Community
Dozens of area families enjoyed snow-sledding off the hills of McFee Park
January 15, 2025 by Alan Sloan
Looking to have some rare fun in the snow— many perhaps for the second straight year in January — dozens of families from Farragut, Concord and the area found the hillsides of McFee Park Saturday morning, Jan. 11, to enjoy snowboarding.
From tiny folks as young as age 1, riding with a parent, to middle-age daredevils — and perhaps a few senior citizens — all enjoyed sliding, twisting and even spilling down the snowy inclines.
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January 15, 2025 by Staff Reports
To meet with President-elect Donald Trump among other U.S. leaders as one of 104 high school seniors and juniors nationwide, Sophie Lu, a senior at Farragut High School, has earned the opportunity to join U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and U.S. Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) during 63rd Annual United States Senate Youth Program Washington Week, to be held March 1-8 in Washington, D.C.
Lu, along with Oluwaseyi Amosun of Brentwood, “were selected from among the state’s top student leaders to be part of the 104 national student delegation that will attend meetings and briefings with senators, the president, a justice of the Supreme Court, leaders of cabinet agencies and other officials throughout the week,” a USSYP press release stated. “Each delegate also receives a $10,000 college scholarship for undergraduate study.
“Each year this extremely competitive merit-based program provides two outstanding high school students from each state, the District of Columbia and the Department of Defense Education Activity with an intensive week-long study of the federal government and the people who lead it,” the release further stated. “Each student will also receive a $10,000 undergraduate college scholarship with encouragement to continue coursework in government, history and public affairs. The Hearst Foundations have fully funded the program since inception; as stipulated, no government funds are utilized.”
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January 15, 2025 by Tammy Cheek
KNOXVILLE — Morning Pointe Senior Living of Knoxville resident Monika Lumsdaine is traveling “virtually” on a computer while getting active at the 9649 Westland Drive senior living community.
Lumsdaine said she enjoys the program, which calls for more than sitting at a computer.
“The goal is to keep active, to be involved,” she said, adding the program gets people together to share experiences during trivia sessions, for example.
“There are so many interesting things to do,” Lumsdaine said. “We have excursions, picnics, line dancing, art classes.
“We try out different things,” Lumsdaine added. “It’s nice to learn something new … I like a challenge.”
The year before, the community did an Olympics-themed tour, where residents competed and won trophies.
The West Knoxville location is one of the Morning Pointe communities offering the creative virtual travel programs.
“For 2025 Morning Pointe Senior Living is taking a sonorous spin on its virtual travel program as communities throughout the Southeast will feature programming around the settings of 12 famous musicals,” said Heido Pino, communication specialist for Morning Pointe Senior Living.
Residents will be visiting Hollywood, California, with a “Singing in the Rain” theme in January; Maine with the
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