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ISSUE 35 VOLUME 32 FARRAGUT, TENNESSEE THURSDAY, MAY 7, 2020 • 1A

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Customer mask requirement rising with Town businesses■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD

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Now that many businesses have been allowed to resume, most are requiring face masks not only of their employees, but also of their customers.

The measure, believed by lo-cal, state and national officials to at least mitigate the spread of COVID-19, was included in Knox County Health Department’s COVID Reopen Plan in each of

its planned three phas-es, each featuring at least 28 days.

Under gen-eral guide-lines, the Plan initially stated, “It is strongly rec-ommended (and at times required per the phase guidelines) that you wear a

cloth face covering (mask) when unable to consistently maintain 6 feet of physical distancing while in public.”

However, as of April 30, the wording was amended as follows: “When 6 feet of physical distanc-ing cannot be maintained, em-ployees and patrons must wear face coverings.”

While The Fresh Market was the first Farragut store to re-quest customers wear the masks, Costco followed suit Monday,

May 4.Most businesses reopening

last Friday — especially those in the personal care or salon field, but also restaurants — re-quired masks be worn by barbers, hairstylists, nail technicians, cli-nicians and their clients. Some provided the face coverings for their customers, while others expected clientele to provide their own.

Farragut Mayor Ron Williams already was ahead of the curve

on the mask requirements, as he has donned a face covering since the COVID-19 pandemicclosures began and has continuedto do so.

He also supports Knox CountyHealth Department’s suggestionsfor others to follow suit.

“We need to keep with whathas brought us this far,” Williamssaid. “Face masks and social dis-tancing.

Photos by Michelle Hollenhead

(Above) Bethani Morris, left, was among the first customers when Angel Nails re-opened Fri-day, May 1, under the care of nail technician Mia Nguyen. (Below) Sara Rutherford Reid, whoco-owns and operates “Bee in Your Bonnet” salon in Studios West Salon Suites, colors SarahOwens’ hair May 1. Owens was the stylist’s third appointment on re-opening day.

A new startBeautifying, eating out among reintroduced Town biz re-openings

■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD [email protected]

While the COVID-19 pandemic shut down many local businesses, one thing not skipping a beat has been construction in Farragut.

The Admiral’s Corner complex has evolved on a weekly basis at the corner of Campbell Station Road and Kingston Pike.

And just across the street, the Plaza surrounding historic Campbell Station Inn is continu-ing to take shape. Grading also began on McFee Park Phase 3 in

mid-April.Admiral’s Corner

Admiral’s Corner — the planned rotating food truck plaza with room for a possible brewery and another food-related estab-lishment — has been under con-struction for most of the current calendar year, having been ini-tially proposed last July.

Construction workers have steadily made progress on the roughly 9,000-square-foot build-ing, which features a rotunda with

McFee growth, Inn plaza,Admiral’s Corner builds going full speed ahead

Ahead of the curve, Villagestouts being COVID-19 free

Williams

■ TAMMY CHEEK/MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD [email protected]

Many area businesses, having been completely orpartially shut down by the COVID-19 pandemic, eagerlyjumped back into service Friday, May 1, under strictguidelines.

Knox County Health Department had announced athree-phase COVID-Reopening Plan earlier in the week,allowing for restaurants to re-open at 50 percent capac-ity, and personal care salons to operate a strict “one-on-one” policy to limit physical interactions.

Farragut Mayor Ron Williams spot-checked five busi-nesses Thursday, April 30, ensuring compliance with theKnox County Health Department’s guidelines, including

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Reacting to the threat before any state directives for coronavi-rus testing, The Villages Farragut senior living community “volun-tarily initiated and completed testing of the residents and staff ... with all negative re-sults,” a company press released stated.

“The leadership of The Villages Farragut searched for a voluntary option that could test all resi-dents regardless of symptoms,” the release further stated. “... The leadership of The Villages Far-ragut located a testing process that generated a highly credible result.

“On April 13, The Villages Far-ragut retained Blue Sky House Calls and Vikor Scientific Labora-tory to provide on-site molecular testing of all residents and staff”

for the COVID-19 virus.“The test was very comfortable

and only took a few minutes,” stated Melody Matney, Villages executive director.

“It makes our residents and staff very confident and secure to know that they have tested nega-tive,” she added.

“The completed tests were then sent to Vikor Scientific for molecular processing. Results were returned within one to two days,” the release stated.

“I am thrilled ...,” said Ken Holland, director of Operations for GoodWorks Unlimited, LLC., parent company of The Villages Farragut.

“Loving our residents is our mission. ... The staff are the real heroes and we are honored to be able to provide them and their families with this test is a real benefit,” said Gary Keckley, GoodWorks CEO.

“There has never been a day that serving here was not in the best interests of our clients. ... It continues daily to be something that motivates us to do better for others,”

-Tim Eichhorn, about why his special promotion within a prominent Farragut business means so much. (Read story on page 7A)

“I knew I was in the running for it, but I was not completely sure that it was going to be me. To say the least, I was extremely happy when I found out that my four years of hard work had paid off,”

-Alisha Soni, a talented high school senior who has a spe-cial academic distinction — and a college home way out West. (Read story beginning on page 2B)

“I always liked to hang around the ballfields. I went to the old Bearden High School. Every time something was going on, I could always walk there. ... My mom always let me go,”

-Alan “Red” Barton, about how his love of local sports led to his special place in a highly successful high school sports program. (Read story on page 1B)

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KCSOpolicereports• At 12:22 p.m., Monday, May 4, a Knox County

Sheriff’s Office unit took a report of burglary, via public service, at a Baytree Court residence. Vic-tim, said he was last at the residence on Wednesday, April 29, before returning May 4, when he noticed the back patio door to his attached garage was open, but did not appear forced open. Upon looking around he noticed his chainsaw was missing from the garage (value listed at $200). Victim also noticed six cans of two-stroke chainsaw oil also missing (value listed at $12). Victim said he had multiple people in and out of the home recently due to the process of selling the home. There were no known suspects listed in the report.

• At 12:59 p.m. May 4, a complainant called KCSO to report a theft at Tennova Healthcare Turkey Creek Medical Center, 10820 Parkside Dr. Complainant ad-vised she was a patient, and after being discharged had left her ring, a class ring from 2001, in her room. She called the hospital and they told her the clean-ing lady already cleaned that room. She spoke with a supervisor of cleaning and they advised her it has not been seen. Total value of loss was listed at $450.

• At 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 2, KCSO officer(s) conducted a traffic stop at Kingston Pike and Brooklawn Street on a 2009 Mini Cooper bearing Florida registration due to prior knowledge of the driver not having a valid drivers license. Officers ap-proached the driver side of vehicle and requested the driver/arrestee exit the vehicle. Suspect would not comply with the command to exit the vehicle, at which time one officer opened the door and be-gan to remove suspect from the vehicle. Suspect jerked away and began reaching into the passenger side seat, at which time the other officer took hold of suspect’s right wrist while the other officer took hold of suspect’s left wrist. Suspect then braced his legs against the floor and refused the commands to exit the vehicle, at which time officers physically removed suspect from the vehicle. Suspect was de-scribed as being “combative,” refusing to place his

hands behind his back, at which time officers took suspect to the ground and handcuffed him. Report-ing officer said he noticed the smell of what appeared to be marijuana at the open driver’s side door, whichwas based on “my knowledge and experience.” Upon search of the vehicle, reporting officer said he dis-covered a plastic bag containing a green leafy sub-stance believed to be marijuana (8.2 grams) in the passenger floorboard. He also reported discovering a small glass container with a green lid in the console,which contained a white powder substance consis-tent “with my training and knowledge to be cocaine(2.55 grams).” A small blue bag was also found inconsole containing a green leafy substance believedto be marijuana (.57 grams. Suspect had $826 in cash on his person, which was placed with his personal property when he was transported to Roger D. Wil-son Detention Facility. The vehicle was towed fromthe scene.

• At 7:32 p.m., May 2, a complainant contactedKCSO Teleserve Unit to report theft of merchandisefrom the Weigel’s, 12001 Kingston Pike. Complain-ant advised the suspect approached her and placed items on the counter to purchase as a customer. She then advised she told the suspect he would have towait in line, but the suspect then took the itemsfrom the counter and left the store without payingfor them. Complainant said she believed the suspectto be under the influence of an unknown substance.Complainant was not able to provide a clear timeframe nor a list of items stolen. She was advised tocall back with a time frame and list of items after checking video footage, which she did not have ac-cess to at the time the report was made.

• At 1:48 p.m., May 2, a complainant called KCSO Teleserve Unit to report vandalism from a BlackPowder Drive residence. Complainant advised anunknown suspect damaged his 2014 Ford Mustang between 10:30 p.m., Friday, May 1, and 1 p.m., May 2.Complainant said the vehicle appeared to have beenkeyed all over.

Williams, Farragutto recognize Tennova Medical Center May 7

■ TAMMY CHEEK [email protected]

In recognition of the staff at Tennova Healthcare Turkey Creek Medical Center, Town of Farragut Mayor Ron Williams will present a proclamation during a ceremony beginning at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 7, at the east entrance to the hospital, 10820 Parkside Drive.

“The event is in honor of Na-tional Nurses Week, May 6-12, and National Hospital Week, May 10-16,” a Town press release stated. “Hospital staff will also be recog-nized with a sweet treat from the Town.

“In conjunction with the event, homemade posters with messages of thanks from the community (were) col-lected at Town Hall on Monday and Tuesday, May 4-5,” the re-lease further stated. “The posters will be made into signs that will be dis-played on the hospital campus.”

Staying protectedAs for hospital functions, “We

are taking proactive steps to pre-pare for the protection of patients, our caregivers and the community, and monitoring ongoing COVID-19 updates from the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention,” said Tony Benton, Tennova Chief Executive officer.

“We are using the screening guidelines for symptoms and risk factors and have a response plan to protect patients and our staff should it be needed,” he added. “If a physician determines a patient with symptoms meets the risk cri-teria, they will coordinate testing and the patient’s ultimate disposi-tion, consulting with the depart-ment of health, as necessary.

“Our staff obtains the appropri-ate specimens, and they are sent to the appropriate lab for testing. We understand the sensitivity at this time and want to reassure the community that we remain alert and ready to provide such care if necessary.”

Visitor restrictions“Among the CDC recommenda-

tions we have put in place include requiring all visitors and team members to wear face coverings, daily screening of all team mem-bers, screening of all patients and visitors entering our facilities and proper social distancing in com-mon areas,” stated Ann Metz, director of public relations and marketing for Tennova Health-care-East Tennessee.

Additionally, Metz stated all health systems in the community have implemented Visitor Restric-tion policies in conjunction with CDC guidelines and Tennessee Department of Health recommen-dations.

“We have also implemented more restrictive visitor policies to ensure the safety of our patients and our team,” Benton said.

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Still ‘surge’ ready “While the number of COVID-19

positive patients in our commu-nity is relatively low, we continue to plan and prepare daily for a potential surge of patients that could still occur in the commu-nity,” Benton said.

“... We have been reinforcing our education and training programs with our team. ... Some of the measures we have taken include screening everyone coming into our buildings to ensure people are not symptomatic,” he added.

“... We support the community’s efforts to promote social distanc-ing, compliance with the Stay at Home Orders and most important-ly, washing your hands.”

Regarding the state’s $10 mil-lion Small and Rural Hospital Readiness Grant, which Ten-nessee Gov. Bill Lee recently announced, Benton replied, “We have all been impacted in different ways through this pan-demic.

“Our organization is evaluating programs that may be available to support our facilities and health-care workers,” he added. “There appears to be a lot in the stimulus bill, but we are not sure all of the details.

“We think there may be an op-portunity for some of our hospitals to qualify for the grants, but how much and when the funds could be received is not yet known.”

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Water Into Wine bistro & lounge, Sam & Andy’s-West, Jet’s Pizza, Little Joe’s Pizza and La Parilla Cantina Mexican Kitchen.

Re-open rundown“(Water Into Wine owner Can-

dace Viox) covered everything she’s supposed to cover 100 per-cent,” Williams said.

Of the other restaurants, the mayor said he, “found they had the same amount of preparedness. ... All had 97 or higher on their health scores.”

Phil Dangel, owner of The Shrimp Dock, with locations in Farragut and Bearden, opened his restaurant Friday.

“We only had three tables open (on Friday) because we’re small, and they were filled,” he said. “... We did a lot of take-outs, but we didn’t do a lot of inside seating, and that’s fine with us.

“We have survived, and we ex-pect a big Mother’s Day, and we’re ready for it,” Dangel added. “We thank Farragut for their support.”

I Love Juice Bar — from Luna Arlington, associate (employee):

“We have more customers com-ing in than we did. It was already going back to normal on Friday, too,” Arlington said.

Debi Tuttle, owner of Town Framery & Gifts, 12814 Kingston Pike, Farragut, opened her busi-ness Monday, May 4.

“We’ve actually been steady,” she said. “People are coming back … can’t complain.”

About waiting until Monday, “We just spent last week just get-ting ready,” Tuttle said.

Seasons Innovative Bar & Grille, 11605 Parkside Drive, also opened Monday.

“We just opened yesterday, and we have all our procedures in place,” Certified Executive Chef Deron Little, owner of Sea-sons and Kitchen 919 (downtown Knoxville), said Tuesday, May 5. “Last night, we had a nice night. ... Dinner (Tuesday) should be busy, I hope.

“With our patio, we expect the night should be steady for us, and our delivery and pick-up food has picked up also,” Little added.

Additionally, he is continuing his curbside service. “We are, ob-viously (at only) 50 percent ca-pacity. No one at the bar, and we have many, many systems set up to sanitize menus. And we’re taking temperatures before people (both employees and customers) come in the door,” Little said.

The Davis Family Y along North-shore Drive reopened Friday with a 45-minute limit on workouts and requirements for members and employees to wear masks.

“There are a lot of restrictions we have had to follow, but we are just glad to be open again,” Senior Program director Steve Barnas said.

Susan Philipson, who works in health and wellness at the facility, was hard at work wiping down and sanitizing an array of treadmills, with every other one restricted from use to maintain social dis-tance requirements.

Weight classes and chair yoga were among those resuming.

Great Clips along Brooklawn Street re-opened Friday.

“The customers have really been great about the wait,” said Sara Sutherland, director of operations for East Tennessee, helping sched-ule clientele who were looking at as much as three-hour wait times due to the restrictions on how many individuals could be inside the salon at a time.

The Embroidery Boutique along Brooklawn also reopened, with owner Debby Funk — who had

been featured on Knox County Commissioner at-large Larson Jay’s e-mailed constituent update earlier in the day — relaying she was “very excited to be back. We were considered a non-essential business, so we basically had to shut our doors,” Funk said. “But starting out, I’m going to limit the customers to two at a time.”

The Adorable Child consign-ment shop also re-opened May 1.

“We were closed for five weeks and had to furlough our whole team,” co-owner Brad Hobbs said. “We tried to sell things online, but it just was not the same.

“... We are also offering shopping by appointments for those who would prefer to have the store to themselves,” he added.

Businesses waitingHowever, Pamela Milliken, pro-

prieter for Zaxby’s at 11636 Park-side Drive, said she wanted to wait at least two weeks.

“We’re not comfortable,” she noted, adding she wanted to make sure the restaurant was compliant with all guidelines.

Sam Gordon, owner of Go Dance – Dance Studio. 1705 Schaeffer Road in West Knoxville, said his studio is not open yet. (Go Dance is a ballroom-style dance studio)

“We felt that, for one, it was a little too soon; and, two, because of our type of business there’s no way to social distance and social dance,” he added. “We took a sur-vey of all of our clients, and they all said they would feel more com-fortable waiting until June. So, we are currently hoping to open on June 1, depending on how things go between now and then.”

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wings on either side and fronts the intersection. Its back portion will offer food truck bays, parking and family-friendly seating.

Before construction ever be-gan, the developers worked out a shared parking and access ar-rangement with the offices lo-cated next door, which addressed issues previous tenants have had with access to the property.

While attempts to contact co-developer Doug Justus were un-successful as of press deadline,

Farragut Mayor Ron Williams said it is his understanding the devel-opers are aiming for a late sum-mer or early fall opening.

The Plaza While Town officials are still

determining the use of renovated Campbell Station Inn, the current construction project — Phase 3 of a four-phase project — con-cerns its surrounding property, now officially referred to as The Plaza.

Workers have graded the land, and a freestanding restroom al-most is completed. Two entrance drives, lighting parking, two park-

like open areas, benches andpaved parking are all planned.

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grading McFee Park Phase 3,which costs just under $8 million.

Features include a road con-nection from the current road toa new entrance on McFee Road, four lighted tennis/pickleball courts, restroom/small pavilion, tennis parking lot and associateparking lot lighting and a walking trail loop around the new great lawn with associated lighting.

The project is expected to be completed in late summer 2021.

“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” I believe Ralph Waldo Emerson’s deduction exem-plifies how our young hometown has faced its great-est challenge — a coronavirus pandemic.

Over the past months, I’ve seen this virus bring loss to Farragut residents. While driving to work, I felt abandonment as I passed by one vacant busi-ness after another. Along the drive, empty parks and greenways and deserted churches and schools seemed to yearn for the Town residents who once occupied them. On my way home from excruciating days at the office, I would stop by Costco.

It was surreal to coil through snake-like lines flanked by wooden pallets and hunt through consolidated inventory hoping to score the few items my wife requested.

After dinners with my family, I read social media posts, which mostly conveyed losses from canceled birthday parties, graduations, proms and sporting events, and relished a new type of drive-by celebration and self-deprecating TikTok videos. Before bed, I often found myself scouring through cable news reports on astonishing virus death tolls; over-the-top, non-essential employee lay-offs; and contradictory information on a novel virus that still has insufficient data from which public health experts can opine.

This virus has been dark enough to steal our sense of normal. It has also been dark enough to

see stars. Residents waiting in line for hours to donate to

an employee fundraiser; families talking and laughing as they walk through neighborhoods without cell phones in front of their faces; resi-dents sharing highly coveted necessities; teens (for whom there has been historically little expectation) bringing elderly residents groceries and mowing their yards; children creating new works for art from discarded craft materials for overly stressed mothers; business owners taking substantial pay cuts so employees could still earn a paycheck; listening to my girls at reinstated nightly dinners; and every night dreaming of a brighter future with the love of my life, Melissa; are all stars that will burn in my memory for the rest of my life.

These stars would have gone unseen without the dark, and they demonstrate the virtue on which the Town of Farragut was founded — Character.

I wish I had a crystal ball that reveals whether the dark will subside or increase in the coming weeks, but I don’t. I do know our Creator is in control of our future, which brings a Peace that surpasses understanding.

I also know Character shines brightest in the darkest of skies. Helen Keller said, “Character can-not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” I believe Miss Keller was right.

God bless and keep each Farragut resident in thoughts and prayers. God bless our hometown.


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• My first time out driving in two weeks and I couldn’t help butnotice that someone has destroyed some beautiful trees growing inone of the islands along Grigsby Chapel Road near Farragut Commons. A real shame — they were quite nice trees, and I sincerely hope thatwhoever did that is going to have to reimburse the Town of Farragut for replacing them. And depending on the circumstances, it would be niceif they could actually help in replanting those trees.

• I’ve been a Farragut resident for 30 years, and I am 100 percentopposed to the installation of 5G in our neighborhood. The studies thatare out there are conclusive that they are not safe. It will cause detri-mental effects in the future to ourselves, our children and grandchil-dren. There are no safety studies showing that it is safe. It is all aboutgreedy people wanting to make money; wanting to have faster speedsat the risk of and the expense of killing. ... I am 100 percent opposed to the installation of 5G. I say no to 5G.

• I am happy to see that the old Ingles shopping center has FI-NALLY been fixed up; and there is talk about doing something with the old Kroger store. But why does Farragut continue to build storesaround Town that remain empty? Can we not leave some green spacesaround the Town?? And I think that whatever they are building on thecorner of Kingston Pike and Campbell Station Road (Admiral’s Cor-ner) is an eyesore.

• Please say no to 5G in Farragut and all surrounding areas. Do your research.

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“This is our new normal, and the way I read the plan, I believe wearing a mask is the intent for everyone.”

He also noted the coverings don’t have to be elaborate.

“Women can wear scarves and men can wear bandanas,” he said.

Williams also said he planned to continue wearing a mask in the coming weeks, even when of-ficial Town meetings are allowed to resume.

Williams said Town Hall is tentatively expected to open when Phase 3 begins in July, in tandem with the Knox County Clerk’s satellite office re-opening there.

“We have still been conducting business and working with indi-viduals while Town Hall has been closed,” Williams said. “We also recently made sure everything was online, so folks can do what they need.

“But we are having plastic shields installed at the front desk and upstairs, and they will be in place before we re-open,” he added.

“We don’t yet know when the Community Center can re-open, but we will have plastic shields in place there, too, in the recep-tion area, before that occurs.”

Williams noted the next Far-ragut Municipal Planning Com-mission meeting might be held in the Community Center’s Main Assembly Room, but details have not yet been solidified.

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• Wells Fargo Advisors senior vice president/investment officer Ron Hen-ry has been named a member of the firm’s Premier Advisor program, which is held by a select group of financial advisors as measured by c o m p l e t i o n of education components , business pro-duction and professional -ism. Additional criteria, in-cluding length of service, also might be used to deter-mine recipi-ents. Henry has been with Wells Fargo Advisors for 20 years and has 28 years of experience in the financial services industry.

• His Security & Technology has rescheduled its re-grand opening and ribbon cutting to Friday, June 26, at its office, 11426 Kingston Pike in Far-ragut.

• The Trust Company of Tennessee recently hired Hardin Valley resident Kate Johnson as an administra-tive assistant in the firm’s K n o x v i l l e headquarters. Johnson, who completed a certified nurs-ing assistant program at Coastal Caro-lina Community College, brings more than eight years of administrative sup-port experience from prior positions at investing and accounting firms.

• Don Morris, senior vice presi-dent/investment officer with Wells Fargo Advisors, has been named as a member of the firm’s Premier Advisor Program, a dis-tinction held by a select group of finan-cial advisors as measured by complet-ing education components , business pro-duction and professional-ism. Morris, who has been with Wells Fargo Advisors for 11 years, has 26 years of experience in the finan-cial services industry.

• Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce 2020 Nominating Commit-tee has presented its recommended candidates for 2020-2021 board of directors. The current board has re-viewed, voted on and approved the candidates. Once the full member-ship approves them, the new board

Chamber hosts mini-cuts

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Total Hair and Body Medical celebrated a re-opening mini ribbon-cutting at the its clinic, 11121Kingston Pike, Suite A, Farragut, Friday, May 1. On hand, from left, were FWKCC Board chairman Beth Ann Carter; Total Hair aesthesiologists Nikki Jenkins and Trista Tart; registered nurse Lisa Pratt, (with scissors); Sepideh Goforth, front office; and FWKCC board member Angie Denton.


Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce started the ball rolling to help Chamber mem-bers get back on their feet with a limited number of “Re-opening Mini Ribbon Cuttings,” which began Friday, May 1 — the same day Knox County officials allowed many businesses to open amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Chamber’s first ribbon cutting recipients were Farragut businesses Total Hair and Body Medical, 11121 Kingston Pike; Water Into Wine bistro & lounge, 607 N. Campbell Station Road; and Kat’s Lash Lounge & Wax Studio, 11410 Kingston Pike, as well as The Pizza Kitchen, 10420 Kingston Pike (in Lovell Heights shopping center); and Finn’s Restaurant & Tavern, 9000 Kings-ton Pike in West Knoxville.

The Chamber has scheduled more such ribbon cuttings, which began Wednesday, May 6, with Fitness Together, Anytime Fit-ness-Farragut, B K Lash & Skin Boutique, OsteoStrong Farragut and Embroidery Boutique.

The Chamber processJulie Blaylock, FWKCC presi-

dent/CEO, notified members of the ribbon-cutting opportunity in an e-mail Monday, April 27.

“To help our business members “market” and celebrate their business reopening after closure due to COVID19, we are provid-ing a limited number of “#Re-opening Mini Ribbon Cuttings,” she stated in the e-mail.

Blaylock explained businesses would receive an e-mail target-ed to their geographic location with link to Google Doc listing available date/time blocks. They are available on a first-come, first-served basis and are non-negotiable “in order to provide this opportunity,” she stated, but added the Chamber “may add more days/times depending on demand in a given area.

“If spaces fill up before you can sign up, please don’t worry,” she added. “E-mail us directly to indicate you would like this ser-vice, (and) we will reevaluate our schedule to add more spaces.”

Blaylock noted, however, the mini ribbon cuttings only are available to those businesses

See MINI-CUTS on Page 7A

Kat’s Lash Lounge & Wax Boutique’s mini ribbon-cutting at its 11410 Kingston Pike, Suite 300,location Friday, May 1 featured, from left, FWKCC board member Christine Dean, Knox CountyMayor’s Office community engagement director Jane Jolley, Kat’s Lash Lounge owner Kat Mahn, Kat’s front desk coordinator Della Crabtree, FWKCC ambassador Angie Bridges and Trevor Hobbs, assistant to the Town administrator.

The Pizza Kitchen re-opening mini ribbon cutting at its 10420 Kingston Pike Lovell Heights location, Friday, May 1 included, from left, Knox County Mayor’s Office community engagement director JaneJolley; FWKCC ambassador Angie Bridges; Emory Redmon, 9; his father, The Pizza Kitchen ownerTravis Redmon; and Travis’ older son, Ethan Redmon, 13, (cutting ribbon); 5th District Knox CountyCommissioner John Schoonmaker; and FWKCC ambassador Cody Barnes.See BRIEFS on Page 7A

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having to close or severely limit their operations to comply with officials’ orders because of the pandemic.

“Other previously scheduled regular ribbon cuttings will re-sume or be rescheduled as soon as possible,” Blaylock said, add-ing, “Contact us if you are un-sure if you qualify. Photos will be shared publicly in batches in print/online afterward, plus streamed on social media.”

Another difference to the regu-lar ribbon cuttings is the limit on attendees.

“Only one to two Chamber staff and up to two (FWKCC) ambas-sadors/board (members) will arrive for the time chosen,,” she stated, adding, “Due to continued social distancing for Knox Coun-ty’s Phase 1 Reopening Plan, we must disallow additional guests besides the owner/manager and one staff or immediate family member.”

No more than 10 individuals would be allowed to participate — amd no refreshments.

Mini-cutsFrom page 6A Eichhorn named a Rather-Kittrell partner

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Rather & Kittrell recently added Tim Eichhorn as an equity partner.

Eichhorn has been an advisor with the firm since 2004 and cur-rently is a senior financial advisor.

“Tim has been a key contribu-tor of R-K for 16 years and we’re honored for him to come along-side us as an equity partner.” said Chris Kittrell, co-founder of Rather & Kittrell. “Tim is a natu-ral leader who demonstrates a strong work ethic, a determined discipline and the highest level of

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(Above) Alan “Red” Barton, left, highly respected BHS soccer vol-unteer, has made the Southeastern Conference rounds of late, alongside popular SEC talk show host Paul Finebaum. (Right) The same holds true for SEC coaches, as Barton shared some time with Rick Barnes, UT Vols Men’s Basketball head coach.

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KNOXVILLE — When you enter Bearden High School’s Radcliffe-Kelly Soc-cer Complex, one of the first people you see is Alan “Red” Barton.

He is always cheerful and cordial, and for more than 15 years has been serving, as an alumni, the highly successful Bull-dogs and Lady Bulldogs soccer teams.

Barton is not a coach, but he’s as dedi-cated to BHS soccer as any coach is or has been. He is one of several on the school’s soccer pressbox crew.

That features a group of longtime soccer dads, which also includes Dr. David Harris, Jeff Riemer, Tim Scott, Wesley Stone and Jerry Gianeselli.

Most of the group’s children have gradu-ated, but the guys all stuck around the program. They now run the pressbox along with Fritz Thumler.

“We call ourselves the pressbox crew, and we’ve all had kids play in the pro-gram,” Barton said. “I jokingly say that I’m the boss. We used to call ourselves the field crew, but now we’re the pressbox crew.”

As “the field crew,” many of them

worked along Jim Kelly and Rick Radcliffe to construct what is now Turner-Allender Field, the home of Bearden soccer.

Those on the pressbox crew have vari-ous duties and can perform a multitude of duties.

But there’s nothing Barton can’t do.He serves as the game day statistician

and handles public address announcing duties when Harris, the longtime “Voice of Bearden soccer,” is not available.Family of Bulldogs — with a summaryEverybody involved joined the crew

when their kids were playing. Barton, a longtime sports fan, first worked in the program when his daughter, Amanda, was playing.

His son, Jed, also went to BHS.“My first game was in 2005 when my

daughter was playing, and they won the state championship (2006 and 2007),” Barton said. “I was a freshman parent.”

Red threw himself into his duties the following year. He began taking stats and writing postgame summaries that often appeared in area media outlets.

“I began writing summaries, and it was all about positive news,” he said. “The

parents loved it. Rick liked them and Eric liked them.”

Ryan Radcliffe liked them, too.“Ryan and Eric never influenced

anything that I wrote,” said Barton, who graduated from BHS in 1970.

Sports fan, sportswriterA lifelong Tennessee sports fan and

staunch Baltimore Orioles supporter, Bar-ton has always had a passion for sports. He once wrote for West Side Story, which later became The Bearden-News Enterprise.

The paper is now farragutpress.“When I was in college they needed a

sportswriter,” he said. “I covered Cedar Bluff Middle School basketball, and we did some UT Swimming stories — and then I wrote a column of my own every week.”

That was a natural job for Barton, who always hung around ballparks during his youth.

“I always liked to hang around the ball-fields,” he said. “I went to the old Bearden High School. Every time something was going on, I could always walk there and walk back.

“My mom always let me go.”Now, he strives to give fans, coaches,

players, officials and sportswriters the ultimate game day experience.

“We want to make it to be a professional experience,” Barton said. “The officials love to come to Bearden.”

Who’s the boss? The soccer complex is named in honor

of Kelly (a longtime soccer supporter) and the Radcliffe family, the first family of BHS soccer: Rick (groundskeeper), his wife, Linda (former Bearden assistant coach) and sons, Derrick (All-state mid-fielder who helped lead the SoccerDawgs to a undefeated national title seasson in 2002, won two state titles and played at Alabama-Birmingham) and Rick (standout player who helped BHS win the 2006 state title before returning to his alma mater and leading the BHS boys, as head coach, to state titles in 2016 and 2019).

Barton said Rick Radcliffe actually runs things at Turner-Allender Field, while Linda remains around the program after serving as an assistant to another highly successful Bearden soc-cer head coach, Eric Turner.

“I say that I’m the boss, but Rick is actually the boss,” said Red, who is retired from First Tennessee Bank after 22 years on the job.

Final of a two-part series on special soccer volunteers: Barton key element of BHS ‘crews’

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From Admiral to Trojan, FHS valedictorian heading West■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD

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The school year may not be ending as expected, but Farragut High School Class of 2020 valedictorian Alisha Soni is maintaining the upbeat attitude that has guided her through the last four years.

“I am kind of disappointed about prom and gradu-ation being cancelled, but I know that it’s not the worst thing in the world,” Soni said. “There are a lot of other people in worse conditions, so I feel very blessed, all things considered.”

She found out in February she had achieved the top class ranking, and is graduating with a 4.76 weighted grade-point average.

“I knew I was in the running for it, but I was not completely sure that it was going to be me,” Soni said. “To say the least, I was extremely happy when I found out that my four years of hard work had paid off.”

In addition to an impressive GPA, Soni’s extracur-ricular activities have included four years with the school’s Student Government Association and the Health Occupation Students of America; serving as president of the National Spanish Honor Society her senior year; membership in the National Honor So-ciety; and as a two-year youth representative to the Town of Farragut’s Education Relations Committee.

“Over the summers, I was an ambassador, then a junior staff member for the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar — a statewide conference for high schoolers to learn about leadership,” Soni said, adding she has been a VolunTEEN for East Tennes-see Children’s Hospital for the last three years.

She also found time to work at the Turkey Creek Chick-fil-A, a company which recently honored her — and three other co-workers — with a $2,500 Re-

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Alisha Soni, valedictorian for Farragut High School Class of 2020, will be attending the University of Southern California this fall on a full-merit scholarship.

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Cecil Thomas, left, and his wife, Pamela Thomas, perform for Bob Mysinger, a Concord Adult Day Enrichment Services program participant, Thursday, April 30, in the front yard of the home Mysinger shares with his wife, Bonnie Mysinger, in Farragut Crossing.

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Concord United Methodist Church’s Children’s Ministry took the hunt to their members, egg-wise, right before Easter, as these pictures attest. From left are brothers, Cameron, Tobias and twins Jonas and Oliver Gergely.

CADES at Home■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD

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Instead of offering its normal full slate of on-site activities, workers and volunteers with Con-cord Adult Day Enrichment Ser-vices — a non-profit operating out of Concord United Methodist Church — have been taking its programs on the road to home-bound participants and their families.

In addition to live streaming devotional time, exercise classes, interactive projects and even regular online support programs for caregivers, “CADES at Home” has evolved over the last weeks to include meals, Bingo and even

on-site music.Concord United youth group

members Olivia Schlomer and Addie Grace Fields have been singing for several CADES mem-bers recently, as have husband- and-wife blues/bluegrass/adult contemporary acoustic musicians Cecil and Pamela Thomas, who perform throughout the region as “Brandywine.”

The duo played in the Farra-gut Crossing front yard of CADES participant Bob Mysinger and his wife, Bonnie, just last week, on April 30, with Cecil on guitar and vocals and Pamela strumming the bass fiddle.

“They are my favorite — no question about it,” said Bob, who

had enjoyed monthly performanc-es from Brandywine at CADES prior to the pandemic and was excited to be able to enjoy them again from his front porch.

“When he found out they were going to be at CADES, it would al-ways make his day,” Bonnie said.

The mini-concert, described as a “CADES Drive-by” by orga-nizers, included “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,” “Hey, Good Lookin,’” “I’ll Fly Away” and “Fulsome Prison Blues” among others.

Brandywine played for more than 20 minutes for the Mysing-ers before moving on to their next front-yard venue.


Although Knox County officials allowed churches to open in the first phase of re-opening Friday, May 1, in light of the coronavirus pandemic, several Farragut church leaders have decided to wait.

First Baptist Concord, 11704 Kingston Pike, has come up with steps to a “new normal,” which currently start with continuing to meet online each Sunday, digital Zoom groups for Bible study and other practices.

“You will hear about some prayer gatherings we are planning for the month of May,” the Rev. John Mark Harrison, FBC senior pas-tor, stated in an online video to his congregation. “We’re hopeful we can move to step two by the end of May, first of June,” which would include beginning to gather again in person.

“We’re not exactly certain what that date is yet … we also recog-nize our online worship services will be a priority going forward in the life of our church,” he added.

Looking at the big picture, “The reality is this virus has changed our world and it has changed our church,” Harrison stated. “We’re having to make some very difficult decisions about many ministries in our church, as it pertains to sanitation guidelines, as to how many people it is safe to be in a certain room right now.

“We have been wrestling through what is the proper means to bring back our church to on-campus, on-person gatherings,” he added.

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The Rev. Dr. Robert Stelter, pastor of Faith Lutheran Church, tor, said his church at 225 James-towne Blvd. currently has no plans to hold in-person services.

“We are postponed indefinitely, but our leadership is meeting pretty much every day to come up with a date and a plan: like if we have worship, how do we do social distancing, how do we open doors, just those important things,” Stelter said. “It’s all be-ing worked on right now, but we don’t have a hard date set yet.”

Two Rivers Church, 275 Harri-son Lane, Lenoir City (Dixie Lee Junction), also plans to continue with online, interactive worship instead of in-person services.

“We are not going to have (in-person) church services in our building probably until late May at this time,” communications di-rector Jennifer Collins said.

Deciding issues included “the fact that you can’t sing and chil-dren aren’t allowed in services, nor are people ages 55 and over,” she said. “We want to be able to open our doors to everyone, and we just think, at this time, con-tinuing with our online worship is probably going to be the best experience.”

Concord United Methodist Church, 11020 Roane Drive, also is holding off in-person services — with no opening date in mind.

“As a United Methodist Church, our situation is a little different in that we are part of the Holston Conference,” the governing body of United Methodist Churches, said the Rev. Larry Trotter, senior pastor of CUMC. “Our resident bishop (Mary Virginia Taylor) is the one who closed the churches and will be the one to open them … it is out of our hands.”

He explained the Holston Con-ference covers three states – Tennessee, Virginia and part of

Georgia.“There’s a lot of membership

and a lot of different regulations to consider,” Trotter said. “The bishop will consider all those guidelines from the three states.”

Meanwhile, it will continue with online worship services and Bible study.

Likewise, St. John Neumann Catholic Church, 633 St. John Way, under the jurisdiction of Roman Catholic Diocese of Knoxville, is among 51 Catholic churches in East Tennessee and a small part of Kentucky for which Bishop Richard F. Stika must de-cide a re-opening date.

In a statement to parishioners, Stika stated he is hoping to re-sume public Masses at all of the parishes and mission churches in the Diocese of Knoxville the weekend of Pentecost Sunday, May 30-31.

“It is my hope that by the So-lemnity of Pentecost, which we celebrate as the day the Holy Spirit came to the Apostles, and the day our Church began, we can, in some fashion, return to public Masses in our diocese,” Stika said. “We will use the next few weeks to make sure we’re do-ing things properly, and I know that all of our priests join me in looking forward to celebrating the Mass with our parish families once again.”

At Christ Covenant Church P.C.A., 12915 Kingston Pike, “We are still working on specifics and have no date for re-opening at this time,” Teresa Pratt, the church’s director of media and design, stated in an e-mail.

“We have online worship servic-es each Sunday at 9:30 (a.m.), as well as many other online encour-agements,” she further stated.

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• Health and Wellness Expo will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, June 13, at the new Farragut Community Center (254 Jamestowne Blvd).

• Annual Farragut High School Grand Reunion, which normally meets the first Saturday in May for graduates who attended at the old FHS building (through the Class of

1978), has been postponed due to COVID-19. The new date is Satur-day, June 27, at Virtue Cumber-land Presbyterian Church. More details will be announced at a later date.

• Annual Taste of Farragut, originally scheduled for Friday, May 1, has been moved to the fall: from 4 to 7 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 4, at a yet-to-be-determined location.

• Farragut Community Center will be hosting the Hobie Bass Open Series Tournament of Cham-pions in November. This is a nation-al kayak fishing tournament series providing a platform for anglers to compete in an elite two-day event in one of several locations across the nation targeting bass. Anglers fish for large cash payouts, spon-sored prizes, Hobie Fishing Worlds spots and angler of the year points, which all culminate at the Tourna-

ment of Champions at the end of the season when 50 anglers battle it out for large cash payouts. Event is open to any angler age 16 years or older, and all brands of kayaks are welcome. Event officials will be us-ing the assembly hall pre-function area as their headquarters and for their nightly gatherings. Officials will be here starting Thursday, Nov. 12, and the competition will take place Sunday, Nov. 15. The tournament starts Friday, Nov. 13, with an open call for anglers to fill the last spot in the champion-ship – their could be 100 for that day’s event (plus their families). The championship is the top 50 from the series, and they will fish on Saturday and Sunday.

• Due to COVID-19, Dogwood Arts has moved inaugural South-ern Skies Music Festival to May 15, 2021.

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“Music is such a huge blessing for our participants and some-thing they really enjoy, so we have been planning these visits around the nice weather,” Gru-zalski said. “Music is such a good thing to share, and we have such talented musicians who are able to share that, too. We are bring-ing deliveries twice a week, and have activity packets, along with something for the caregivers, maybe a card, or a poem.”

Gruzalski said an unexpected gift from CUMC member Bob Wilson, given “in memory of his wife, Carole, who loved the CA-DES program,” has allowed CA-DES to continue its services to its participants and their families, and also has helped ensure CA-DES employees have been able to keep their health insurance as the program has transitioned off campus.

“We have just had an outpour-ing of support, and even been able to offer technological as-sistance to our participants who needed it,” she added.

“But we are certainly looking forward to the day when we can all be safely together again.”

“They have been such a bless-ing, both to Bob and to me,” Bon-nie said. “I have never known a more caring or loving group of people as I have with CADES.

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CADES has about 25 partici-pants who live in and around Far-ragut, as well as in outlying areas that include Corryton and Tellico Village.

Gruzalski said CADES also has been working “to provide crisis guidance and resources to area families who may be facing chal-

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“If anyone in the community needs support, they can reach out to CADES at 865-675-2835, at www.concordumc.com/CA-DES and/or contact Alzheimer’s TN 24-hour help line at 800-259-4283,” she added.

(Above left) Concord Adult Day Enrichment Services Executive Director Celia Gruzalski brought her children, Silas and Ella, to her Wednesday, April 30, visit with CADES participants Bob and Bonnie Mysinger of Farragut Crossing. (Above right) Concord United Methodist Church youth members Addie Grace Fields, left, and Olivia Schlomer socially distanced themselves while re-cently serenading CADES participant Jerilyn Byrd.

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Many Farragut businesses re-opened their doors to the public, or were allowed to expand services, Friday, May 1, in light of updated state and Knox County initiatives and guidelines. Farragutpress is highlighting many of them on this page, and in stories beginning on Page 1A and page 6A.

Helping promote the re-openings, Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce held Mini Ribbon Cuttings May 1 for Total Hair and Body Medical, Kat’s Lash Lounge & Wax Studio, Water Into Wine bistro & lounge, The Pizza Kitchen and Finn’s Restaurant & Tavern.

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Smoothie King staff, from left in front, are Kiley Kramer, Katelyn Smith and Savannah Brennan. In back is owner

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The Adorable Child children’s resale shop co-owners Brad Hobbs, left, and Judy Hobbs, right, along with co-workers Nicole Keeton, second from left,

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Water Into Wine bistro & lounge crew, from left in front, Daniel Stringer, owner Candace Viox and Farragut Mayor Ron Williams. Back row,

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Abuelo’s Mexican restaurant staff, from left, general manager John Volpe, Sarah Wyrick, Matthew Perry, Tori Rocha, Dale Montpelier, Misty Woodward

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Elite Suites Salon’s Karen Pilkington, seated, and The Thairapy Lounge owner Kayla Ward

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