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February

Friday, Feb 14th Parents’ Night Out Parents’ Night Out runs from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Friday, Feb. 14, in Farragut Community Center, 239 Jamestowne Blvd. Enjoy a night out while your children spend the evening in the Community Center. This event will feature pizza, crafts and lots of games. Register by visiting townoffarragut.org.
Sunday, Feb 16th Amadeus Concert Ensemble Winter Season Amadeus Concert Ensemble announces its Winter Season of free concerts as part of the Cathedral Concert Series at Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, 711 S. Northshore Drive in Knoxville. “The Lighter Side of Beethoven” begins at 4:30 p.m., Feb. 16, featuring vocal surprises including the composer’s Tyrolean songs, “Auld Lang Syne” and “God Save the King.” The program also presents rarely heard selections from Beethoven’s cantatas, concert scenes, Knight’s Ballet and his unfinished opera Vestas Feuer. Metropolitan Opera bass Nathan Stark and soprano Mary-Hollis Hundley will make their ACE and Knoxville debuts. Knoxville artist soprano Jacqueline Brecheen and tenor John Overholt fill out the quartet of soloists. Maestro Brian Salesky returns to the ACE podium to conduct this unique program, which includes the participation of Knoxville Symphony Youth Choir in its second collaboration with ACE.
Wednesday, Feb 19th Lunch with Maureen Collins Ladies who are new to the area, or who just want to make new friends, are invited to lunch with a speaker at Bearden Banquet Hall, 5806 Kingston Pike, beginning at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 19. Speaker will be Maureen Collins, a chaplin whose duties include work at a maximum-security prison for men. Make reservations by Wednesday, Feb. 12, by calling 865-205-4154.
Thursday, Feb 20th Farragut High School’s World Cultures Night 2025 Farragut High School’s World Cultures Night 2025, a night to celebrate all the cultures of the world, runs from 6 to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20, in FHS Commons. All families from all Farragut schools are welcome free of charge.
Friday, Feb 28th American Red Cross American Red Cross urges donors to give blood or platelets in February to help build up the blood supply after thousands of donations went uncollected last month. People of all blood types – especially those with type O negative blood – are encouraged to make and keep their donation appointments so hospitals can continue to ensure critical care for patients this winter. Since the beginning of the year, hundreds of blood drives have been canceled and more than 15,000 blood and platelet donations have gone uncollected due to severe winter weather and wildfires. As February continues, so does the potential for additional weather systems to disrupt blood drives. Flu and other seasonal illnesses are spreading, which also could force more people to cancel scheduled donation appointments, compounding the impact to collecting lifesaving blood products. To book a time to give blood or platelets, use the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visit RedCrossBlood.org or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). As a thank-you, all who come to give through Friday, Feb. 28, will get a $15 e-gift card to a merchant of your choice. See RedCrossBlood.org/Flurry for details.

March

Saturday, Mar 1st Shamrock Ball Shamrock Ball again features two sessions: from 3 to 5 p.m., and from 6 to 8 p.m., Saturday, Mar. 1, in Farragut Community Center, 239 Jamestowne Blvd. Cost is $30 per couple and $5 per additional family member. This annual father/daughter dance is sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Greater West Knox and benefits two local nonprofits. The evening includes dancing, snacks, crafts and photos. All family members are welcome to attend. Registration begins Wednesday, Jan. 8.
Saturday, Mar 8th Debt Relief Legal Advice Clinic Knoxville Bar Association, in partnership with Legal Aid of East Tennessee, will host a Debt Relief Legal Advice Clinic for pre-screened individuals beginning at 8:45 a.m., Saturday, March 8, in the Public Defender’s Community Law Office (1101 Liberty St. in Knoxville). Qualified individuals must live in Knox, Blount, Loudon or Sevier County. Attorneys will volunteer to conduct initial meetings with the clients to discuss situations/options. Qualification will be income-based, with pre-screening by LAET. The client served through the clinic may also be eligible for free bankruptcy services.

Bringing a little sweetness to Town Center

Chocolate lovers rejoice. Bradley’s Gift & Home, 141 N. Peters Road, is adding a second location in Farragut Town Center, 138 Biddle Farms Blvd., with plans to open in July. “We want to bring a little sweetness to our hometown,” said Joy Hamlett, co-owner with her husband, Bradley “Brad” Hamlett, both of Farragut. “We were hoping it would be spring, but at this point it looks like it’s going to be summer,” she added. “It’s been quite a process. “We’re so excited.” Having been in business for almost 30 years, “We’ve kind of been on a long journey,” Joy said, noting the business was started by her husband and his father, Jim Hamlett. The original store opened in 1995 at the former Thrifty Nickel location near Pellissippi Parkway and across from Fort Sanders West. “It was a very poor location at the time,” Joy recalled. “In 2000, they were struggling, deciding whether to close or move, and at the last minute they found a location, North Peters Road, which was across the street from our current location. “They moved in next door to where I was working at the time,” she added. “That’s how (Brad) and I met … we got married in 2002.”

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TSSAA Hall of Fame Dodgen’s latest honor

Farragut High School legend Donald Dodgen, current school athletic director, is almost 15 years removed from a “remarkable 38-year coaching career (that) stands as a testament to his dedication, leadership and influence on student-athletes at the high school and college levels,” a Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association press release stated. This governing body of state high school athletics recently elected Dodgen — with almost 60 years of excellence as a player, coach and AD — into its Hall of Fame, which was announced Wednesday, Feb. 5. Dodgen and seven other new Hall of Fame members will be inducted at the annual TSSAA Luncheon in the Student Union Building at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Monday, April 7. A High School All-American 6-foot-5 scoring machine as a basketball superstar at Gatlinburg-Pittman High (Class of 1969), “Coach Dodgen played at Tennessee Wesleyan, where his talent on the court helped propel him into the spotlight as both a player and coach,” the release stated. “His achievements were honored with inductions into multiple halls of fame, including the Tennessee Wesleyan Hall of Fame (as both player and coach), Gatlinburg-Pittman … Farragut High School Hall of Fame (as a coach and administrator) and the KIL Coaches Association Hall of Fame. “With a career that spans multiple schools and sports, he has had an enduring impact on both the athletic programs and the communities he served,” it further stated. “His legacy as a basketball coach, athletic director and mentor has made him one of the most respected figures in Tennessee high school athletics.”

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