In this new world of college sports, it’s known as “NIL” and players on many campuses are starting to make money, some big money, based on their individual NIL (name, …
Rotarian John Hoffman ‘volunteers’ for his boss
John Hoffman invited his “boss” at the University of Tennessee Medical Center (UTMC) to speak to the Rotary Club of Farragut yesterday. But Covid had other ideas. Amy Perkins is …
Pellissippi honors Markowitz with McPherson Award
It was a shock when Stephanie Shipley Markowitz Ed.D. heard her name mentioned in the same sentence with Nina McPherson. But she heard correctly when Mike Murphy, PSCC faculty senate …
Ex-exchange student, children relocating from Ukraine
Julie (Yuliia) Tryukhan and her two children, still in Zilina, Slovakia, after fleeing war-torn Ukraine, have been approved and authorized to travel to the United States under the Uniting for …
40-plus Farragut vols plant Girls Inc.’s trees
Kirby Deal made the ask. Scott Bertini said “we’ll be there” and proceeded to assemble a team of approximately 40 volunteers from the Rotary Club of Farragut and the Pellissippi …
Benji Bash: A proud, tough Marine survives
It was 57 days ago when Lance Corporal Benji Bash went airborne off of his Yamaha R1 Super Star motorcycle on a dark rural road near Camp Lejeune. He landed …
Rotary clubs Zoom about Ukraine
There are Zoom meetings and then there are Zoom meetings. Yesterday the Rotary Club of Farragut (RCF), during its Wednesday meeting at Fox Den Country Club, connected via Zoom with …
Lick Skillet’s Miller talks family farming
Family farming and Alex Miller Ph.D. is a match made down on a New Market farm – 1,000 acres known as “Lick Skillet.” His great grandfather liked what a neighbor …