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  • Harriman Happenings: Dec. 23

    Last Saturday evening, Gloria Ward, Marie Frazier, Carolyn Clemmons, the Rev. Jesse L. Williams and Louise Warmley attended the retirement banquet for Pastor Harold Middlebrook, who is retiring from Canaan Baptist Church in Knoxville.

    About 350 guests attended the banquet.

    The Rev. William Caldwell from Clinton and the Rev. Rusty Flemmons from New York City roasted Pastor Middlebrook. Melvin Kimbrow from “I Won’t Complain” in Cleveland, Ohio, attended.

    Afterward, dinner was served. This was a delicious dinner.

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  • Christmas tree recycling starts up Jan. 6

    Roane County Road Superintendent Dennis Ferguson and his department will offer Christmas tree recycling from Jan. 6-9 at the road department at 3072 Roane State Hwy., Midtown.

    Ferguson said the success of last year’s event and the number of requests received so far prompted the decision.

    Trees will be recycled from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

    Wreaths and garland are also welcome, but brush is prohibited.

    The public is asked to remove all tinsel, lights and decorations before taking trees to be recycled.

    Call 882-9782 for details.

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  • Look Back: A Little Something From Our Files From the Week of Dec. 18

    25 Years Ago

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  • The Garden Gate: Are you savvy on the lesser-known first Christmas gifts?

    We give a great emphasis — and sometimes much money — to the giving of gifts at Christmastime.

    We sometimes become so involved that we completely forget that we are commemorating the presenting of gifts by the Magi to the Christ Child.

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  • Fiction, poetry workshops set for January Jumpstart

    Tennessee Mountain Writers are planning fiction- and poetry-writing workshops for January Jumpstart XIV on Jan. 10-12 in Best Western Morristown Conference Center.

    J.T. Ellison, a bestselling author of 10 critically acclaimed novels, will lead the fiction workshop.

    The poetry workshop will be conducted by award-winning poet and quilter Jane Hicks.

    January Jumpstart will open with an informal evening social hour on Friday.

    Workshop sessions will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.

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  • ‘Nutcracker’ helps animal shelter

    The cast of Roane County’s 2013 “The Nutcracker” and public donations yielded 1.5 tons of food for the Roane County Animal Shelter.

    “The Nutcracker” 2013 cast alone donated 1,470 pounds of pet food during the annual food drive.

    Top donors included cast members Jensen Peacock, with 310 pounds, and Savannah Ellis, with 190 pounds.

    Arts in Motion owner Jennifer Austin, an animal lover herself, initiated the pet food drive years ago.

    It has become a traditional part of “The Nutcracker.”

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  • Military Matters: Mark A. Jones

    U.S. Air Force Airman Mark A. Jones recently graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

    Son of Roy Jones of Oliver Springs, he is a 2007 graduate of Mount Pisgah Christian Academy, Oliver Springs.

    Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in 2011 from Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville.

    The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

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  • Military Matters: Brett M. McKinney

    U.S. Air Force Airman Brett M. McKinney graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas.

    Son of Jessica Ferguson of Kingston, he is a 2012 graduate of Roane County High School, Kingston.

    The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills.

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  • Double up on giving this year

    There’s still time to help two area nonprofit agencies with one stop this holiday season.

    Medic Regional Blood Center offers donors the opportunity to decline the the traditional donor thank-you gift.

    The value of the gift will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee. The value provides about nine meals to the area food provider, said Christi Fightmaster of Medic public relations.

    “This is a great way to make your good deed go a little farther,” she added.

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  • Dunn Legacy Society inducts Blanchards, Seiverses

    The Michael Dunn Foundation hosted a November reception to honor the newest members of the Michael Dunn Foundation Legacy Society.

    The Legacy Society was established to recognize and thank individual donors who have made the most significant contributions in the history of the organization.

    Established in 2011, the Legacy Society represents approximately $750,000 in individual, lifetime contributions made to the Michael Dunn Foundation.

    The newest members honored at the Legacy Society reception were the Blanchard family and the Seivers family.

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