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  • Harriman Music Club kicking off 104th season with Sept. 26 picnic

    Harriman Music Club has the distinction of being the oldest continually serving club in Roane County.

    Founded on June 3, 1910, by Mellie Denton, Rose Emery and Vera Diemer, it held membership in Federated Music Clubs of America until the early 1980s and continues as an active Music Club.

    The club will begin its 104th season with a covered-dish picnic at 6 p.m. Sept. 26 at the home of George and Margie Wadlington.

    Members, spouses, guests and interested prospective members are welcome to attend.

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  • Harriman Happenings: Sept. 23

    Katherline Derrick and Andrew Derrick celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary Sept. 15.

    The devoted couple have four children.

    Congratulations to this lovely couple and be blessed.

    Marie Knaff and the Rev. James Knaff also celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on Sept. 15.

    He is retired from X-10 Plant in Oak Ridge. Marie is still working at Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge.

    They are the parents of two sons and one grandchild.

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  • Roane NAACP playing host to state convention

    Roane County NAACP is the host chapter for the 67th annual Tennessee State Conference National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Convention and Civil Rights Advocacy Conference.

    The convention will start at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 26 in the Double Tree Hotel, Oak Ridge.

    Joseph Eskridge of Harriman is president of the Roane County NAACP.

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  • On vacation with the Roane County News ... in Montana

    The Roane County News headed west with Julia and Cyrus Taft of Harriman for its latest adventure to Montana’s Glacier National Park at Logan Pass on the Going-to-the-Sun Road.

    The Tafts, at right, are joined by Phillip and Nell George of Gallatin on their vacation.

    “We spent a week in Glacier and Waterton Lakes Parks day hiking and seeing the wildlife before spending a couple of days in Yellowstone and Grand Tetons National Parks,” Cyrus Taft wrote.

    “We had great weather the whole time and thoroughly enjoyed the trip.”

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  • Presidential party lines not required

    Though U.S. presidents and vice presidents are traditionally from the same political party, the U.S. Constitution neither prohibits nor encourages the practice.

    That’s one of the facts the Avery Trace Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution points out in observance of the 226th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States of America.

    Sept. 17-23 is National Constitution Week, and the DAR  is striving to help educate Roane Countians about the Constitution.

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  • Flurry of activity behind the scenes of Roane Habitat

    When most people think of Habitat for Humanity, they visualize people working on a house — framing, driving nails and lifting walls into position.

    “While that is certainly an important part of what we do, there is a lot of work behind the scenes for Habitat to complete its mission to build houses for those in need,” said Todd Fisher, president of Roane County Habitat for Humanity.

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  • Beautifying Harriman one plant at a time

    Harriman Garden Club President Pat Ramsey and Vice President Jamie Russell take a break from working on the Kiwanis stone arches on Pansy Hill Road, which, at one time, marked the entrance to the city.

    Club members cleared the arches, planted shrubs and flowers, and mulched two sides in the organization’s effort to improve and beautify the city one plant at a time.

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  • Gas $3 a gallon for 1,000-plus days

    The national average price of gasoline surpassed $3 per gallon on Tuesday for the 1,000th consecutive day for the first time on record, reported AAA.

    The current streak began on Dec. 23, 2010. AAA forecasts the national average will remain above $3 per gallon for at least another thousand days barring a major economic recession.

    “Tennessee gas prices didn’t reach $3 a gallon on Feb. 18, 2011,” said Mark Jenkins, AAA spokesman for The Auto Club Group.

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  • The Garden Gate: Mum's the word in fall beauty

    We are noticing now that the trees are beginning to show their fall colors, the blossoms of Queen Anne’s lace are starring the fields, the golden yarrows and bright zinnias are adorning our gardens, and all the roadside produce stands are bright with chrysanthemums.

    Looking ahead to fall festivals, Halloween pumpkins are beginning to add their colorful notes to all the stands.

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  • Forever Young health fair to cater to area seniors

    A Forever Young health and information fair for senior citizens will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 26 in Kingston Community Center.

    Free flu shots will be offered.

    Other offerings include medical massages; carotid ultrasound; and screenings for blood pressure, bone density, vision, pulse oximetry and falls risk.

    Call Amber Jacks, Mid-East Community Action Agency senior services director, at 354-0450 for details.

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