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FoundationsFoundations4 0 Y E A R S O F F A R R A G U T
‘Oak Ridge’ issue a scare, but a strong push for incorporation continues. (Read Part 5 story on page 3B).
“We decided to give Tennessee a shot ... we can’t wait for (the store) to open,”
-Vaughn Scarbrough, co-owner of a new “smooth” refreshment franchise coming to the area. (Read story beginning on page 5A)
“I didn’t really know about the Academy, until my grandfather told me about it,”
-Joely Gruhn, a recent FHS graduate, about her third-generation career path, (Read story beginning on page 1B)
Rewarding times, with the big show still to come, for four area community sports teams.
(Read about GKAISA swim teams, with photos of one champion team, on page 6B)
‘Admiral’sLanding’
The future of old Phillips 66, Concord Road
n MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD [email protected]
Two young visionaries are hoping to transform the long-vacant Phillips 66 convenience store at the intersection of Campbell Station Road and Kingston Pike into a proper and welcome gateway for the Town of Farragut.
Business partners and co-developers Doug Justus and Carlos Cortez unveiled their concept plan, which they have tentatively called Admi-ral’s Landing, before Farragut Municipal Planning Commission Thurs-day, July 18, during its regular monthly meeting.
What they envision would combine food and entertainment in a fam-
Co-developers Carlos Cortez, left, and Doug Justus showed off their initial concept plans for Admiral’s Landing — which would include mobile food vendors, a beer garden, outdoor patios and possibly an ice cream shop — at the former Phillips 66 convenience store.
Michelle Hollenhead
June 2021New estimate for finish of
Concord Road
n ALAN SLOAN [email protected]
Roughly seven months have been added to the estimated completion of construction on Concord Road (state route 332), from Turkey Creek Road south .93 of a mile to the roundabout
feeding into Northshore drive — now June 2021.
As for problems helping to create the roughly seven-month
delay, “To this point there have been two issues that have come
Construction workers were busy last Thursday, July 18, working on the first half of a new 80-foot bridge that will replace the current Concord Road bridge.
Michelle Hollenhead
With 43 awards, farragutpress among state TPA leadersn STAFF REPORTS
CHATTANOOGA — While handing over the gavel after serving a one-year term as Tennessee Press Association presi-dent, Doug Horne witnessed his hometown paper, which he owns, reach a distin-guished position among all TPA publica-tions statewide.
Once again led by its advertising and pro-duction departments combining forces to earn 36 TPA awards, 13 of those first-place honors, farragutpress was among the state leaders in total awards recognized during the TPA convention Thursday and Friday, July 18-19, in The Read House Hotel.
Among the categories aced, thanks to the leadership and creativity of advertis-ing manager Sherry Long, production man-
ager Tony Christen, graphic designer Cindy Wilfert and junior designer Riley Woody, were Best Sales Promotion for a Retailer, Best Reader Contest and Best Feature Page or Pages.
Twelve second-place and 11 third-place awards also were earned — with farragut-press sweeping a few categories.
“The advertising awards were wonder-ful,” said Tony Cox, farragutpress pub-
lisher, president of Republic Newspapers, Inc. (parent company of farragutpress) and general manager of Horne Radio, LLC. “The communication between advertiser to account executive and then account ex-ecutive to graphic designer is what allows the advertising message to clearly and cre-atively designed.
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policereports• At 6:16 p.m., Sunday, July 14, a Knox County Sheriff’s Office unit
responded to a Champions Point address on report of a residential burglary. Upon investigation, the victim said at some time while he was out of town, an unknown suspect entered his residence and ap-peared to be living there while he was away. Upon his arrival home, victim said he noticed his kitchen in disarray and four watches stolen. Total value of loss was listed at $1,750. Victim advised he was notified Friday, July 12, by KCSO that two people were inside his residence and were saying they had permission.
Victim said he did not give them permission; however, they had a key and text messages from his girlfriend giving permission. Victim also located two pipes believed to be used for smoking marijuana in his residence, and he wanted them collected. Pipes were placed in a property locker at Knox County Jail.
• At 11:29 p.m., July 12, a victim called KCSO North Precinct to report regarding a burglary in the parking lot of Studio West Salon, 10843 Kingston Pike. According to the victim, on June 14 or prior person(s) unknown stole the checkbook from the console of his vehicle. He said the vehicle was unlocked. According to the victim, this checkbook from Simply Bank was a construction loan account. He said between June 14 and July 10 nine checks have come into the bank.
No value of loss was given. The victim advised there were three checks made payable to individuals. He further said one of the checks had been mobile deposited. At the time of this report, victim did not have the name of the bank or financial institution where that check was deposited. According to the victim there were two checks written to a grocery chain but he doesn’t know which location.
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For the 27th consecutive year, Town of Farragut has received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from a North American association for excellence in its compre-hensive annual Financial Report.
Once again recognized by the Government Fi-nance Officers Association of the United States and Canada is the Town’s Finance staff, led by Town Recorder Allison Myers, which puts together the annual Financial Report.
“The Certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, and its attain-ment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management,” a Town press
release stated. “It is a real accomplishment,” Town adminis-
trator David Smoak said. “Not a lot of cities get that award, and a lot of them probably don’t because they typically don’t go to the level of professionalism and transpar-ency that Farragut does.
“It is great for the commu-nity to know that the Town’s finances are not only in good shape, but are acknowledged as such by this group,” he added.The GFOA is a nonprofit as-
sociation serving more than 20,000 government finance professionals.
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“Years of experience, attention to details and a constant goal to create the best message for the advertiser is what builds long-lasting business rela-tionships,” he added.
Long’s efforts in advertising were assisted by the talents of account executives Charlene Waggoner and Laura Sayers.
As for editorial recognition, farragutpress earned seven awards, three of those first-place (Makeup & Appearance, Community Lifestyles and Best Sports Coverage).
“I couldn’t be more proud of the editorial staff of farragutpress,” Cox said. “This newsroom is small and works hard week after week to provide local news coverage about Farragut and the surrounding community. It’s very satisfying when it is recognized by your peers in the industry.”
“The contributions of Tammy Cheek and Michelle
Hollenhead, our general assignment reporters, were critical in winning first-place honors in Community Lifestyles,” said Alan Sloan, farragutpress editor.
“Tony Christen also was the biggest reason for our top finish in Makeup & Appearance, with help from Cindy, who is equally talented,” he added. “As for Best Sports Coverage, that’s mostly thanks to Ken Lay, our talented, reliable and ever-popular corre-spondent.” Moreover, “As a general guiding force, while still letting us do our jobs, I also thank Tony Cox,” Sloan said.
Other editorial awards: third place for Best Fea-ture Photograph (Hollenhead) and third for Best Business Coverage (Cheek); fifth for Best Special Is-sue or Section and fifth for Best Sports Photograph (Carlos Reveiz).
“I was especially proud these awards were earned on Doug Horne’s watch as TPA president,” Sloan said. “He’s been extremely supportive of the entire farragutpress staff dating back to when I started full-time at this paper in 2002.”
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ily-friendly environment, encom-passing a variety of rotating food truck vendors, along with at least two permanent on-site offerings they hope would include an ice cream shop and a beer garden.
Their plans, which were en-thusiastically greeted by FMPC members, showed a roughly 9,000-square-foot building with a circular entrance-way and front patio that would set at the corner of Kingston Pike and Campbell Station Road. Two separate wings would be constructed fronting both roadways, with parking and an additional patio being located behind the building and out of sight of motorists.
The item was on the agenda for discussion purposes only, noted Community Development direc-tor Mark Shipley, who had been working with the pair after they
purchased the property in Novem-ber.
As their plans be-came clear, and real-izing that c u r r e n t l y food trucks are only permitted in Town limits as part of approved events (such as Taste of Farragut or the Lawn Chair Concert Series), Shipley said he wanted to bring the issue before FMPC for comments and input.
“I wanted to bring it before you to see if they were on the right track or if there might be any ma-jor concerns,” he said.
Justus said the rotating food truck idea would bring in vendors from all over Knoxville, and he knew of more than 50 from which to choose.
Justus and Cortez also stressed an emphasis on a “family friendly” environment, where adults could enjoy their meals or beverages, and children could freely roam in proposed designated play areas.
Although Commissioner Noah Myers Myers voiced safety con-cerns, especially in regarding to entry-ways on and off the proper-ty, “I’m super excited about this,” he said.
Justus said they are working with the adjacent property owner on accessibility.
“This is an awesome concept plan, and I know there are ways to work through any issues,” My-ers added. “I think the citizens of the Town will like this.”
Justus and Cortez said they are still working on many details for what will be a lengthy project.
Justus estimated they will be back before the FMPC with firm-er plans within the next three to four months.
Latest TownTreasure Hunt begins July 29n STAFF REPORTS
Shop Farragut and the Town of Farragut once again are teaming up with Farragut businesses for an online contest to showcase the Town’s diverse shopping and dining options.
To join the Farragut Treasure Hunt, participants must visit the Town of Farragut Facebook page and click the “going” button on the Farragut Treasure Hunt event.
At 10 a.m., Monday, July 29, three clues for a local business will be posted on the event page. Those who solve the riddle and visit the location during business hours will be rewarded with a welcome prize.
Clues for three other busi-nesses will be posted at 10 a.m. on the following three days for a total of four treasure-hunting op-portunities.
The largest bounty awaits those who visit all four busi-nesses and post a picture of themselves at each location to the Farragut Treasure Hunt event page with the hashtag #far-
raguttreasurehunt. A grand prize and two runner-up prizes will be awarded, via a random drawing, to participants who post from all four businesses.
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lettertotheeditorAs owners of The Casual Pint of Farragut, we
want to express our sincere thanks and apprecia-tion to our community for supporting us these past four and a half years.
There are a number of factors leading us to the decision to close and to bring this chapter of our lives to an end.
We want to thank the many people and organi-zations that we interacted with while owning our business. The staff at the Town of Farragut showed their support and pointed us in the right direction when we needed guidance.
Our Casual Pint participated in many activities planned by the Farragut West Knox Chamber and Shop Farragut and we appreciate your support and partnership. We were proud sponsors of The Lawn Chair Series since the beginning and are happy to see the growth of this event.
One highlight over the past years has been our ability to support so many local charities such as: STAR, Smoky Mountain Service Dogs, Interfaith Health Clinic, LLS Man and Woman of the Year and Catholic Charities of East Tennessee.
Our patrons and their generosity made this possible. The backbone of any business is the employees and we want to say a special thanks to all those who ever worked for us. We have a new appreciation for small business owners and we will continue to show our support to you.
Thanks for supporting our Casual Pint and we hope you will stop by during these last few days for one more pint, glass of wine, pretzels and beer cheese or just to say goodbye!
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• I’m concerned. I was in the grocery store and I was talking to some fellow moms of teens at Farragut High School that graduate from Farragut. Is it true that 76 teachers there the past three years have left Farragut? Doesn’t Farragut have a reputation, or it did in the past, of low turnover? I’m just really concerned as a citizen of this Town.
• Dear farragutpress, I hope that the (Farragut) Board of Mayor and Aldermen makes the right decision and allows TopGolf to come to Farragut. My sons and I love golfing, and it would be really be fun to play golf with them right after school no matter what the weather. Based on how many golf courses there are in Farragut, I know that many other people in our Town love golfing and would definitely have a blast at TopGolf. Because there are not many things to currently do here for teens in Farragut, I think many people would visit and plan events just like they do at Main Event in Knoxville. More visitors means more money for our community. TopGolf would probably bring in more money that what it would cost to bring them here. TopGolf would become very popular and would bring in non-golfers and (inaudible) interests in Town. Farragut needs more places for teens to hang out after school or on weekends. Having a facility like this could be part of a community by helping locals schools with their golf teams. Overall, TopGolf would be a great addition to our community.
• I am calling in regard to the red-light cameras. I would like to see the red-light cameras be gone from the Town of Farragut. I find that they are very much of a nuisance, But mainly I feel that the traffic actually on the road speed through the red-light camera, and there’s going to be accidents happening if there already haven’t been more accidents that have occurred due to red-light camera because it seems like drivers speed up to get through the red-light. I feel that they’re actually a safety hazard.
And also I’d like to comment about the TopGolf company possibly coming to the Farragut area. I think it would be wonderful, because when we get more businesses that create things for families to do, even though I don’t play golf, I think it is an asset for residents as well as for the businesses here that house hotel guests. And it also helps to keep the revenue flowing throughout the Town to keep the real estate taxes for the residents lower. So good companies like that are basically a perk. TopGolf was in the area that we lived in in north-ern Virginia. They’re a great company, it’s a nice building and it has a lot of options rather than just playing golf. They have a great facility that people can actually enjoy.
New Admiral Farragut for 218th
Michelle Hollenhead
Admiral James David Glas-gow Farragut, as portrayed
by Farragut resident Gordon Michaels, made a guest ap-pearance at his own belated birthday party last Thursday, July 11, in Town Hall. He was interviewed by Town Tourism coordinator Karen Tindall for a live Facebook post as part of Farragut Museum Commit-
tee’s belated celebration of the Town namesake’s 218th
birthday. The Admiral was born July 5, 1801, in what is
now the eastern portion of Concord along Fort Loudoun Lake. Lou LaMarche, former Admiral Farragut re-enactor,
confirmed he has retired from the role he played for many
years. “You could say I’m on the retirement list,” he said.
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‘A good opportunity’ to become new owners with Goin’ Postal n MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD
Goin’ Postal in Village Green Shopping Center is under new ownership.
Farragut residents Dea Toler, Blake Ve-nable and his father, Frank Venable, pur-chased the business from Bill Groce in late June.
Toler will oversee the day-to-day opera-
tions with the help of Kim Browning, who already was employed at the full-service shipping and mailing business during the last three years.
A life-long accountant, Toler said she was ready for a change “after years of working, hunched over a computer.
“It was a good opportunity, and the previ-ous owner wanted to do something differ-ent, too,” she added. “I’m just really excited
to be here in Farragut.”Goin’ Postal offers all types of shipping
for residential and commercial custom-ers, including Fed/Ex, U.S. Postal Service and UPS, and is “looking into working with (international shipping company) DHL,” Toler said.
“I would also like to help other small, lo-cal businesses save on shipping costs,” she added. “Our goal is to support the commu-
nity in that way, too.”Part of the full-service aspect of its servic-
es includes the company offering free boxes and packing materials for its customers.
“We can even build boxes for them to make it work,” Toler said.
Additional services include post office boxes, notary services, copying, scanning,
n TAMMY CHEEK [email protected]
Louisiana couple Vaughn Scarbrough and wife, Jess, have taken the plunge to bring the Louisiana-based Smoothie King to the Far-ragut area.
“We decided to give Tennessee a shot,” said Vaughn, a Louisiana native. “We can’t wait for it to be open.”
The Scarbroughs have set a tentative opening date of Tuesday, July 30, in Concord Galleria shopping center at 10802 Kingston Pike, next to Big O Tires, and a grand opening in August. Smoothie King will be the first busi-ness in the center.
“(The opening date) all depends on per-mits,” Vaughn said, adding they have rights to two more (stores). We are just trying to figure out the area to put them at this point.”
At last count, he said there were more than 100 smoothie selections, and that number keeps growing.
“They are built to be kind of the complete meal replacement, all you need,” he said.
“They’re great, and they’re customized,” Jess said. “The brand has made really great strides to be top of the line, as far as quality, nutritious and clean ingredients. It’s one of the reasons we love it a lot.
“We can drink it every day and feed it to our kids and feel all warm and fuzzy inside,” she added and laughed.
“These kids are pretty much made of (smoothies),” Vaughn said about their three children, Ezri, 7; Phoenix, 5; and Soleia, 2.
“I like the Green Tea Tango,” Ezri said.The couple is partnering on the Tennessee
franchise with Sean Cangelosi, owner of some of the Smoothie Kings in Baton Rouge for which they worked since they graduated high school.
“He’s helping us get (the stores) started here,” Vaughan said.
“He’s kind of like family, too,” Jess added. “When we started working for him, I was 17,
n TAMMY CHEEK [email protected]
Farragut-based Food Donation Connection has been linking res-taurants and other food industry donors with charities to help feed the hungry for nearly 27 years.
FDC, with its headquarters in The Renaissance | Farragut, serves as a middleman between food donors and charities locally, as well as across the nation and in about 26 other countries, ex-plained Jim Larson, vice presi-dent of development food ser-vices.
“Our role is to coordinate sur-plus food donations from restau-rants to local non-profits,” he said. “We are not a food bank, and we don’t handle the food or pick up the food, but we work with restaurants that have surplus food.” Larson explained that sur-plus food is food that is prepared — but not served.
“It’s never left the kitchen,” he added. “They are giving it to a lo-cal charity, and the charity gets it for free. The charity typically comes by once a week to pick up the food.
“Rather than throw it out, (the restaurant employees) just prop-erly handle it in a food-safe way that will save it. They will freeze it and then donate it.”
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Jess and Vaughn Scarbrough with their children, from left, Ezri, 7, Soleia, 2, and Phoenix, 5, have pulled up roots from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to open a Smoothie King franchise at Concord Galleria, 10802 Kingston Pike, with a target opening date of Tuesday, July 30.
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and (Vaughn) was 18, and now we’re partners on this store.”
Jess added the ingredients used are wholesome.
“They make you feel good about what you’re drinking,” she said. “They help fuel you.”
Smoothie King also offers sup-plements, such as high-protein powders, keto products, bars and other snacks, Jess said.
The first Smoothie King opened in 1973 just outside of New Or-leans and started franchising in 1989.
“It just celebrated 30 years of franchising,” Vaughn said. “It’s grown a lot. We’ve just surpassed 1,000 stores worldwide.”
The couple has had a long his-tory with the company, as they have been working in the stores since they were in high school.
“We both transferred to stores in Baton Rouge at (Louisiana State University), and we met (while working) at a Smoothie King in college. We started dat-ing, and we’ve been working there ever since,” Jess said.
“So, (opening our own store has) been a passion since we were 16,” she added.
“We quickly fell in love with the brand and the product,” Vaughn said.
Then the opportunity arose for
them to fly on their own.“The markets (in Louisiana)
are nice and saturated,” he said. “My wife’s from Tennessee, and we always hoped to move back here, get closer to family, to the mountains.
“We wanted to raise our kids around outdoorsy areas,” Jess added.
Regarding the Concord Galle-ria location, “our corporate office kind of gave us a couple of target intersections (to look at), Vaughn said, adding they chose the Kings-ton Pike location because it is a busy pass-through highway.
“I think that’s where we want-ed to be — for people to make a quick stop on their way from work or from picking their kids up from school, going to or com-ing home from the gym,” he said.
Hours will be from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., Monday through Friday; from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturdays; and from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sun-days.
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“We are in the process of doing a facelift,” she said, pointing to new products being offered, includ-ing CBD oil and updated greeting cards.
Gift cards will be soon added to the mix, too.Toler said they are looking to add product lines,
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“If customers have suggestions on what we should sell, just let us know,” she said. “We want to provide what the customers want to see here. We are plan-ning to fill the store up with gifts.”
Toler also said she would “love” to get products from local vendors to sell.
“Everything we stock in the store is available on-line, then the customers could ship anywhere they want the items to be sent,” she added.
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FDC operates a call center to provide logistical support and to answer questions for both the restaurant donors and the chari-ties receiving the food. To help with that endeavor, Larson said everyone at FDC goes through a ServSafe course to ensure that “we are fully aware of all that goes into han-dling food safely.”
FDC has about 20,000 donor lo-cations, including restaurants, airport food service providers, grocery stores and convenience stores. Using a database, it links these locations with about 10,000 non-profit charities in the United States.
To ensure a successful dona-tion relationship, FDC vets the charities in each city. Charities in the Knoxville area include Knox
Area Rescue Ministries, Salvation Army and many others.
“We establish that relationship, so the agency works with the do-nor to arrange a pick-up sched-ule,” Larson said. “We work with the donor to figure out the safe way to donate (the food).”
One such client is Darden Res-taurants, which has 1,700 res-taurants nationwide and is the parent company of such restau-rants as Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen and Seasons 52, among others. Darden Restaurants call its program the Harvest Program.
“We all do some sort of Har-vest Program weekly,” said Tony Llewellyn, general manager of the Olive Garden at 10923 Park-side Drive.
“It’s awesome. Besides every-day running the restaurant, serv-ing lunch and dinner to the com-munity, (the program) is probably the most important thing we do.”
FDC’s first location in Farragut was next to Rick Terry Jewelry De-signs off Kingston Pike. It moved to Renaissance in 2007.
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up during construction,” stated Mark Nagi, Community Relations officer for Tennessee Department of Transportation Region 1 (East Tennessee), in a press release last week. “The first and most signifi-cant was a utility issue, the cost of which will be the responsibility of the utility. Portions of the util-ity relocations have been delayed and will extend contract time, but the contractors, utility owners and (TDOT) have worked to minimize
the impacts of these issues.“The other is the design and
implementation of additional mea-sures required to address and con-trol groundwater in an excavated area,” he added.
With a bid for construction from Summers-Taylor, Inc at $10,182,277, improvements are widening this stretch from two lanes to four while adding 5-foot-wide sidewalks, an 8-foot-wide greenway, a 4-foot cy-cling lane, curb and gutter “and a 12-foot center turn-lane that tran-sitions into a 14-foot raised medi-um,” another TDOT release stated.
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Only the first 100 treasure hunters who visit each location will receive a welcome prize, but participants may visit locations anytime, and in any order, during business hours through 9 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 3.
Prize drawing will take place Monday, Aug. 5, and winners will be announced on Facebook Tues-day, Aug. 6.
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For more information, contact Steve Krempasky, Shop Farragut executive director, at [email protected] or Wendy Smith, Town of Farragut Public Relations and Marketing coordinator, at [email protected].
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Gruhn looking to soar at AFA
Marking three generations of military service
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Looking to soar far beyond the long fly balls she tracked down as an outfielder with Far-ragut High School softball, Joely Gruhn recently reported for duty as a freshman cadet with the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The FHS Class of 2019 gradu-ate received an appointment to the prestigious military academy late last year, but as the child and grandchild of military veterans she said she had been planning
for the challenge the last three years.
“I didn’t really know about the Academy until my grandfather told me about it,” Gruhn said. “Then I watched literally every video they put out.”
Already entrenched athletically with softball, and just as dedicat-ed academically, Gruhn realized the goal was attainable.
“I just really fell in love with ev-erything about it,” she said about the Academy.
A 2017 visit to the Academy clinched the deal in Gruhn’s mind. But her parents, Dave and
Kelly Gruhn, weren’t quickly con-vinced.
“My dad was an Air Force pilot, and Dave (currently discipleship/teaching pastor at Two Rivers Church) was a Marine Corps pi-lot,” Kelly said. “I loved being in (a) military (family), but as the mother of two girls it never oc-curred to me that I would have a daughter who would want to pur-sue that, too.”
“I was pretty against it initial-ly,” Dave said. “But after going out there to visit, I changed my mind. When I saw the Academy and saw her dedication to doing
whatever she had to do to get in, I went from thinking it was not a good idea to seeing it as an envi-ronment where she could thrive.”
Gruhn also applied and was ac-cepted to the Academy’s Summer Seminar program last summer.
“I just prayed that God would close the door if that was not
where she should be,” said Kelly, who teaches math at FHS.
“I knew my life would be easier if it turned out this wasn’t what I wanted,” Gruhn herself recalled. “But while I was there, and they were doing the military wake up,
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(Upper left) Joely Gruhn, left, during the daily military drills as a freshman cadet with the U.S. Air Force Academy. Her family has received some letters and pictures since she started her training in late June, but have only spoken to her once. (Center) Gruhn is pictured with the official appointment certificate she received earlier this year. (Above) Gruhn in her Service Blues.
Faith, tested by trials, has Ruth at 100
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Saying she “stays busy all the time” at Park Place Indepen-dent Five-Star Senior Living in Farragut thanks to “movies, bingo and singing,” Ruth Coker Jenkins is especially vibrant and energetic for someone pre-paring to celebrate 100 years of
life early next month.Sharing a crushing loss as a
child was recalled in vivid detail.Ruth’s longevity didn’t extend
to her mother, Julia Suits Coker, who died at age 44.
Only 12 when her mother began a two-year battle with pneumonia and tuberculosis, Ruth had to be-come a makeshift mother to four younger siblings while growing up at Lowe’s Ferry Pike, along what is now Northshore Drive near Pel-lissippi Parkway (Interstate 140).
“It was very tough. I was the oldest and it all laid on my shoul-ders,” Ruth said during an inter-view July 11, just one month shy
of her 100th birthday Aug. 11. “My dad (John Coker) just lost it, he didn’t know what to do.
“I’ve cried and I’ve cried over my mother,” she added.
“… She cut our hair, made our clothes, canned a lot of food.
“She worked so hard.” But she had “taken pneumo-
nia, and she didn’t take care of herself, and then she developed tuberculosis,” Ruth said.
As a result, Ruth and the other siblings could not console their mother with hugs and kisses — she was quarantined. “We couldn’t
A grieving makeshift mother at 12, thisPark Place resident is ‘busy all the time’
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Wiith a wonderful view of the Park Place courtyard and fountain, Ruth Jenkins enjoys time on her back porch.
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• Due to high demand from regional hospitals as a result of several trauma events, Medic Re-gional Blood Center has a huge decrease in its blood supply last week. Specifically needed are O+ and O- donors, as well as A+. Med-ic headquarters is 1601 Ailor Ave. For more information, including satellite Medic donation locations, call the Medic Direct Line at 865-521-2663.
• Beginning at 8:30 a.m., Saturday, July 27, Central United Methodist Church and First Farragut United Method-ist Church will partner to host a Mobile Pantry food giveaway.
Event will take place at Central UMC, 310 Hickory Creek Road in Lenoir City (at the junction of Highway 70 and Highway 321). Church parking lot will be open at 8 a.m., July 27. Famlies and residents in need of help can pickup reservation cards at Cen-tral UMC from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday and Friday, July 25-26. Cards also will be available Saturday morning. Food will be distributed starting at 8:30 a.m., July 27. School supplies, gently used children’s clothing and coats in all sizes also will be given away..
• The Lantern at Morning Pointe Alzheimer’s Center of Excellence, Lenoir City, 155 Morning Pointe Drive just above state Highway 321, is hosting its annual reunion for all current and former family members from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 30. Event is free and open to anyone related to a current or former resident at The Lantern.
AUGUST• Join instructor Sheri Burns
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Crafts Center and Pellissippi State Community College for this Make & Take class from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 3. Partici-pants will create a basket with colored reed and coordinating handles. Class is appropriate for all skill levels. All tools and sup-plies are provided. Cost is $50. Register by Monday, July 29, at townoffarragut.org/register, in person at Town Hall or by phone at 865-218-3375.
• Authors Guild of Tennes-see will hold its monthly meet-ing beginning at 11 a.m., Thurs-day, Aug. 1, in Faith Lutheran Church of Farragut, Jamestowne Boulevard. Published authors are invited to attend. For more information, visit www.authors-guildoftn.org
• Kellie Harper, first-year head coach of Tennessee Lady Vols Basketball, is set to head-line The Salvation Army of Knox-ville’s “Breakfast with Coach Harper” Thursday morning, Aug. 1 (no time given in release) at the Pellissippi Campus of Faith Promise Church, 0740 Faith
Promise Lane, Knoxville. In addition to $25 general
admission tickets, those inter-ested in participating in a spe-cial meet and greet with Harper can do so by purchasing VIP tickets for $100. Tickets can be purchased through the follow-ing link: www.eventbrite.com/e/breakfast-with-our-new-lady-vol-head-coach-coach-harper-tick-ets-65038164902/. Additional in-formation on the “Breakfast with Coach Harper” event can also be found at: https://www.facebook.com/events/389882704988126/
• Virtue Cumberland Presby-terian Church in Farragut, 725 Virtue Road, is partnering with Knox County Office on Aging to bring their Grandparents as Par-ents program, Grandfamilies To-gether Meeting, to the west side of Knox County. The program, Custody and Adoption with attor-ney Dennis Francis, will run from 10 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Aug. 8. Attendees are asked to RSVP by calling Tracy at 865-524-2786.
• Enjoy gourmet burgers, live music and a family-friendly at-
mosphere, with proceeds bene-fitting East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, when Burger Bash re-turns to World’s Fair Park from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 10. Teams of chefs and grill mas-ters compete to present the best slider. There is something for everyone to enjoy, including chil-dren’s activities, and live music all day by The Coveralls and Soul Finger.
Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 4-12, and free for ages 3 and under. Admission price includes tickets for adults to sample three sliders (children to sample two sliders). Addition-al burger tickets are available for purchase. The day’s activities will kick off with Butterfly Dash, a 10k race. There also is a 5k run and family fun walk. Butterfly Dash and Burger Bash tickets sold separately. Tickets avail-able online at www.etch.com/dashandbash. For more infor-mation, call Children’s Hospital Development office at 865-541-8668.
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Channing Walmsley a 2019 graduate of Farragut High School, has earned a Tennessee Valley Society of Fire Protection Engineers scholarships, granted to students pursuing a formal education in the field of fire pro-tection since 2001.
Walmsley will be attending Okla-homa State University this fall.
Farragut WGU degreesShelly Ford-Grotkopf and Mark
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• Joining Farragut Com-munity Group alongside her husband and eventual group leader, the late Dr. Ralph McGill, Marianne McGill’s battles didn’t end when citizens voted to incorporate into the Town of Farragut on Jan. 15, 1980.
• She went on be elected as an aldermen from the North Ward, serving on the first Board of Mayor and Aldermen in April 1980.
• Helping to build the Town as an elected offi-cial, McGill served four years (until April 1984).
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Less than 24 hours before making their plans public to in-corporate in late fall 1979, with the boundaries of what would be called the Town of Farragut ap-parently set, members of Farra-gut Community Group suddenly realized they made a potentially fatal mistake.
Happening to pass by a map of the City of Oak Ridge at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, civil engineer Eric Johnson, was about to panic: the group was so con-sumed with compliance concern-ing town boundaries and the City of Knoxville, boundaries near Oak Ridge were drawn too close.
“Then, if you were within a municipality of say, 20,000 people or more, they could stop your in-corporation immediately,” John-son said. “… We didn’t think of Oak Ridge.
“I don’t think there was any reason Oak Ridge would stop us, but you don’t know how politics works and we didn’t want to take a chance,” he added.
“That night, before we went public, was a very exciting night,” FCG member Betty Dick recalled.
Attempting a last-hour fix to re-draw the boundaries, “Ev-erybody met at my house,” Dick said. “And Eric and (the late Dr.) Ralph (McGill) went out in the boonies. At that time there were no cell phones, so they would go down to the Flying J (truck stop along Watt Road) and call the house and give Dave (Rodgers) coordinants. And Dave would dic-tate to me and proofread.”
“They were running around like mad redrawing,” FCG member Gene McNalley said of Johnson and Dr. McGill, who succeeded in making the necessary overnight changes.
A key change in proposed boundaries in regard to Oak
Ridge, according to FCG member Ron Simandl: We cut out a corner up there at the truck stops (along Watt Road).”
Keeping a secretWanting to keep its annexation
plans a secret so City of Knox-ville officials, led by Mayor Ran-dy Tyree, wouldn’t annex major portions of the proposed incor-porated area, “We’re amazed it didn’t get out because we had to go door-to-door trying to get money from people so this could go forward,” FCG member Mari-anne McGill said. “And we told people, ‘You can’t say anything.’ Can you imagine that happening today? No.
“I just feel like it was a mira-cle; everything just kind of fell into place.”
About acquiring names for a Farragut voting list, “The thing is we had to do that without letting them know what we were doing,” Simandl said, adding, “It was done very well. Nobody suspected anything downtown.”
Getting a unique opportunity to make its move, “Ralph said, ‘We’re going to announce because Randy Tyree’s going out of town … he went on vacation,” Dick said. “Ralph called all the news media: radio, TV, the newspapers, that there was going to be an announcement at Village Green clubhouse.”
However, “Only one reporter showed up,” she added. “We were later told there were some in the back.
However, “The word got out very quickly.”
Door-to-Door“We had to do some fundrais-
ing, too, so we all went door-to-door in our neighborhoods,” Dick said.
“We didn’t go to every door. We went to people who we thought would support us,” she added. “When we went public we got a lot more volunteers.”
Moreover, “We had to go door-to-door to take a census,” Dick said. “My husband (Jeremy Dick) helped me take the census.
“There were some houses we did miss because they weren’t safe to go in,” she added.
Simandl said he “walked holes into my shoes doing Kingsgate, Linda Heights, Belleaire since I was in (what would become) the South Ward.”
Meanwhile, “I think I lived on the phone,” he added.
Dr. George Dorsey, an or-ganic chemist at ORNL and an FCG member, “knew people in Fox Den, Village Green that he could talk to and bring along.” Simandl said.
However, for all the door-to-door effort, the most difficult task was “convincing people,” Simandl said.
About the leadership of the Dr. McGill within the group, “He was very organized,” Simandl said.
Election Commission About getting future Farragut
resident information, “We had to go down to Knox County (Elec-tion Commission) and go through all the books of registered voters and figure out which ones were in that area of who could vote, and who couldn’t vote, after we had drawn the lines of where we wanted it to be,” McGill said.
Copying addresses from vot-er registration files at KCEC,
Dick and Jan Johnson, then wife of Eric Johnson, “copied from roll books. … I think it took us three or four days to go through them all.
“Then we had to copy them to our own election book,” she add-ed. “In doing so, we did miss a few people, which didn’t go over well. We didn’t intentionally miss anybody.”
Also needed when interacting with the public, “We had to col-lect money because we had to pay the Election Commission to hold a vote.”
When completed, “We gave it to Ted Lundy, he was a squire,” Dick said.
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(TOP) As represented by Admiral James David Glasgow Farra-gut’s famed battle cry, this Charlie Daniel cartoon depicts Far-ragut Community Group undeterred by obstacles “in the water” and “sailing ahead” in preparation for a vote on incorporation.(MIDDLE) Knoxville Mayor Randy Tyree is fishing without bait along the “pier” of Interstate 40/75, as the Town of Farragut “swims past” — an illustration of Knoxville’s failed attempt to annex along 1-40-75 into what is now Farragut by Daniel, popular Knoxville political cartoonist for decades.
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go see her — and when we did we had to look through glass,” she said. “I guess she died with a broken heart. It was awful.”
However, “We made it alright, considering every-thing. … We watched after each other,” Ruth said. “I think it’s made me a stronger person.
“Maybe it’s why I’ve lived so long.”As for the most important element helping Ruth
survive and thrive from the early 1930s into adult-hood, its the same source of strength she credits for living 100 years: her Christian faith.
“Jesus has kept me alive. … The Lord is leaving me here for some reason,” she said.
Remembering Kingston Pike consisting of “real fine gravel” and along its path “nothing anywhere except cattle and horses,” Ruth spoke about her husband of 64 years, the late Fred Jenkins.
Ruth first met Fred among a bunch of teenagers who were running away from an angry man on Hal-
loween. Ruth said she was 17. Fred was 20. “We were running through this chicken lot — he
thought I was a boy because I was wearing overalls and a cap,” she said.
With Ruth and Fred innocently mixed up with a group who were creating mischief, and fearing they would be caught, Ruth recalled Fred saying to her, “‘lie dead over there boy, (otherwise) you might get hurt.’ He thought I was a boy.”
Meanwhile, Ruth discovered Fred “was tall, dark and handsome,” she added. “And he was quiet.”
Fred and Ruth were married about two years after first meeting.
Parenting two sons, Richard Jenkins (79) and Steve Jenkins (67) while living in Thornton Heights, Ruth also has three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren who visit her regularly or periodically.
A housewife before becoming a salesperson at Miller’s department store in downtown Knoxville and West Town Mall, “I retired after 18 years,” Ruth said.
About any other special longevity secrets or ad-vise, “I haven’t figured that out yet,” Ruth said.
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and everything else, I thought, ‘Dang it, I love this.’”
She started the rigorous appli-cation process soon after.
“They are looking for leaders,” said Gruhn, whose high school contributions and accomplish-
ments more than met that cri-teria. She was president of the National Honor Society, attended Girls State and was involved with Student Government Association and Teen Board.
After completing the applica-tion to the Academy, she still needed a political appointment to complete the process.
Gruhn was interviewed by rep-resentatives in the offices of Ten-nessee U.S. Senators Lamar Alex-ander and Bob Corker,
She also was interviewed per-sonally by then U.S. Rep. John J. “Jimmy” Duncan Jr. (R-2nd Dis-trict).
“Congressman Duncan called me at school, last October, to let
me know I got into the Academy,” she said.
Gruhn plans to be a pilot — just like her father and grandfather — which means many years of Air Force service ahead.
The family, which includes younger daughter, Clare, who will be a junior this fall at FHS, has mainly heard from Gruhn through
letters since the training started — and has spoken to her only once.
“She is loving it,” her mother said. “The place, her (drill in-structors), her squadron, flight and roommates. She said, ‘Mom, don’t worry about me! I am right where I’m supposed to be.
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’Rays No. 1 in League 2
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Despite a 385-345 loss to rival Concord Hills Piranhas during its regu-lar-season ending home meet Tuesday, July 16, the Sugarwood Stingrays still managed to win Greater Knoxville Area Interclub Swimming Asso-ciation League 2 with a 4-1 record.
While Village Green ended in a three-way tie for second place in League 1 at 2-2, the Gators were Smoky Mountain Invitational champs.
The Piranhas ended tied for second in League 2 with another Farragut rival, the Fox Den Red Foxes, each finishing with 3-2 records. The Red Foxes were successful in their season-ending home meet, beating Jef-ferson City Swim Club 385-320 July 16.
All four Farragut teams are preparing for this weekend’s GKAISA “City Meet” at the University of Tennessee’s Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquat-ic Center Thursday through Saturday, July 25-27.
League 2 champ Sugarwood to join V-Green, tops at Smoky Mt. Invitational, plus Fox Den, Concord Hills at ‘City Meet’
Photos courtesy of Bobbi Carbaugh
(Above) Members of the 2019 Sugarwood Stingrays community swim team, GKAISA League 2 champs (in alphabetical order), are Parker Abraham, Macy Alberding, Morgan Alberding, Jacob Armour, Nathan Armour, Everest Bailey, Lake Bailey, River Bailey, Blu Belle Bailey, Justice Bailey, Jacob Baldwin, Anna Bell, Benjamin Bell, Caleb Bell, Brianna Biefeldt, Trey Biefeldt, Ellie Boertje, Raegan Boertje, Pierce Broadhurst, Addi Grace Brown, Catherine Brown, Juliana Brown, William Brown, Dallas Carbaugh, Jayna Carbaugh, Kent Carbaugh, Morgan Carbaugh, Saige Carbaugh, Westin Carbaugh, Evan Ciorciari, Joshua Ciorciari, Sophia Ciorciari, Chase Clark, Tanner Clark, Sydney Cusick, Alex DeRose, Lyla Duncan, Reece Duncan, Sterling Embury, Bradford Evans, Parker Evans, Annika Fletcher, Josie Ford, Mia Ford, Holden Fritz, Evind Granroth, Ava Grau, Lily Grau, Jackson Gross, Lincoln Gross, Devin Haen, Jenna Haen, Abigail Hammond, Katelyn Hammond, Will Harper, Skyler Hay, Anna Haynes, Emily Haynes, Kara Haynes, Natalie Heaton, Benjamin Heaton, Julia Heaton, Cameron Hogue, Jake Hogue, Madeline Horn, Reagan Horn, Jackson Kuhn, Emma La Charite, Grace La Charite, Chase Lahr, Jacob Lane, Connor Langford, Ella Lewis, Jack Lewis, Nate Lewis, Albert Liu, Brandon Ly, Kevin Ly, Gabrielle Maine, Isaac Maine, Kalista Maine, Elliot Mandl, Lindsay Mandl, Ben Martin, Claire Martin, Cora Martin, Eila
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(Below) Seniors who swam in their final Stingrays home meet Tuesday evening, July 16, from left, are Chase Lahr, Morgan Carbaugh, Madeline Horn and Mia Ford.
KFOA Media Day(Far left) Eddie Courtney, Farragut High School football head coach, answers ques-tions during a broadcast interview along-side senior linemen Colin Ross, left, and A’koiyea Johnson during annual Knoxville Football Officials Association Media Day at Three Ridges Golf Course Friday morning, July 12. (Left) CAK senior wide receiver/defensive back Max Smith, left, and soph-omore lineman Malachi Harrison.Photos by Alan Sloan
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AGENDA FARRAGUT BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN July 25, 2019 BMA MEET-ING 7:00 PM l. Silent Prayer, Pledge of Allegiance, Roll Call ll. Approval of Agenda Ill. Mayor’s Report IV. Approval of Minutes A. July 11, 2019 V. Business ltems A. Approval of Proposal from Crook & Com-pany for Acquisition Services for Easements at Smith Road
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STAFF/DEVELOPER AGENDA Tuesday, July 30, 2019 Back of Board Room, Farragut Town Hall. August 15, 2019 FMPC Items 9:00 a.m. Dis-cussion and public hearing on a site plan for a generator and associated screening at the Summit View Nursing Home, 12823 Kingston Pike, 5 Acres, Zoned C-1 (Falconnier Design Company, Applicant) 9:30 a.m. Discussion and public hearing on an amend-ment to the preliminary plat for the Enclave at Sheffield (Phase 4) to adjust the lo-cation of the sidewalks and minor property line adjust-ments (iLend Inc., Applicant) 10:00 a.m. Discussion and public hearing on a final plat for Sassafras Meadows, 524 Dixon Road, 27.28 Acres, 4 Lots, Zoned R-1 (Lemay and Associates, Applicant) 10:30
a.m. Discussion and public hearing on a grading plan for portions of the TN Knoxville/Furrow Property along Out-let Drive, Parcels 154.06, 154.07, 154.08, 154.09 and 154.10, Tax Map 130, roughly 24.07 Acres, Zoned C-2 (Land Development Solu-tions, Applicant) 11:00 a.m. Discussion and public hearing on a grading plan for portions of 11153 and 11157 Kings-ton Pike, Zoned C-1 and FPD (Crossroads West Properties, Applicant) 1:30 p.m. Discus-sion and public hearing on a preliminary plat for Phase I of Grigsby Park, Parcel 96 and 96.01, Tax Map 142, Grigsby Chapel Road across from the Wyndham Hall Subdivision, 4.636 Acres, 15 Lots, Zoned R-4 (Grigsby Park, LLC, Ap-plicant)
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Christian Salas, left, of Oak Grove School and Julian Schaerer of Farragut Middle School examined a watershed depiction.
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of Farragut Primary School looks on.
Jax Allman of Hardin Valley Elementary School makes his own Captain America-themed S’mores.
Paige Meehan of Hardin Valley Elementary School helps create a Captain America-inspired S’mores during snack time.
Hardin Valley Elementary School second-grade teacher Donnie Malone tried to alleviate the fears of Ryan Deucker, center, of Northshore Elementary
School, and Kyleigh Montgomery, right, of A.L. Lotts, who were not too enthu-siastic about dissecting brains.