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Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce maintains big role in Town growth. (Part 18 story, page 5A)

“... That’s my goal: To create somewhere that would be very relaxing ... and practice a little self-care while at the same time provide education,”

- Kari Hester, LPE, about combining special elements into her new Farragut business (Read story beginning on page 6A)

“We only had like two days to rehearse, but it all worked out really well. “I was really surprised and impressed at how naturally we all came together,”

- Two teenage members of a new local rock band, which blends two communities. (Read story beginning on page 6B)

“It was third-and-one, they called ‘Denver,’ and I knew I was getting the rock. ... I saw the hole and I took off just like that.”

- Gabe Hensley about his big second-half run, which helped FHS football beat its big-gest rival. (Read story beginning on page 1B)

Concord RoadProject finish pushed back The following is an e-mailed statement from a

few days ago concerning the construction progress of Concord Road Widening Project from Mark Nagi, Tennessee Department of Transportation Community Relations officer representing Region 1 (East Tennessee):

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Every 30 minutes there is a domestic violence call in Knox County, said Knox County Sher-iff’s Office Capt. Greg Faulkner, supervisor over KCSO’s Family Crime Center Unit.

The state is observing Tennes-see Domestic Violence Month throughout October. Faulkner said Tennessee is in the top five in the nation in the number of homicides connected to domestic violence.

“Actually, in 2017, we were No. 5,” he said, adding Tennessee was ranked No. 4 in 2015.

“I want you to understand what domestic violence is,” said Faulkner, who shared his insights

about domestic violence occur-ring in Knox County with The Rotary Club of Farragut during a recent Wednesday meeting in Fox Den Country Club.

He reviewed the laws and charges related to domestic abuse, identified those who are victims and orders of protection.

With Faulkner was Khadijah Roller, victim advocate with KCSO who works with the unit, which is made up of nine detectives, three victim advocates and a case man-ager. It covers domestic violence, child abuse and elder abuse.

“I want to warn you,” Rotarian Bill Nichols said just prior to the playing of a recorded 911 call. “The first few minutes of this may

Town not immune to domestic violence, Faulkner tells Rotary

“As with most construction projects, there have been a number of unforeseen issues arise impacting the Concord Road project in one way or another.

“However, to this point in the contract the only noted delay to the critical path stemmed from a utility relocation.

“The revised completion date of the project is Fall 2021. “Construction for the project is ongoing. The turn lane

for motorists traveling north on Concord turning left onto Turkey Creek Road cannot be restored at this time due to utility relocations and construction activities in front of TDS and along the left side of the alignment.

“I know they are looking to see if it is possible to reopen the southbound right lane turning onto Turkey Creek Road, but no decision has been made at this point, as these lanes are planned to remain closed through the completion of the first phase of construction.

“This intersection has been reviewed with the Town of Farragut, who has performed a traffic study to optimize the signals to improve the capacity during this phase of construction.

“We will continue to work with the Town of Farragut and other partners to minimize the impacts to traffic through-out the project area.”

■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD [email protected]

Nikhil Patel had his life perfectly planned. Among the top Class of 2019 Farragut High School graduates, he had worked hard and earned the op-portunity to attend the University of California at Los Angeles — and had every intention of being there, right now, studying toward his ultimate goal of becoming a cardiologist.

But in an unbelievable irony, Patel instead has been fighting for his life over the last three months, having been diagnosed with a previously undetected congenital heart defect that led to two open heart surgeries. It puts him on what will li-kely be a gradual road to recuperation, leaving his

Unlikely bondEncouraged by Shaq’s

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(Above) Nikhil Patel, is pictured Wednes-day, Oct. 16, the day he was finally allowed to leave Cleveland Clinic.(Below) Fellow cardiac patients Nikhil Pa-tel, left, and Shareef O’Neal, son of NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, bonded over their conditions when they met at UCLA in August.


With Farragut’s new Commu-nity Center being readied for a January ribbon cutting, rental fees and the possibility of alcohol sales at the new facility are top of mind for Town staffers.

Town Parks & Recreation di-rector Sue Stuhl led a workshop

Thursday, Oct. 10, with the Far-ragut Board of Mayor and Al-dermen, in which she outlined proposed rental rates at the Com-munity Center — formerly the Faith Lutheran Church — which will offer use of its gym, assembly hall and catering kitchen and three separate classrooms.

Additionally, the new opportu-nities gave Trevor Hobbs, assis-

tant to Town administrator DavidSmoak, an idea to flesh out andamend the town’s alcohol ordi-nance, which also was presented to BOMA during the same work-shop.

As discussed, the new amend-ment would allow the sales andservice of beer and alcohol at the

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KCSOpolicereports• At 7:25 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 5, a Knox County Sheriff’s Office

unit responded to a Summit Forrest Court residence for a pos-sible domestic dispute. Upon arrival officers made contact with eventual arrestee, who was sitting in a vehicle in the driveway. Officers reported smelling “a strong odor of alcoholic beverage” coming from the eventual arrestee. This suspect said he had a few drinks of vodka and got into an argument with his wife/victim, with the victim locking him out of the house, so he was planning on sleeping inside the vehicle. Victim said the eventual arrestee came home drunk and was yelling at the victim. Victim said when she gave the eventual arrestee his food for dinner he threw the plate of food, hitting the victim, who also said she was in fear for her life when locking eventual arrestee out of the house and calling 911. Arrestee was taken into custody and transported to the county detention facility. While officers were transporting the arrestee, he complained of chest pains. AMR emergency medical personnel were notified and responded to evaluate the arrestee, telling officers he did not have any medi-cal issues.

• At 7:34 p.m., Friday, Oct. 4, a KCSO unit responded to a Watt Road residence in regard to a custody exchange dispute. The father of two children said the mother showed up at his residence to get the children, but it was not her time to have the children. The father said he told the mother she would have to leave his property. The mother showed officers a non-certified copy of paperwork for a mediation agreement on the exchange of the children. The father also had a non-certified copy. The mother said she was supposed to get the children at 8:30 p..m., but the father said he had the children for the remainder of the weekend. Officers spoke to a KCSO detective about the situation: due to the paperwork not being certified nor being clear when each parent was supposed to have the children, they remained with the father.

• At 3:44 p.m., Oct. 4, a complainant called KCSO Teleserve Unit to report a burglary to her 2016 Toyota Sienna at a Turkey Creek Road address. Complainant advised she took her children to Anchor Park around 12:30 p.m. She said when she came back to her vehicle around 3:30 p.m., an unknown suspect had busted out her passenger-side window and rummaged through the inside. Total value of damage was listed at $250.

be disturbing for you … It’s real life.” He referred to a child sob-bing as she reported her parents’ fighting, as she screamed for them to “stop!”

“This is what’s occurring in Knox County today,” Nichols added.

“People ask how children are affected by domestic abuse?” Faulkner said. “This is the trau-ma that’s inflicted.

“Kids are raised in this envi-ronment,” he said. “That’s all they know, oftentimes.

“The experts say less than half of domestic abuses are even re-ported,” Faulkner added. “It’s an epidemic across our country, across our society.”

He said domestic violence crosses all social-economic and racial thresholds.

“We’ve looked at the numbers reported,” Faulkner said. “There is a (Knoxville) police or (KCSO) officer in our community who re-sponds to a domestic disturbance call about every 30 minutes.

“That’s around the clock, 24/7, 365 days a year,” he added. “Of-tentimes on an evening shift, on patrol, officers are answering one call, as soon as they get from it, they go on to the next one.

“Domestic calls are our highest call volume,” Faulkner said.

According to KCSO data, in the 37922 and 37934 zip code areas from Sept. 1, 2018, to Sept. 1, 2019, there were the following cases: one aggravated assault with a gun, 11 cases of aggravated assault with a weapon, 14 aggra-vated assaults involving strangu-lation, one aggravated stalking, one criminal trespass with arrest, one criminal trespass with no ar-rest, 177 domestic matter cases, 15 domestic matters on standby, seven domestic matters with verbal threats, one harassment (non-verbal), three harassment using electronic communication,

five interference with emergency calls, three sexual offenses/rapes, one sexual battery (non-forced), 146 simple assaults and three stalking.

“A lot of people don’t even know what the law is on domestic vio-lence,” Faulkner said. “How many know that harming an animal is domestic abuse? It’s in the law.”

Destruction of property also ties in, “and, of course, we have assault, or threat of assault,” Faulker said.

“(Domestic violence) is not an

easy thing to deal with,” he con-tinued. However, “back in the 1980s, the laws started to change because we had to do something to stop the homicide rate.”

Faulkner has been with sher-iff’s office for 26 years and with the Family Crimes Unit for almost 11 years.

“It’s not a happy thing I talk about because I talk about real world stuff that goes on in our so-ciety every day that’s not blasted in the news,” he said.

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college career on hold — at least for now.

“His recovery will be at least three months,” his mother, Anita Patel, said on Saturday, the day after he was formally released from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, following his second sur-gery. “The goal is to go to college in January, but he is going to base that on how he is feeling and the advice of his cardiologist.

“We have learned a lot about listening to your body and letting it guide you and not just going by statistics.”

The Patels certainly had no warning that anything was wrong. Nikhil was always strong and ac-tive as a four-year member of the Marching Admirals throughout high school and working out as frequently as five days a week. Af-ter graduation, he relocated with his family to Augusta, Georgia, and prepared for UCLA.

“Nikhil and I had a 9 a.m. flight on July 27 to move him to UCLA,” Anita said. “He had two required vaccinations to stay in the dorms so I had scheduled those and a routine physical with our doctor who is also a family friend of mine from childhood,” Anita said. “She told us she heard a murmur, and asked if I knew about it but we had never been told that before so she did an EKG.

“When she saw the EKG, she said she’s needed to order an ul-trasound’’

At that point, Anita called her sister-in-law, Dr. Kim Atianzar, who is a cardiologist in Augusta and someone who Nikhil loves and had job-shadowed over the past year, to intervene.

“I started worrying that we were running out of time because our flight was in two days — I didn’t realize the seriousness until she did an echocardiogram, and said, ‘I need to talk to both of you,’ with a very concerned look.”

Nikhil’s own aunt had to tell them that his condition was se-vere and that he had to have it corrected to prevent further da-mage.

His surgery date was set for Sept. 4 with a specialist in North Carolina.

Nikhil was given permission for he and Anita to attend new student ordination at UCLA Aug. 14-16. While there, he met with unexpected encouragement from the son of NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal, Shareef O’Neal, who also underwent open heart surgery while at UCLA.

“I heard from other people that he had had a similar experience, and my mom met him at the student center and they started talking and asked him if he had any advice from his experience/recovery that he could share.” Nikhil said. “We ended up talking to him for about 20 minutes, and he really encouraged me to take it easy on trying to come back too soon.

“He said he had tried to come right back to school after his surgery, but he found it difficult ... and he eventually had to wi-thdraw and go home.”

“He gave Nikhil some really good advice,” Anita said. “He told him UCLA will always be there. Don’t rush back. It meant a lot coming from someone his own age and a fellow Bruin who had his own open heart surgery. He even sent the kindest message after this second surgery encou-raging Nikhil on. He’s just such a nice kid.

“Sometimes God puts angels in our path without us ever asking.”

Nikhil came back to Augusta and prepared for surgery. Howe-ver, three weeks post-surgery, he knew something was wrong.

“He had a home stethoscope, and had been listening to his heart, and told me, ‘The murmur is back,’” his mother said. “I tried not to panic, but I heard it too.”

Nikhil went to the hospital in Augusta Sept. 25, then he was flown to the Cleveland Clinic Sept. 27.

He underwent his second open-

PatelFrom page 1A Town, county leaders at FHS

(Above) Along with Mark Pack-er (suit), a news anchor at WVLT-TV Channel 8 and voice of “Rivalry Thursday” high school football broadcasts, these high-achieving Farragut High School students were in-vitees to a gathering of school and community leaders in the FHS library classroom Friday, Sept. 20, to learn more about the school. From left are FHS seniors Garrett Howe, Lucy Watkins, Eugene Lee, Aiden Deucker, Vivian Lyons and Bec-ca Doerr. (Left) Dr. John Bar-tlett, Farragut principal, left, receives a $1,000 check from Knox County Commissioner John Schoonmaker, given from his “discretionary funds.” Photos by Alan Sloan

heart surgery Monday, Sept. 30.It was successful but left Nikhil

in excruciating pain, as it was only 26 days after his first.

He wasn’t out of the woods even then. He remained hospi-talized with a fever of unknown origins for two weeks, and was finally discharged just last week.

All the while, many family mem-bers and friends from around the world, including his former FHS Band members, friends and their families, rallied around him — especially Tonya Alsobrooks, whose daughter, Leah, was and is one of Nikhil’s best friends, as she felt led to locally open an ac-count at First Bank to help with medical expenses.

“This is not a Go Fund Me,” Al-sobrooks said. “This is a private fund where 100 percent of the donations go directly to Nikhil. I just want Nikhil and his family to know we are all thinking about them, praying for them.

“We have felt all the positive energy and the prayers for us, and it has helped so much,” Anita said. “That is just how I think of the Farragut community, espe-cially the families involved with the [high school] band.

“People come out in droves for each other, whenever the call goes out. And to have that sup-port, is just amazing.”

For his part, Nikhil has be-gun recuperating and said he is “glad to finally be home” and is feeling “much better” after his discharge.

And he still wants to be a cardiologist.

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• I think the wall on Campbell Station (Road) would look fine if it were just painted. Just paint it and it will look fine.

• Since you recently invited suggestions for new recreational busi-ness venues, I would like to see a roller-skating rink or a dance hall (with a stage for the live band).

• I read (last week) on nextdoor.com that the Concord Road wid-ening project has been delayed an additional year and will not be completed until fall 2021 because one of the utilities made a mistake. Could the farragutpress do a story and find out the answers to these questions: what has caused the delay of the widening of Concord Road from Turkey Creek (Road) to Northshore (Drive)? Which utility made the mistake? What is the mistake? Where on Concord Road is the problem? How long will it take to open the turn lane going south on Concord Road turning right onto Turkey Creek? How long will it take to open the turn lane going north on Concord Road turning left onto Turkey Creek? (Editor’s Note: In July, Mark Nagi, Tennessee Depart-ment of Transportation Community Relations officer representing East Tennessee region, characterized the utility relocation as an “is-sue, the cost of which will be the responsibility of the utility ...” in a farragutpress story updating the project’s progress. Neither in July nor in an updated progress statement a few days ago — see “Concord Road Project finish pushed back,” Page 1A — did Nagi give any other detail about the utility “issue.” While confirming the revised project completion estimate is now fall 2021, Nagi said in his July update the project’s completion date was estimated to be June 2021, not Fall 2020 as implied by the caller’s information).

• This is concerning the wall on Campbell Station Road. There’s been a lot of talk about it, and I can’t believe those construction com-panies came back with a humongous bid. And now even the Town of Farragut wants to spend over $200,000 to fix it. It’s not an eyesore like some of the other things in Farragut. It looks fine to me, and as long as it’s functional and you keep up the maintenance on it, I don’t think it needs to be changed. Maybe you should ask all the citizens of Farragut (if they) have an opinion about this. There’s a lot of other necessary things that need to be done in Farragut with that money. It’s like blow-ing $200,000 in my mind.

• A very nice restaurant was established many years ago. Most of us who have lived here for some time enjoyed lunches after church, fam-ily events and just good food at Aubrey’s. Aubrey’s, please come home to Farragut.

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The Rev. John Mark Harrison, left, senior pastor at First Baptist Concord, and the Rev. Sam Midg-ett, FBC student pastor, helped Farragut High School put on a special “awareness” event recently at the school, as FHS officials invited these and other Town of Farragut and Knox County com-munity leaders who were interested in learning more about the school and its challenges. What is your opinion about the role of churches in helping schools? Should it be acceptable to have an opening prayer before a local public high school football game without violating “Church and State” Constitutional principles? Bradley Central High School in Cleveland — a public school — did just that, delivering a public-address prayer before its home football game versus FHS in August. What do you think? Share thoughts on this or any other Town, local, state or national issue by calling 671-TALK (8255) or visiting [email protected]/. (See related photos on page 3A).

Community Center, the Campbell Station Inn and Town Hall.

Alcohol sales and service are prohibited on Town grounds.

Stuhl said she and her staff had worked for more than a year on trying to best determine the fees, having researched with a wide variety of communities on similar fee structures.

Rates for the Farragut Com-munity Center — which will be shared with Knox County, as it es-tablishes it’s new West Knoxville Senior Center downstairs — are being proposed as follows:

Classrooms: (small, medium and large) will be $15, $20 and $25 in 1.5 hour (block) incre-ments) during regular business hours (from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Mondaythrough Thursday; from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays; and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, closed on Sundays); and $40, $45 and $50 outside those hours.

Gym: $30 per hour, $55 after regular hours; half-day Camp Fees will be $150 per hour, regu-

lar hours, or $275 per after hours; all day camp fees, $325, regular hours, or $600, after hours.

Assembly Hall, which includes pre-function area and catering kitchen, is eight-hour blocks: $400 for non-profit (regular hours); $650 non-profit (after hours); $650 business, for-profit, social (regu-lar hours) and $850 business, for-profit, social (after hours).

“This is it, just bare bones,” Stuhl said. “We plan to evaluate everything during the first six months to see if there will be any changes we may need to make — which we expect there will be some.”

Hobbs segued into his part of

the workshop, sharing a newly pro-posed ordinance, which defined a newly-created Temporary Alcohol Permit, authorizing renters to sell or serve beer and alcoholic bev-erages during their events held on Town-owned property; then exempting the Temporary Alco-hol Permit from having to be ap-proved by the Beer Board.

Alderman Scott Meyer asked that as the ordinance is being examined, the Town could con-sider selling alcohol in the parks during special events. Both is-sues will come before BOMA for consideration tonight, Thursday, Oct. 24, during its regular twice-monthly meeting.

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In terms of giving credit where credit’s due, Town of Farragut stands tall in the history of what is now known as Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce.

“The Farragut Chamber was started officially in May of 1987 — and there’s a lot of people over the years, that I’ve heard, that would like to take credit for starting us,” said Julie Blaylock, FWKCC president/CEO since January 2017.

“… Largely, the Town of Farragut and the late Mayor Bob Leonard had the most, to my understanding, integral part in starting our Chamber,” she added. “… The Town Board of Mayor and Aldermen were the first ones that really decided that the businesses here needed their own chamber.”

About working with Town of Farragut in 2019, which is led on the non-political side by Town administrator David Smoak, “We have a very good working relationship with David, and also with his assistant, Trevor Hobbs,” Blaylock said.

Blaylock said she regularly hears from businesses outside the area about the suitability of possibly moving to the Farragut area.

“’What is it like to do business (there), to open a business?’” she said about questions she fields.

“… When we get those inqui-ries, I usually loop in David or Trevor immediately,” she added.

Early structure, growth“The Chamber, for the first

couple of years, was run by the Board,” Blaylock said. “With the first Chamber Board, the chairman also was president of the organization.

“The original chair was Mike Rothman — he and his wife, Kay, owned Checker’s pizza.”

Originally known simply as Farragut Chamber of Commerce with 139 charter members in 1987, “By 1997 we were up to

about 400 members, but only about a third of those were in Farragut,” Blaylock said about the Chamber’s rapid expansion, especially beyond Town limits.

As a result, it became known as Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce “in the very late 1990s,” she said.

“The Chamber now has approximately 650 business members,” Blaylock added. “Roughly a third of those are still in Farragut,” with another 56 percent located within Knox County.

“We also have Anderson, Blount, Loudon and Sevier counties.”

As for average member busi-ness size, “About 66 percent of our businesses have 15 employ-ees or less, and about 42 percent have less than five full-time staff,” Blaylock said.

Early female leadership In 1991, Patty Beaty “was the

first Chamber Board president,” Blaylock said.

In reading stories about Beaty’s new job, “The onus on her to do a good job, in the wake of her male predecessors, was a big deal — even then,” she added.

“She clearly did it well be-cause, as we came along, we have continued to have female board presidents.”

Current board chair is Beth Ann Carter from MBI Compa-nies, who has held that position since 2017. “She’s done a great job,” Blaylock said.

“The head staff person was executive director,” the first of which was Betsy Morrow.

“I believed she was hired in the early ’90s,” Blaylock said. “She served roughly for 10 years.”

Betty Sisco Having first come to East Ten-

nessee in 2001 from Queens, New York, to attend the University of Tennessee, Blaylock was hired by then president/CEO Bettye Sisco as FWKCC executive assistant in 2011.

Sisco, who came from Idaho to Knox County and took over as the

Julie Blaylock

Laid off from her job “doing office management for a local architectural firm” in Knoxville in 2011, after being there about seven years, Julie Blaylock was hired by then Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce president/CEO Bettye Sisco as executive assistant later that year.

Replacing the retiring Sisco as president/CEO in January 2017, Blaylock said, “New things happen every day.”

Blaylock first came to the Knoxville area in 2001 from New York, “living in Queens,” to fin-

ish her Bachelor of Arts degree in English at the University of Tennessee.

While pursuing her graduate degree, “My mom had a medical emergency, she was still up in New York living in Queens, and I was an only child, so I had to make a decision on how to best help her,” Blaylock said. “How to best help her was to pick her up and move her to Knoxville.

“Originally my plan was I was going to teach English, I was go-ing to teach in college; I was go-ing to get a Ph.D. That didn’t get to happen for a lot of different reasons,” she added.

Among just a three-person full-time staff at the Chamber’s office, 11826 Kingston Pike

Suite 110 in Farragut Cross-roads, are executive assistant Suzanne Krygier and front of-fice manager Susan Roberts.

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first FWKCC president/CEO in 2001, “was my mentor,” Blaylock said. “… Bettye was a friend of someone who was, at that time, the current board chairman, which was Marianne Morse. They had worked in sales together through Mary Kay (Cosmetics).”

Just before Sisco took charge, “There was a lot of transition going on, and not all of it was positive,” Blaylock said. “The Chamber at that time was begin-ning to struggle. I’m not really clear about all the different rea-sons why, but our membership was lowering.”

Moreover, “We were in debt about $30,000,” she added.

When “a treasurer at the time” showed Sisco the gloomy

financial books upon her taking the job, he said, “‘We’re not sure if we’re going to be able to keep you on for more than a couple of months,’” Blaylock recalled hearing.

“She went right to work, and she took all of her sales knowl-edge and her personality and everything that makes her who she is and she started going up the streets knocking on people’s doors,” she added about Sisco.

“Over the course of a couple of years we started to make a come-back. We paid off our debts — we are totally debt-free to this day.

“She worked so hard to get that blight off of us.”

Blaylock said Sisco pioneered having weekly FWKCC Network-

ings, usually held on Thursdays. During the year before Sisco’s

arrival, “I think they had seven for the whole year,” Blaylock said.

When Sisco took over, this Chamber “was down to about 135 members,” Blaylock said.

When she retired on Dec. 31, 2016, the Chamber had roughly 600 members.

“Bettye was, and is, the master at building relationships, making people feel good about them-selves,” Blaylock said.

“I wouldn’t be who I am, or what I am, now without her,” she added. “She has been complete-ly transformative for me as a person.”

(Above) As a sponsor, Bettye Sisco, right, pins new Rota-ry Club of Farragut member Julie Blaylock, current FWKCC president/CEO. (Above left) Sisco, the first FWKCC pres-ident/CEO from 2001 to 2016. (Left) Blaylock as part of Town of Farragut’s annual Independence Day Parade.

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With the taglines “Just enough ‘shine to give it that extra flavor, but not enough to upset the preacher,” and “It’s not just a cookie — it’s a dessert.” Moonshine Mountain Cookie Company owners Mike and Robin Maddux have built a delicious empire that just re-cently moved west.

The company, already serving a strong customer base in West Hills, opened a second store earlier this month at 10205 Kingston Pike, Suite D, bringing its one-of-a-kind mouth-watering treats that much closer to Farragut.

Fresh ingredients — some including “just a splash of original Ten-nessee Moonshine” — are prepared in a micro-bakery environment using a process that keeps the cookies intact, moist and resembling a small half scoop of ice cream — perhaps as a nod to Mike’s love for that treat, too.

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Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce is partnering up with Small Business Develop-ment Center of Tennessee to of-fer classes to business owners in Knox County.

One such class was a “Write Your Marketing Plan,” which was offered through the FWKCC Partnership Program, in Farragut Town Hall Thursday, Oct. 10.

Chad Rogers and Victory Har-bin, owners of The Social Brand, a Chamber member, provided guid-ance on how a marketing plan

can be developed. Julie Blaylock, FWKCC presi-

dent/CEO, said businesses could expect more such classes through its partnership with SBDC Ten-nessee.

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Kari Hester, LPE, of Knoxville saw a need for skin care that combines a relaxing spa experience with clinical services and education, so she opened Stu-dio for Better Skin Sept. 18 in Studios West Salon Suites, 10843 Kingston Pike, next to David Abbey Carpets.

“It seems like, in our area, as far as facials and

skin care, it’s either the relax-ing, spa end of things or it’s very clinical,” she said. “I’ve never been anywhere that combines them both, so that’s my goal: to create somewhere that would be very relaxing, a fun place to come where you turn your cell phone off and practice a little self-care while at the same time provide education.”

Hester starts with a consul-tation before and after every treatment with the client to help determine the cli-ent’s goals so they can generate a plan.

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Top, Nutty Buddy Holly, Happy Pappy and Sugar Shine, the new location also is selling a gener-ous selection of ice creams — at Mike’s suggestion.

“He thought cookies and ice cream would go hand-in-hand,” Robin said affectionately, adding she also crafted a unique “cookie bowl” as a serving option, along with a special ice cream cookie.

The business officially began four years ago at 7343 Kingston Pike, but had been nearly three decades in the making.

Robin first developed the reci-pe as a Halloween promotion for the couple’s then pizza delivery

business, The Pizza Doctor. “Our friends and family had

been asking us to do it for 30 years,” said Mike, who also owns Fun Makers and Rocky Top Dog Fence, noting they finally took the plunge with one of his college roommates, Rick Dunlap.

Moonshine Mountain also has built a massive following online, selling and shipping their unique cookies all over the world.

The company “does a lot of corporate gifting,” Mike said. “At the end of the year, when compa-nies send gifts to the clients, they come to us. Some need 10 to 20 dozen, while others might need 1,000 dozen.

“I’m excited to be Knoxville-based — we have customers all over the

country,” he added. “... We are unique.”The company may expand fur-

ther in the future, as Mike said it has been approached by franchiseopportunities. For now, however,the focus is on the new 4,000-plussquare foot location, which pro-vides an oversized kitchen and aspacious “packing room” for itsonline orders, along with a coun-try-theme decorated storefront.

Store hours are from 10 a.m. to8 p.m., Monday through Thursday;10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fridays and Sat-urdays. It is closed Sundays.

Moonshine Mountain will cel-ebrate its grand opening witha ribbon cutting hosted by theFarragut West Knox Chamber ofCommerce Wednesday, Oct. 30.

sage to more in-depth treatments, like chemical peels.” In her facials, Hester provides a unique modality called Rezenerate,

which she explained is a type of nano-infusion therapy with results that are similar to micro-needling but without the needles and down time. “It’s not nearly as invasive,” she said.

Other services include back and body treatments, LED light therapy, oxygen-infusion therapy, dermaplaning, lash lifts and tints, facial wax-ing and brow tinting.

She has a “no facial” for teenage boys, which basically is a skin care comuch more proactive approach.

Studio for Better Skin is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sunday; from 9 a.m. to 5 or 6 p.m., Monday through Friday; and closed Saturday.

“I’m pretty flexible with (closing hours), so if someone calls and says, ‘I can’t get there before 6:30 p.m.,’ that’s no problem,” Hester said.

For appointments, Hester has an online booking app, studioforbet-terskin.glossgenius.com. Appointments also can be booked on her website, studioforbetterskin.com or by calling 865-288-9883.

SBDC for quite a few years,” she said. “This originally started well before I started with the Cham-ber in 2011.

“We always marketed and ad-vertised its free business coun-seling services to members,” Blaylock added. “We would loan their business advisor, Laura Overstreet, the space of our con-ference room one day a week so she could come and counsel Far-ragut clients on site in our office for their convenience.

“So, we’ve always had a good back-and-forth partnership of sharing information and resourc-es. The SBDC does these class series in various locations in the area. ... We were always looking for a way and a space to do them in Farragut. ... We were finally able to secure space in the Com-munity Classroom in Town Hall.”

The plan is for the two groups to co-sponsor the classes — and make more businesses, especially Chamber members, aware of “these resources that are 100 per-cent free, which is huge for small businesses,” Blaylock said.

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Farragut High School foot-ball head coach Eddie Courtneyknew his team had to win againstBearden, as the game had higher stakes that just West Knox Countybragging rights.

“This was an important gameand we won it,” Courtney saidafter the Admirals outlasted theBulldogs 14-7 Thursday night,Oct. 17, in a key Region 1-6A tilt at FHS’s Bill Clabo Field.

Early on last Thursday night, it was apparent this was goingto be a typical Bearden-Farragut tussle — and it also was evidentdefense was going to be the order of the day. But the Admirals (4-4overall, 3-1 in region) scored onthe game’s opening possession.

FHS took the opening kickoffand marched 80 yards on nine

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Fifth time a ‘state title’ charm for CCS volleyball?■ ALAN SLOAN

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After hearing head coach Carmen Hoche-var talk about intangibles, several ingredi-ents have come together helping her Con-cord Christian School Lady Lions volleyball team earn a fifth consecutive trip to the TSSAA state tournament.

“I am calm, and maybe it’s a confidence in my team that makes me that way,”

Hochevar said after her powerful Lady Li-ons disposed of Franklin Road Academy in straight games 25-19, 25-15, 25-17 at CCS Friday evening, Oct. 18, to advance to the Division II-A “Final Four” state tourney in Murfreesboro this week.

“I think if they see me calm, they’re go-ing to react calm,” she added. “One of our mottos this year is ‘Breathe, Believe and Battle.’”

Another key element involves diet. “We

have all given up refined sugar for the sea-son,” the coach said. “... “I think it’s making us sharp, it’s making us focused.”

If the Lady Lions (28-9) reached the state title match, it is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. EDT, 9 a.m. CDT, this morning (Thursday, Oct. 24), in Middle Tennessee State University’s Murphy Center.

“In practice we have been working on talking constantly during the game,” said sophomore Annabelle Sulish, star outside

hitter and team captain. “Our verbal communication on the floor

and on the bench was great,” Hochevar saidabout the substate win. “... When we have fear and doubt come into play, we work through that. And it showed tonight.”

Individually, “We are led by our team cap-tain, Annabelle Sulish,” she added.

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Clamping down hardon Dawgs

Game-clinching fumble recovery, goal-line stand

Farragut 14 Bearden 7

(Above) After Eli Purcell’s hit on Bearden quarterback

Collin Ironside forcing a fumble, Farragut teammate

Alec Keathley recovers to kill a Bulldogs drive inside the FHS 30 with less than

three minutes to play, as the Admirals hung on for a 14-7

Region 1-6A home win at Bill Clabo Field on “Rivalry Thurs-

day” Oct. 17. (Right) Farragut linebacker Dylan Cosey (16)

goes low to hit Ironside on his fourth-and-goal keeper at

the FHS 1 during first quarter. With linebacker Gabe Hensley

(21) among the Ads helping make the stop, Ironside was

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So closeLeading by 1 stroke at 17th, Lady Ads finish two strokes behind state champs; FHS boys are fifth

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Farragut’s girls were one stroke ahead with two holes to play, which would have earned a Class AAA state crown if finishing the full 18 on top at Willowbrook Golf Club in Manchester Wednes-day, Oct. 16.

However, “It didn’t go our way, we didn’t finish as strong as we would have liked,” said FHS head coach Jon Higgins, as his Lady Ads finished as state runner-up,

two strokes behind state champ Station Camp (298 versus 300) after two days and 36 holes.

Higgins’ girls did rally from an eight-stoke deficit heading to the back nine holes Wednesday.

“I was really proud of the way that they battled, their tough-ness, and how they fought over both days of the state tourna-ment,” Higgins added about his girls. “I thought they did a won-derful job of competing.”

Farragut’s boys finished fifth among their eight-team state field.

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Farragut Lady Admirals golfers with their Class AAA state runner-up plaque alongside head coach Jon Higgins, right, and assistant Jason Mayfield. Golfers, from left, are Gabby Starling, Lindsay Ott, Aynsleigh Martin and Lexanne Halama.

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Region champLady Admirals barely short of state bid

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Catching fire during Region 2-AAA play, blowing past host Oak Ridge followed by Knoxville West in the title game Tuesday, Oct. 15, Farragut seemed ready to challenge a tough opponent for a state trip to Murfreesboro.

And true to that challenge, the Lady Admirals jumped ahead 2-games-to-1 against visiting Region 1-AAA runner-up Daniel Boone during the Section 1 win-or-go-home showdown in FHS’s Lynn E. Sexton Gymnasium Thursday evening, Oct. 17.

But the Lady Pioneers rallied to even things 2-2, then held off a Farragut rally — with FHS trail-ing 14-11 before puling to within 14-13 — to win the match 15-13 in the deciding game.

“It’s really tough, but no one thought we would make it this far,” said Lauren Loveday, FHS standout outside hitter, a senior.

About the team’s post-season surge, “We’ve had a lot of fight this season. We have a lot of play-ers who don’t give up,” Loveday added, as the Lady Ads’ season ends with a final 22-17 record.

The team’s only other senior, middle hitter Alexis Cosey, said with so much youth on this year’s team, “Everyone has improved so much throughout the season.”

“I couldn’t be more proud of how they played,” FHS head coach Susan Davidson said. “... On any given night, if we had cap-italized on a few other different situations, we come out on top.”

Individually, “Kate Priest played super smart as far as her placement,” Davidson said. “Lau-ren Loveday, our senior, has done a great job for us all year. She’s a spark when she comes in.

“I’m really proud of our sopho-more, Ellie Ackermann,” she add-ed about her middle hitter. “She played a phenomenal middle.”

Students and a few parents join Concord Christian School volleyball players, coaches and other team and school officials to celebrate after the Lady Li-ons blanked Franklin Road Academy 3-0 in substate play at CCS Friday, Oct. 18, to earn the program’s fifth straight TSSAA state tourney trip, which is this week in Murfreesboro.

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tle match last season before fall-ing in straight games to power-house Webb School of Knoxville, “Now we know what to expect and how to get to the championship,” said Mikayla Profeta, junior stand-out middle blocker. “All the losses we’ve had have made us better, and we’ve really improved.”

Profeta “just dominated to-night,” Hochevar said.

The team’s success is based on “team chemistry and how we work together,” said Emma Mey-er, sophomore standout setter. “And we love playing together.”

“She is so consistent,” the coach said about Meyer.

Defensive specialist Karson Brock “was lights out with her passing,” Hochevar said.

“I’ve actually been to state ev-ery year since my eighth-grade year,” said Allie Tucker, one of only three seniors on this team.

“I really think that this is a team that can do it, win state.”

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plays when quarterback Gavin Wilkinson threw a 12-yard touch-down pass to Hunter Shopovick. Farragut missed the extra point.

The touchdown was set up by Gabe Hensley’s 52-yard reception. He sparked a wounded backfield which remains without juniors Matt White and Sam Kniss, who are both nursing injuries.

And necessity was the mother of invention for the Admirals, who used tight end Alec Keathley and tight end Eli Purcell in the backfield. “I really have to com-mend the offensive staff for com-ing up with this plan,” Courtney said. “They thought outside the box and we did some things out of the wildcat (formation) with Alec, and we used Eli Purcell as a running back.

“Neither one of them had ever played running back for us, but they’re great football players.”

Both Keathley and Purcell made big plays on both sides of the ball against BHS (2-5, 2-2).

Keathley would make a key re-

ception on a two-point conversion after the Ads’ go-ahead score, and Purcell had a huge sack to force a Bearden fumble that was recov-ered by Keathley when Bearden was driving late in the game.

The Bulldogs actually pulled ahead 7-6 when quarterback Collin Ironside threw a 31-yard touchdown pass to Hayden Can-dela on fourth down. Bearden kicker Connor Cross added the go-ahead PAT to make it 7-6 with 3:21 left in the third quarter.

Hensley broke the tie when he scored from 28 yards out on the final play of the third quarter. “It was third-and-1, they called ‘Den-ver,’ and I knew I was getting the rock,” he said. “... “I saw the hole and I took off just like that.”

“Our defense played well,” Ironside said. “And we turned them over twice, but we just couldn’t make the big plays when we needed to.”

“Our defense played the best that they have all year,” BHS head coach Morgan Shinlever said. “We got a couple of fumbles and we had a chance to win it late, and that’s all you can ask for.”

With his $6,000 contribution to HVA’s new sports practice field ad-jacent to the school buildings on the east side of the campus, Jack Hughston, president of Hughston Homes in Hardin Valley, breaks ground on the site during a cer-emony early Thursday afternoon, Oct. 17. His giving represented 60 percent of the total cost. Joining the ceremony are the Lady Hawks soccer team and head coach Jes-sie Stephens (in dress beside Hughston) along with HVA principal Rob Speas, far left, and athletic di-rector Bryan Brown.

HVA girls 4-AAA champs

Hardin Valley Academy’s girls soccer program had a good day last Thursday, Oct. 17.

Winning the District 4-AAA tourney title after beating Maryville on the road 1-0, the pro-gram also witnessed some good news earlier that day.

Behind the gift of Jack Hugh-ston, president of Hughston Homes in Hardin Valley, who donated $6,000 of the $10,000 needed, Hardin Valley Academy broke ground on a multi-purpose

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Also of note is the talent of HVA boys soccer head coach Brad Del-ano, who owns Green Tree Land-scaping in Farragut.

As a result, Delano already has installed the underground irriga-tion and will oversee preparing the field for use.

“We really appreciate it,” HVA athletic director Bryan Brown said about Hughston and all help.

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AARP Smart Driving ProgramFriday, Nov. 8, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.Cost: $15 for AARP members; $20 for non-AARP membersRegistration deadline: Monday, Nov. 4The program covers such topics as age-related physical changes and declining perceptual skills and serves as a refresher course for the rules of the road. Participants should bring a lunch.

Autumn Insect Safari with Ijams Nature Center (ages 3 and up)

Saturday, Nov. 16, 10-11:30 a.m. at Mayor Bob Leonard ParkCost: $5 for individuals, $10 for families (up to two adults and

four children under 18 years of age)Registration deadline: 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14; Register

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Stop the Bleed Training and Certifi cation Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1-2:30 p.m.Cost: freeRegistration deadline: Monday, Nov. 18Participants learn how to stop uncontrolled bleeding in emergency situations.

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Essential Oils: Holiday Make & TakeWednesday, Dec. 11, 6-7:30 p.m.Cost: $8Registration deadline: Monday, Dec. 9 Make beautiful oil-infused gifts for everyone on your list! Par-ticipants will make scented bath salts, festive room spray and a holiday roller.

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Veterans Salute 5K/10K/Fun RunSaturday, Nov. 9; various start times.

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Countdown to Light the Park (Shop Farragut)Monday, Nov. 25, 5 p.m. at Founders Park at Campbell Station Cost: freeWelcome the holiday season with refreshments, entertainment and the fl ipping of a giant switch that turns on tens of thousands of lights. A special guest in red will make an appearance! Lights come on every evening through Wednesday, Jan. 1. FarragutBusiness.com

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Monday, Dec. 2; reception at 6 p.m. and presentation at 7 p.m.Veterans are invited for light refreshments and Farragut Museum

tours before Frank Galbraith, retired history teacher, presents “The Day of Infamy” lecture.

Celebrate the SeasonFriday, Dec. 6, 4:30-7 p.m.This annual family event includes cookie decorating, crafts, Farragut Museum tours and entertainment. Photos with Santa are available 4:30-6 p.m.

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Five local musicians and long-time friends are rising stars as members of a new rock band, Solstice.

Hardin Valley Academy students Jacob Greene on keyboards, along with broth-ers, Maddox and Jackson Frazier, on the bass and lead guitars respectively, perform in the group, along with Oak Ridge High School students Grayson Strader on drums and the group’s lead singer, Marty Gee.

The teens all have long musical histo-ries, and have taken music lessons, to-gether and independently, down through the years. They also knew each other through their parents’ friendships, too.

Gee, who also plays guitar, already was performing with a different band that won a competition earlier this year. But at the last minute, its members were un-able to play a scheduled gig.

He turned to his friends, who quickly

and affirmatively responded, and even came up with the name, on the fly.

“Our first concert was on the Summer Solstice (June 21), so that’s where we came up with the name,” said Jackson. “We only had like two days to rehearse, but it all worked out really well.”

“I was really surprised and impressed at how naturally we all came together,” added Gee.

From that day on, the quintet found its sweet spot, and has become very popular, through social media presence and word of mouth, with an increasing repertoire that includes a large mix of cover tunes, from classic artists such as Johnny Cash and Jimi Hendrix, to more contemporary performers, such as Blues Travelers and John Mayer.

“I really like that our band plays all types of music and that we are versatile,” said Maddox, now 14, who said he started playing classical guitar at 9, acoustic at 10 and electric at 11. “... I also think it’s cool that we incorporate keys into our

music .... not everyone does. I’m also sur-prised that we have over 800 followers in just 2.5 months. Crazy.”

“The band is really fun and is great for getting better at playing music I love,” said Greene, 15, who started playing the keyboard in seventh grade. “As a band we are just doing this for fun and are not just doing this for fame or anything — we are just kids who enjoy jamming and

Solstice risingLocal musicians, long-time friends are not just another garage band

On a northern trajectory

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Solstice band members, from left, are bass guitarist Maddox Frazier, drummer Grayson Strader, lead sing-er Marty Gee, lead guitarist Jackson Frazier and keyboarist Jacob Greene.

““I was really surprised and impressed at how naturally we all came together,”

~ Marty Gee, Solstice lead singer


Although Halloween is the looming holiday at the moment, Farragut High School’s Educa-tion Foundation is hoping Christ-mas is not too far behind with its new holiday-themed fundraiser, Raise the Tree.

Through the Foundation’s web-site, patrons can pre-order their Christmas trees and holiday wreaths, with 10 percent of the proceeds going to the Founda-tion.

Frazier firs, from tabletop size to those towering more than 12 feet tall, are available starting at $30, as are Frazier fir wreaths,

FHS Ed Foundationfundraiser on horizon

See SOLSTICE on Page 11B

See FUNDRAISER on Page 9B


When Farragut Intermediate School dad Brian Elton read in a school newsletter about FIS art classes seeking quilting donations, he stepped up and helped in a very big way.

“I saw the need, and I reached out to Singer (Sewing) Corpora-tion, where I had my first ‘real’ job after college — from 1999 to 2004,” said Elton, the school’s All

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OCTOBER• To complete Farragut High

School Student Government As-sociation’s Annual Can Drive for the Love Kitchen, anyone wishing to donate canned goods or money can do so until noon, Friday morn-ing, Oct. 26. To donate, e-mail Elizabeth Blankenship, SGA spon-sor and FHS teacher, at [email protected]/.

• Town of Farragut’s 23rd An-nual Freaky Friday Fright Nite is from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 25, at Mayor Bob Leonard Park. Chil-dren ages 12 and under are invited to “trick or treat” on the walk trail while local businesses, community groups and Town of Farragut volun-teers hand out treats and provide games with prizes and cookie deco-rating. This is a free event, but par-ticipants are asked to bring items to benefit the local Ronald McDonald House. For more information about Freaky Friday, contact Brittany Spencer at [email protected] or 865-218-3378. In the case of inclement weather, call 966-2420 after 3 p.m. for event status.

• Christ Covenant Church Fall Fun Festival for Special Needs Families is from 3 to 5 p.m., Sun-day, Oct. 27, at the church. This is a family event that will be a safe, fun environment that focuses on the entire family.

• Town of Farragut will host a free Lunch and Learn, “Keep-ing Mentally Fit,” from 12:30 to 2 p.m., Monday, Oct. 28, in Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Cen-ter Drive. A light lunch will be pro-vided for those who pre-register by Friday, Oct. 25, at townoffarragut.org/register, in person at Town Hall or by phone at 865-218-3375.

• Captain W. Y. C. Hannum Chapter 1881, UDC, will meet at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 26. Visi-tors welcome. For more information and location, call 865-382-1979.

• First Farragut United Meth-odist Church, 12733 Kingston Pike, is hosting a Trunk or Treat

from 6 to 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 30. Contact Paige Morgan, director of Children and Family Ministries, for more information at 865-966-8430 or [email protected].

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atre, 109 E. Churchwell Ave. in Knoxville, will present 14 live performances of William Shake-speare’s “Julius Caesar.” KCT’s version is a specially adapted un-der two-hour version of the clas-sic tragedy, geared for ages 12 and up. Beginning Friday, Nov. 1, the play will be performed starting at 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays; 1 and 5 p.m., Saturdays; and 3 p.m., Sundays through Nov. 17.

• A fall rummage sales runs from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 2, at Ebenezer United Meth-odist Church, 1001 Ebenezer Road. Also a Pit BBQ and Bake Sale. For more information, call 865-691-8330 or e-mail [email protected]

• Town of Farragut will host a free class on Making Medicare Easier from 6 to 7 p.m., Monday, Nov. 4. Instructor Bruce Landis of Providence Advisors Group will provide an overview of parts A, B, C and D and discuss enrollment periods and supplements. Regis-tration deadline is Friday, Nov. 1. Register at townoffarragut.org/register, in person at Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive, or by phone at 865-218-3375.

• Authors Guild of Tennes-see will hold its regular monthly meeting starting at 11 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 7, at Faith Lu-theran Church, 225 Jamestowne Blvd. For more information, go to info:authorsguildoftn.org.

• Knox County Veterans Ser-vices Office will be at Frank R. Strang Senior Center, 109 Lovell Heights Road, Knoxville, from 11 to 11:30 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 7, to provide information and assistance to Veterans and fam-ily members concerning VA ben-efits. For more information, call

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• Eight-hour AARP Smart Driv-ing program for ages 55 and up is from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, Nov. 8, in Farragut Town Hall and the cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members. Regis-tration deadline is Monday, Nov. 4. Register by phone at 218-3375, on-line at townoffarragut.org/register or in person at Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. For more information, contact Special Event & Program Coordinator Brit-tany Spencer at [email protected] or 865-218-3378.

• Town of Farragut presents inaugural Veterans Salute Races, sponsored by Fleet Feet Knoxville and Visit Farragut. With a 5k, 10k, Fun Run, Ruck competition and Jr. ROTC team competition, races start at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, Nov. 9, at the future location of Far-ragut Community Center (239 Jamestown Blvd.) and run through the Village Green neighborhood, finishing back at the Community Center. The last section of the race will be the Veterans Salute corri-dor in Founders Park at Campbell Station. For more information and full race schedule, go to the Far-ragut Veterans Salute event on the Town’s Facebook page. To register for the race, go to runsignup.com/veteranssaluteraces.

• Knoxville Bar Association announces two Faith and Justice Legal Advice Clinics will be held from 3 to 6 p.m , Tuesday, Nov. 19, in Arnstein Jewish Community Center, 6800 Deane Hill Drive.

• A fundraiser for Farragut Middle School seventh-grader Kincaid Eaker, who is in need of a kidney, will be held all day Satur-day, Nov. 16, at Blaze Pizza in Tur-key Creek, and is being sponsored by the Farragut Middle School swim team, of which Kincaid is a member. For more information, contact Corey Olson, 262-745-5490.

Hardin Valley Elementary School students, including “Hula-hoop” third-grader Hannah Long, recently earned their “just rewards,” entitling them to attend a Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports carnival Friday, Oct. 4. Children went from station to station, enjoying popcorn, making bubbles, hula hooping and more on the school lawn. As they did so, assistant principal Dr. Stephanie Taylor, who oversees the PBIS program at HVES, reminded them about the program’s goals to be “respectful, re-sponsible and safe.”

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The General Federation of Women’s Clubs’ Ossoli Circle’s guest speaker recently was Todd Morgan, executive director of Knox Heri-tage Preservation Alliance Program. Knox Heritage and Historic Westwood are special projects of Ossoli Circle president Janie Bit-ner, fourth from left. She already has completed part of her project by having Adelia’s Shade Garden at Westwood declared a Certified Wildlife Habitat by National Wildlife Federation. Also pictured, from left, are Lorna Methany, Cathy Briscoe and Patricia Harris.

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Follow the yellow brick road to Christian Academy of Knoxville this week as CAK Middle School theater department brings the beloved “Wizard of Oz” story to life.

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time Friday, Oct. 25 and Saturday, Oct. 26, with a matinee perfor-mance at 3 p.m., Saturday.

An additional school outreach performance will begin at 10 a.m., Friday, Oct. 25.

More than three dozen addi-tional students round out the cast and technical staff, all under the direction of Peggy Filyaw, who founded the middle school’s mu-sical theater department, which is marking its 20th anniversary this year.

Filyaw also teaches choir and piano lab and has been with CAK for 24 years. In addition to start-ing the middle school’s musical theater program, she also began the high school’s musical program 16 years ago.

“I have been blessed to have many who have helped through the years, particularly Janet McLean, former CAK middle school Bible teacher, who helped me with ev-ery musical theater producution I have directed at CAK – a total of 32 shows,” Filyaw said.

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ticular production of “The Wizard of Oz,” she has been assisted by Shari Ford Dorman, who designed the set; April Quinn, “who assist-ed Shari,” and Laurie Bowles, who was in charge of choreography.

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Tate Gilbert, right, as the Cowardly Lion, rehearses his big number, “If I Were King of the Forest,” as Kate Alexander (Scarecrow), left, Hannah Campbell (Dorothy), center, and Charlotte Cole (Tin Man) listen. CAK Middle School musical theater department will pres-ent “The Wizard of Oz” starting tonight (Thursday, Oct. 24). Photos by Michelle Hollenhead

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Pro Dad chairman and a Rotary Club of Farragut member. “Vicky Merritt, a previous colleague in the service department there, donated a Singer S16 industrial-grade, straight-stitch quilting ma-chine.” Elton then drove to Nash-ville, picked up the machine from Singer Sewing headquarters and delivered it to FIS.

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dents could make quilts this year, which, in turn, would be auctioned off and the proceeds donated to Knox Area Rescue Ministries.

Davis said she had applied for a grant for the project, but the grant did not come through, so she is asking the school commu-nity for help.

“We’re so grateful,’ Davis said about receiving the machine. “I can’t even put it into words.”

“It’s just a huge blessing,” Bu-chanan said.

Davis said the teachers also are receiving $1,500 from Smoky Mountain Quilters of Tennessee,

adding 380 yards of square mate-rial is the goal.

“We’re making 38 queen-size quilts, total,” Buchanan said.

“The kids are hand-sewing the blocks, and once the blocks are made, then Caitlin and I will be sewing the blocks together to put it together for a quilt,” Davis said. “ ... We really want the kids to have the experience of making something with their own hands then seeing it help someone else in need.”

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FIS quiltingFrom page 6B

making people enjoy our music. We hope to make music in the near future. I can’t wait to see how our music develops and gets better as we mature and continue playing together.”

The band typically practices at the Fraziers’ Hardin Valley home two or three times a week, and has been performing at least once a week in local venues since that first fated concert, including a few back-to-school parties, at the Heart of Summer Triathalon

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One memorable show ear-lier this month was playing with Knoxville area legend Tall Paul at Wild Wing Café Friday, Oct. 4, in Farragut.

Jackson, 15, has played guitar for about three years, and also plays drums. He and Maddox also attend Fellowship Church, where Jackson plays guitar in the high school services and leads pre-teen worship. which Maddox soon will be joining.

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AGENDA FARRAGUT BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN October 24, 2019 WORK-SHOP 5:00 PM COMMER-CIAL BUILDING CODE CON-STRUCTION DISCUSSION Review Farragut Municipal Code, Chapter 105, Article 2., Section 105-20 TOURISM PRESENTATION BY THE TENNES-SEE HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION BMA MEETING 7:00 PM I. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Alle-giance, Roll Call II. Approval of Agenda III. Mayor’s Report IV. Approval of Minutes A. Oc-tober 10, 2019 V. Business

ltems A. Approval of profes-sional services agreement for construction oversight of An-chor Park lmprovements with Lose Design. B. Approval of Resolution R-2019-07, autho-rizing the town to participate in the Public Entity Partners Property Conservation Match-ing Grant Program. C. Approval of Resolution R-2019-08, Far-ragut Community Center Fees D. Approval of Memorandum of Understanding between the Town of Farragut and the Farragut Business Alliance VI. Ordinance A. First Reading 1.

Ordinance 19-27, Ordinance on first reading amending the Capital lnvestment Program and State Street Aid Fund budget of the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 budget, passed by Ordinance 19-22 2. Ordi-nance 19-28, an ordinance to amend Chapter 4 of the Farra-gut Municipal Code to permit the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages in town-owned rental properties. VII. Town Administrator’s Report VIII. Town Attorney’s Report IX. Citizens Forum

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STATE OF WISCONSIN - CIRCUIT COURT, CIVIL

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MILWAUKEE COUNTY.

KTN Transportation 1925 Piperton Lane Knoxville, TN 37931

You are being sued by Roadrunner Transportation Services, Inc. in Small Claims Court for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, at the Milwaukee County Court-house, Room 400, 901 N. 9th Street. Milwaukee, WI. A hearing will be held at 8:30 o’clock A.M. on November 18, 2019. If you do not appear, a judgment may be given to the person suing you. (A copy of the claim has been mailed to you at the address above.) Dated this 21st day of October, 2019.

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CAK 6-2 242-150 +92

Catholic 5-3 285-212 +73

Farragut 4-4 182-194 -12

Webb 3-4 127-139 -12

Bearden 2-6 176-270 -94

HVA 2-6 115-233 -118

School Win-Loss Points Net Difference

Neither front-running Chris-tian Academy of Knoxville nor second-place Knoxville Catholic had a high enough gear in the late going, as both “Scoreboard” top teams fell last Friday night, Oct. 18.

Farragut, meanwhile, tight-ened things up a bit at the ex-pense of its archrival, as farra-gutpress How the West Was Won presented by PureMagic Carwash Scoreboard Contest for best regu-lar season record hits the home stretch following Week 9.

With CAK falling to 6-2 and the Irish dropping to 5-3, the Admi-rals improved to 4-4, thanks in large part to big defensive stops during a “Rivalry Thursday” showdown, winning 14-7 against Bearden (2-6, 2-2) at FHS’s Bill Clabo Field Oct. 17. (Read full story beginning on page 1B).

Webb School of Knoxville im-proved to 3-4 with a decisive 42-20

Division II-AA East Region victory against Silverdale Baptist Acad-emy last Friday, as the Spartans closed out regular season play at home in David Meske Stadium.

“Grayson Taylor played a great game on defense, he had 12 tack-les,” the stadium’s namesake, coaching legend Dave Meske, said about the senior linebacker.

“Charlie Robinson, who is a freshman, had two interceptions and three tackles. He returned one interception for 39 yards and one for 30,” he added about the talented defensive back.

Jackson Bradley, a junior line-man, “Played a great game on the offensive and defensive lines. I mean, he really controlled the line of scrimmage,” Meske said.

Ending a six-game losing streak, Hardin Valley (2-6, 1-3) Academy’s defense rose to the oc-casion with a shutout on the road against Region 1-6A foe Jefferson

County, winning 14-0. Blake Schl-off’s 72-yard scoring catch and Kelton Gunn’s 15-yard TD run provided the points.

Week 10It’s time for Farragut’s visit to

rival HVA, which highlights Week 10 action locally. Opening kickoff is 7:30 p.m., Friday, Oct. 25.

The Warriors (2-2 in region) face another stiff test in East Re-gion, as Grace Christian Academy (7-1, 4-0) will host CAK. Opening kickoff is 7 p.m., Friday.

Catholic (1-3 in Region II-AAA East Region) goes out of region but stays on the road this week, heading west on Interstate 40 to Williamson County to face a Divi-sion 1-Class 6A Brentwood team that’s red-hot (7-1). Opening kickoff is 8 p.m., EDT, Friday.

Webb (2-2 in region) will take 1-75 south to face region rival Chattanooga Christian (4-3, 3-1). Opening kickoff is 7 p.m., Friday.

Late snags allow Ads a Scoreboard gain

Photo courtesy Carlos Reveiz/crfoto.com

Gavin Wilkinson, Farragut senior quarterback, fires downfield as his offensive line fends off the Bearden pass rush during this “Rivalry Thursday” showdown among old rivals, and Region 1-6A foes, at FHS’s Bill Clabo Field Thursday, October 17. Farragut held on to win 14-7.

Meanwhile, it’s Senior Night at BHS, as the Bulldogs look to extend Morristown East’s misery

of a season (1-7, 0-4) in a Region 1-6A battle. Opening kickoff is 7:30 p.m., Friday.

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Hayden CandelaSr., WR-S

Paxton RobertsonSr., K

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Grayson TaylorSr., LB

Jarvis Stockton JrSo., RB-DB

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Braden SchloffJr., WR_DB

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Alec KeathleySr., WR-LB

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