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Tweet Pete Meenen and the Tennesseans We Lost to COVID-19 The state’s first resident claimed by a virus that went on to kill many more On March 21, the Brentwood Family YMCA shared the news that Pete Meenen, a greeter at the gym and community center for more than 20 years, had died. He was the first person in Tennessee to die from COVID-19. “Perhaps few faces in a YMCA are as recognizable as the greeter who meets the morning faithful, the early risers who start their day with us when the Welcome Center is a little quieter than usual,” the Brentwood Y’s operations executive, Roger D. Grove, wrote on Facebook. “For more than 20 years, Pete was that face in our YMCA, and his loss will be deeply felt by all of us, our staff and our members.” ....
The 2020 Boner Awards From superspreader events to screw-ups by Bill Lee, Marsha Blackburn and beyond, hereâs our annual list of bloopers and blunders Tweet We at the Scene didnât name our annual Boner Awards what we did simply so we could make cheeky puns. Thatâs just a bonus. Other former mayors get parkways or Metro office buildings named for them. Bill Boner, mayor from 1987 to 1991, gets this issue â now in its 31st year â as an annual honor. Ultimately, Bonerâs one-term tenure as mayor included a peculiar appearance on The Phil Donahue Show, among other very weird and wacky news items that secured his status as the namesake of this recurring issue of the ....