Dave Meske’s staff at Webb School of Knoxville as offen-sive coordinator after spending the last four seasons leading Spartans region rival Knox-ville Grace C h r i s t i a n Academy.

“ R u s t y has a tre-m e n d o u s amount of experience, and he’s been very successful as a head coach, win-ning a couple of state cham-pionships,” Webb head coach Dave Meske said.

“I think the knowledge that he’s going to bring to our pro-gram is going to be valuable.”

“I am excited to be on coach Meske’s staff,” Bradley said. “They have a great program and I can’t wait to be a part of his staff.

“I’m looking forward to see-ing how he does things and I’m looking forward to being with those other guys,” he added. “They are people and coaches that I can learn from.”

Bradley and the Rams part-ed ways following the 2020 sea-son after Grace went 8-3 and was eliminated by Chattanoo-ga Christian in the first round of the Division II-AA playoffs.

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to an ankle injury he sustained in the Irish’s home victory versus Bearden Thursday, Dec. 10.

Upon his return, Edwards scored 18 points against Sevier County, sparking KCHS’s bal-anced attack. Yesan Warren, sophomore guard, added 14 points for the Irish while sophomore guard Blue Cain and junior forward Handje Tamba finished with 10 points each.

“Having B.J. back was big for us,” Hutchens said, adding that despite Edwards’ injury in the Bearden game, he “played the rest of the game.

“He missed the Scott game and he missed our game against Christ School, and that was a wild game and a wild last play.”

The Irish lost to Christ School 65-64 in North Carolina, but they’ll get the chance to avenge that loss Friday, Jan. 8, when Christ School re-turns the favor, making a trip to Knoxville to visit KCHS.

The Irish won their semifinal showdown in Sevierville against Cedar Bluff area rival Chris-tian Academy of Knoxville, 82-47, Dec. 29.

Edwards led with 24 points and Cain had 21. Presley Patterson, junior guard, added 14 and Tamba finished with 12.

“We’re playing well right now,” Hutchens said. “... B.J. is averaging 19 (points), Blue is averaging 15, Tamba is averaging 15 and Presley Patterson is averaging 14.”

As a head coach at GraceChristian, Bradley won 29 games and guided the Rams tothe postseason in each of his four seasons.

As CAK’s head coach, Brad-ley also served as the offensiveplay caller. He was the War-riors’ head coach from 2007through 2015, mentoring someof the area’s top quarterbacks including Quinn Epperly,Richard Harb, Charlie Highand Cole Smith.

After his time with theWarriors, Bradley relocatedto West Tennessee where hecoached at University School of Jackson. He was there forthe 2016 season and coached Trey Smith, who has been ahighly touted University of Tennessee offensive lineman.

“Without question, it’s great to be staying in Knoxville. It’s great to be able to remain inthe area,” said Bradley, 46,a graduate of Bearden HighSchool.

He was first at CAK as an as-sistant under legendary Bull-dogs and Warriors head coachBill Young.

Bradley was Young’s offen-sive coordinator with the War-riors from 2003 through 2006.He was promoted to the team’s head coach when Young re-tired after the 2006 season.

The new OC comes to a Spartans program that will find Meske entering his 36th season as its head coach this fall, having guided Webb toseven state championships.

Bradley becomes the third former head coach on Meske’sstaff, joining Randy Carroll,who was a longtime headcoach at Gibbs High School, and Kevin Julian, who previ-ously served as head coach atHalls High School.

■ STAFF REPORTS editor@farragutpress.comMark Interstate 81 off your 2021 Farragut High School varsity

football travel route, with the Admirals schedule next fall having much more of Knoxville flavor — South-Doyle and Fulton added— with a trip to Middle Tennessee tentatively set to kick things off in August.

Set to play in the newly formed Region 2-6A, Farragut joins Maryville, Bradley Central and Cleveland as new region foes, while traditional region rivals Hardin Valley Academy and Bearden also join 2-6A.

Gone are trips northeast of Knox County, as former Region 1-6A FHS rivals Kingsport Dobyns-Bennett, Johnson City Sci-ence Hill, Jefferson County and Morristown West are joined bynewcomer William Blount in the new 1-6A starting next fall.

“I kind of liked where we were at; going to Science Hill and go-ing to D-B were good places to play,” Ads skipper Eddie Courtneysaid about his former region rivals.

With the exception of Cleveland, however, Farragut is plenty familiar with each of its new region foes, having played BradleyCentral and Maryville as non-region opponents 11 times (includ-ing playoffs) since 2017.

Though some games haven’t become official with a signed con-tract, “We’re supposed to open up with (Hendersonville) Beech at Beech,” Courtney said about this Class 5A state semifinalistlast season, and a program with state titles in 2012 and 2009.

2021 FHS varsity football tentative scheduleAt Beech Aug. 20; Knoxville West (home) Aug. 27;

*Maryville (home) Sept. 3; Oak Ridge (home) Sept. 10; *atCleveland Sept. 17; at South-Doyle Sept. 24; *at Hardin Valley Oct. 1; Bye Oct. 8; *Bradley Central (home) Oct. 15; at FultonOct. 22; *Bearden (home) Oct. 29.

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Final holiday look: surprise carolers bring joy■ TAMMY CHEEK tcheek@farragutpress.com

Steeplechase subdivision residents recently opened their doors to a joyful blast from the past.

“We had a group of neigh-borhood children go carol-ing in the neighborhood (off Union Road),” resident Cheryl Lewis said. “I thought, ‘that’s such a wonderful thing to do, especially during this season of COVID.’”

Seven families, which in-cluded 17 youngsters ranging from 1½ to 17 years old, trav-eled from home to home on golf carts and a pony Friday, Dec. 18, then sang every verse of several carols.

(Far right) Elwyn Flury, 101, shows off her handiwork on a wooden-carved angel she said is one of her “favorite pieces,”

made for a nativity scene her family continues to enjoy every

year. (Above) A trio of swans she carved, along with an oil

painting and a basket she wove containing dish-cloths

she knitted. (Right) A nativity scene she created that she

duplicated and gave away to teachers and doctors down

through the years.

‘Going pretty good’ at 101, Elwynstill excited about hand-crafted art

■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD mhollenhead@farragutpress.comElwyn Flury celebrated her

101st birthday Dec. 1, and even at her age is still excited about continuing her life-long pas-sion for hand-crafted art.

With an extensive back-ground in clay-making, ce-ramics, wood carving, quilting and other soft-material craft-ing, she now commits to knit-ting nearly every day.

“I feel pretty good,” she said over a visual Internet call. “I never thought I would live to

■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD mhollenhead@farragutpress.comTwo Farragut High School

freshmen Girl Scouts havemade a difference for RuralMetro firefighters, while alsoworking toward achievingtheir Silver Medal accredita-tion.

Audrey Thomasson andAlison Dedman of Girl Scout Troop 20377 presented Ru-ral Metro Public Information officer Jeff Bagwell with 64 masks earmarked for firefight-ers Monday, Dec. 21, at RuralMetro Fire Hall Station No. 41,along North Campbell Station Road.

“We are so appreciative of your efforts,” Bagwell said.“We have 260 personnel, and everyone had one mask al-ready, so for them to get an-other one means a lot to us.

“It really makes a differencewhen the community steps uplike this, to help us save lives,as we need to protect our-selves, too,” he added.

Thomasson and Dedmanput more than 50 hours into the project, from researchingpricing and ordering themasks to receiving approvalfrom scouting officials, writ-ing up press releases andworking with Rural Metro on the donation.

“This project is about pro-tecting first responders, in-cluding firefighters, para-medics and EMTs againstCOVID-19 and other potentialviruses,” the girls’ press re-lease stated. “Protecting localfirst responders with highlyprotective masks will helpstop the virus from spreading,as well as keep them healthyso they can continue provid-ing life-saving services in ourcommunity.”

“It feels good to help,” Ded-man said during the presen-tation. “Especially since Ten-nessee is one of the worst(states currently for COVIDinfections).”

“I am so glad we were able to help out as much as we did,”Thomasson added.

For both girls, the projectwas intensely personal, asThomasson lost her maternalgrandfather to COVID-19, andDedman and her immediatefamily members all were sick but successfully recovered from the virus in 2020.

“It was a hard year,” said Au-drey’s mother, Lee, who helpsout as assistant scout masterfor their Troop. “This was re-ally dear to their hearts.”

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be 100, then all of a sudden I’m 101 and now on my way to being 102. Life is going pretty good. As long as I’m able to en-joy it, I’ll just keep on.

“It’s bad to get old, but worse not to,” she added with a chuckle.

After living all her life in Middle Tennessee, Elwyn moved in with her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Eric Manneschmidt in Far-ragut, in 2012 following a seri-ous car accident.

“She was 92 at the time, and had driven off the mountain,”

Margaret said. “She walked out of the accident, climbed back up the hill to the road and someone helped her get home.”

Not realizing at first she had sustained serious injuries, Elwyn finally saw a doctor a week later, who discovered she had suffered several broken ribs and fractures in her pel-vis and back. By then, she also was diagnosed with pneumo-nia — but a follow-up hospital stay and rehab put her on the road to recovery.

It also led to her daughter’s

realization her mom needed to relocate.

The family, which includes six children (only two of whom currently live at home), decid-ed to purchase a new home, with a main-floor bedroom for Elwyn, and she has been with the Manneschmidts ever since.

“We loved the generational thing,” Margaret said. “For many years, because of dis-tance, Mom had not been able to spend a lot of time with our

“The families of our neigh-borhood had put together a night of caroling,” said Ash-ley Priban, one of the organiz-ers. “In spite of COVID adding a different dynamic to your typical Christmas celebration, with no Christmas parties to attend and limited family that you get to see, you can’t take homemade treats to share with friends. So we were look-ing for something.

“We felt like, for our chil-dren, it may turn selfish,” she added. “It’s turning into what gift might I be getting …”

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about doing all your online shopping early … and focusing on that sort of thing, and she said she thought it would just be nice for the children to fo-cus on something else and do-ing something for somebody,” Lewis said.

“We wanted to make sure we were sending the message ‘Jesus is the reason we have to celebrate,’ so the families got together (online) … and decid-ed to have a night where one of the moms (Leslie Lane) fixed a little hot chocolate stand,” Priban said.

The families who performed for neighbors included those of Jara and Ashley Priban, Josh and Leslie Lane, Barbara and Greg Kalosieh, Danielle and Joe Ray, Adam and Jenni-fer Lett and Yvonne and Nick Lawrence — with grandmoth-er, Patricia Morrow.

“More people than we ex-pected showed up, so it was wonderful,” Priban said. “The kids had a lot to do with plan-ning it.

“One little girl, Nolla, who is 10, had written every single

word of about eight Christ-mas carols,” she said, addingthe group sang every verse ofthose carols.

“It was freezing,” Priban recalled and laughed. Still, neighbors stayed at their doorsthroughout the singing.

“It was a lot of fun. It’s some-thing we talked about maybe making this a tradition,” sheadded.

For the youth, Priban saidit was “almost like trick-or-treating.

“They were so excited atevery single house,” she said. “They were wanting to runfrom house to house … theywere so pumped.”

However, what most im-pressed Priban was the reac-tion of neighbors as they lis-tened to the carolers.

“That was probably the mostspecial, watching their faceslight up,” she said. “Some gotout their phones to record us.

“My parents live in thisneighborhood, and I grew upin this neighborhood,” Pribansaid. “We’ve been here for 32 years, and this is the first timeever (for the caroling).”

“I thought, ‘that’s just a neatlittle thing,’” Lewis said.

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For the third year in a row, Pinnacleat Turkey Creek officials partneredwith Home Instead on the “Be ASanta to a Senior” project, providingChristmas gifts to senior citizens allover Knox County. The group more than delivered, gifting more than 1,000 presents to 16 different loca-tions, including Summit View in Far-ragut, Saturday, Dec. 19. Helpingwith deliveries were, from left, Ash-ley Lynch, Pinnacle at Turkey Creeksecurity director; Darryl Whitehead,Pinnacle at Turkey Creek general manager; Santa, (aka Capt. BradHall, Knox County Sherriff’s Office) and his wife, Pam; Karen Cooper of Mercedes Benz; and Kris Brink-meier with Home Instead.

Last look at Santa — at Pinnaclechildren, so it was wonderful, and such a blessing that she was able to come to be with us when she did.”

Elwyn came into the world Dec. 1, 1919, and was one of eight children born to a Meth-odist minister and his wife.

“The family moved a lot,” said Margaret, who noted El-wyn’s unusual name was one her mother had once heard and liked.

Elwyn worked in a shoe fac-tory prior to World War II — as did one of her brothers, who was later called up to serve then attended college, noting only “six or seven men were in the whole col-lege at the time” be-cause of the war.

She ob-tained a t w o - y e a r d e g r e e from Mar-tin College in Pulaski and took classes at the University of Tennessee and and Middle Tennessee State University to finish her bachelor’s degree in education, and taught elemen-tary school after marrying her husband, Sammy Flury, in 1956.

The couple had two children, Margaret and Louis, the latter born with Down syndrome.

“Mom didn’t work after my brother was born,” Margaret said. “She stayed home to take care of him.”

After more than 20 years of marriage, Sammy became ill with colon cancer and died not long after his diagnosis.

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took care of my family,” Elw-yn recalled, noting her mother and a brother, Robert Flury, came to live with her.

“I will remember mostly her caring, quiet spirit in how she took care of my brother for so many years, my Dad when he was sick and her mother when she had lost her short-term memory,” Margaret said.

Elwyn always had been con-sidered “crafty,” but she really began her hobbies in earnest during these years.

“I’ve done a little bit of ev-erything,” Elwyn said.

At one time, she made free-form nativity sets of Mary, Jo-seph and baby Jesus, and pre-sented them to teachers and doctors she knew.

“Back in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s though, she was into clay/ceramics heavily,” her daugh-ter said. “She was making her own molds, as well as buying them, running her own kiln and making dolls.”

Eric and Margaret shared several photos of Elwyn’s pro-lific work, including pieces “made of clay she dug her-self on Monteagle Mountain,” Margaret. said

“Beyond all the artsy stuff — she just oozes creativity, a quality which definitely shows itself in my own children,” her daughter added.

Elwyn said if there is any “secret” to longevity, she would recommend “eating a lot of beans. Mama fed us lots of beans nearly every day when we were growing up.”

She also suggested, “Have a hobby and don’t smoke or take too many medicines,” noting she only takes vitamins along with medication for blood pressure and diabetes.

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“We are asking other groups to contact first responders near them to see if they can help purchase masks to pro-tect against COVID-19,” Ded-man added.

Jen Braun is the Troop’s Scout leader.

Both Thomasson and Ded-man have been in Girl Scouts for 10 years each.

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Dedman is the daughter of Steve and Jennifer Dedman, and she attended school in person this past semester.

ObituaryDonald Wayne Campbell, age 76, of Le-

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Don was a veteran of the Army National Guard. He re-tired from LCUB. Don loved his old red Chevelle and all hot rod cars. Don was a friend to everyone.

Preceded in death by his parents, William P. and Bon-nie Campbell; and brother-in-law, Jack Morton.

Survivors include his wife, Sue Morton Campbell; daughter, Kristi Campbell Clenney and her husband, Chad; sister, Gail Garner and her husband, Da-

vid; sister-in law, Carolyn Morton; special aunt, Gladys Campbell; several nieces and nephews with special great niece and great nephew Noah and Halle Morton.

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Dr. Bill Joe Swan, 89, passed away Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, after years of declin-ing health due to Parkinson’s disease at The Gardens of Taylor Glen in Concord. North Carolina.

A private funeral service was scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, at Lady’s Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Steve Hargett officiated. Interment followed at Carolina Memorial Park Mausoleum in Kannapolis. The service was streamed starting approximately 10 minutes prior to the service. Visit https://www.ladys-funeralhome.com/live/

Bill was born Aug. 6, 1931, in Martel, Tennessee. He was a son of the late Paul Watt Swan and Mildred Russell Fox Swan. He graduated from Farragut High School in 1949 and attended the University of Tennessee in Knoxville for two years.

He then entered the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis. While he was in medical school, he was elected president of his medical class, president of the All Students Club and president of his medical fraternity, Alpha Kappa Kappa. He graduated with his medical degree in 1954. After graduation, he moved to Shreveport, Louisiana, for his intern-ship at Confederate Memorial Hospital. He married Lillian Bevins on Oct. 8, 1955, in Concord, Tennessee. They enjoyed 65 years of marriage.

Bill’s medical career began in Hammond, Louisiana, where he worked at Lallie Kamp Hospital. He was then drafted as a captain into the U.S. Army Medical Corps, where he served two years as an an-esthesiologist at Valley Forge Army Hospital in Pennsylvania and at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

Following his military service, he completed a two-year residency in anesthe-siology at Ohio State University. In 1960, he came to Concord, North Carolina, to practice anesthesia at Cabarrus Memorial Hospital. He cared for many patients in the 29 years he served there. Having passed the required examinations, Bill became board-certified in anesthesiology. He served terms as president of the

Cabarrus Medical Society, as well as the North Carolina Anesthesia Society.Bill enjoyed working with Boy Scout Troop 3, sponsored by First Presbyte-

rian Church of Concord. He was inducted into the Order of the Arrow and was awarded the Silver Beaver for his volunteer service. He was grateful that his two sons became Eagle Scouts.

He worshipped at Concord First Assembly where he was a longtime member. He served on the Church Steering Committee and as chairman of First Assem-bly School Board. He memorized and received great comfort from his favorite scripture passage, Psalm 23.

After retirement, he enjoyed golfing, woodworking, making furniture and traveling with his wife. He wrote a copyrighted book, “The Life of a Boy from East Tennessee,” because he wanted his children and grandchildren to have an appreciation for their roots and family background. A copy of the book is in the library at The Gardens of Taylor Glen, where he and his wife had been residents since 2014.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sister, Barbara Swan Guinn; and brother, Paul Russell Swan.

Dr. Swan is survived by three children, Brenda Swan Hammill (Curt) of Burke, Virginia, retired U.S. Navy Capt. Kenneth Allan Swan (Karen) of Yorktown, Vir-ginia, and Paul Robert Swan (Lisa) of Mount Gilead, North Carolina; 11 grand-children, Kristyn Swan Beam (Andrew), Wesley Swan, Brandon Swan (Cara), Travis Hammill (Rachel), Katie Swan Hickey (Robert), Masha Swan (Carlos), Austin Swan (Sara), Kendall Swan, Maggie Swan (Alex), Carson Hammill and Quinton Swan; and six great-grandchildren, Cillian, Vitaly, Amalia, Katerina, Hallie and Rowan.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Multiply Church (formerly Con-cord First Assembly), 150 Warren C. Coleman Blvd. N, Concord, North Carolina, 28027 (https://multiply.church/concord/).

Taylor Glen provided such loving care for Bill in his last days. The family is grateful for the kindness and dignity the staff afforded Bill.

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