Farragut’s Water Into Wine bistro & lounge patrons had a chance to meet Knoxville Ice Bears hockey players/brass and benefit Faith Lutheran Church’s Shepherd of Hope Food Pantry when owner Candace Viox hosted the Ice Bears’ visit in her restaurant, 607 N. Campbell Station Road, Tuesday night, Dec. 3. While meeting the hockey players, patrons could purchase a Chilly Bear cocktail, for which all proceeds benefit Shepherd of Hope, located in Faith Lutheran Church, 225 Jamestowne Blvd. Viox estimated about $750 was raised for SOH. Benefitting from the cocktails means “everything,” said Renee Stone, SOH director. “We are 100 percent supported by the community and five churches that are involved in our ministry. “Every church has a commitment of time or monetary donations or donations of food,” she added. “And then, we have partners like Water Into Wine and others — small businesses, local businesses in the community who support — so every dollar that we get is spent on food that we distribute to the community.” The visit from the minor league hockey team members came about through Ice Bears president/co-owner Mike Murray “to let Farragut meet and greet some of the Bears that are going to be on the ice this (season).”
Read MoreAs Knox County Schools presented the site plan for its new Farragut Elementary School (rendering above), several Baldwin Park residents voiced their opinions about the new school proposed off Boring Road behind Ingles shopping center during Farragut Municipal Planning Commission Staff/Planner meeting Tuesday morning, Dec. 3. “It’s obviously a major project for the county and the Town and the residents living in that area,” Community Development director Mark Shipley said. “It’s on a 41-acre tract that Horne Properties owns (owned by Doug Horne, also owner of Republic Newspapers, Inc., parent company of farragutpress) sold. Most of the residents’ comments steered toward potential traffic along Smith Road, improvements to Boring Road and access for students walking to school. About the traffic, Shipley said he is waiting to get a response from the school system on a traffic study requirement. Likewise, Town engineer Darryl Smith said he also is waiting for updated traffic study results. Aaron Gray, project developer with McCarty Holsaple McCarty Architects Inc., said he would make sure those results got disseminated to the Town. Until then, however, Shipley said it is too early for plans to go to Farragut Municipal Planning Commission in December.
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