PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID Your Health KNOXVILLE TN PERMIT # 109 is our number one concern. Please call today if you have any insurance Laura Ash, Agent needs that we can be 12744 Kingston Pike of assistance with. Knoxville, TN 37934 We have several Bus: 865-675-0888 options for starting and [email protected] maintaining your policy. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.® CALL ME TODAY. farragutpress.com • @farragutpress • @farragutpress1 • © 2020 farragutpress all rights reserved • 50¢ State Farm, Home Offi ce, Bloomington, IL ISSUE 29 VOLUME 32 FARRAGUT, TENNESSEE THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 • 1A Responding — with a smile AFC UC Chamber uses steps up new Facebook precaution group to update TAMMY CHEEK local biz status ■ [email protected] ■ TAMMY CHEEK American Family Care Ur- [email protected] gent Care, with a clinic at 700 N. Campbell Station Road in Far- Farragut West Knox Chamber of Commerce ragut, has responded to the cur- has stepped up to keep the public and busi- rent pandemic by taking action to nesses informed on the status of businesses “protect our communities against in Farragut and beyond with a new public the spread of COVID-10 Novel Facebook group. Coronavirus,” Rachel Davis, com- The group, Farragut/West Knoxville Take Out pany marketing director, said. Delivery & Service Options Amid COVID-19, “To protect our healthcare started Tuesday morning, March 17. staff as well as our communities “It is open to any business — not just Cham- we serve, we have set up tents at Michelle Hollenhead ber members — that wants to join, FWKCC each one of our clinics to screen Concord United Methodist Church members Jerry and Evelyn Gilley prepare for a meal de- president/CEO Julie Blaylock said. patients prior to entering our livery Thursday, March 19, to homebound members among several CUMC teams delivering “Businesses can join as their Facebook page, clinics,” she said. “Each patient nearly 40 meals — nearly twice the normal amount — in light of COVID-19 precautions. and, when they join as their page or if they join must pass through the tent and as an individual, they can post their take-out go through a series of precaution- specials, delivery or pick-up or curbside offer- ary questions and temperature ings,” she added. reading. Bishop, Rolland lead way to feed hungry “Businesses may post their hours of opening “The patient will then be in- MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD executive director for Compassion Ministry, or if they’ve changed their hours of operating. structed where to proceed.” ■ [email protected] offered through Cornerstone Church of God They can post if they’re closed and when they Davis added, “We have had a lot and Christ Covenant Church, saw her bi- might re-open. So they can let their customers of thankful patients who appreci- The first full week of coronavirus emer- monthly food pantry collection spike, too. and the community know and let their custom- ate our abundance of caution and gency measures found two Farragut ladies “I know we have double what we normally ers feel good about still patronizing.” attention to protocols.” ramping up services to hungry members of have,” Rolland said Thursday, March 19, as Businesses also can communicate all the Additionally, AFC Urgent Care the community. cars lined up from Knox, Loudon and Roane precautions they are taking in light of the virus, has set up telemedicine, a video Becky Bishop, food coordinator for Con- counties for the distribution at Cornerstone. she added. chat with an AFC doctor or nurse. cord United Methodist Church, saw her “I do think the coronavirus, the jobs lost, “For example, a lot of businesses are posting Thursday meal preparations for church See SERVICES on Page 3A shut-ins nearly double, while Robin Rolland, See MEALS on Page 3A See FACEBOOK-FWKCC on Page 4A Gunshots kill couple with Farragut ties; alleged murderer has $2.52 million bond ■ MICHELLE HOLLENHEAD aged to escape and run to the Officers had been contacted by [email protected] Beets’ home, where a front porch nearby residents who heard the light was shining. crash and the gunshots, accord- A Lovell Woods neighbor- Clarkson knocked on the door, ing to the report. hood couple were found dead and Johnson attempted to run Johnson was apprehended near from gunshot wounds Saturday, her over as the scene and was charged with March 21, allegedly murdered by she was on two counts of first-degree mur- a Blount County man whose bat- the porch, der, one count of attempted first- tered girlfriend sought refuge at and ended degree murder and one count of their home. up inside aggravated domestic assault. He Boyd and Doris Beets, both the resi- is being held in Roger D. Wilson Photo submitted 67, allegedly were shot by Ron- dence, the Detention Facility under a $2.52 Boyd and Doris Beets were killed Saturday, March 21, in their nie Edward Johnson, 31, of Alcoa report fur- million bond. Lovell Woods home, apparently as they tried to offer assistance after he crashed his truck into ther states. The KCSO Major Crimes Unit is to a battered young woman. Doris had shared this Facebook the front of their Live Oak Circle Encoun- leading the investigation. photo from a family vacation in 2012. house while searching for his tering the “Please keep the family of girlfriend, Amy Clarkson, also of homeown- Johnson the homicide victims in your Doris Beets was retired from “She was just a wonderful lady Alcoa, according to Knox County ers, John- prayers,” KCSO Information Of- Knox County Schools and had and a stellar employee,” Wellons Sheriff’s Office reports. son allegedly shot them both af- ficer Kimberly Glenn stated in worked about 20 years as an in- recalled. “She loved the children The report also stated the ter exiting the vehicle. Clarkson a press release. “This was truly structional assistant at Farragut and was just a fabulous person.” couple had been fighting in John- again ran from Johnson, who con- a random event that resulted in Intermediate School, former FIS son’s truck, and Clarkson man- tinued to chase her. tragic loss of life.” principal Kay Wellons said. See MURDER on Page 6A VViceice MMayorayor rreconsiderseconsiders OOtherther CCOVID-19OVID-19 iinformationnformation Farragut Vice Mayor Louise Povlin has Town businesses, parks for the latest on Farragut parks, which changed courses on her political future, For further updates on Town of Farragut remain open yet have closed bathrooms, Foundations with family encouragement, reversing inten- businesses, go to farragutbusiness.com athletic fields and playgrounds. 40 YEARS OF FARRAGUT tions previous spelled out in farragutpress. or visit Farragut/West Knoxville Take-Out, Farragut Mayor Ron Williams Delivery & Service Options amid COVID-19 -In addition to front page and jump pages, developed a fascination with - Read Povlin’s Letter to the Editor on and Knoxville Store Status on Facebook. See COVID-19-related stories and information local governments decades ago. page 4A Also visit www.farragutparksandrec.org starting on pages 4A, 6A, 7A and 3B (40th and final story, page 5A) 2A • FARRAGUTPRESS THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2020 Vandals: racist graffiti, damage to fields Photos by Alan Sloan Kohl’s, baseball youth are victims ■ STAFF REPORTS [email protected] Three different messages of racist and profane graffiti on the back wall Vandalism incidents in Farragut of Farragut Kohl’s. and Concord caused thousands of dollars in damage last week. Two vehicles are believed to 17, with an FB Inc. representative according to the description “This happened directly behind Attempts to contact Crown were have torn up youth baseball noting on Facebook (with accom- shared on Facebook. English Station Road with seven unsuccessful. fields managed by Farragut Base- panying pictures) “the damage to Damage was reported to the homes, (there is wooden fence at Kohl’s officials announced their ball, Inc. along Northshore Drive, the outfields will take many hours Knox County Sheriff’s Office. the back of these homes) facing stores closing in the wake of the while a separate incident saw and dollars to fix.” The wall defacement occurred Municipal Center Drive, which COVID-19 pandemic, and no one the defacement of an exterior One of the vehicles involved sometime during the early morn- faces the sprayed wall of Kohl’s.” could be contacted to address the freestanding wall behind Kohl’s may be a reddish or maroon SUV/ ing hours of Thursday, March 19. Residents reported the inci- matter. The graffiti remained on shopping center, 11530 Kingston crossover, with the other possibly “For the Glenn Abbey neighbor- dent to KCSO. the walls as of deadline Tuesday Pike, with racist and profane lan- a large four-door truck or Jeep hood, it’s quite disturbing,” wrote The owner of the shopping cen- afternoon, March 24. guage spray painted. described as “black to very dark a Glenn Abbey resident who did ter in which Kohl’s is located is Anyone with information re- The baseball fields’ damage green, jacked up with a snorkel not want his/her name used for listed as Crown Properties Hold- garding either incident is asked was discovered Tuesday, March attachments with loud exhausts,” fear of retaliation. ings LLC, 4820 Old Kingston Pike. to call KCSO at 865-392-1670. With Knox County Sheriff’s Office Parkside Drive (West) Precinct shut down for routine business in light of COVID-19 concerns, farragutpress once again was unable to obtain KCSO “Police” Reports. We KCSOpolicereports will attempt to go through the downtown office for next week’s reports, although recent KCSO policies have limited e-mail access to such reports and free access to paper reports downtown. Tim Hathaway We love our guests and staff, ABR so for the safety of all our Multi-Million Dollar Producer Cell: 643-3232 Office: dining room is currently closed.