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Mother’s Day: a day to be celebrated
Alan Sloan - Thu, May 10, 2012
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| Jennifer Konomos and son, Andrew, 5, with stuffed monkey “Curious George” and Jennifer’s book, “Mom: A Celebration of Mothers From Storycorps” under the gazebo in Campbell Station Park. - Alan Sloan/farragutpress |
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Being a good mother has a lot to do with discovering, then sharing, simple pleasures.
Like spending an early afternoon in late April in Campbell Station Park, mom and her young son all smiles with a stuffed monkey in tow enjoying a McDonald’s lunch.
“For me, my mother shaped how I see the world,” said Jennifer Konomos of Farragut, fighting back tears about her mom, Suellen Wilder, while joining her son, Andrew, 5, in Campbell Station Park for hamburgers, French fries, apple slices and quiet strolling time near the stream Friday afternoon, April 27.
“My mother would take me to the park, and some of my earliest memories of my mom and my brother are sitting in a park playing, running,” Jennifer added about experiences from Manchester, England to Georgia to Delaware. “It’s as if she gave me her eyes to see the world.”
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Town holds land use talks
Heather Beck - Thu, May 10, 2012
More than 50 Farragut-area residents attended a public meeting to discuss initial stages of Farragut’s comprehensive land use plan Tuesday night, May 8.
“We’re approximately 75 percent built out in Farragut, so what do we do with that other 25 percent? … We also have aging shopping centers, and what do we do with those?” asked consultant Jeff Winston, of consultant Winston Associates.
The land use plan essentially serves as a 25-year foundational plan for development and redevelopment in Farragut, affecting policies and goals. It’s not, however, legally binding nor is it the same as zoning. For more information about the land use plan, visit www.farragut2025.com/
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FPS principal Craze retires
Alan Sloan - Thu, May 10, 2012
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| Julia Craze, Farragut Primary School principal, sitting, and FPS secretary Toni Rozzelle share a light moment at Craze’s desk. - Alan Sloan/farragutpress |
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In describing his disappointment that Julia Craze was retiring as Farragut Primary School principal after 44 years as an educator, one parent used a simple play on words.
“We’re not crazy about this,” the parent said while in FPS’s office Wednesday morning, May 3, roughly six weeks before Craze officially retires after eight years as FPS principal June 14.
“There are eight people who have children in this school, and I taught [the parents] in the fifth grade” at Farragut Intermediate School, said Craze, who came to Farragut in 1983 after teaching and serving as an administrator for about 15 years in Huntsville, Ala., her childhood home.
“The really incredible thing was being in the office and having one of my former fifth grade children walk in the door and say, ‘Hi Mrs. Craze, remember me, I’m hear to enroll my kindergarten child,’” she added.
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Builders express issues with Town facade ordinance
- Thu, May 10, 2012
After local businessmen criticized a proposed building façade requirement and a proposed business license, Farragut’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen removed one proposal from the agenda and tabled another.
Businessman Steve Williams said the building façade ordinance — which would disallow any building facades to be constructed of more than 15 percent metal — was too broad.
“I think it’s a case of unintended consequences,” he told the Board during its meeting Thursday, April 26.
While the ordinance states metal roofs and window frames wouldn’t be included in building calculations, Williams pointed out that still leaves metal doors and delivery bays.
Damon Falconnier, president of Falconnier Design Co., said, “The ordinance ... omits windows, but does not address gutters, down spouts, fascias, soffits or other common locations of metal on buildings.”
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police reports
- Thu, May 10, 2012
• May 2: Knox County Sheriff’s Office was advised by a representative of Little Green Garden, off Chowning Drive in Village Green subdivision, the business had been burglarized. Complainant stated upon reporting to work found a side door to the building had been forced open and cash was taken from inside the business.
• April 29: Police were dispatched to a Butternut Lane residence after receiving a report from a resident someone had entered his garage and taken all the meat from his freezer. There was no sign of forced entry and complainant stated the door to the attached garage where the freezer is located does not always lock.
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