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Farragut seniors begin a new path ■

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Farragut High School Class of 2016 graduates started a new chapter in their lives after they passed their tassels over their caps at their commencement exercises in Thompson-Boling Arena Saturday, May 21.

During the ceremony 418 students walked across the stage to receive their diplomas.

“As you move forward, stay true to yourselves,” Stephanie Thompson, FHS principal, said.

Kaci Deakins, commencement speaker, urged her fellow graduates to “change the water.”

“Deakins, referred to Cinderella to tell how the graduates obtain their happy ever after is their choice.

“Now, it’s time to choose our path,” Deakins said. Along the way, she said failure should be seen as an opportunity, not a roadblock in their path.

In another story, she talked about a mother who took three pots of boiling water to teach her daughter about adversity. In one, the mother put carrots. In another, she put eggs, and in the third, she put coffee.

“When they were affected by adversity, each reacted differently,” Deakins said. “Are you a carrot, an egg or coffee?”

She urged graduates, when faced with adversity, to change the circumstances around them, as the coffee had changed

the water, Jasmine Park spoke on the “Ocean of Inexplicability.”

“Today, we are leaving a small pond and walking into a tidal wave,” Park said. Using Thomas Henry Huxley’s quote. “The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability,” to urge graduates not to be afraid of the unknown.

“As we are leaving high school today, many of us are unsure what we will do next,” she said. “Rather than cower, embrace what it is to be a small person.”

Gregory Matthew Phillips, graduate speaker, urged students, in his address” to “live in the moment.”

“Procrastinating sometimes helps us to live in the moment,” Phillips said. “Focus on the journey, not the path. Allow in a little bit of fun. We will each travel to different destinations.

Make some time to stop along the way.”

During the ceremony, graduates remembered fellow classmates they had lost, such as Taylor Corum, Kristin Farley and Nicole Kalister, and students’ accomplishments, such as the success of Science Olympiad team members James Terrell and Matthew Fisher, who won the state competition and competed in the nationals See FARRAGUT on Page 2A

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Farragut High School Class of 2016 graduates, such as Heather Winter, front, walk to the front as “Pomp and Circumstance” plays during FHS’ commencement ceremony at Thompson-Boling Arena Saturday, May 21.

End, beginning for HVA seniors ■ TAMMY CHEEK

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Hardin Valley High School graduates said they were excited but nervous and sad about graduating Wednesday, May 18.

“I’m excited, but I can’t believe it’s happening already,” Cariya Guya, HVA graduate, said.

Four hundred and forty HVA graduates walked across the stage to receive their diplomas during the ceremony at Thompson-Boling Arena.

“I’ve enjoyed high school,” Summer Allen, graduate, said.

“Everything is coming to an end, then there’s college.”

“It’s an end and a beginning,” Grace Bean, graduate, said.

“True greatness can only come with the intensity of your passion and the dedication of your energy, “ Amy Linn, said in her commencement address, “To Mars and Beyond.”

“It comes from letting yourself become completely enamored and engrossed in something and never settling,” she said. “Spend each day, whatever your lane is, run to your legacy.

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Bearden High School students make the traditional cap toss to end their graduation ceremony at Thompson-Boling Arena Thursday, May 19.

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Hardin Valley Academy graduates toss their caps to end their commencement ceremony, which took place at ThompsonBoling Arena Wednesday, May 18.

“Carl Sagan asked graduating seniors what will their legacy be,” she said. “Be passionate, be driven and you will be great.”

Gervis Brady Henderson, in his commencement address, compared life to a yardstick with each inch being a part of that life.

“With every inch, your world has gotten larger,” Henderson said. “Hardin Valley Academy is

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“Life is not always easy,” Lillian McCampbell, who spoke on “Living with Intention,” said.

She advised fellow graduates to not “go through the motions.”

“What if we lived every single day, living with intention?” she See HVA on Page 4A

Bearden graduates proud of legacy ■

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Bearden High School graduates are leaving their mark on their school even after graduating at Thompson-Boling Arena Thursday, May 19.

“To say our graduating class has simply left a legacy at Bearden would be an understatement,” Callie Elonen, senior committee president, said

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Annette Hommel of Site Infrastructure Transpor tation Engineers addresses Noah Myers, Betty Dick, Ed Whiting and the rest of the Farragut Municipal Planning Commission about plans to build an O’Reiley Auto Parts store on 10870 Kingston Pike. The Commission unanimously approved the current plans for access routes to the store while also unanimously deciding that staff should talk to SITE about the architecture.

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The Farragut Municipal Planning Commission unanimously decided to work with a proposed O’Reiley’s location on improving its architecture while also approving a plat of correction for Phase II of the Cottages at Pryse Farm subdivision and discussing rezoning on Turkey Creek Road, changes to distance from the road for businesses, mixed use neighborhoods and the 2017 Capital Investment Plan.

They met on April 19.

The FMPC unanimously approved a variance from the Driveways and other Accessways Ordinance for a future O’Reiley’s Auto Parts store on 1080 Kingston Pike. The minimum separation between accesses on an arterial street is 400 feet according to Farragut’s ordinances. As proposed, the right out access is roughly 200 feet from the existing Thornton Drive access point and at a slight offset to the Newport Road access on the north side of Kingston Pike.

Noah Myers drafted a motion for staff to work with the applicant, Site Infrastructure Transportation Engineers Incorporated, to create a rendering closer to an O’Reiley’s store in Grove City, Ohio. The FMPC unanimously approved Myers’s

motion.

“The closer you get to that Grove City rendering, the happier I’ll be, but I understand that maybe that’s not appropriate for the context of this situation for whatever reason,” said Myers.

The FMPC discussed amending the front yard setbacks in all commercial zoning districts. The proposed changes would allow developers to build buildings up to 20 feet from the front property line.

Noah Myers said the change would make it easier for developers to put parking lots in the back or sides rather than the front. He said it would push traffic conflicts further back from the road.

“Let’s emphasize our architecture and not our parking areas,” he said.

“My concern is moving closer and higher we could have a potential for canyon type effects,” said Ed St. Clair.

Mark Shipley led a discussion about mixed-use neighborhoods.

He shared pictures and guidelines from the Village Mixed Use District in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The examples combined residential areas with small-scale retail and offices, sometimes in the same building, while keeping small-town style architecture and featuring green space.

• On April 28, 2016, at around 4:18 a.m., Knox County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the parking lot of McDonald’s restaurant, 11205 Kingston Pike, where the victim, a driver with Paradise Taxi Company, called 911 to report that the defendant, a 53year-old white male, failed to pay the taxi cab fee. The defendant had the victim drive him from the City County Building, 400 Main Street, to 11205 Kingston Pike.

When they arrived, the defendant handed the victim a credit card that was expired. The victim advised him that the card was expired and he did not have any other means of payment. Fifty percent of the $33 fee belongs to the victim and 50 percent belongs to the victim’s employer, Paradise

Taxi. The defendant was arrested and charged with Theft of Services and issued misdemeanor citation in lieu of continued custody. This did occur in Farragut.

Booking date is May 12.

• On April 28 at around 2:22 p.m., a Kohl’s department store, 11530 Kingston Pike, Farragut, complainant stated to KCSO that between 1:50 and 2:21 p.m. two suspects, a white female and a black female of unknown age, entered the store and took several items into the dressing room.

They both emerged from the dressing room with some of the property they took inside.

Complainant advised several of the items were placed back on the hangers, some empty hangers were placed back on the shelves, and some items were left at the checkout counter. She advised the listed items are missing and the

suspects left the store with them unpaid for. Complainant tried to stop them, but they pulled off in a 1998 white Buick Lesabre with a white male inside. She advised KCSO of the plate number.

Complainant contacted Kohl’s off Morrell Road and they advised complainant the suspects are seen on video pulling up in the listed vehicle and giving the stolen property to a white female from another vehicle. The female takes the property and returns it to this Kohl’s location for a gift card. The other vehicle plate information was given to KCSO. She advised this location may not make a report with Knoxville Police Department, but complainant wanted it noted on this one. She advised she will retrieve the property from this See POLICE on Page 4A

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while their fellow students were graduated.

“What we learned fosters our love for STEM,” Terrell said.

Thompson announced Liana Hu was chosen valedictorian and Ronik Sheth and Daniel Yan were chosen salutatorians. Yan had made a perfect score on the SAT. Thompson said a little more than $34 million in scholarships were given. Of the 418 graduates, 71 percent will go on to a four-year college, 26 percent will go to a two-year college and 1 percent —six students are going into the military.

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Farragut High School Class of 2016 graduates throw their caps in the air after receiving their diplomas at their commencement ceremony at Thompson-Boling Arena Saturday, May 21.

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Construction work continues on an updated McFee Splash pad, which will give residents and visitors a place to cool off this summer.

“People love to play in water,” Sue Stuhl, Town of Farragut Parks and Leisure Services Director said. “It’s a great way to cool off and have fun.”

“We’re inching closer to it,” she said regarding the Splash Pad’s completion. She said the Town was aiming for early June as a completion time, but weather such as storms might delay work on the project. She said the project was not currently behind schedule.

“Everyone can play in everything,” Stuhl said. However, she said different elements will

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“If you want an opportunity to be able to live closer to where you work, well, here’s your opportunity,” said Shipley, describing the appeal.

“I like the idea, but I have the question in my mind as to whether or not Farragut is large enough to support such businesses,” said Rose Ann Kile.

The FMPC unanimously approved a plat of correction for Phase II of the Cottages at Pryse Farm Subdivision. The earlier plat

appeal to different ages.

She said the new Splash Pad’s spray area will be 5747 square feet, five times that of the old spray area. 25 elements will spray out of the ground. 16 above the ground elements will spray down, out, or can be moved by the user. She said a miniature river system called the river journey will especially appeal to small children. It will be operated by pump, and visitors can float toy boats on it.

The total cost to build the new Splash Pad is $530,974.

“The old one was so popular that it wasn’t close to being big enough,” Stuhl said, regarding the previous Splash Pad at McFee Park. It also had mechanical problems.

She said the Splash Pad is more economical than a swimming pool would be because it had building envelopes overlapping with graded drainage ways.

The new plan involves moving building envelopes toward the street and away from the drainage ways. Ashley Miller, assistant community development director, said the change was “minor.”

Gary Palmer, assistant Town manager, presented to the FMPC about the Capital Investment Plan. Sue Stuhl, Parks and Leisure Services director, and Darryl Smith, Town engineer, also spoke. The FMPC unanimously approved it.

does not require as much staff.

She said the Splash Pad’s hours will be 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

“If there’s no one there it turns off,” she said. It would be turned on by users and remain on as long as people are around.

“That park’s very popular,” she said regarding McFee Park in general. She said Farragut residents and people coming from out of town to visit friends alike will enjoy the Splash Pad. She said some outsiders may come to enjoy the new Splash Pad “Because it’s new and big.”

McFee Park also includes a picnic pavilion and a playground. It is located at 917 McFee Road. The McFee Greenway connects to it.

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guestview: Gov. Bill Haslam Earlier this month, Economic Development Commissioner Randy Boyd and I made a 10-day, eight-city trip to Japan, Korea and China to build on the great business success Tennessee already enjoys with our partners in those Bill countries.

Haslam I was Tennessee m o r e encourGovernor aged than ever on this trip that people see the United States as a strong place to invest and that Tennessee’s reputation is gaining on the international front because of the relationships we have with Asian companies like Nissan, Hankook and Bridgestone.

Among the highlights of our trip, we co-hosted an investment seminar in Tokyo with the Japan External Trade Organization; attended meetings in Shanghai, China, including one with Shanghai Mayor Xiong Yang; toured the headquarters in Dongguan of Wonderful Group, which has made its first U.S. investment in Lebanon, Tennessee; visited Zejian, China, where we met with the governor

of Zejian Province, Li Qiang; visited Sinomax, a Chinese company that is investing $28 million in La Vergne; and co-hosted a reception in Seoul, South Korea, to promote relations with Korean companies and government officials.

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This was a successful trip, and we look forward to many more years of great business ties with our partners in Asia.

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Reynolds also announced the valedictorian is Zoe Antonas and salutatorian is Mary Allison White.

George Ashe, HVA faculty member, announced the school’s scholarships totaled $23,432,756.

“That’s what happens when you strap in and get your learn on,” he said.

Along with students heading to college, David Combs, faculty member, said seven graduates are going into the military.

“It’s an end and a beginning,” Reynolds said. She recognized the achievements of her students, from the FIRST Robotics wins to being chosen among the 18 Best High Schools from U.S. News and World Report.

“You have won my heart and so many more by the good things you do every day,” she said. “Keep doing good. Our society needs it.”

Florence Leiataua, left, Hardin Valley Academy graduate, and Tele Fine share a hug after HVA’s graduation celebration on Wednesday, May 18.

you are,” Sydney Gabrielson, salutatorian, quoted Christopher Robin in her commencement address. “We can all be heroes because we can all change ordinary moments and create extraordinary memories. I challenge you to all be heroes and positively impact someone or something.”

Gabrielson named some wellknown alumni, such as the University of Tennessee basketball player Holly Warwick and Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, and said, “We can be just as heroic as Bearden High alumni.”

“Tonight, we reflect on the past four years,” Elizabeth Noon, valedictorian, said. “We need to get fired up for the rest of our lives.”

“Do away with the self-criticism.” she advised.

“I challenge you to live purposefully and intentionally,” John Bartlett, BHS principal, said. “You are not defined by tweets, likes and social media, you are defined by who you are and who you impact.

“You have to work. There are no longer trophies for participation; you have to hone your craft.

You have to invest in yourselves and seek knowledge.”

This year, scholarships totaling $28,500,000 have gone to BHS graduates, Bartlett said. The class celebrates its accomplishments, such as its merit award winners, he said. He recognized the senior leaders, Elonen, Chance, Madison Daniels, Gabrielson and Noon.

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asked. “Make small things big.

Have intentional thoughts; don’t wish your life away.”

“Everything you do matters,” Grant Denton said in his address, “Finding Purpose in Life.” He advised classmates to have purposeful thoughts, actions and life.

“When we have no purpose, we are like a car with no brakes: Going everywhere but not getting there.

“Find purpose, and everything else will fall into place,” Denton said.

Noah Skurtu won Hawk Award, which encompasses what HVA stands for, Sallee Reynolds, HVA principal, said.

“It’s great,” Skurtu said. “It’s very emotional. It feels good to be recognized by the teachers and the students.

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Kohl’s and they will void the suspects’ gift card. Estimated loss $148.

• On April 28 at around 4:46 p.m., an Avallon Place complainant told KCSO that she noticed several pieces of gold jewelry, valued at $5,000, had been taken from her residence by an unknown suspect. The listed stolen jewelry had been sitting in a dish on the complainant’s counter. The complainant had allowed her housekeeper inside her residence earlier in the day, but she does not wish to list the housekeeper as a suspect. The complainant advised there were

no signs of forced entry to her home.

• On April 29 at around 4:46 p.m., a Brochardt Boulevard complainant told KCSO that between 4 and 4:46 p.m. his ex girlfriend, the suspect, took his dog, a white and black female Huskey, from his home. The complainant advised he and the suspect broke up today and she was retrieving some of her items from his home, before leaving she stated she wanted to say goodbye to the puppy. The complainant allowed the suspect to see the dog, then the suspect took the dog. The complainant was advised to contact Teleserve if more information arises. Estimated loss is $350.

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“As we move out into the world, let us all remember the unforgettable memories and life lessons we have learned here. I cannot wait to see what that class accomplishes in the future.”

“We can all be a hero because you are braver than you think you are, stronger than you think you are and smarter than you think

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Local veteran recalls his time in European Theater ■

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Gerald Clark, 90, risked his life and literally sacrificed a limb in World War II, while fighting in the European Theater.

“I’m speaking for veterans and I only ask that people don’t forget us,” Clark, who previously lived near Farragut before moving to Sherrill Hills Retirement Resort, said. “All my war buddies have passed on.

“There were 16 million sent into World War II. Now there are less than a million survivors.”

The son of a pastor, Clark was 18 and working in the shipyards in Newport-News, Va., when he enlisted.

“I just beat the draft, and people told me it would be better to volunteer because I could have my choice of branch,” Clark said.

“I chose to go in the [U.S.] Army.”

He enlisted in February 1944, and that decision would take him to the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes Forest, France

and Germany.

“I was young,” he said. “I was ready for adventure.”

He received infantry basic training at Ft. Landing, Fla., then was sent to Camp Shanks near the New York Harbor.

“I was scheduled to go overseas then an announcement came that a law was passed.

I had to be 19 years old to go overseas,” Clark said. “I wasn’t quite 19.”

He was sent to Camp Buckner, N.C., and Camp Breckenridge, Ky., where he joined the 75th Infantry Division.

“I was wondering if I was going to the South Pacific or Europe,” Clark said. “They loaded the whole division on trains. The next morning we looked out and saw the Chattanooga Choo Choo station. We thought we were going to the South Pacific because we went south from Kentucky.”

However, he discovered the trains turned north to Camp Shanks.

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Gerald Clark was 18 in this photo when he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1944. After losing his leg, he was sent home as a private first class.

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Beatrice and World War II veteran Gerald Clark show medals he received while he served in the Ardennes, southern France and Germany. He received a purple heart for losing his leg while checking for anti-tank mines in Germany.

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“This time we were going overseas,” he said. They embarked on an old ocean liner, the U.S.S. Brazil, and traveled to Swansea, Wales.

“The war was about to be over,” Clark said. “We did some limited training in Wales. It was the fall of the year and the weather was beautiful.”

He first saw action at the Battle of the Bulge, a major German offensive campaign in the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg.

“It was Christmas Eve 1944,” Clark said. “We went to the combat zone. The snow was so terrible we almost froze to death. We suffered a lot of casualties, and there were a lot of seriously wounded men, but I made it through OK,” Clark said.

The war took him to Southern France, where American forces encircled the Germans and the Germans surrendered.

Then, his division traveled to Holland, where the men crossed the Rhine River into Germany on pontoon bridges American combat engineers placed there.

“My job was to work with explosives,” Clark said. “I was in Headquarters Company, providing all the explosives and ammo for the battalion.

“We always worked in the cover of darkness. My job was to lay anti-tank mines as roadblocks as close to the front lines as we could between the Germans’ and our lines.

“The Germans had a lot of that, too,” he said. “It was protection for the front line troops.

We would place the mines in the roadways.

“If a German Tiger tank came up, trying to attack, [the mine] would blow the track off the

tank and disable it. All it could do was spin.

“The Germans would bail out immediately, ‘They knew they had to get out.”

Before the German forces could attack, his company had to crawl back and remove the mines so American forces could move forward and attack the Germans.

“We were about 50 miles south of Düsseldorf [Germany],” he said. “I was awakened near midnight. I was assigned to mine detail. A lieutenant colonel said we were sitting ducks there and we needed to move out as soon as we could.

“I was to check the roadway between the little town of Whitten, Germany, and another little town four or five miles away.”

Clark was one of five men riding in a jeep. A sergeant and two men from the armored division walked in front of the jeep.

“Everyone in the combat zone had a buddy,” he said. “You stick together.” Clark’s buddy, Gerald Powers, was riding in the back with Clark and another soldier.

“When we got to the roadway, we checked for mines,” he said.

“We took the jeep as far as we dared. [The Germans] had heard us. Mortar shells were coming in. It was terribly dark — no moon.

“We hit an anti-tank mine. It blew the jeep across the road and blew us on the other side.

“When I came down, I fell on my back. I had one of the antimine detectors in my hand. The wooden handle of the detector disintegrated in my hand.

“The first pain I had was my right hand, when I put my hand down to get up.

“I could see my right foot laying flat on the road, Powers who was not injured because they sandbagged the jeep, was

the first to get to Clark.

“I said ‘I can’t feel anything in my right leg.’ He could tell it was torn up pretty bad,” Clark said.

“He put a tourniquet on my leg.

He saved my life. I would have bled to death. The main artery was severed at my knee from the mine explosion.”

Three men, the sergeant and two armored men walking in front, were killed from the mine explosion.

“They never knew what happened,” he said. “The German mines had a lot of explosives in them.”

The driver and other man sitting beside him were seriously injured from the windshield glass, but they survived.

The company commander heard the explosion and sent a medic jeep, which took him to a battalion medical aid station. A medical major approached him.

“I asked, ‘Major, am I going to make it?’ He said, ‘Soldier, you got a ticket home. You are going to be fine.’ I relaxed. I had a dread I was going to die,” Clark said.

He went by C-4 medical plane to a military hospital in London, England.

“That’s where I got my purple heart,” Clark said. He was 19 then.

He also received European Theater medals from the battles where he served. Clark said he never again saw Powers or anyone else from his division.

He was told at the hospital the doctors would have to amputate his leg because gangrene had set in. The medical major showed him his leg so he would know it was necessary to operate.

“I will never forget the major for that,” he said.

Clark married his sweetheart, Beatrice “Bea” Greene Clark, in 1946, after he returned home.

His father had brought her to Atlanta to meet him at Lawson Military Hospital.

“My wife and I wrote each other all through the war,” he

said. “A lot of us had sweethearts. I wondered if she would still stay with me. That was on my mind after losing a limb.

“She came up and gave me a big hug. I couldn’t describe how I felt. That was one of the super times in my life.”

June 15, the couple will be married for 70 years. They have raised five children, 11 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Two of his children went to Farragut schools.

Clark has several military hats but the one he thinks most of is a cap from the American Legion Purple Heart Chapter 356 Knoxville.

A retired certified public accountant, he and Bea moved to Knoxville in 1948.

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• Paul Arab, Home Federal Bank assistant vice president and internal audit department manager, has won the 2015 Elijah Watt Sells Award from American Institute of CPAs. Arab is one of 75 to receive the award in 2015.

• Ben Adams has been added as Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon Inc.’s new vice president and was elected to its 2016 board of directors.

Adams has 12 years of experience in project management, design and construction administration Adams and is the office lead for the firm’s Columbus, Ga., office. He served as project manager and/or lead engineer primarily for water distributin and wastewater collection.

• Andrew Clark has been added as Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon Inc.’s new vice president and was elected to its 2016 board of directors. As manager, Clark leads the Water Services team in the Knoxville office. His projects include water and Clark wastewater planning and treatment, pumping stations, replacements and rehabilitations.

• Randy Hudgings, based in Memphis, has been added to Barge Wa g g o n e r Sumner and Cannon Inc.’s 2016 board of directors. He has 25 years of field and design office experience in civil and structural engineering. He has worked on Hudgings design and construction projects for U.S. government, private and commercial clients.

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About 60 attendees celebrated the dedication and ribbon cutting for Knox Area Rescue Ministries’ newest KARM Stores location in Knoxville.

Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce and the community’s residents joined KARM representatives in celebrating the dedication of its store and donation center at 10612 Kingston Pike on Thursday, May 5. The festivities continued with giveaways and prizes on Saturday, May 7.

“It’s such a happy day,” Sue Renfro, KARM director of marketing and communications, said at the May 5 dedication.

“Having a grand opening is almost anti-climatic because the response to the store has been so overwhelming from the day we opened the door,” Burt Rosen, KARM president and CEO, said.

“Today, we get to celebrate really what God has done in this community, and it would not happen without folks like you.

“Your faithfulness, your generosity, your support is what allows us to do at KARM what we

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Knox Area Rescue Ministries Stores held a dedication and ribbon cutting at its new Knoxville store and donation center at 10612 Kingston Pike. On hand, from left, were Victoria Holland, KARM director of operations for West Knoxville stores; Tommy Garmon, KARM Knoxville store sales manager; Burt Rosen, KARM president and CEO; Julie Blaylock, Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce administrative assistant; Ashley Adkins, Knox Chamber of Commerce sales manager; Linda Whitehead, director of operations for central stores.

do every single day. It would not happen without you.”

“We have an opportunity to tell the KARM story to a community that may not know all impact that has been taking place and to reveal Christ,” Evan Crass, KARM

director of partnership engagement, said. “This is something we are excited to be able to share on a grand scale for this grand opening.”

“Knoxville is blessed with a plethora of ministries and

churches, but if there’s any ministry in Knoxville that honors the heart of Jesus, it is KARM.” Dr. Chris Stephens, Faith Promise Church in Knoxville, a partner See KARM on Page 9A

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Steve Slack, left, Julie Blaylock, Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce administrative assistant, and Burt Rosen, Knox Area Rescue Ministries president and CEO, chat just before a dedication and ribbon cutting event at the store’s 10612 Kingston Pike, Farragut, location on Thursday, May 5.

church with KARM, said.

KARM has 17 full retail stores and donation centers across six counties, which include Knox, Blount, Anderson, Loudon, Hamblen and Jefferson counties, Renfro said. It also has a clearance center and a Christmas store location in November and December.

“This is the largest store,” Renfro said. “The KARM Stores in Knoxville offers quality, gently used clothing, furniture and other household items at affordable prices.”

Rosen said having a store in the Farragut area provides Town residents with an opportunity to make a difference in their community and it provides a location in their community so they don’t have to travel to downtown Knoxville to donate or shop.

“In my experience, communities appreciate the opportunity to make a difference in the community at large,” he said.

Having a new business also speaks to the community’s economic growth.

“Generally speaking, when you have a new business, it speaks well for the community’s growth,” Rosen said. “ This is a way to partner with the community.”

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On a slow day, Rosen said KARM serves 750 meals and on a busy day, it serves upward to 1,500 meals.

“We consider it to be a slow night, if we have fewer than 500 people — men, women and children — spending the night with us and because of the position KARM takes in the community, we don’t accept government funds. We can only operate because of the generosity of this community.”

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Hundreds of attendees enjoyed tequila, tacos and music while supporting Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps during the second annual Cinco South-ern Tequila and Taco Festival.

The event, which took place in the parking lot of Gander Moun-tain at 11501 Parkside Drive in Turkey Creek on Friday, April 29, went well, Chris Hall, chief operations officer for RAM, said.

“We’ve got the Tennessee Wind Symphony and Kelsey’s Wood playing,” Hall said. “It’s been a great time. People are enjoying the food and weather while raising a lot of money for Remote Area Medical.”

He estimated about 1,000 attended the event, raising more than $18,000 for the volunteer corps. John Volpe, general manager of Abuelo's, who started the event last year, coordinated the festival. It was held in conjunction with Cinco de Mayo, a week away from the festival. Abuelo’s and Campbell Station Wine and Spirits were major sponsors of the event.

“It’s awesome,” Tom Burchill, Farragut attendee, said. “They did a good job. The weather turned out great, as well. We brought a group of about 12.

“It’s a good turnout,” Michelle Burchill of Farragut said.

“We love it,” Rick Lindsay of Knoxville said.

“It’s awesome,” Annmarie Klopfer, Knoxville attendee, said.

“I think it’s wonderful,” Deanna Wentworth, a Knoxville attendee, said. “I work in the hospital at UT and have volunteered for RAM before. I definitely wanted to support [RAM]

because I know that it does a lot of good work for its patients.”

‘This is fantastic,” Josh Stidd, a new Knoxville resident formerly of Indiana, said. “We have something similar in Indiana but I like the theme of this festival.”

Cory Fox of Knoxville said a friend to the festival invited him.

“It’s fun,” Fox said, “It’s cool.”

“Tacos and tequila, you can’t beat it,” Kristen Bridges, Knoxville attendee, said, “The weather didn’t hurt either.”

“I love the tacos and tequila,” Sara Gibson Hillon, a Knoxville attendee, said.

“You can’t go wrong with tacos and tequila,” Justin Keys, Maryville attendee, said.

“I love it,” Carla Huddleston, Oak Ridge resident, said.

“We came here [from Lexington, Ky.,] for this,” Tasia Rader said. “My sister lives here, and it’s her birthday, it’s a charity event, and we have a whole group here.”

RAM provides free dental, medial and preventive care free to the public at one of its mobile clinics. Hall said about 80 percent of its operations is based in the United States with a high percentage being focused on Tennessee, Kentucky and Virginia.

Last year, RAM treated a little more than 30,000 patients, which delivered a value of care upward to $12 million, with just fewer than 10,000 volunteers, Hall said.

Jeff Eastman, RAM chief executive officer, said RAM operates with all private donations and fundraisers and without government funding.

Citizens in the area who could not attend but still want to donate to RAM can go to ramusa.org, Hall said.

Above: Attendees, from left, Kyle Sanchez, Kristi Sanchez, Clarissa Lassiter, Tasia Rader and Joseph Wilson celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the Cinco Southern Tequila and Taco Festival, which took place to benefit Remote Area Medical at Gander Mountain in Turkey Creek on Friday, April 29.

Left: Deanna Wentworth of Knoxville helps herself to toppings for her taco at the Cinco Southern Tequila and Taco Festival at Gander Mountain in Turkey Creek on Friday, April 29.The event helped raise money for Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps.

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Art in the Park event draws children to Founders Park ■

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Mahogany Jenkins and daughter, Amalia Jenkins, spray paint to create an art piece during the annual Art in the Park for Kids in Founders Park at Campbell Station April 24.

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Hands-on art activities and clear skies drew hundreds to the annual Art in the Park for Kids.

Children made creations on rocks and shells and with chalk spray and food during the Farragut Business Alliance-hosted event, presented by TDS Telecom, in Founders Park at Campbell Station off Campbell Station Road Sunday, April 24.

Youngsters found they could play with their food with the help of Cutting Edge Cooking School, which manned a station where children could make artistic food

creations.

“We lost Krispy Kreme food art,” Allison Sousa, FBA executive director, said. “This group contacted us and was willing to participate, so we’re glad to have them.”

Art was not the only draw for youngsters, as TDS Telecom manned a corn hole game, where children could play to win a kite, and others took a dip in the creek or threw Hula Hoops on the park’s statues.

Beautiful weather and friends brought the Patel family to Art in the Park for Kids, Manisha Patel of Farragut said.

“We came because of the art,” Isha Patel, 8, said.

The event drew 800 to 1,000 easily, Sousa said.

“We had 200 before we even opened the gates,” she said. “They came an hour early.

‘We weren’t sure what would happen by moving the event to a Sunday, but it didn’t hurt us at all.

We couldn’t fit anymore bodies into the park.”

“I like it,” Olivia Brewer, 10, Hardin Valley resident, said. Her favorite activities were the spray art, rock art and shell art. “I like art. It’s fun.”

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The seminar is free and open to the public. For more information, call 931-486-2129 or visit middle.tennessee.edu/ • Clarence Brown Theatre announces its eight-play lineup for 2016-17 season beginning Aug. 31. For more information, visit clarencebrowntheatre.com/access/ • Broadway Studios and Gallery will present an open call to artists to submit to “The Word,” an art competition that asks artist to look into the meaning and use of words throughout history and in our daily lives. Entries will be accepted from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, May 26-28. Cost is $5 per entry limited to 3 entries. For more information, call Jessica Gregory, 865-5568676 or e-mail broadwaystudiosandgallery@gmail.com.

• Marble Springs State Historic Site will host a free site tour from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 28, as part of Tennessee’s 220th admission as the 16th state in the year 1796. For more informa-

tion, call 865-573-5508.

• Farragut High School football stadium is being renovated and will be closed for about 10 weeks according to FHS athletic director Donald Dodgen. During the installation of field turf at Bill Clabo Field, the stadium and track will be closed to the public. It was closed Monday, May 2, so that Baseline Construction could begin field renovation.

• Frank R. Strang Senior Center will host Knox County Veterans Services Office from 11 a.m. to noon, Thursday, June 9, to provide information and assistance to veterans and family members concerning VA benefits.

For more information, call 865215-5645 or e-mail veterans@knoxcounty.org.

• Tennessee’s Victorian village will celebrate “Rugby Roots,” a music and performing arts festival featuring British and Appalachian music, dancing, and storytelling from noon to 6 p.m., Saturday, May 28, in Rugby. Festival tickets are $12 for daytime performances, $8 for evening concert, or $17 for combined. For more information, visit historicrugby.org/ • Admiral Baseball Camp will begin from 9 a.m. to noon, Monday, June 6 through 9, at the Ball Park in Farragut. High school tryouts are at 2 p.m., June 8-9 and middle school are at 5 p.m., June 8-9. For more information, call Coach Buckner, 865-3683141.

• The McKameys will host its 33rd Annual Hometown Singing at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday, June 10-11, at Second Baptist

Church in Clinton. Reserved seating is $16. General Admission is $13. For more information, call 865-457-3678.

• Tennessee State Parks’ Junior Ranger Camps are accepting participants for spring and summer Junior Ranger Day Camps at numerous Tennessee State Parks.

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Specific class information is as follows: iPad/iPhone basics for seniors will from 10 a.m. to noon, Thursday and Friday, June 910. Cost is $45. Advanced iPad/iPhone basics for seniors will be from 1 to 3 p.m., Tuesday and Wednesday, June 14-15. Cost is $45. How to use Facebook for seniors will be from 10 a.m. to noon, Friday, June 17. Cost is $30.

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• Town of Farragut will host a free presentation on dementia at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 7, at Farragut Town Hall. The program is free and open to the public.

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• Pellissippi State Community College has posted the new student orientation schedule for the 2016 fall semester at pstcc.edu/orientation/schedule.

New student orientations for students and guests are free but a reservation is required because space at each session is limited.

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• Knox County Schools summer transfer windows will conclude at 4 p.m., Wednesday, July 1. For more information, visit knoxschools.org/

• Town of Farragut is hosting five technology classes for seniors offered by local company Social Media 4 Seniors in June at the Farragut Town Hall. Participants must be 55 years or older to attend.

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From shoes to backpacks, Cindy has hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, and she knows her stuff. For more information, call Shelia Pennycuff, 865-777-1750.

• Master Gardener Amy Haun will host a class on how to invite pollinators, butterflies and beneficial insects into your ornamental and vegetable gardens from 1 to 2 p.m., Monday, June 20, at Davis Family YMCA. For more information, call 865-777-9622.

• Tennessee Valley Players will present a New Version of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “The Pirates of Penzance,” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, June 23; Fridays and Saturdays, June 10, 11, 17, 18, 24 and 25 at 3 p.m. and Sundays, June 12, 19 and 26 at the Carousel Theatre.

Admission is $20 a ticket, children 12 years and younger, $10. For more information, call 865-201-5913 or visit tennesseevalleyplayers.org/ • The Authors Guild of Tennessee will hold its meeting at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, June 2, at Knox County Public Library Farragut Branch. For more information, visit authorsguildoftn.org/

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Concord Farragut Sertoma Club members, from left, Janice Williams, Angela Harvey, Todd Bolinger, Michelle Carr, Nikki Stansell and Ron Zuker, hold their last meeting in Aubrey’s Café off South Campbell Station Road Thursday, May 12. The club has held its meetings at Aubrey’s Café for about 15 years. Now, members are looking for a new location to meet every Thursday while they plan their 27th annual Lindsey Nelson Golf Tournament, which will take place Aug. 4 at Willow Creek Golf Course to benefit Friends of Tennessee Babies with Special Needs.

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Laila Stempkowski and Kaylie Pomerantz, St. John Neumann Catholic School seventh-grade history students, won first place in the junior group documentary category of the state’s National History Day Tennessee contest in Nashville on April 9.

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Pomerantz and Stempkowski created a documentary titled, “Exploration of Tennessee’s Journey to Desegregate Schools and Struggles Encountered Along the Way.” “While researching their project, they interviewed a teacher See HISTORY on Page 5B

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SJN School Band goes to state

ART From page 1B

mother of Louisville, said. “I’ve never seen anything like it. She painted two pictures today off canvas.”

“I like the face painting,” Eddie Biedehoft, who attends St. John Neumann Catholic School, said.

Hayley Rhinehart, a West Knoxville resident, brought 2year-old Huntley Rhinehart to the event to enjoy some arts and crafts.

“It’s nice,” Rhinehart said. “We really like it.”

“It turned out to be a perfect day for it,” Nicole Kulisek, a Farragut resident, said.

“It’s great,” Teresa Barnes, Farragut resident, said. “It’s our first time here. We just thought we would come out. It has so many activities for the kids.”

“It’s our favorite event,” Courtney Hall, who brought her children, Drake and Ellie Veosmith Hall, said. ”This is our third year. We always have a good time.”

“My kids like art,” Jaime Call, a North Knoxville mother, said. “I thought [Art in the Park for Kids] would be fun to do.”

“We love it,” Sarah Shuler, Maryville resident, said. “We’ve been coming for three years. My daughter said she wants to be an artist, so this is a perfect day for her.”

“I think it’s awesome,” Brad Grey, a Cedar Bluff resident, said.

“There are a lot of events for us.

Tammy Cheek

Local children and their parents enjoy spray art using a chalk spray during Art in the Park held Sunday, April 24, in Founders Park at Campbell Station. The spray art was only one activity offered during the event. Children also painted rocks and shells and created food art.

“It’s great for the kids,” Dana Cottle of Cedar Bluff said.

“You can’t beat the day’s temperatures,” Grey said.

“It sounded like a fun afternoon to show [21-month-old daughter Amalia Jenkins] some art,” Mahogany Jenkins, Knoxville resident, said.

St. John Neumann Catholic School's concert band performed at Tennessee Music Education Association State Concert Festival.

The two-day festival took place in George and Sharon Mabry Concert Hall on Austin Peay State University campus in Clarksville April 28. Participants came from 30 middle and high school programs from across the state.

SJNCS band became eligible to participate in TMEA Concert Fest-ival when it received a superior rating at East Tennessee School Band and Orchestra Association Middle Area Concert Festival at Farragut High School on March 9. Forty-seven middle

and high school programs performed at the ETSBOA event.

“The superior rating is the highest rating and honor a band can receive,” Janet Harrigan, SJN director of admissions and development, said.

SJNCS Band also received a superior rating for its required sight-reading — performing a piece of music members had never seen before — in front of another judge.

Lead by Jonathan Leichman,, SJNCS music director, the band performed three songs at the state festival: "His Honor" by Henry Fillmore (arranged by See BAND on Page 5B

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Young From page 3B

know in a loving way that having what you want is doable. Having a home free of clutter and confusion is doable. If my sister and I could get organized so can you. Because we got organized that can give you hope. Get excited about the possibility. I can tell you, when you get organized and your home is peaceful, clutter-free and an oasis from the hectic world, it will just be a platform for you to do and be more.

A wonderful gift: YOU! "There will never be an arriving, only a continuation of the quest; so you'd better have fun on the way." I wrote that in The Sidetracked Sister's Happiness File more than 20 years ago. Oprah touted a book, Women Food and God by Geneen Roth. She had Roth on her show and she talked about the negative connotation of the phrase "full of

Band From page 4B

Andrew Balent), “Thoughts and Dreams” by Dwight Beckham Sr. and "Pinnacle" by Rob Grice.

Leichman has been the music director for for the school and

yourself." Geneen said, "Be really, really full of yourself." That sounds awful until you think about it. "We ARE adored," but no one ever tells us that because it's kind of an unused word unless we're using it in a religious sense. "We ARE loved" goes right over our heads because we overuse the word "love." "Yeah, yeah, I know I'm loved, what's for dinner?"

I heard Esther Hicks tell of her neighbor's cat. They named her "Party Cat," because whenever they had a party the cat would always come over. Well, Party Cat was at one of their parties and was getting petted and talked to and she got in a chair and rolled over on her back and just basked in the love that was bestowed on her and someone asked the cat, "What do you do to deserve this?" Everyone laughed, because they knew that the cat deserved the love and attention by just being a cat.

We are just like Party Cat. We don't have to do anything to

deserve the love that God has for us. What we can do is start practicing basking in that love and being happy right now regardless of our situation.

It's so easy to do really. Start by catching yourself complaining, whining or negatively thinking about something and once you've

made the catch start thinking about all your blessings. Gratitude is like sulfuric acid when it comes to dissolving worry, anger, depression and a long list of negative words. It takes a little practice, but practice makes it easier and easier. Yes, it's time to be happy NOW. So be it!

For more from Pam Young go to www.cluborganized.com. You’ll find many musings, videos of Pam in the kitchen preparing delicious meals, videos on how to get organized, lose weight and get your finances in order, all from a reformed SLOB’s point of view.

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in African-American History,” sponsored by the Planning Committee of the Nashville Conference on African-Amer-ican History and Culture.

Pomerantz and Stempkowski won the East Tennessee History Award, presented by Randy and Jenny Boyd, earlier this spring at

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

The winning documentary may be watched online on YouTube at youtube.com/watch?v=gF69ymyzN 1A. For more about the National History Day competition, visit www.nhd.org.

From page 3B

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Farragut art show displays talents of primary schools children

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Patricia Hudson and granddaughter Abby Campbell, a kindergartner at Concord Christian School, look Abby’s artwork during a reception held Tuesday, Feb. 2, in Farragut Town Hall for students of Farragut Primary, Concord Christian and St. John Neumann Catholic schools.

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Students of primary schools in Farragut had an opportunity to display their art works as part of town of Farragut’s annual Farragut Primary Schools Art Show.

Artists and their families were treated to a reception Tuesday, Feb. 4, in Farragut Town Hall.

The event featured artwork of students from Concord Christian School, Farragut Primary School and St. John Neumann Catholic School.

“Isn’t it something?” Laura Dimmitt, mother of FPS first-grader Paisley Dimmitt, asked about the event.

“Who knows? This may be her first art showing,” Dimmitt said.

“This is exciting,” Kristina Campbell, mother of Abby Campbell, a kindergartner at CCS, said.

“It’s new for us. She draws all the time but she never had her art on display, just on the refrigerator.”

“It’s nice to reward the kids for their creative ability,” Stephanie Lundy, FPS art teacher, said. “It’s just exciting. It gives the kids a chance to get their artwork out in the community.”

“I think it’s good because it was one of my best [works] I did,” Kendall Lawson, an FPS second grader, said.

“It was my best day ever,” Adriana Cross, an FPS first grader

said about the reception.

“I think it’s such as spectacular treat and very engaging for the children, too,” Jill Martine, mother of CCS second-grader Joseph Martin, said.

“I think it’s awesome,” Rebecca Fritschie, mother of Adriana, said.

“I got her flowers. I thought it was really sweet. The grandparents are here, too. I’m really proud of her.”

“I think it’s fantastic to see art in the schools still,” Lisa Plaw-chan, mother of FPS first-grader Carina Plawchan, said. “It’s great to see all these all these creative kids.”

“Oh, it’s great,” Bryan Moore, father of Lucy Moore, a second grader at FPS, said about the exhibit.

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State bound Admirals rout Hurricanes ■

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Trips to the Class AAA State Tournament have become the norm for the Farragut High School baseball team and the Admirals have punched another ticket to Murfreesboro.

Farragut, which last missed the tournament field in 2007, clinched its latest state bid xwith a Admirals 13 13-0 fiveHurricanes 0 inning victory over Morristown East in a Section 1-AAA tilt Friday at John Heatherly Field at The Ballpark at Farragut.

“It feels great to go back to state,” said senior pitcher Dylan Pacifico, who hurled four scoreless innings and had eight strikeouts against the Hurricanes on an otherwise gloomy day in Farragut. “I take it for granted that we’re always going to get to state but I know I shouldn’t.”

The Admirals certainly didn’t appear to be taking things for granted in a game that was played on Friday morning due to Morristown East’s graduation

ceremony and the threat of impending inclement weather.

Pacifico opened the game by striking out the side in the top of the first inning, although he had to work his way around a two-out error in the inaugural frame.

The contest, however, didn’t remain scoreless for long.

The Admirals (37-6) scored six runs in the bottom of the first. Farragut had just three of its 14 hits in the first but made the Hurricanes (28-10) pay the price for two errors and a wild pitch.

Cole Morgan led off and reached on an error and took second on a single by The University of Tennessee signee Duncan Pence. Both players advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Jake Hagenow.

Morgan came home with the game’s first run when Hurricanes left-hander Ryan Lloyd uncorked a wild pitch.

Pence then scored when junior second baseman Justen Freeman had a sacrifice fly but reached on an error when the ball fell out a Morristown East See ADMIRALS on Page 8B

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It's just another routine putout for Farragut third baseman John Painter, 2, but this time the out helped propel the Admirals to a substate win over Morristown East and a trip to state Friday, May 20, at The Ballpark at Farragut.

Carter, Price among tennis locals headed to State ■

KEN LAY Correspondent

KNOXVILLE — Two Farragut High School tennis players will close the 2016 season on Tennessee’s grandest stage.

Senior Gary Carter and junior Hannah Price will each compete for a Class AAA State Singles Championship at Old Fort Park in Murfreesboro.

They clinched spots at the

Midstate by winning Region 2AAA Championships on Tuesday, May 17, at the West Hills Tennis Center.

Carter, who will be making his third consecutive trip to Middle Tennessee, advanced with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Hardin Valley Academy senior Spencer Chaloux in the regional final.

It was the third meeting of the season between the two longtime friends and rivals. Carter holds a

big advantage in the overall series but the top players in District 4-AAA are usually embroiled in hotly contested matches.

This, however, wasn’t the case in the last meeting, as Carter was completely dominant.

“When he plays like he did today, there’s just nothing I can do about it,” Chaloux said of Carter. “He just kept hitting and hitting and hitting the ball from

Bulldogs return to state tournament

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KEN LAY Correspondent

KNOXVILLE — A one-time regular at the Spring Fling will make a return to the Class AAA State Soccer Tournament.

Bearden High School punched its ticket to Murfreesboro with a 2-0 victory over Sevier County Saturday night at Bruce Allender Field.

T h e Bulldogs 2 victory over the Smokey Bears 0 Smoky Bears (19-3-1) clinched the first state bid for the Bulldogs since 2012. Bearden last brought home a State Championship in 2006 when coach Ryan Radcliffe was a player.

“This is the first time that I’ve ever made it to the state and it’s a great feeling,” said Kelvin Garcia, who scored Bearden’s first goal against Sevier County.

“We gave it 110 percent tonight.”

The Bulldogs (20-3) may have won a Section 1-AAA match against a squad that made its first sectional appearance but Sevier County goalkeeper Jon Rumple made things extremely difficult for Bearden, which struggled with its shooting touch throughout the match.

“They’re keeper made some tremendous saves,” Radcliffe said. “He was great.

“I don’t know what the final shot count was but I know he made some tremendous saves. I thought this game was kind of like the Maryville game [the District 4-AAA Championship match earlier this month] when we just had to grind it out. We

corner to corner.

“I’m really happy with my season although I wish that it would’ve ended a little better.”

Carter, who reached the semifinals in Murfreesboro last year after qualifying for the quarterfinals as a sophomore in 2014, said that his latest region tournament win was special.

“I was very excited to play Spencer,” Carter said. “He’s a great player. Playing him always

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were able to grind it out.”

Garcia gave the Bulldogs a 1-0 lead in the fourth minute. From

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Magical postseason ends abruptly for HVA

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Bearden senior Spencer Smiley, 7, shoots from the ground to score the Bulldogs first goal against Oak Ridge in the region championship at Bearden High School.

makes me better.

“I fixed some things and I played my game and I’m looking forward to going on another state adventure.”

Chaloux leaves the Hawks program as its all-time leading match winner and HVA coach Seth Rayman had high praise for his senior No. 1 singles player.

“Spencer had an outstanding

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HARDIN VALLEY — Hardin Valley Academy’s softball team had its plans for a second consecutive trip to Murfreesboro and the Class AAA State Tournament derailed Saturday night.

Hawks 0 T h e Eagles 4 Hawks, which shocked the softball world by winning the District 4-AAA and Region 2-AAA Tournaments last season en route to the Midstate, pulled off that double again in 2016 and faced a familiar opponent in Saturday

night’s State Sectional round.

Only this time, the outcome was a bit different as Seymour (25-7) turned the table on HVA in a 4-0 victory. The Eagles, which lost in last year’s sectional round to the Hawks, ended Hardin Valley’s 2016 campaign.

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run seventh inning proved too much for the Hawks to overcome.

The Hawks had a chance to break ahead early Saturday but the home team was turned came up empty.

The Hawks (27-13-1) squandered a scoring chance in the bottom of the first inning after senior ace Kaleigh Wynne struck out the side in the top half of the frame.

Haley Cloud led off the bottom of the first and reached on a twobase error. Wynne followed and was intentionally walked before Trentham retired Mikaela Chavis, Leslie Beecham and Sydney Dukes to avert any damage. Dukes was Trentham’s first strikeout victim of the contest and said that the loss would only serve as motivation for HVA when it begins preparation for the 2017 campaign.

“This will only make us want to work harder for next year,” said Dukes,” Hardin Valley’s sophomore center fielder, who walked twice in the game. “We learned a lot from this tonight. We learned that we can’t take anything or any team for granted.”

After issuing the intentional pass to Wynne in the first, Eagles senior pitcher Sam Trentham fanned the side in the second and retired eight consecutive Hawks before Dukes walked with two down in the fourth. The inning ended when Jodie Parham flew out to right.

The game was still knotted in

outfielder’s glove. Parker Noland and John Painter both walked to load the bases, which were cleared in a hurry. Chandler Chambers blew things open with a three-run triple to make the score 5-0 in an inning where the Admirals sent 10 batters to the plate.

Chambers later scored when Alec Reinhart singled.

“Chandler Chambers had a big double for us there in the first inning,” Farragut coach Matt Buckner said.

Chambers said that FHS knew what it had to do when it answered an early wake-up call to come to the ballpark. The Admirals, which last won a championship in Murfreesboro in 2014, lost in extra innings to Hardin Valley in the 2015 title game. And the Farragut junior said that that served as motivation all season.

“What happened to us last year lit a fire in our bellies,” said Chambers, who had a pair of doubles and knocked in four runs against the Hurricanes. “We came out and we had that big inning today.

“That gave us a little confidence and we just turned it on.

We have confidence that we can go down there and win a state championship.”

The postgame celebration was relatively low-key and that is just the way Buckner likes it.

“I see other teams make it to state and they’re dogpiling on each other,” he said. “You see this because we expect to make it every year. We work 12 months of the year for these two weeks and we’ve had an incredible run.

We’ve made it to the state 17 times in the last 18 seasons.

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keep the Smoky Bears within striking distance.

“He kept us in the game,” Sevier County coach Bryan Atchley said of Rumple. “He was amazing for us and he had some great saves.”

Atchley, the longtime SCHS head coach might’ve left the pitch on the losing end but had some huge accolades for his squad, which had its best season in school history.

“We had a great year,” Atchley said. “We won the district championship and we won the district tournament championship and we made it here for the first time in school history.

“Bearden used to be in our dis-

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Hawks second baseman Hayley Cloud, 9, beats out a hit during substate play against Seymour Saturday, May 21, at Hardin Valley Academy.

a scoreless tie when Hardin Valley had its best chance to score in the fifth.

With one out in the inning, Dukes walked. Cloud reached on an error one out later before Seymour coach Jessica Sterling opted to intentionally walk Wynne to load the bases.

“I wasn’t going to let their best player beat us,” said Sterling, who attempted to walk Wynne in the third but the Hardin Valley senior swung at a pitch and popped out to Seymour catcher

Reid Ballard. “I would’ve pitched to her if she came up with the bases loaded.

“Even then, I wouldn’t have really given her anything to hit.”

Sterling’s strategy worked as Chavis struck out to end the inning. That frame seemed to sum up things for the Hawks.

“We didn’t have any discipline at the plate,” Hardin Valley coach Whitney Hickam-Cruze said. “I think we came in ready to play ball and I don’t think the road to get here had any impact on us at all.

“[The difference in the game was] hitting. We couldn’t lay off the high ball.”

Dukes agreed.

“I think we were just a little too aggressive at the plate and [Trentham] was able to use that against us,” Dukes said.

Trentham sat the Hawks down in order to end the game.

Hardin Valley may have failed to reach the goal of a return trip to Murfreesboro and the final loss had to sting.

trict and I’ve [coached] down here several times. I told the kids before the game that I first came here 11 years ago and I lost 7-1.

We wanted to come here tonight and proved that we belonged on this field with them. I think we did that. We made great strides this year. Hopefully, we’ll be back again.”

Garcia commended Rumple’s effort between the goalposts.

“He played a great game.”

After surrendering the early goal, Rumple and the Sevier County defense kept the Bulldogs off the scoreboard despite the fact that Bearden controlled the tempo and held a territorial advantage.

“Sevier County played a great game,” said BHS senior forward Gabe Alvarez, who extended his

side’s advantage to 2-0 with a marker in the 78th minute.

“They played with a lot of heart.

They played with so much heart.

“It’s just a shame that one of us had to go home after tonight.”

Alvarez, one of Bearden’s most potent offensive weapons, said he’s happy to be closing out his high school career on the state’s grand stage.

“This is the first time that I’ve ever made it to state,” he said.

“This feels great.

“It feels great because Sevier County gave us such a great game. This is what we’ve worked for all year.”

Bearden junior netminder Randal Bishop was able to preserve his shutout with a pair of stellar saves in the match’s waning moments. But he credited his

teammates for helping him make his first trip to Murfreesboro.

“We really came together as a team this year,” Bishop said.

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career,” Rayman said. “He’s been the top player in our bracket for the last two years. He’s been to two regional finals and he always draws the top player from the other team.

“He always plays a competitive and high quality of tennis. He made the district finals three times.”

Price, meanwhile, will make a second straight appearance in Murfreesboro. She dispatched West High School’s Margaux Armfield 6-0, 6-0 to claim the second Region 2AAA Championship of her career.

She won as a sophomore in 2015 before losing in the state quarterfinals.

Like Carter, she’s ready to make another trip to Middle Tennessee.

“It’s always exciting to go to state and represent your school down there,” Price said. “It’s always nice to go there and compete and meet new people.

“I play in some southern tournaments, so I know a lot of the

girls who will be there.”

Admirals first-year head coach Ben Lyle is proud to be accompanying his two top players to the tournament.

“I’m really proud of and excited for Gary and Hannah,” Lyle said. “They’ve worked extremely hard and they’re both great kids.”

In boys doubles, Bearden High School’s tandem of Griffin Davis and Charlie Adams outlasted West High’s team of Aubrey Davis and Matthew Maynard 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.

“That was an exciting match,” Bulldogs coach Tyler Lane said.

“We’re excited to have them have the opportunity to go back to state. You can’t take it for granted that you’re going to get back there.

“This was a great match between four good friends and four tough competitors.”

Bearden’s duo made the state tournament finals as freshmen but the Rebels sent Aubrey Davis and Maynard to Murfreesboro in each of the last two seasons.

Griffin Davis and Adams will look to come home with a championship.

“Aubrey and Matthew are fierce competitors,” Griffin Davis said. “We’ve been playing against them for years.

“Give them credit. They played a great match.”

Adams agreed.

“It feels great to go back to state,” he said. “We made the finals as freshmen. [Aubrey Davis and Maynard] have beaten

us and gone the last two years.

“Now, we have some unfinished business to take care of.”

Rebels coach Kelly Page said she had just one regret about the regional tourney.

“These kids are all great competitors and great friends,” she said. “It’s just a shame that two of them couldn’t go to state.”

In girls doubles, Bearden’s team of Julia Adams and Brittany Faust won the Region 2AAA Tournament. They claimed

the title when they defeated teammates Sydney Marlow and Natalie Parton.

The Bulldogs girls team won a state sectional match over Tennessee High on Wednesday, March 18 at Tyson Park. Bearden downed the Vikings 4-0 and will make a third consecutive trip to Murfreesboro.

Adams, Foust, Veronica Allen and Gabby Simcic won matches for Bearden, which is a two-time runner-up to Ravenwood.

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