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Town hosts ‘Buy in Farragut’ planning meeting
Heather Mays - Thu, Jul 29, 2010
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| Several Farragut business owners descended on Farragut Town Hall to discuss “Buy in Farragut” Friday, July 23. - Heather Mays/farragutpress |
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More than 20 Farragut businessmen and women gathered to discuss the Town’s “Buy in Farragut” campaign, which was launched five years ago to encourage holiday shoppers to buy their gifts in Farragut stores.
“We want to get bigger and better each year,” Town Administrator David Smoak told meeting attendees Friday, July 23.
“Help us look at what you think works best and what doesn’t,” Town Parks and Leisure Services Director Sue Stuhl said.
First up on the list of changes was the name of the campaign.
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Town releases red light stats
- Thu, Jul 29, 2010
Town of Farragut announces the following statistics for the 2010 second quarter enforcement period of April 1 through June 30 for its Traffic Enforcement Program (red light violations).
Following are the highlights from this period:
• 7,213 incidents were recorded.
• 2,673 incidents were rejected by the reviewing officer.
• 662 incidents were not processed by Redflex due to technical issues or lack of information.
• 3,878 citations were issued.
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‘Cove’ waters claim life
Heather Mays - Thu, Jul 29, 2010
A 26-year-old man drowned at the Cove at Concord Park around 5:30 p.m., Sunday afternoon, July 25.
Wilmer Alvarez, a native of Honduras, drowned after leaving the designated swim area at the Cove to swim out toward a buoy.
“Witnesses say … he swam away from the swimming area toward one of the buoys and went under and did not come back up,” Martha Dooley, Knox County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman, said.
Investigators believe the drowning was accidental; Dooley said there was no sign of foul play. Alvarez’s body was recovered by Knox County Rescue Squad around 8:45 p.m., Sunday night, and was taken to the Knox County Medical Examiner’s Office.
The search for Alvarez was a joint effort by KCSO, the Rescue Squad and TWRA.
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Moxley to speak at Chamber breakfast
Heather Mays - Thu, Jul 29, 2010
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Social marketing will be the topic of the day at Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce’s next speaker series breakfast Tuesday, Aug. 10.
Cynthia Moxley, founder of Moxley Carmichael public and media relations firm, will speak at the 7:30 a.m. breakfast at Fox Den Country Club.
“I am in love with social media myself and we use it a lot to promote Moxley Carmichael,” Moxley said.
“But, more importantly, we help our clients use it to promote their businesses and deliver their messages,” she added.
Moxley said she’d discuss various ways to utilize social marketing and how social marketing affects sales and business growth.
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Strike up the band; Admirals practice begins
- Thu, Jul 29, 2010
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Farragut High School Marching Admirals Band Camp began this week amid 90-degree temperatures. From front, FHS senior Ryan Cook, freshman Joseph Moore and sophomore M.J. Badgett lead fellow saxophone players in formation. To kick-off this year’s season, band members will perform for the community at 7:30 p.m., Friday, Aug. 6, on the FHS junior parking lot. To prepare for this year’s Beatles theme, campers will practice 60 hours outside and 20 hours indoors, learning Beatles tunes, marching commands and formations. The band is directed by Ron Rogers.
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