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ISSUE 2 VOLUME 28
FARRAGUT, TENNESSEE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2015
Social media hoax causes stir ■
Tammy Cheek
A rumor circulating through social media at Farragut High and Middle schools kept many youth from attending a church gathering Wednesday, Sept. 16, at Two Rivers Church in Lenoir City.
TAMMY CHEEK tcheek@farragutpress.com
A false report of a terrorist threat spread through social media kept away Farragut High and Middle school youth from a Student Ministries meeting Wednesday, Sept. 16, at Two Rivers Church, 275 Harrison Road, Lenoir City. Because of the social media reports, Brad Brinson, senior pastor of Two Rivers Church, said Thursday, Sept. 17, that about 40 high school and 70 middle school students did not attend the Sept. 16 meeting. However, he said 100 high school students and 90 middle school students did attend. “Early reports we are receiving from friends in Knox County law enforcement are assuring us this was a classic example of
gossiping tongues lighting a destructive fire,” Brinson said. “Late [Wednesday, Sept. 16] afternoon, we became aware of a rumor rapidly spreading via social media among Farragut high-schoolers and middle schoolers,” Brinson said. “The rumor suggested someone had taken pictures of Two Rivers Church to initiate a terrorist attack on those gathering on our campus.” He said while he and other church staff considered the threat to be unlikely, they immediately called Loudon County Sheriff’s Office and Knox County Sheriff’s Office and contacted everyone on the church’s database. “[Loudon County Sheriff’s Office] responded promptly and See HOAX on Page 2A
KCHD to roll out FluMist program Friday ■
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Knox County Health Department personnel will visit Farragut Primary, Intermediate and Middle schools between Friday, Oct. 16, and Friday, Oct. 23, to administer FluMist vaccinations.
TAMMY CHEEK tcheek@farragutpress.com
Students in Farragut schools have an opportunity to be inoculated against influenza when Knox County Health Department holds in-school FluMist vaccinations. FluMist will be provided Friday, Oct. 16, at Farragut Primary School, Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Farragut Intermediate School and Friday, Oct. 23, at Farragut Middle School, Katharine Killen, Knox County Health Department community relations director, said. “We’re also holding FluMist clinics at daycares, Head Starts and private schools in the Farragut area,” Killen said. Killen said FluMist is an intranasal influenza vaccine that is approved by the Food and Drug
Administration for use in children as young as age 2. Children younger than 2 years old will receive a flu shot at the vaccination clinics, and no child will be vaccinated without a completed, signed and returned consent form, she said. The initial phase of the vaccinations will begin Friday, Sept. 25, and continue through Monday, Oct. 26, in Knox County Schools. They are being administered to reduce the flu’s burden in the community, she said. “Vaccination is the best tool to protect yourself from getting sick with the flu,” Killen said. “On average, KCHD has vaccinated approximately 45 percent of Knox County’s school-aged children each year,” she said. “This program is a national See FLUMIST on Page 4A
United Community Bank merges, relocates ■
TAMMY CHEEK tcheek@farragutpress.com
Farragut customers of United Community Bank are finding the Farragut branch closed. The branch at 11134 Kingston Pike closed Aug. 28 and moved to 105514 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Christie Knapper, United Community Bank marketing consultant, said. “The former United Community Bank branch, located at 11134 is less than five miles from the new branch and former First National Bank location at 10514 Kingston Pike,” Knapper said. “With the merging of [United Community and First National banks], the collective United Community Bank team has
grown and will be best served by utilizing the larger building located at 10514 Kingston Pike.” Knapper said all the employees from the now closed branch have moved over to the branch at 10514 Kingston Pike. “No positions were eliminated as a result of the branch closing,” she said. “The current office now houses a mortgage originator, SBA lender, corporate services manager and a commercial lending team,” she said. “Simply put, we have more employees providing more services that require a larger space,” Knapper said. “The merger of First National Bank and United Community See BANK on Page 4A
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