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ISSUE 33 VOLUME 25

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FARRAGUT, TENNESSEE

THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2013

FHS seeks scoreboard funding ■

KEN LAY Correspondent

The Farragut High School Football Booster Club is raising money for a new scoreboard at Bill Clabo Field. The new scoreboard will include a video board and spots for rotating advertisements. Cost is estimated to be $130,000 to $160,000. “We’re looking to expand the game experience to a whole new level,” Farragut football booster club president Paul Glintenkamp said. “We’re excited about this and the message that we’re sending is that we want to enhance the game experience for the players and fans.” The Farragut Football Booster Club recently saw presentations from two potential vendors. Daktronics and Nevco are vying for the project, which will hopefully be completed by the time Farragut plays its home opener against Oak Ridge Friday, Aug. 30. “We’re hoping to have the system up and running by the time we play our home opener,” Glintenkamp said. The video board will be similar to the one installed at Maryville High School last season and will enhance the Friday night experience by having instant replays and player photos. The video board also will provide an opportunity for pregame interviews, postgame interviews and other game-related activities. “This will be great because it will give our

[players] the chance to see themselves on the video board,” Glintenkamp said. “It also provides the chance to do player interviews, coach interviews. “You could have a pregame interview with our coach and the opposing coach.” While the ultimate goal is to enhance the fan’s game-day experience, Farragut’s student body also will benefit from the stateof-the-art scoreboard, as both Daktronics and Nevco have training programs for high school students. Those programs will teach students how to program and run the new equipment. While the primary objective of the new scoreboard is to enhance the image of the Farragut High School football program, the board will be operational for all events at Farragut’s stadium, including high school track meets, middle school track meets, elementary school field days and CBFO youth football bowl games. “The [scoreboard] will be on any time that the stadium is open,” Admirals head coach Eddie Courtney said. “We want something that’s first class. “We want something that everybody in Farragut can be proud of.” Courtney also added that the new scoreboard would appeal to the community’s youth football players who show up to host the Admirals on Friday nights. “We’re always looking to See SIGN on Page 3A

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Messages such as this one pictured in A Daktronics presentation may soon appear at Bill Clabo Field provided organizers can generate the funds necessary to complete the project.

Town leaders continue FY2014 budget discussion ■

STEPHANIE EDWARDS Correspondent

The proposed Capital Improvement Program Budget for FY2014 was discussed during a workshop prior to the Farragut Board of Mayor and Aldermen meeting Thursday, April 11. Overall, the Town is looking at spending $2,557,500 on capital projects during the upcoming year, with the largest part of the budget being $1 million in land acquisition. “If we don’t spend the [land acquisition] funds, we hold them for future projects,” Town administrator David Smoak said. Another considerable part of the

budget includes Union Road improvements, a project which is estimated to cost $350,000 during FY2014, with a total expected project budget of $3.3 million over the next three years. This project will include right-of-way acquisition, easements, and construction featuring bike lanes, curbs, gutters, sidewalks and a walking trail. The Town expects to spend $35,000 in improvements at the Watt Road and Kingston Pike intersection during the upcoming year, and $100,000 the following year. “We’re [currently] working on Watt Road at Old Stage Road,” Smoak said. “When that project is complete, that could cause a little issue for the

project going north with entry into the intersection and pedestrian access across the intersection. We need a sidewalk connection up to where it stops right now in front of fire station. That sidewalk would connect into [Mayor Bob Leonard] park.” Another proposed project that promises to increase safety throughout the Town includes adding preemption devices to allow emergency vehicles safer entry into intersections, signal timers and crosswalk striping. The project is estimated to run approximately $160,000. While improvements to Campbell See BUDGET on Page 3A

HVA hosts synthetic drug symposium April 23 ■

ALAN SLOAN asloan@farragutpress.com

A relatively new, dangerous array of synthetic drugs is becoming prevalent in the Farragut area, and parents of middle school children and teenagers are advised to learn more. “The Synthetics Scare,” beginning at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 23, in Hardin Valley Academy auditorium, is set up to be an evening of education and warning. Featured speakers include Knox County Attorney General Randy Nichols, whose 14-minute video entitled “Deceptive

Danger” is graphic. “They show one guy going through a seizure up in Johnson City that I believe had done bath salts,” Nichols added. “It’s compelling, and it easily highlights the perils of ingesting this stuff. … Literally being filmed in the emergency room … it’s something to behold. It contorts his figure. He foams at the mouth. Just wild.” “We wanted the parents to be able to know what it is, how it’s marketed and some things they can be on their toes about if they suspect their child may be experimenting,” he added. With certain synthetic stimulants branded as bath salts to

fool retailers, “They package it to be harmless,” Nichols said about its recent history of being sold in local retain stores, especially convenience stores. Heather Sutton, media relations and project director of Metropolitan Drug Commission, said she has “developed a curriculum that’s being used in some of the schools on synthetic drugs. “Some parents are misinformed about what they are or don’t really know what to look for,” Sutton added. “Sometimes the packaging is misleading, and their child may have these chemicals, these drugs in their homes and they may fly right under the radar and have no idea their

child is in some sort of trouble.” Nichols said the so-called bath salts “are the ones that we have seen to cause the most physical problems for the ingestor.” As for ingesting bath salts, “Powder formula, so they’ll snort it. Or shoot it up,” Sutton said. “K-2,” “spice” and other synthetic marijuana “are smoked much like regular marijuana would be,” Sutton added. “Or they’ll brew them in tea or something like that.” Cathinones, synthetic stimulants, “are a little bit more serious” versus synthetic marijuana, Sutton said. “Very strong hallucinations, very violent outbursts. Psychosis seizures in some

cases.” However, Sutton said synthetic marijuana — sold “with very unassuming names” including spice and K-2 — is quite a bit different” from plant marijuana “and has very serious side effects.” “Sometimes people think that they’re going to have the more laid back side effects. … They may see a rapid heart rate, high blood pressure. They may be very agitated,” she added. “Violent episodes have been reported in some cases. Confusion. They may loose control of their bodily functions.” See DRUGS on Page 2A

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