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Sunday, Dec 22nd “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”  Knoxville Children’s Theatre, in partnership with the Clayton Foundation, will present a live production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” The play runs from Friday, Dec. 6, through Sunday, Dec. 22: beginning at 7 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays; from 1 to 5 p.m., Saturdays; and from 3 to 6 p.m., Sundays. For tickets, visit knoxvillechildrenstheatre.com/tc-events/best-christmas-pageant-ever-2/
Tuesday, Dec 24th MEDIC Through Christmas Eve, Tuesday, Dec. 24, MEDIC will reward holiday donors with a long-sleeved holiday shirt, a night session pass to Ober Mountain (both while supplies last) and a coupon for Texas Roadhouse. Appointments can be made online at www.medicblood.org, via the MEDIC app, or by calling 865-524-3074. The Farragut MEDIC location is 11000 Kingston Pike.
Tuesday, Dec 31st A Farragut Christmas light music show A Farragut Christmas light music show, choreographed to music, will run from 6 to 11 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, and from 6 to 10 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, now through Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Farragut Golf and Games, 164 West End Ave.
Tuesday, Dec 31st Light the Park in Founders Park Light the Park in Founders Park at Campbell Station continues every evening starting at dusk through Wednesday, Jan. 1. There will be entertainment and giveaways from local vendors as well as food trucks at Founders Park many evenings through Monday, Dec. 23. A calendar of scheduled activities can be found under Farragut News at townoffarragut.org. To receive a reply from Santa, mail your Santa letters at the park mailbox by Monday, Dec. 16, and include a return address. A new addition to Light the Park festivities is a 53-foot-by-33-foot synthetic ice rink that will operate through Saturday, Jan. 4, at Mayor Ralph McGill Plaza. For more information and to make reservations, visit www.townoffarragut.org East TN PBS will once again film a behind-the-scenes special about preparations for Light the Park, including installation of lights and the ice rink. The special will include this year’s musical entertainment and interviews with Town staff Saturday, Dec. 14, and Christmas Eve Tuesday, Dec. 24.
Tuesday, Dec 31st Christmas light music show A Christmas light music show, choreographed to music, is running from 6 to 11 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays, and 6 to 10 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, now through Tuesday, Dec. 31, at Farragut Golf and Games, 164 West End Ave. The light show, featuring 240,000 LED pixels taking the space of a hockey rink, is a fundraiser for Mission of Hope and costs $5 per person.
Tuesday, Dec 31st American Red Cross asks for donors With less than two weeks left in 2024, the American Red Cross asks donors to give blood or platelets now to help those in need enjoy the rest of the holiday season with loved ones. Donors with type O negative blood and those giving platelets are especially urged to give now so patients can continue to receive the care they count on in the coming weeks. Those who come to give through Friday, Jan. 3, will receive an exclusive Red Cross long-sleeved T-shirt, while supplies last. Schedule an appointment by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or enabling the Blood Donor Skill on any Alexa Echo device to make an appointment or for more information. All blood types are needed to ensure a reliable supply for patients. A blood donor card or driver’s license or two other forms of identification are required at check-in. Individuals who are 17 years of age in most states (16 with parental consent where allowed by state law), weigh at least 110 pounds and are generally in good health may be eligible to donate blood. High school students and other donors 18 years of age and younger also have to meet certain height and weight requirements. Blood and platelet donors can save time at their next donation by using RapidPass to complete their pre-donation reading and health history questionnaire online on the day of their donation before arriving at the blood drive. To get started, follow the instructions at RedCrossBlood.org/RapidPass or use the Blood Donor App.

Holiday remembrance of those who gave all

About 100 volunteers, from veterans to families and Scouts, arrived at Pleasant Forest Cemetery to lay wreaths on the graves of veterans as part of this year’s national Wreaths Across America program Saturday morning, Dec. 14. “We’re here to remember not their deaths, but their lives,” said Farragut operations manager Chris Sheffield, a retired Air Force officer. “Each wreath is a gift of our appreciation from a grateful America.” Participants were asked to step up to the grave, place the wreath, say aloud the name of the veteran and thank him for his service. Dave Stinton, Pleasant Forest Cemetery caretaker, along with cemetery board members provided cards, each with information about a veteran and where his grave is located in the cemetery, to those laying wreaths. Town Mayor Ron Williams said there were 278 wreaths being placed on veterans’ graves in Farragut. Along with Pleasant Forest, wreaths also were laid on veterans’ graves at Virtue Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery along Evans Road and Grigsby Chapel Cemetery. Among those laying wreaths were Williams, District 5 Knox County Commissioner Angela Russell, District 5 Knox County Board of Education rep Lauren Morgan and Brad Hair, representing Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs’ Office.

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Redlight system ‘5 months behind’

With Town traffic congestion something most Farragut citizens must tackle, it was a local businesswoman and chair of Shop Farragut/Farragut Business Alliance asking a key question concerning technology originally scheduled to be completed earlier this fall, which would better time traffic light changes and help alleviate congestion. “What’s going on with the lights, the traffic and the craziness?” Candace Viox, owner of Water into Wine bistro and lounge, asked Town administrator David Smoak during the SF/FBA meeting in Farragut Community Center Wednesday morning, Dec. 11. “I see it at (North) Campbell Station (Road) on Grigsby Chapel (Road), especially at school time. And then everybody’s making a left (from Grigsby to North Campbell) trying to get on the freeway, and it backs all the way up. And I get to hear about it all the time,” she added. “So the contractor is five months behind schedule,” Smoak answered. “We are still waiting on them to finish their main work to get done. When they finish, then we will have a timing plan, all these other new things that are going to come with that we’ll be able to put in place. And then we’ll actually have access to it from a staff point to where we can make adjustments as we need to.

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