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Welcome to Rhea County, Tenn.

Rhea County combines all that is great about small town life.

The Source provides the reader with a wealth of information about the services offered in Rhea County, information about the government leaders who run the dayto-day operations of our towns and a host of recreational activities sure to cater to practically everyone.

Rhea County is home to a temperate climate, growing, diversified economy and low crime rate which makes this area attractive to new residents and explains why natives choose to remain here.

Thirty-three miles from end to end and 14 miles across, Rhea County has such a diversity of land types, residents have only to choose whether they prefer farmland, lakefront property or a home perched high on a craggy bluff.

Rhea County has a population of around 33,000, according to recent U.S. Census data. Dayton, the county seat, is the largest of three municipalities with an estimated 7,500 residents. Spring City, 17 miles north of Dayton, had a population of around 2,000. Graysville, six miles south of Dayton, has a population of nearly 1,500.

There are four distinct seasons in Rhea County.

The average annual temperature is 59.3 degrees. The average temperature in January is 37.4 degrees, with the average low being 34 degrees.

The average January high is 53 degrees. With the summer months comes more daylight and humidity.

The average July temperature is 78.7 degrees, with the average high topping out at 91 degrees. The average low for the month of July is a pleasant 70 degrees. The county’s total average annual precipitation is 54.5 inches, with about 4.8 inches of snow a year.

Rhea County’s economic base is also diverse. Over the past 30 years it has moved from an agricultural economy into an industry and service economy. La-Z-Boy Tennessee is the largest local employer with about 1,200 workers, while several dozen other industries also provide thousands of local jobs.

Rhea County is ideally positioned to provide recreational opportunities to its residents. Without a doubt, Watts Bar and Chickamauga lakes are the most used recreational opportunities. Fishing, boating, water skiing and swimming provide recreation for visitors from all over the United States.

There has been an increase of professional fishing tournaments to the area and Rhea County has become one of the newest stops on several professional tours.

The mountains along Rhea County’s western edge provide opportunities for hiking, camping, even kayaking.

Rhea County also boasts an 18-hole golf course at the Dayton Golf and Country Club north of town and a bowling alley and roller skating rink at Crystal Springs Recreation Center in Dayton.

Details about all the great offerings in Rhea County are packed into the pages of The Source.

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GOVERNMENT

How to cast your ballot in Rhea County

How to cast your election ballot

Voter registration is an easy process and will only take a few minutes of your time. You may register to vote if you are a U.S. citizen, a resident of Tennessee, at least 18 years of age, and have not been convicted of a felony, or if you have, your full rights of citizenship must have been restored (or you must have received a pardon).

You may register at the Election Commission Office — located inside the Rhea County Courthouse in downtown Dayton — or at Dayton City Library, Rhea County Clerk’s office, registrar of deeds office, by mail-in application or at agencies such as the Department of Human Services or Department of Safety (driver’s license office).

To register you will be asked your full name, address, place and date of birth, Social Security number, and the location of previous voter registration. The registrars will ask for some type of photo identification, so you will want to take your driver’s license along with you, as well as proof of residency.

In municipal elections, you must live or own property in the city in which you wish to vote and if you are a property rights voter you must register as a

property rights voter.

The administrator of elections is Tom Davis, and Felicia Goodman serves as deputy administrator.

If you should move to another location in the city or county, you must notify the registrar of the change in address either in person or by mail.

Early Voting

Any registered voter may vote in person during a period beginning 20 days prior to the election and ending five days before the election.

You may vote in person during early voting at the Rhea County Election Commission Office in Dayton or at the Spring City Municipal Building.

The office hours are MondayFriday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The office is also open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon during early voting. You may vote absentee by mail.

Voting by mail

If you wish to vote by mail, you must request a ballot in writing over your signature. The request can be made as many as 90 days in advance of

an election and not later than seven days prior to an election.

The request can also serve as the application for ballot if it contains the following information: voter’s name (signature), voter’s address in the county, voter’s Social Security number and date of birth, mailing address for mailing the ballot outside the county, the election in which the voter wishes to vote (including a party preference if the election is a primary), and the reason the voter is requesting to vote by mail.

For any additional information, contact administrator Tom Davis by calling 423-775-7816 or 423-775-7817.

County Elections

Rhea County holds elections every two years with a primary in May except during presidential election years when the primary is held in March and a general election on the first Thursday of August. Four-year elected positions in the county include county executive, county commissioners, county trust-

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ee, register of deeds, county clerk, circuit court clerk, property assessor, road supervisor and sheriff. School board members serve four-year terms, with voting for odd-numbered districts in one election and for even-numbered districts in another. The family court judge position is elected every eight years in the election with chancery and circuit court judges.

City Elections

Dayton holds elections every two years on the third Wednesday in April. Members of the city council serve four-year terms. An at-large election determines who will be named mayor, and the council determines who will be named vice-mayor. Dayton City elections are staggered.

Graysville holds elections every four years in conjunc-

tion with the state and federal general elections in November, with the entire board of mayor and commissioners on the ballot. The candidate to receive the most votes is named mayor, and the candidate who receives the second-highest number of votes will be vice mayor.

Spring City has elections every two years in conjunction with the state and county elections on the first Thursday in August. The next election will be in August 2024. Spring City officials serve staggered terms.

Voting Precincts

• Spring City North — Pentecostal Worship Center, 25000 Rhea County Highway, Spring City

• Grandview — Grandview Community Center, 175 Emergency Road, Grandview

• Spring City South — City Hall, 229 Front Street, Spring City

• Wolf Creek — Wolf Creek Baptist Church, 5225 Wolf Creek Road, Spring City

• Evensville North — Rhea County Middle School, 405 Pierce Road, Evensville

• Evensville South — Rhea County Sheriff’s Department Training Center, 711 Eagle Lane, Evensville

• Dayton North — Rhea County Welcome Center, 107 Main Street, Dayton

• Dayton West — Rhea Central Elementary School, 1005 Delaware Avenue, Dayton

• Frazier — Frazier Elementary School, 3900 Double S Road, Dayton

• Garrison — Garrison Baptist Church, 260 Garrison Road, Dayton

• Graysville — Graysville Elementary School, 136 Harrison Avenue, Graysville

• Walden’s Ridge — Walden’s Ridge Community Building, 5364, Dayton Mountain Highway, Dayton

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County government led by nine commissioners, county executive

Rhea County uses the county commission/county executive form of government.

While the county executive is the head of the county’s executive branch of government, he acts largely at the discretion of the county commission, the county’s legislative body. The county executive has no direct authority over any other publicly elected official except in the event of an emergency, but the county executive does have veto power.

The county commission derives much of its power from its control over the county purse strings. The county commission is responsible for setting and levying county tax rates and for allocating funds for operation of all county departments.

Jim VIncent is the current county executive. As county executive, Vincent is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the county and serves as Rhea County’s chief representative.

Vincent was elected to his first term in August 2022 during the

Rhea County General Election after defeating several challengers.

The office of county trustee keeps record of and collects property tax payments and sales tax distribution. Neva Webb holds the office of Rhea County trustee and supervises her deputy trustees.

Theresa Hulgan won the election for county register of deeds. She succeeded Gladys Best, who retired and served Rhea County as registrar of deeds from 1962 to 2018. As registrar, Hulgan keeps records of all transfers of land ownership. She is assisted by deputy registrars.

Debbie Byrd was elected Rhea County property assessor in 2012 and recently reelecte and is responsible for establishing property values throughout Rhea County.

Rhea County Clerk Linda Shaver’s office is one of the busiest in the county. Shaver and her deputy clerks are responsible for handling motor vehicle registrations, business licenses, marriage licenses and

other personal, business and government permits and records.

Mike Neal was reelected as county sheriff in 2022. He was first elected in 2002.

Maintaining and improving Rhea County’s over 400 miles of roads is the responsibility of road supervisor Glen Varner. Varner and his road crews pave and patch roadways, post traffic and street signs, maintain and construct small bridges and mon -

itor construction of new roads. Varner was elected road supervisor in August 2016.

Jamie Holloway was elected Rhea County Circuit Court Clerk in August 2010 and works with judges, attorneys and law enforcement officials to operate the court system in the county. Holloway won another term in office during the 2022 election.

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County

County Commission

Rhea County’s governing body, the county commission, is made up of one representative elected from each of the county’s nine districts. The county commission is responsible for funding and operating the county’s services, setting tax rates and creating county law and public policy. A chair and vice-chair are elected each year. Jim Reed is the current chair, and Leo Stephens serves as vice chair.

The commission meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Phil Swafford Building in downtown Dayton. The nine members of the Rhea County Commission currently are:

1st District-Billy Thedford

2nd District-Jim Reed

3rd District-Philip Dunn

4th District-Leo Stephens

5th District-Emmaly Fisher

6th District-Sandy Francisco

7th District-Tommy Ballard

8th District-Nick Welch

9th District-Mark Cashman

All elected county officials are elected for four-year terms. Judges are elected to eight-year terms.

The Courts

Rhea County’s judicial needs are served by four separate court systems. All judges are elected for eight-year terms.

Judge Jace Cochran was elected Rhea County’s general sessions judge in 2022. He not only presides over Rhea County Gen -

eral Sessions Court, which handles many of the minor criminal and civil cases, but he also acts as juvenile court judge and handles divorce and domestic cases.

All juveniles who break the law, and often parents of juveniles, must appear in Rhea County Juvenile Court. Cases may include felony and misdemeanor offenses, truancy, delinquency and custody disputes.

While many serious criminal and civil cases may begin in General Sessions Court, they usually wind up in Rhea County Circuit Court. All cases that require a jury trial must be heard in circuit court. Circuit court officials are also tasked with collection of alimony and child support payments.

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Located 35 miles north of Chattanooga in the heart of the Tennessee Valley, Dayton has the mountains of Walden’s Ridge to the west and the Tennessee River to the east.

Dayton has been the county seat of Rhea County since 1889.

About 7,500 people live in Dayton, but the city serves as an employment center for almost twice as many.

In addition to its own K-8 school, Dayton is home to two institutions of higher learning: Bryan College, founded in 1930, and a satellite campus of Chattanooga State Technical Community College.

Dayton was home to the worldfamous Scopes Evolution Trial in 1925, which eventually spawned Bryan College.

The City of Dayton is run by a city council/city manager form of government.

Four members of the city council are elected at large, and the mayor is elected at large in a separate election.

Members of the City Council include Mayor Hurley Marsh, Vice Mayor Steve Randolph, Bobby Doss, Billy Graham and Caleb Yawn.

The City Council also serves as Dayton City School Board and Dayton Beer Board.

The City Council appoints seven other boards, which meet regularly, including the Dayton Planning Commission, the Dayton Board of Zoning Appeals, the Dayton Industrial Development Board, The Dayton Library Board, Dayton Airport Board, Dayton Housing Authority Board and the Dayton Recreation Board.

The Dayton Municipal Planning

Commission is charged with the responsibility of maintaining orderly growth within the city, creating and enforcing zoning and development regulations.

The Dayton Board of Zoning Appeals hears and rules on requests for zoning variances from residents.

The Dayton Industrial Development Board is tasked with the responsibility of funding and developing local industrial projects.

The Dayton Recreation Board supports and organizes recreational and athletic activities and facilities in Dayton. Nathan Fort serves as recreation director.

The Dayton Housing Authority is responsible for providing housing for hundreds of low-income individuals and families in the Dayton area.

Three elected circuit judges handle circuit court responsibilities in Rhea and four other counties.

Rhea County Chancery Court handles many civil cases, including divorce proceedings, worker’s compensation, tax and probate and many other cases involving contract disputes.

Melissa Blevins-Willis was recently elected Rhea County Chancellor.

District Attorney General Courtney Lynch is the prosecutor for the 12th Judicial District and was elected in 2022.

Ted Engel is the public defender for the Tennessee 12th Judicial District, and is assisted by two assistant public defenders in Rhea County.

Spring City serves as gateway to Watts Bar Lake

Located on the northern end of Rhea County, between Evensville and the Roane County line, lies Spring City, a town of nearly 2,000 people.

Spring City boasts a proud history in east Tennessee, primarily for its tourism dating back all the way to the mid 1800s.

Rhea Springs was a nationally-known and frequently visited site located just outside today’s city limits.

The area was known for its natural springs and healing waters, and local legends say that Native Americans were the first to discover these healing waters and use them as a natural rehabilitation area.

Rhea Springs at its peak featured a hotel where travelers could stay the night while they tested the healing powers of the rising wa-

ters under present-day outcrops of Spring City. Speculation abounds that even Union general and later United States President Ulysses S. Grant visited the reservation.

Rhea Springs was lost when the New Deal programs of President Franklin D. Roosevelt spawned the Tennessee Valley Authority and the damming of the water ways around Spring

City led to the permanent flooding of the tourist hub.

Today a small natural park exists on the grounds near where Rhea Springs lodge once stood, now submerged underwater.

Spring City also gained some notoriety in the 1950s, when a school bus full of children was struck by a

train at a crossing in town in August 1955. The tragedy, known as the Spring City Train Disaster, led to the deaths of 11 school children and the injuries of 39 more, including adults.

Then-governor of Tennessee Frank Clement visited Spring City after the crash, and a group of Spring City mothers pushed for legislation later that required all school buses to stop at railroad crossings. Tennessee passed the law, and eventually all 50 states followed suit.

Spring City is also home to former United States Representative Van Hilleary, who served in Congress from 1994 to 2002. He was elected to representative Tennessee’s fourth congressional district four times.

He ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2002, losing a tight race to Phil

nessee’s United States Senate seats in 2006 and was defeated by then-Chattanooga Mayor Bob Corker.

Today, Spring City seeks to relive its days as a major tourism hub in east Tennessee. In recent years, the town government has revamped many of its parks and ball fields and tried its hand at drawing tourism from nearby heavily-travelled Interstate 75, which runs from Michigan to Key West, Fla.

In 2013, the town constructed a splash pad that on warm afternoons can be seen filled with many of the town’s smiling children.

The town is also considered in an ideal spot for tourism because of its proximity to nearby mountains and its location exactly 50 miles between both Knoxville and Chattanooga, numbers four and five on the list of Tennessee’s largest cities, respectively, behind only two Memphis boroughs and Nashville.

Spring City is also impacted heav-

Dam, a federally-operated nuclear power facility that supplies electricity to a large portion of east Tennessee and brings hundreds of families to town because of jobs.

Spring City is governed by a fivemember board of mayor and commissioners that meets once per month as a legislative body and once per month in a preparation workshop, both open to the public.

The current board is made up of Mayor Leon Locke, Vice-mayor Jody Bauer and commissioners, Reba Murphy, Thomas Beaver and Kevin Jenkins.

The city manager is Stephania Motes, who is responsible for overseeing the town’s parks and recreation, utilities and other various town projects. Jason Lawsonis the police chief for the town.

The Audrey Pack Memorial Library is a public library located in Spring City. A library board helps

The Spring City Depot, pictured above, houses a museum dedicated to the history of the town.

Graysville: Rhea County’s southernmost town

At the foot of Brayton Mountain, located in a pocket of mostly flat land between Brayton and the famous Sale Creek ridges, a man named Gray carved out a homestead for himself several years back.

Graysville, as the city came to be known, is now the third largest chartered city in Rhea County with 1,502 residents and 0.8 square miles of incorporated city, behind its larger neighbor and county seat Dayton and the waterfront town of Spring City on the other end of the county.

Graysville sprang up around the prominent Grays family, the railroad, the mining of the nearby mountains and the construction of the Graysville Academy, a one-of-a-kind college at the time in the entire South, dedicated to the beliefs of the Adventists’ faith.

The Adventist church in Graysville was organized in September 1888, and four years later the school was formed. The school at one point enrolled 62 stu -

dents. At a meeting of the denomination heads in Battle Creek, Mich. — where the Adventists got their start — in spring of 1893, the denomination decided to take on the school, and it was the first of its kind in the South, but it was not the last.

In 1894, the school faced issues when the State of Tennessee indicted several of the school faculty on charges of violating the Sunday Law, a provision that prohibited certain activities from taking place on Sunday and tabbed it as a day of rest and worship.

The school leaders were imprisoned, and the school effectively closed its doors.

Graysville Academy would go on to become Southern Adventist University, located today in Collegedale, Tenn., outside of Chattanooga, Tenn. It enrolls nearly 3,000 students and is still operated by the Southern conference of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination. Recent efforts have been

made by Graysville officials to memorialize the old college with the help of the Adventist denomination, but no agreement has been reached.

Currently, the city is run by a board of mayor and commissioners that consists of: Mayor Charles Kaylor, Vice Mayor Bill Crawley and Commissioners Jimmy Miles and Anthony Knox.

The board is up for reelection every four years, with a ticket dedicated to mayoral candidates.

Most of the daily business is handled by City Recorder John Luquer, who acts as recorder and handles many city manager responsibilities.

Several boards help oversee various projects in the community, including the parks and recreation board, the historical committee, the beautification committee and the library board.

The Graysville City Hall is located on the corner of Harrison Avenue and Long Street.

TRADITIONS

The historic and world-renowned 1925 Scopes

Dayton became the focal point for the entire world as the fundamental questions about man’s origins were publicly debated. That debate continues today and will forever secure Dayton’s place in history.

The 1925 John T. Scopes Trial, also known as the “Monkey Trial” for its debate over whether man evolved from primates, is Dayton’s key claim to fame.

By 1925, Oklahoma, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina and Kentucky passed laws prohibiting the teaching of evolution in the classroom.

In Tennessee, the anti-evolution Butler Law passed in early 1925, and the American Civil Liberties Union in New York advertised for a teacher to test the constitutionality of the law.

A group of promi-

The dispute started when fundamentalists, who believed in a literal interpretation of the Bible, began to attack the theory of evolution and set out to ban the theory from being used for educational purposes in schools.

nent Dayton residents thought a controversial trial would make Dayton famous and used John Thomas Scopes, a 24-year-old, first-year math teacher and coach at Rhea Central High School, as a “guinea pig.”

The trial itself would have been insignificant and would have quickly faded into history if it were not for the prominent figures assembled to debate debate the case.

Clarence Darrow, the nation’s best defense lawyer in the 1920s, represented Scopes.

William Jennings Bry-

an, three-time Democratic presidential candidate, former Secretary of State and Populist leader, quickly volunteered for the prosecution.

Bryan was often referred to as “the silvertongued orator” and “The Great Commoner.”

The trial quickly became a media circus. Hundreds of journalists from all over the world, even as far away as Australia, crowded the courtroom, and large portions of the trial were broadcast over WGN radio in

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William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow are pictured above outside of the Rhea County Courthouse during the 1925 Scopes Trial.

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Scopes

Chicago — the first live broadcast of an American trial.

The trial began on July 10, 1925, in the heat of the same Rhea County Courthouse standing today.

The trial was later moved to the courthouse lawn because of the heat, and the crush of spectators threatened to cause the floor to collapse.

The most dramatic day of the trial was when Bryan took the stand and Darrow interrogated him as an expert on the Bible — a titanic

clash of personalities and ideologies.

After two weeks on trial, Scopes was convicted and fined $100, and Dayton and Rhea County had found their way into the pages of every American history book — just as the town fathers intended.

Bryan died in Dayton on July 26, five days after the trial, and William Jennings Bryan College was founded in 1930 in Dayton and was named in honor of him.

The Rhea County Courthouse has been renovated and is now a National Historic Landmark.

The Scopes Trial Museum is housed in the basement of the courthouse.

Visitors may tour the historic courtroom and the museum Monday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., although visitors are reminded that this is still a working courtroom and court may be in session during their visit.

The Scopes Trial has also fostered a regional festival by that name. Usually held the third weekend in July, the Scopes Trial Play and Festival has drawn thousands of visitors from all around the country and around the world.

The event typically featured a two-hour play taken primarily from the original transcripts of the trial.

Celebrate history in Rhea County

In 1807, just 11 years after Tennessee was granted statehood, Rhea became its 16th county, carved from Roane County.

The county was named for John Rhea, a U.S. Congressman from East Tennessee who had been a member of the Tennessee Constitutional Convention in 1796.

greatly enlarged the area of Rhea County to include most of the territory of present-day Hamilton County and Meigs County across the Tennessee River.

Previously, this land had been reserved as Indian Territory. In 1817, the boundaries were changed again when Hamilton County was created.

tation, Washington grew rapidly, and, for a time, became a principal river port in East Tennessee.

Up until the Civil War, Washington was not only the seat of government, but also the seat of education, commerce and religion.

A Revolutionary War veteran of the Battle of Kings Mountain, N.C., Rhea has also been recognized as an early leader in higher education in the South. Despite bearing his name, John Rhea never actually lived in Rhea County.

Gov. John Sevier signed the legislative act that created Rhea County on Dec. 3, 1807.

In 1815, the General Assembly

Most of the settlement occurred along the banks of the Tennessee River with well over half of the settlers residing on the east bank of the river.

The county seat was laid out at the head of Spring Creek in 1812 and soon became known as Washington.

The river being the fastest and most reliable mode of transpor-

But in 1836 the county was once again subdivided and all the land east of the river became Meigs County.

The Civil War in 1860 found Rhea County, like many other East Tennessee counties, split in regard to slavery and secession.

But the state and county governments were pro-secession, and the populace reluctantly

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The historic Rhea County Courthouse, site of the 1925 Scopes Trial, is pictured above in downtown Dayton.

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voted to ratify the ordinance of secession in June 1861.

Although the county was officially Confederate, many Union sympathizers headed for Cincinnati to enlist in the Union Army, while some remained at home and carried out guerrilla actions against the Confederacy.

According to T.J. Campbell, author of Records of Rhea, nearly every white male resident of Rhea County saw service on one side or the other, although

no battles took place here.

One interesting story from the Civil War is that of the Rhea County Spartans — a band of women suspected of carrying out espionage missions for the Confederacy.

In 1865, 16 of the women were arrested and taken by river steamer to Chattanooga.

There, Union Provost Marshall Brayton ordered them released on their promise to disband and cease activity and reprimanded the arresting officers.

Much changed about Rhea County and its

towns after the War Between the States.

DAYTON

BECOMES SEAT

The railroad gave added purpose and a new name to the sleepy village of Smith’s Crossroads in 1880. Briefly re-named Sequatchie by the railroad, the townspeople objected and changed the name almost immediately to Dayton

Dayton’s population exploded with the coming of the railroad and the coal mining operations it attracted. Extensive coal deposits had been discovered about 10 years earlier, and an English conglomer-

ate led by Sir Titus Salt took advantage of the new railroad to form the Dayton Coal and Iron Co.

For more than 40 years, coal mining was the lifeblood of Rhea County. Railroad growth also fueled an explosion in fruit farming, giving growers an avenue to ship their produce.

The railroad soon made Washington and its river traffic largely obsolete. As Dayton grew in size and importance, Washington shrank until Dayton was named the county

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seat in 1889.

Three years later the famous Rhea County Courthouse was completed in Dayton. A proposed $35,000 bond issue to build the courthouse was defeated in 1890, and the courthouse was eventually built with funds from a direct tax. The estimated cost of the courthouse was less than $20,000.

In 1895 the city of Dayton was issued a new charter, and also that year the city built an elementary school in North Dayton which was used until 1906 when it was donated to the county for use as the county’s first public high school.

Dayton switched from its Board of Mayor and Aldermen form of city government in 1915 to a Board of Commissioners with a chairman. Dayton changed its form of government once again in 1953, changing to its current five-member city council.

Since that time many things have changed, and Dayton has continued to grow and mature. The city has become a center for industry, attracting several large businesses to Dayton, including La-Z-Boy Tennessee, which began construction in 1973 and now offers employment to several hundred workers in the manufacture of reclining chairs and sofas.

More than 7,000 residents now call Dayton home, and the city has become an industrial employment and retail-shopping hub for the area.

SPRING CITY THRIVES

Spring City is the second largest town in Rhea County. It was originally christened Rheaville by the railroad in 1880, but, like the folks in Dayton, the townspeople were unhappy with that name and swiftly

changed it.

Lumber and coal provided the early basis for the Spring City economy.

Spring City was first incorporated in 1890. In that first year, Spring City experienced a real estate boom as the railroad brought settlers from all over.

In 1901 the people gave up their city charter in order to rid the community of saloons. But a local government was found to be necessary, and a taxing district was reorganized. In 1907 the town was reincorporated under a charter that excluded saloons.

The Tennessee Valley Authority, established in 1933, would change the face of Rhea County — particularly the Spring City area — more drastically than at any other time since the Rhea-Meigs division of 1836.

Construction of TVA’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant eight miles southeast of Spring City in 1972 led to another economic boom that continued through completion of the plant in 1996.

Also, General Shale Brick became the first tenant in the Spring City Industrial Park in 2009 and can staff as many as 60 employees when running at full speed.

GRAYSVILLE

Graysville, to the south of Dayton, was also a product of the railroad and coal industry. Named for Billy Gray, the town’s first postmaster, Graysville owed most of its growth to the formation of the Fox Coal Co. and the Durham Coal and Iron Co.

During much of the mining period of the town’s history, Graysville was essentially divided into three towns: Graysville proper, Montague and Advent Town.

Seventh-day Adventists first moved to Graysville in 1891, and for a time Graysville was the largest Adventist enclave in the South.

Between 1900 and 1920, Graysville was a bustling community with a railroad depot, post office, school, hotel, drug store, bank, doctor and several stores and restaurants.

Advent Town boasted Rhea County’s first medical facility — the Graysville Sanitarium and Hospital — and its own school and general store.

Montague had its own school, hotel, commissary and residential area.

Graysville was incorporated on Feb. 1, 1917, and had much the same form of government then as now. George W. Poague served as its first mayor, and Alvin Clouse, descendant of John Wesley Clouse, Dr. Albert Broyles, the local pharmacist, and R.L. Williams served on the first board.

With the closing of the mines and the coming of the Great Depression, Graysville fell on hard times and many of its businesses were forced to close.

Now Graysville is a close-knit bedroom community of Dayton and Chattanooga with an active civic life. Graysville Elementary School, the town’s library and Graysville Park serve as local hubs of community activity.

Although the other communities in Rhea County never experienced the growth of Dayton, Graysville or Spring City, several of them went through name changes instigated by the railroad.

The Roddy community was originally named Prestonville, while Darwin became Evensville, and Pennine was originally named Miller Station by the railroad and then renamed Sheffield.

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Local festivals celebrate history and culture

Rhea County has a lot to celebrate, from national holidays such as Independence Day and Christmas to the area’s rich history and culture involving agriculture and world-famous crops.

Strawberry Festival

The Tennessee Strawberry Festival is by far the biggest event in Rhea County.

From its beginnings on May 24, 1947, when it was only a one-day festival sponsored by the Dayton Lions Club, the festival has turned into a 10-day extravaganza each May full of events and activities, many of which are sponsored by the Dayton Chamber of Commerce.

The festival’s genesis was brought about after Rhea County boasted strawberry production as one of its principal businesses for almost half a century. The county was known as the “Strawberry Capital of the World,” but production waned as the soil’s nutrients became exhausted.

Although the Lions Club had started the festival while the crops were dwindling, festivities continued and are going strong today.

The Strawberry Parade draws the largest crowds, as thousands of spectators come from all across Rhea

County and beyond to see a long lineup of floats, horses and everything in between.

Other much-anticipated events include the Strawberry Pageant, the Ed Gentry Memorial Run, a fishing derby, an old-fashioned carnival, the strawberry pie and cake baking contest, Strawberry Shortcake Night at Centennial Park, a plethora of local entertainment and gospel singing, food, crafts, auctions, a cruise-in, a pancake breakfast and the Distinguished Young Woman of Rhea County Scholarship Program, which polishes off the festival.

The upcoming Strawberry Festival will begin with the 2025 Strawberry Pageant and culminate with Strawberry Parade Day, a day full of activities and events. The Strawberry Festival concludes with the Distinguished Young Woman of Rhea County Scholarship Program.

Shake the Lake

Shake the Lake is Spring City’s Fourth of July celebration, normally held at Veterans Park during the holiday weekend.

The festivities typically begin in the morning with musical groups entertaining visitors to the park, followed

by an assortment of activities and contests throughout the day, including the annual Mr. and Miss Firecracker Pageant, an informal pageant open to children 12 years of age or younger.

A fireworks show begins at dark.

FreedomFest

FreedomFest is Graysville’s Independence Day celebration held at the city’s park, Kristopher’s Kingdom.

The festival is sponsored by the City of Graysville Fire Department.

The day-long event features food, music, vendors, a fund-raising auction and other activities.

Fireworks close out the celebration starting around 9:45 p.m.

Scopes Trial Play and Festival

The annual Scopes Trial Play and Festival commemorates Dayton’s claim to fame — the 1925 Scopes Evolution Trial — with oldtime festivities such as antique car shows, educational lectures, 1920s music and the festival’s cornerstone event, the play, “Front Page News.”

The play is s collaboration between the Scopes

Festival Committee, MainStreet Dayton and the Cumberland County Playhouse.

The Scopes Trial Play and Festival takes place the third weekend in July each year.

The 1925 Scopes Trial is what is called “the world’s most famous court trial,” in which John T. Scopes was tried for teaching the theory of evolution in his Rhea County classroom. His prosecutor was the threetime presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan. The defense was led by renowned attorney Clarence Darrow.

Visitors to the festival can get a taste of what Dayton was like in the 1920s as they watch plays about the trial, shop at downtown stores for “vintage” prices, peruse craft booths and enjoy other period tributes.

The 2025 Scopes Trial Festival will be held in midJuly.

Rhea County Fair

The Rhea County Fair was instituted in 2008 after Rhea County commissioners approached the University of Tennessee Extension Office with the idea of developing the fairgrounds in

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Evensville.

Their efforts turned into the building of a picnic pavilion, youth exhibit building and a gazebo, along with the property’s original barn, all of which help promote and educate locals about agricultural and rural living in Rhea County.

Activities and events during the fair include an antique tractor show and parade, 4-H livestock shows and sales, the Lanny Mauldin Memorial Chili Cook-off, pageants, Old Timers’ Day, traditional fair exhibits, vendors, concessions, music, and inflatable games and other children’s activities.

The Rhea County Fair is typically held toward the end of August or the beginning of September.

PumpkinFest

Pumpkinfest is an annual tradition in downtown Dayton.

The festivities offer children an alternative to traditional Halloween activities that can include “Scaryoke” karaoke, live music, entertainment, prizes, inflatable bounce houses, food and craft vendors, and games.

A pumpkin pie eating contest, costume contest and hayrides also highlight the festival as well as “Treating” in downtown

Dayton.

The last Friday and Saturday in October is when PumpkinFest is traditionally held. PumpkinFest 2025 will be held at the end of October.

Christmas Parades

Despite the oft-nippy weather, Christmastime brings out flocks of locals to enjoy outdoor festivities in their towns.

Downtown

Dayton’s Christmas at the Courthouse will be the first weekend in December at the Courthouse Square and along Market Street. Special Christmas sales events are available at downtown stores, and festivalgoers

can enjoy music and artists’ showcases as they stroll through downtown as well.

Photos with Santa Claus and a Christmas Critter Contest as well as Appalachian Christmas music and vendor booths bring a crowd to the courthouse lawn. The highlight of the day is the Horse and Carriage Christmas Parade, followed by candlelight caroling in front of the Rhea County Courthouse. Christmas at the Courthouse is a MainStreet Dayton event. More information is available at www. MainStreetDayton.org.

The Spring City Christmas Parade s typically held the second Saturday in December.

EDUCATION

Rhea County School System

Educating tomorrow’s leaders is a priority in Rhea County, teachers work faithfully to impart knowledge to the children of the community.

Rhea County’s nine-member school board is supported by Director of Schools Jesse Messimer, the former Rhea County High School principal.

School board members are elected to four-year terms.

Bimbo McCawley currently serves as the chairman of the Rhea County School Board. John Mincy serves as vice chair. The chairman and vice chairman positions are elected each September and both McCawley and Mincywere both elected this fall.

Members of the Rhea County School Board include John Mincy, representing the first district; B.J. McCoy, representing the second district; Perry Massengill, representing the third district; Harold “Bimbo” McCawley, representing the fourth district; Janie Graham, representing the fifth district; Wayne Cox, representing the sixth district; Dennis Akin, represent -

ing the seventh district; Chip Pendergrass, representing the eighth district; and Dr. Henry Reid, who represents the ninth district.

The school board holds workshops on the second Thursday of each month at 5 p.m. The monthly meeting follows at 6 p.m.

Both the workshops and the meetings are held in the conference room of the Levengood Educational Center, located on Broadway Street in Dayton.

The Rhea County School system consists of four elementary schools, two middle schools and one city/countyconsolidated high school.

Over 400 teachers and administrators serve the students of Rhea County.

The county school system currently instructs over 4,500 students. Though a small county and school system, the board has been addressing the issue of overcrowding for several years.

Modular classrooms were part of the campuses of Frazier Elementary, but the building of a new high school that opened in August 2013 and a

remodeling project of the old high school into Rhea Middle School eliminated overcrowding at Rhea Central Elementary and the high school.

Spring City Elementary School continues to provide education to elementary school students in the Spring City area, while Spring City Middle houses grades six through eight.

Graysville, Rhea Central Elementary and Frazier Elementary schools are K-5 schools. When a student enters the sixth grade, if they live in the southern half of the county, they attend Rhea Middle School.

The county also provides several pre-K opportunities at Graysville and Spring City Elementary.

Rhea County High School in Evensville provides a complete college preparatory track including advanced placement and college credit courses as well as vocational courses.

For more information on the Rhea County School System, call the Department of Education at 423-775-7813 or visit www.rheacounty.org.

Local libraries offer unlimited learning and entertainment

Local libraries offer Rhea Countians the opportunity to travel to far off places or learn something new through the pages of the many books and services that are available.

CLYDE W. RODDY PUBLIC LIBRARY

Clyde W. Roddy Public Library, located at 371 First Avenue in downtown Dayton, strives to be an informational, recreational and cultural resource for the community.

The library offers multiple genres for all ages and is home to over 49,000 paper books, including bilingual, as well as audio books in formats such as CD or Digital Audio Book. In addition, the library has DVDs available for checkout. A reference room is available for genealogical and historical research with books, microfilm and a reader/printer.

Thirty public access computers with internet and printing capabilities as well as two laptops for use with flash drives are available. Computers are located in multiple locations, including the Young Adult room and children’s area. Scanning documents or pictures to an email is a service provided for the public’s convenience. Wi-Fi

is also available.

The library hosts pre-school story hour, a summer reading program, Munch-a-Lunch, Santa Night, and other activities throughout the year. They also provide proctoring services and the Boater’s Safety Exam.

The Clyde W. Roddy Public Library boasts more than 15,000 patrons and has a yearly circulation of over 247,000. The library is open Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Call 423-775-8406 for more information and visit the library on Facebook or their website at www.clydewroddy.org.

AUDREY PACK MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Audrey Pack Memorial Library in Spring City is available to all the citizens of Rhea County. Audrey Pack offers its more than 8,000 patrons over 28,000 books, DVDs, music CDs, magazines and audiobooks on CD. The library offers access to free electronic book and audiobook downloads with a library card. In addition, Audrey Pack has eight public access Internet-capable computers and two additional computers with educational software

reserved for children. Library patrons can also surf the Internet via wi-fi access. Audrey Pack Memorial Library also houses a room devoted to book sales where readers can browse books and magazines available for purchase. Also, the library houses a bright, cheerful children’s area that is home to numerous children’s materials. There are also several activity groups that meet at the library. Every Thursday morning at 10:30, children can enjoy story time. A book review club for adults meets at 1 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month. A coupon box is available for patrons to drop off valid coupons or search the box for ones they need. Cindy Wilkey serves as library director. The library, located at 169 West Rhea Avenue, is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. For more information on the Audrey Pack Memorial Library, call 423-365-9757.

Graysville Public Library

The Graysville Public Library, serving readers on the south end of the county, offers nearly 5,000 books for children and adults. A selection of DVDs

nearly 5,000 books for children and adults. A selection of DVDs are also available for rental.

In addition, the library has four computers that provide Internet access. Wi-Fi is also available for patrons wishing to bring their own devices.

The library hosts programs for children throughout the year. Programs include a summer reading program, a Dr. Suess celebration each March, and pictures with Santa and the Easter Bunny.

The library, located on

Harrison Avenue, is closed on Wednesdays but is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

To contact the Graysville Library, call 423-775-0966.

Bryan Library

The library at Bryan College is also available for community use. With over 470,000 resources including print and electronic books, DVDs and videos, newspapers and magazines, the Bryan Library is sure to have something for everyone. In addition, the Bryan Library offers six computers for pub -

lic use with Internet access and a staff of friendly librarians that can help visitors find just what they are looking for. Users should bring a picture ID in order to obtain a library card and have access to library resources.

Located on the Bryan College campus off of Old Washington Highway, the Bryan Library’s public access hours during the regular school year are Monday through Thursday 7:45 a.m.-8:45 p.m., 7:45-5 p.m. on Friday, and Sunday from 6 to 8:45 p.m. Summer hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 423-775-7307.

Dayton City School teaches kindergarten through eighth-grade

Dayton City has a separate K-8 school system.

City students attend Dayton City School until completion of the eighth grade, at which time they transfer to Rhea County High School.

The school currently instructs approximately nearly 900 students and consists of several teachers and administrators.

The Dayton City Council serves as the Dayton City School Board.

Members of the Dayton City School Board include Chairman Hurley Marsh, Vice Chairman Steve Randolph, Bobby Doss, Caleb Yawn and Bill Graham.

The school recently broke ground on a new cafetorium, pictured below, that will serve as a cafeteria and auditorium once complete.

The board typically meets on the first Monday of each month at 5:45 p.m. at the Dayton Municipal building.

The school provides K-8 education and features state-of-the-art classroom equipment as well as interscholastic competition in football and basketball and volleyball.

An expansion of the school, adding 11 new classrooms, was completed in January 2015.

For more information on Dayton City School, visit www.daytoncity.net or call 423-775-8414.

Levengood Educational Center

In 2021, the Rhea County School System moved to its new central office at the Levengood Educational Center named after longtime school director, the late Jerry Levengood

HEALTH

County’s only hospital since 1957, has been thriving since it opened its new $28 million facility on Aug. 23, 2007. The facility is located at the corner of White Oak Road and Rhea County Highway.

The hospital has won numerous awards and has been named among the top 100 critical access hospitals in the country.

The 75,000-square-footfacility includes 25 private patient rooms, 14 emergency department exam rooms, an expanded operating suite, and a broad spectrum of topof-the-line diagnostic and patient care equipment.

RMC is a county-owned, nonprofit organization serving the people of Rhea County. It is governed by a sevenmember board of directors.

The hospital provides

medicine, general surgery, gynecology, urology, podiatry, pulmonology, cardiology, oncology, orthopedics and physician care in family practice.

RMC began being accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of HealthCare Organizations in 1999.

Since 1999, the medical center has operated an outpatient physical therapy center.

RMC has added industrial medicine to the scope of services offered over the last few years. Visiting specialists provide service in, orthopedics, podiatry, urology, pulmonology and cardiology.

The hospital has its own helipad for use by regional medical helicopters such as LifeForce at Erlanger Medi-

sity of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville.

The hospital also plays an important role in providing health education to county residents.

Each year RMC provides a multitude of direct services to the community including CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) training, blood-borne pathogen training, and

Learn” sessions and our community newsletter Better Living, which is published quarterly.

Additionally, to assist with efforts to raise money for acquiring new equipment and technology upgrades, Rhea Medical Center has formed a nonprofit foundation called the Rhea Medical Center Healthcare Foundation.

RC3

Rhea County Community Center

Rhea County Community Center is in full operation after opening for business 2016.

RC3 — the Rhea County Community Center — is showcasing all that Rhea

County’s community center has to offer.

Cindy Horton, chair of the RC3 Board, said that several groups came together to keep a health and fitness

center open after the YMCA announced the closure of the Rhea family YMCA.

“We worked with the City

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of Dayton [which owns the building] to keep the place we are in,” Horton said. “And then the city, YMCA and Fort Bluff [National Association of Christian Athletes] helped us keep the equipment, and once we had that arrangement, we knew we had something to work with.”

RC3 currently offers a variety of services from a weight room to basketball courts and cardio equipment as well as a variety of group exercise classes including cycling, yoga, Pilates and a dance and sculpt class.

“One of the biggest and most important programs we offer is our Silver Sneakers program,” Horton said.

The Silver Sneakers program, she said, is geared toward senior citizens and provides nine classes per week

that offer physical fitness activities for its participants.

The facility also offers a variety of programs for ages 4 to 18, and a childcare program for children 6-monthsold to 8-years-old.

RC3 offers a variety of membership plans including deals geared toward family memberships, senior memberships and student/college membership.

Current operating hours are:

• Monday through Friday — 5 a.m. to 9 p.m.;

• Wednesday and Friday — 5 a.m. to 7 p.m.;

• Saturday — 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and

• Sunday — 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

RC3 is located at 232 Fourth Avenue in Dayton and can be contacted by calling (423) 775-0821.

More information can also be obtained at the facility’s website at www. rheacountycommunitycenter.org.

Scenes from the Rhea County Community Center

RECREATION

Rhea County’s natural beauty and historic nostalgia have long drawn tourists to the area. Whether visitors are hoping to revisit the events around the famed Scopes Trial or simply looking for views to take their breath away, they won’t leave the area disappointed.

For the historians at heart, Rhea County offers several museums and historic trails that relay the stories of the area’s past. The Scopes museum, located in the basement of Dayton’s Rhea County Courthouse, gives an inside look at the events that led up to the nationally renown Scopes Trial of 1925. The trial, which brought the issue of evolution in public schools to the forefront

of the American public’s mind, played out in the main courtroom of the Rhea County Courthouse.

The City of Dayton recently installed several picklball courts downtown and consistently draws players to the area.

The Spring City Museum opened in May 2008 and is located in part of the Spring City Depot, next to the Spring City Chamber of Commerce office.

The museum tells the history of Spring City through several displays of what downtown Spring City looked like in the 1940s and ‘50s, along with details about the town of Rhea Springs, African American history and the Tennessee Valley Authority.

The museum often changes its exhibits and themes to give visitors a wide sampler of the area’s past.

Two locations in Rhea County are also part of the Southern Tennessee Civil War Trail, which documents events and locations connected to the war.

The Washington Ferry is one of the two sites, since it was used extensively as troops crossed the Tennessee River. Buttram Cemetery, located in Dayton, is the other Rhea County spot listed on the trail. The Appalachian Quilt Trail is a fun way for visitors and Rhea County natives to enjoy a mixture of agriculture, local culture

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and art.

Nine hand-painted star-themed quilt squares have been displayed throughout downtown Dayton, giving people a chance to tour the rich historical sites while learning a thing or two about antique quilt designs unique to the area.

As part of the Appalachian Quilt Trail, Dayton’s quilt stops join hundreds of other locations around Tennessee that lead visitors through streets, underground caves, artist studios, the

Appalachian Trail and farmers markets.

In August 2009 Dayton Chamber of Commerce and MainStreet Dayton began sponsoring Dayton’s chapter of the quilt trail, dubbed “The Stars of Downtown Dayton,” and it has drawn quite a few tourists to the area.

Brochures and guides to the Appalachian Quilt Trail are available at the Rhea County Welcome Center.

As far as natural beauty, the county’s mountainous terrain and system of rivers and lakes make the area a haven for hikers, campers, fishermen and recreational

boaters.

With the Cumberland Mountains running along the western border, Rhea County is full of thriving forests, aweinspiring waterfalls, rock formations, gorges and an array of hiking trails in the Laurel-Snow State Natural Area.

Shopping opportunities abound in Rhea County, with shops offering antiques, gifts, apparel, music and art supplies, flowers and more in Dayton and Spring City.

And for the hearty appetites, multiple restaurants across the county offer cuisine rang-

ing from home-cooked southern styles and delis to international-themed restaurants.

Tourists and Rhea County locals alike take advantage of the area’s relaxing getaways, which come in the form of campgrounds, resorts and marinas, hotels and motels and bed and breakfast accommodations. Pet lodging facilities are also available in Dayton and Spring City.

For more information on specific listings of places to stay in Rhea County, visit the Rhea County Welcome Center for a wide selection of brochures.

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Local leagues and facilities offer athletic opportunities

Regardless of the time of year or what type of athlete you are, a variety of recreational opportunities and leagues exist in Rhea County for residents to get involved in.

Ranging from family fun at area bowling centers, raceways and walking tracks to competitive baseball, football, soccer and softball leagues, there are leisure time activities available throughout the year for people of all ages.

Baseball

Organized youth baseball leagues are plentiful in Rhea County. Both Dayton and Spring City have youth baseball leagues.

In Dayton, there are leagues for 5-to-6-yearolds, 7-to-8-year-olds, 9-to10-year-olds, 11-to-12-yearolds, and there has been in the past a team for 13-to-14year-olds. All leagues are in the Dizzy Dean Baseball organization.

Spring City has leagues for 3- to 12-year-olds in the Dixie Youth Baseball organization.

Basketball

Pick-up games can be played at outdoor courts at Veterans Park in Spring City, at a combination ten-

nis and basketball court in Graysville near the Graysville Ball Park, walking track and Community Center (off Pikeville Avenue), at a court in front of Dayton City School (off Market Street near Robinson Manufacturing Company) and at the Delaware Avenue Sports Complex.

Bowling

Bowling is a year-round activity that attracts both the young and the youngat-heart. Crystal Lanes on Old Graysville Road has leagues for adults all year and youth and children’s leagues during certain times of the year. You don’t have to be in a league to bowl at Crystal Lanes. Contact Debbie or Toby Carter at 423-775-1547 for more information.

Football

Dayton and Spring City offer football teams for children. Both the Little Eagles and Red Dogs usually have teams for ages 5 to 6 (Wee Pees), 7 to 8 (Pee Wees), 9 to 10 (Juniors) and 11 to 12 (Seniors).

Games in Dayton are played at Gabbert Field behind the Dayton Regional Skill Center. Games in

Spring City are played on Red Dog Field to the left of Rhea County Highway heading north.

Golf

The Dayton Golf and Country Club is an 18-hole golf course north of Dayton and just west of Rhea County Highway on Payne Lane. It hosts an industrial league and other periodic tournaments. Some tourneys require membership in the country club. For more information at 423775-2313.

Softball

Youth softball leagues are offered in Rhea County. The Dayton Girls Softball Association offers teams and leagues for girls 4-and-under, 6-and-under, 8-and-under, 10-and-under, 12-and-under, and 14-and-under.

Spring City Dixie Youth softball also fields at least one team each year.

Tennis

Dayton, Graysville and Spring City offer community tennis courts. The Dayton courts are located downtown near Washington Park (The Dayton Walking Track) and Pendergrass Park. Six courts are also located at the Delaware

Avenue Sports Complex.

Graysville’s tennis court is adjacent to the Graysville Ball Park, Walking Track and Community Center off of Pikeville Avenue. Spring City’s courts are located adjacent to Veterans Park.

Pickleball

The City of Dayton recently constructed pickleball courts in the downtown area that have already been host to traveling tournaments.

Walking Track

The Dayton, Spring City, Graysville, Old Washington, Frazier and Walden’s Ridge communities offer walking tracks.

Dayton’s Washington Park track is on either side of the Highway 27 bypass near the Highway 30 intersection. A newer walking track is located at the Delaware Avenue Sports Complex.

Spring City has two walking tracks: one at Veteran’s Park off of New Lake Road and another at the Nature Park on the north end of town. Graysville’s track is adjacent to the Graysville Ball Park and Community Center off of Pikeville Avenue.

Laurel-Snow offers outdoor fun

Laurel-Snow State Natural Area is a 2,259-acre natural area located in Rhea County.

The natural area occurs on the Walden Ridge of the Cumberland Plateau and contains a section of gorge that is deeply dissected by Morgan, Henderson, Laurel and Richland Creeks.

The site is named after two scenic waterfalls, Laurel Falls (80 feet) and Snow Falls (35 feet), and features two prominent overlooks, Buzzard Point and Bryan Overlook (also known as Raven Point).

The natural area also has scenic creeks, steep gorges, geologic features, a small stand of virgin timber and a wide variety of plants.

After about 1.5 miles of hiking into the natural area beside Richland Creek, the trail forks. You can reach Buzzard Point and Snow Falls by following the trail as it forks to the left going west.

The trail to the right leads to Laurel Snow Falls and then eventually climbs to the top of the falls. The distance for both trails is about eight miles round trip.

The land use history of this area remains evident in places.

Logging and deep mining took place in some portions of the area in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s.

Some remnants of the mining activities can still be seen along the trail near the parking area.

Part of Richland Creek dammed to serve as the Dayton Reservoir and was once the water supply for the town of Dayton. The low dam across the stream can still be seen, although water is no longer collected here for the town.

The Laurel-Snow trail was the first National Recreation Trail designated in Tennessee. See http://www.americantrails.org/nationalrecreationtrails/ for more information.

Public Access

Public access is allowed; parking and hiking trails are provided. The natural area has 10.5 miles of hiking trails. Backcountry camping is by permit only. Call 423-566-2229 to obtain a permit or request more information.

Directions

Laurel-Snow is located north of Dayton and is accessible via Highway 27. From the north turn right, and from the south turn left, onto Walnut Grove Road north of Dayton (Walgreens on corner). Proceed 3/4 of a mile (pass La-Z-Boy factory) and turn left onto Back Valley Road. On Back Valley Road, proceed 0.7 miles and turn right onto an unmarked gravel road/Richland Creek Road (a small white church is on the opposite side of the road).

Proceed about one mile to the parking area at the end of Richland Creek Road.

Rhea County is a hotspot for hunters and anglers

Rhea County’s beautiful scenery is the perfect setting for the outdoorsman to hunt and fish.

Portions of Chickamauga and Watts Bar Lakes and the Tennessee River snake their way through the county, and parts of three wildlife refuges managed by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency can also be found in the county.

TYPES OF FISH IN THE AREA

According to TWRA Region 3 Reservoir Fisheries Biologist Mike Jolley there are several types of fishing opportunities available in Rhea County in Chickamauga and Watts Bar Reservoirs as well as some of their tributaries. In regards to these reservoirs there are many species that may be targets for anglers, such as:

Black bass (largemouth, smallmouth, spotted)

Excellent opportunities for “bass” fishing exist on Chickamauga and Watts Bar Reservoirs. Springtime fishing is when most anglers pursue these species due to the high activity this time of year by bass in pre spawn to post spawn

conditions (April – June).

Summertime fishing is also prevalent, especially at night. Fishing for bass in these reservoirs is pursued year around in some fashion with good success.

Targeting bass in their preferred habitat (brush, rip rap banks, points, humps, etc.), as one would suspect, is advantageous. A variety of artificial baits such as plastics, crankbaits, topwater lures, jigs, spinnerbaits and also some live bait are the tackle of choice.

Crappie (black, white)

Many anglers pursue crappie for their excellent table fare. Most pursuits are conducted during the months of March and April which correlate with spawning activities. Several anglers have learned to catch crappie year around with good success. Various types of small jig-type lures and artificial flies are used as well as live minnows. Preferred habitat for crappie consist of brush piles, tree tops, stumps, etc. “Blacknose” black crappie may be caught in these reservoirs as well. These fish have been stocked in Watts Bar on a limited basis. “Blacknose” crappie are

simply a black crappie with a black genetic stripe down the top of their head.

Sunfish (bluegill,

redear)

Large numbers of both bluegill and redear(shellcracker) exist in both reservoirs. These fish can be caught in a variety of habitat using many different kinds of bait. Because of this, they are a good target for introducing kids to fishing. Most fishing for these species is conducted in late spring throughout the summer months. Like crappie, these species also offer great table fare. The baits of choice are usually very small artificial lures, worms (earth, wax and meal worms), crickets, and flies.

Sauger

These fish are stocked into Chickamauga Reservoirs on a regular basis and have been stocked into Watts Bar in the past. Sauger are mostly pursed in the cooler months (preSpring). They are usually caught while drift fishing in the river current. Some very effective areas for catching sauger are tailwaters, shoals, and mouths of certain creeks.

Walleye

A new walleye stocking program was initiated in Watts Bar Reservoir in 2011. This will replace the sauger stocking program there. The plans are to stock these fish annually in hopes of establishing a walleye fishery. Walleye are closely related to sauger and many of the same tactics can be used to catch them. However, typically walleye live longer and over year around fishing opportunities.

Striped bass (rock fish): These fish are known for their fierce fight and large size. They are stocked into Watts Bar Reservoir annually by TWRA. However, populations exist in Chickamauga Reservoir as well through dam passage. Many anglers travel from out of state to encounter these fish. The tailwaters are the most popular areas for fishing for striped bass. Larger fishing gear and equipment are necessary when pursuing these fish. Live gizzard shad or skipjack are the baits of choice. But many large artificial baits can be quiet effective as well.

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Catfish: The most common types of catfish caught in this area are blue, channel, and flatheads. Drift fishing various types of cut fish bait and “stink” baits (commercial pellets, chicken livers, worms, hot dogs, etc.) are usually the most effective. These fish are usually caught drift fishing while good current exists. However, many people catch these fish by using trotlines and jug fishing.

Trout: Rainbow trout are stocked annually, during the spring time in Piney Creek located in the Spring City Area. Stockings usually occur in the “park area” up Shut-In Gap Road from Highway 68. Stocking schedules are listed in the Tennessee Fishing Guide. Lures and baits of choice are corn, worms, small spinners, flies, etc.

The Region 3 TWRA Reservoir Fisheries Crew conducts annual surveys to evaluate the status of the fisheries in these reservoirs and makes recommendations accordingly. These surveys would include electro-fishing, seining, trapnetting, gill netting, and a roving creel survey to obtain data used in managing the reservoir resources.

Additionally, TWRA, Town of Spring City, and the Watts Bar Lake Association, along with several supporters and volunteers, host the annual Kid’s Fishing Rodeo on free fishing day in early June at Spring City Veteran’s Park. This is one of the largest of this type of event in the state. It is recommended that all anglers consult the most recent version of the Tennessee Fishing Guide, which is distributed by TWRA and available

at various stores. This guide will educate the angler with the knowledge about current regulations and other facts regarding these species and information on all reservoirs in the state.

HUNTING/FISHING GUIDES

Hunting and fishing guides can be picked up at no charge from license agents in the area.

These guides tell the different ages and circumstances that a hunting/ fishing license is needed and the types of licenses that are available. There is a cost for licenses.

Hunting/fishing license agents in Rhea County include:

Dayton: Bluewater Campground/ Marina, The Dayton Boat Dock, The Rhea County Clerk in the Phil Swafford Building, Wal-Mart and Time Saver Market

Spring City: Arrowhead Resort, Lakeside Resort, Rhea Harbor, Inc., 27 Market, Chattin Market, Rocky Top gas station, Terrace View Marina and Resort, Pennine Farm Supply and Caroles Country Store

These locations can also assist with boat registration.

HUNTING AREAS/PUBLIC LANDS

TWRA manages several areas for hunting and public use in Rhea County. The largest areas include Yuchi Refuge, Washington Ferry, Cottonport and Yellow Creek waterfowl area.

All these areas have small game opportunities and some have nonquota big game hunting.

In order to determine the location and specific regulations concerning these areas, drop by your local license agent or TWRA office and pick up a copy of the 2011-12 hunting guide. All the areas mentioned above are listed as well as many smaller tracts that are

available for hunters.

Many of the Chickamauga Wildlife Management Area tracts have no deeded access and must be reached by boat or across private property. You must have permission from the landowner to cross their property to access these parcels.

Remember, it is the hunter’s responsibility to know the regulations and have permission before the hunt.

ACCESS AREAS MANAGED OR OWNED BY TWRA

A list of access areas managed by the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency that boaters can use to put their boats in the water in Rhea County is available from the TWRA.

For more information contact John Mayer, regional manager, or Dan Hicks, III, information and education coordinator at the TWRA Region 3 office, 1-800-262-6704 or 931-484-9571.

LICENSE FEES AND INFORMATION

According to the TWRA, hunting and fishing license year matches the hunting and fishing seasons. Licenses go on sale February 18 each year (the beginning of prime fishing) and are valid through the last day of February (the end of hunting season).

Most licenses, except the Lifetime Sportsman License and specialty licenses, such as Wheelchair, Disabled Veteran, SSI (Supplemental Security Income), and Blind Fishing licenses, are available from most county clerks, sporting goods stores, hardware stores, boat docks and other interested merchants and from all TWRA offices. All license prices, except the Lifetime Sportsman, include an agent’s fee.

You can also purchase licenses on line at the TWRA Web site: www. state.tn.us/twra.

RHEA COUNTY UTILITY PROVIDERS

Obtaining services such as gas, electric, phone, water and garbage pickup are just some of the tasks new residents must complete. Use this step-by-step guide as a tool to help you along this process.

ELECTRIC SERVICES

Dayton Dayton and Evensville residents receive electric (and water) services through the City of Dayton. To establish electric service with the City of Dayton, whether you are renting, buying or building, you will be required to go to the municipal building on West First Avenue to fill out an application and pay a deposit.

You may pay your bill by direct deposit, by mail, online or by the drive-thru behind Dayton Electric and Water Department.

For more information on deposits, fees, bills or for any other inquiries, call the City of Dayton at 423-775-1817.

Graysville

Graysville residents receive electric service

from the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga.

To establish service, you can visit one of the three office locations in Chattanooga to sign an application and pay a $200 deposit (you can waive the $200 deposit by providing a letter of credit from another utility company or by having good credit based on an official credit report). You must also present two forms of identification, such as driver’s license and social security card.

The three offices are located at 10 West Martin Luther King Blvd. and 5830 Brainerd Rd., both in Chattanooga, and 2124 Northpoint Blvd. in Hixson.

You can also apply over the phone between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10 p.m. by calling 423648-1372. Driver’s license and social security card information must be provided over the phone and you may be required to mail in a copy of both forms of identification. Whether you apply in person or over the phone, service can usually be established within 24 hours.

For more information, contact the Electric Power Board of Chattanooga at 423-648-1372.

Spring City

Rhea County residents in Spring City and those living north of Evensville receive their electricity through Volunteer Energy Cooperative (VEC). VEC’s office is located at 425 Wassom Memorial Highway in Spring City.

Renters, builders and buyers should call VEC

with any questions regarding bills, activations, fees, deposits and other inquiries at 423-365-5220.

NATURAL GAS

Middle Tennessee Natural Gas (MTNG), located on South Market Street in Dayton, provides natural gas to most of the Graysville, Dayton, Evensville and Spring City areas. New patrons are asked to come by the

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office to pay a non-refundable connection fee and fill out paperwork.

For more information, call MTNG at 423-7752422 or visit its website at www.mtng.com.

TELEPHONE

Several companies offer telephone service for landlines.

AT&T: 1-888-757-6500

Freedom Communications USA: 1-877-7399900

VolState: 423-664-5200 (businesses only)

Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative: 423-4472121

WATER

formation, call the City of Dayton at 423-775-1817.

Grandview

The Grandview Utility District can be reached at 931-456-0706.

Graysville

Spring City

New residents to Spring City can establish water service by going by Spring City Municipal Building, 229 Front St. For more information, call Spring City Town Hall at 423-365-6441.

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Charter Communications: 1-877-728-3814

New residents to Dayton and Evensville can establish water service when they establish their electric service with the City of Dayton if their new residence is served by Dayton. For more in-

The Town of Graysville provides water to Graysville residents. For more information, call town hall at 423-775-9242, or go by the office at 136 Harrison Avenue.

Some areas of Rhea County do not receive water service from the City of Dayton, the Town of Graysville or the Town of Spring City. These areas receive water service

from smaller utility districts. The districts and the areas they serve are:

Watts Bar Utility District 1-800-882-5099

(Serving Spring City area: Hwy. 68 from Watts Bar Dam to Hwy. 27; New Lake Road to the city limits; other areas on Hwy. 68).Obtaining services such as gas, electric, phone, water and garbage pickup are just some of the tasks new residents must complete. Use this step-by-step guide as a tool to help you along this process.

North Utility District of Rhea County 23928 Rhea County Highway Spring City, TN 37381 365-2680

(Serving northern Rhea County north of Piney River, including Pine Grove, Mars Hill, Roddy, Newport and Toestring Road)

GARBAGE SERVICE

Dayton

Residents within the Dayton city limits can receive weekly curbside garbage pick-up service from the City of Dayton. To begin service and to find out your pickup day, call the city at 775-1817.

Graysville

To establish garbage pick-up in Graysville, contact the city hall at 775-9242 and notify them of your residence.

Spring City

Spring City residents living within the city limits can establish garbage pick-up when they ap-

ply for water service. Simply notify the town hall of your location and they will inform you of the day your service is provided. For more information, call 365-6441.

CABLE TV SERVICE

Dayton

Cable service to Dayton residents is provided by Charter Communications, located at 133 Cherry Street.

For information on cable rates in the Dayton area, call 1-888-4382427.

Spring City

Cable service is provided to Spring City residents by Spring City Cable TV, located at 140 Ellis Street.

For more information on cable rates in the Spring City area, call 365-7288.

Bledsoe Telephone Cooperative

also offers high speed Internet Services. For more information, call (423) 447-2121.

OBTAINING A TENNESSEE DRIVER’S LICENSE

You can obtain a Tennessee driver’s license in Chattanooga and surrounding areas Monday through Friday. For information, call 423-634-6218.

AUTO REGISTRATION

To register your automobile and obtain a Tennessee license plate and tag, contact Linda Shaver, Rhea County Clerk at 775-7808.

OBTAINING A 911 ADDRESS

To acquire an address for new or existing parcels of land with 911 call the Rhea County 911 office at 775-6078.

UT Extension Office serves all of Rhea County

UT/TSU Extension provides a gateway to the University of Tennessee as the outreach unit of the Institute of Agriculture and to the Tennessee State University College of Agriculture, Human & Natural Sciences.

With an office in every county, UT/TSU Extension delivers educational programs and research-based information to citizens throughout the state of Tennessee. Working with farmers, families, youth, and communities, Extension helps improve people’s lives by addressing problems and issues at the local, state, and national levels. Agriculture Extension faculty serves the agricultural industry of Tennessee by providing educational programs to farmers and homeowners on plant diseases, pest management, improved production, sustainable technologies, innovative methods in cultural tech -

niques and livestock management practices. They also educate farmers on how to be more efficient in their use of labor, equipment, land and other resources and provide educational programs on expert care and efficient production and management of animals.

UT/TSU Extension also provides programs to help homeowners and nursery owners with plant, turf and landscape issues. Whether it is planting a tree in your yard, identifying an insect that’s gnawing on your plants, treating a fungus in your lawn, or deciding which fertilizer to use, UT/TSU Extension has the knowledge and expertise to help with garden, lawn and landscaping questions and problems.

Programs offered on a local level include Master Beef Producer, Master Gardener, Master Goat Producer, Pesticide Certification and Beef Quality Assurance Training just to name a few.

Family and Consumer Science Programs in Family and Consumer Sciences focus on strengthening individuals, families and communities by addressing critical issues and needs, such as teaching parenting skills, improving nutrition and health, managing family finances, addressing child care needs and much more. The four prior -

ity knowledge areas in Family and Consumer Science are: Family Economics, Health and Safety, Human Development and Nutrition and Food Safety. Programs offered locally include parenting classes, Dining with Diabetes, Canning College and financial planning among others.

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4-H Youth Development:

4-H is the youth development program of UT/TSU Extension. Preparing young people to become responsible, capable and involved leaders and citizens of Tennessee and the nation is the goal of the 4-H program. The goal is accomplished by providing educational experiences for young people to gain knowledge, develop life skills, live healthy lives, make intelligent career choices and form positive attitudes—values young people will rely on throughout their lives.

Youth in grades 4th-12th can be involved in the 4-H program. 4-H clubs are conducted in the classroom at each of the city and county schools. 4-H members develop skills

in leadership, citizenship, teamwork and decision-making. Members can show project animals and participate in numerous judging teams and contests. 4-H members have an opportunity to travel, meet friends from across the state and across the country, receive college scholarships and much more.

UT/TSU Extension offers its programs to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin, age, sex, disability, religion or veteran status. For more information on these or other UT/TSU Extension programs, please contact us:

Contact Information: 125 Court Street

Dayton, TN. 37321

Phone: (423) 775-7807

Fax: (423) 365-0280

United Way of Rhea County provides services to the local community

The Rhea County United Way makes it a priority to care for its community.

United Way is a local, nonprofit, volunteerbased organization that focuses resources on a number of local needs. It has been active in Rhea County for more than 50 years. In addition to funding a host of local agencies, United Way sponsors several events.

United Way functions along with partners and funded programs are listed below. For more information on any United Way program, or an unmet need, call the United Way office at 423-775-5633.

HEALTH SERVICES

Drug Take Back Day — United Way in corporation with RCAD and local law enforcement hosts this event two times a year. Any unwanted or expired medications will be collected at specified locations by our local law enforcement for proper and safe disposal. The program helps keep these drugs out of the hands of our youth as

well as our water systems and landfills. Drug Take Back Day are held each fall and spring.

Rural Area Medical Clinic (RAM) – United Way partnered with the Rhea County Health Council and others to bring to Rhea County the RAM Clinic back in 2019. And due to the success and overwhelming numbers of individuals that were served with either glasses or dental services and sometimes both, United Way has requested to be on the program’s planning list for in the future.

Kidney Foundation — United Way dollars provide local assistance for patients needing help with gas for trips to treatments, emergency funding on rent or food and/or other unexpected expenses that creep up.

Rhea County Mental Health Center — United Way dollars are used to allow qualifying patients the necessary medication evaluations, management service and counseling necessary for the improvement of their own survival skills.

2-1-1 Information &

Referral Network — No direct local United Way dollars are used for this service. It is funded by Greater Chattanooga United Way.

FamilyWize Discount Prescription Cards –A free service offered thru the United Way office for those that need assistance with their prescription. This is a nationwide discount program that is accepted by most of our local pharmacies for prescriptions not covered by insurance.

EMERGENCY AND BASIC NEEDS

Rhea County Adult Literacy Council — United Way dollars supports the education programs needed by unemployed adults wanting to further their education and job training.

American Red Cross — United Way dollars provide funding for Rhea County families that have been burn out of their homes.

SENIOR SERVICES

Rhea/Richland Senior Neighbors — Unit-

ed Way dollars are used to keep the seniors interest through crafts, field trips and numerous activities each for the purpose of improving the quality of their lives.

Rhea County Veterans Coordinating Committee — United Way dollars are dedicated to the operation of the van used for transportation of veterans to Nashville, Murfreesboro and Chattanooga.

YOUTH SERVICES

Imagination Library — The Imagination Library is run by the United Way office for Rhea County children age birth to five years. Each registered child receives one book a month by mail that is appropriate for their age. This allows family time together as an adult family member or older sibling reads to the child allowing them to be better prepared for entering school.

Boy Scouts — United Way dollars provide financial assistance

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United Way is also a sponsor of The Book Bus, which was unveiled earlier in 2021. The Book Bus travels throughout Rhea County to various schools and events to provide free books for local children.

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to youth and volunteers, as requested, to participate fully in scouting programs and camps.

4-H Club — United Way dollars are used to pay camp and conference fees for Rhea County attending youth as well as 4-H events and recognition of outstanding youth.

Stuff the Bus – United Way partners with the Rhea County Health Council bringing the community together in providing school supplies to our school age children attending schools in Rhea County.

RELIGION

Rhea offers a multitude of places to worship

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All Saints

423-887-3839

MW 10:30 am (Holy Communion first & third Sundays; Morning Prayer second and fourth Sundays)

Watts Bar Assembly of God

423-365-4689

MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m.

Alloway Baptist

SS 10 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Brayton Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., SE 7 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Blessed Hope Baptist 423-334-3441

SS 9:45 a.m. MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Bogles Chapel Baptist 423-365-6782, www.bogleschapel.org SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m. WE 7 p.m.

Bonham Baptist 2872 Shut In Gap Rd., Spring City 423-316-1486 MW 10 a.m.

Calvary Baptist

160 Dayco Drive, Dayton

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

City on a Hill Sovereign Grace Baptist Chapel

www.cityonahillrbc.org

Sunday EV 5 p.m., TU 7 p.m.

Community Freewill Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 7 p.m.. WE 7 p.m.

Corvin Road Baptist 423-364-2833

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Coulterville Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Faith Baptist Pastor —Stanley Faulkner,SS10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Faith Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 6 p.m.

First Baptist Church of Evensville

SS 10 a.m., M 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m.,

Friendship Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Friendship Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Gospel Assembly Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7:30 p.m.

Hilltop Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

House of Prayer

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 7 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Johnson’s Chapel

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Kelly Grove Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 6 p.m.

Lakeview Baptist

365-4668, SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Macedonia Baptist

931-248-2222

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 6 p.m.

Maple Springs Baptist 919-780-7655

1999 Maple Springs Rd., Dayton

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 6:30 p.m.

Midway Baptist

775-6485 SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Morgan Springs Freewill Baptist

SS 10 a.m. MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m.

Morgantown Fellowship Sun. Ev. Bible Study 6:30 p.m., Tues. Ev. Kids/Teens Bible Club 5:30 p.m.

Mt. Carmel Baptist

SS 9 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 6:30 p.m.

New Harmony Freewill Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE: 7 p.m.

New Hope Independent Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m.,

EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Norman’s Chapel Baptist

SS 10:30 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Oak Hill Missionary Baptist 775-6569

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6:00 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Pennine Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Pleasant Dale Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Providence Reformed

Baptist 332-9841, MW 10 a.m., Tue. men’s meeting 7 p.m.

Spring City Baptist 365-6069

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Summer City Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 7 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Texas Grove Baptist 365-4630

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Valley Grove Baptist Back Valley Rd., Evensville 775-2902

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Victory Baptist 775-6975

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Victory Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Wayside Baptist

SS 10:15 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 6:30 p.m.

White Oak Baptist

SS 10 a.m. MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Mt. Zion Baptist (Dayton)

SS 10 a.m., MW11 a.m., WE 6:30 p.m.

Shiloh Baptist

411 E. Jackson Ave., Spring City

SS 10:30 a.m., MW 11:15 a.m.

New Bethel Baptist

SS 10 a.m. MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Central Baptist of Spring City

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., CTU 6 p.m., EV 7 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

SS 9:30 a.m., MW 10:30 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m., WE & TeamKid 6:30 p.m.

Cranmore Cove Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m., WE 6:30 p.m.

First Baptist Church of Dayton 775-0255

SS 9 a.m., MW 10:15 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m.

WE Prayer Meeting 6 p.m. WE Discipleship 6:30 p.m.

First Baptist Church of Graysville

423-775-1398

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 6 p.m.

First Baptist Church of Sale Creek

423-332-4926Wall St., SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 7 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

First Baptist Church of Spring City

423-365-6674

SS 9:45 a.m., MW 11 a.m., Children & Youth programs 6 p.m., EV 7 p.m., WE 6:30 p.m.

Garrison Baptist 775-3042

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., CTU 6 p.m.

Grandview Baptist

423-280-0811

Clear Creek Baptist

SS 9:45 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m., WE 6:30 p.m.

Concord Union Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., SUN CHOIR 4:15 p.m., SUN BIBLE STUDY 5 p.m., SUN TEAM KIDS 5 p.m., WE 6:30 p.m.

High Point Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Lake Drive Baptist 423-332-5100

www.lakedrivebaptist.org

SS 9:45 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m., Awana, Youth 6:30 p.m.

Mercy Baptist Church

SS 9:45 a.m., MW 10:45 a.m., EV 5 p.m., WE 6 p.m.

Mt. Vernon Baptist

423-332-1169

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Mount Zion Baptist (Spring City) 423-365-9890

SS 9:45 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m. WE 7 p.m.

New Union Baptist

423-775-0515

MW 8:30 a.m., SS 9:45 a.m., MW 11 a.m. EV 6 p.m., WE 6:30 p.m. AWANA & Youth

Ogden Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 6 p.m.

Old Washington Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

St. Clair Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 10:45 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Salem Baptist

423-775-2405

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., CTU 5:30 p.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

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Smyrna Baptist 423-775-0142

SS 9:45 a.m., MW 10:45 a.m., EV 6 p.m. WE 7 p.m.

Walden’s Ridge Baptist 423-775-3528

SS 9:30 a.m., MW 10:30 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 6:45 p.m. Awana, 7 p.m. Bible study

Wolf Creek Baptist 423-365-9225

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 & 7 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Yellow Creek Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., CT 6 p.m., EV 7 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

St. Bridget Catholic 423-775-5542

SAT Mass 5:30 p.m., SU Mass 10 a.m., TU & TH Mass 8:30 a.m., W 6:30 p.m.,

1st FRI Mass 8:30 a.m., La misa en español Domingos 12:30 pm.

Dayton Church of Christ 423-775-1201

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7:30 p.m.

Graysville Church of Christ

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

New Harmony Church of Christ

423-447-2144

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., WE 6 p.m.

Rhea Church of Christ

250 Main Street, Dayton

423-591-5598

SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m., WE 7 p.m.

Spring City Church of Christ

423-365-4302,

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Sacrament Meeting

9 a.m. Sunday www.mormon.org, www.lds.org

Birchwood Church of God

423-961-2015

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Cornerstone Church of God 9766 Rhea County Hwy., Dayton Cove Chapel Church of God

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., TU 7 p.m.

Dayton Church of God (Family Church)

423-775-6778

SS 9:30 a.m., MW 10:30 a.m., WE 6:30 p.m.

Graysville Church of God

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

New Vision Church of God

SS 10 a.m., MW 11:00 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m., WE 7 p.m. Corner of First Ave. and Church Street in Dayton Pitts Gap Church of God 423-554-3314

SS 10 a.m., MW 10:45 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m., WE 6:30 p.m. Reeds Chapel Church of God

SS 10 a.m., EV 5 p.m., WE 6 p.m. Rhea Central Church of God 423-570-7424

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 4 p.m., WE 7 p.m. Rock Assembly Church of God

Family Worship Center

423-775-4358 or 423-870-0507; SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 6 p.m.

SS 10:30 a.m., MW 11:15 a.m., EV 6 p.m., THURS 6:30 p.m. Sale Creek Church of God

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6:15 p.m., WE 7:15 p.m.

Spring City Church of God

1912 Wassom Memorial Hwy.

423-365-2523

MW 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 11

a.m., EV 6 p.m. WE 7 p.m. Summer City Church of God

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

The Church of God

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Watts Bar Church of God

MW 9 a.m. & 11 a.m. WE 7 p.m., www.wattsbarchurch. com.

Spring City Foursquare Gospel 423-365-9263

SS 9:30 a.m., MW 10:45 a.m., EV 6 p.m. Prince of Peace Lutheran 423-775-4253

Bible study 9:15 a.m., MW 10:30 a.m., Communion

second and last Sunday, www.princeofpeacelutheran.org.

Euchee Chapel A.M.E. Zion

MW 11 a.m. (2nd and 4th Sunday)

Gillespie - A.M.E. Zion MW 11 a.m. (2nd and 4th SU)

Mt. MoriahA.M.E. Zion

Webb Chapel Church of God

SS 10 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m., WE Youth Activity Night 7 p.m.

St. Matthew’s Episcopal 423-775-3773, SS 9:45 a.m., MW 10:30 a.m., WE 7 p.m.

Vine and Branches Foursquare Church 423-775-3457

MW 10:45 a.m. Youth 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

SS 9:45 a.m., MW 11 a.m.

Evensville United Methodist

Pastor — William R. Boyd

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., Eve 7p.m., WE 7 p.m.

First United Methodist 423-775-0262, Contemporary Service 9 a.m.,

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 am. WE 6 p.m. Fellowship Dinner; 6:45 p.m. Kids, Youth & Adult Bible Study

Graysville United Methodist 423-775-1750.

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 7 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Mtn. View United Methodist 423-428-9228

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., BS 6 p.m., Recovery Thursday 6 p.m.

New Bethel UMC

MW 9:45 a.m., SS 11 a.m., WE 7 p.m.

New Provident UMC

MW 9:30 a.m. SS 10:30 a.m.

Reeds United Methodist

SS 10 a.m.

3rd Sunday 10 a.m.

Sale Creek United Methodist

SS10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 7 p.m.

St. Clair United Methodist MW 11 a.m.

Spivey United Methodist 423-775-0040

SS10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m.

Spring City United Methodist 423-365-6324, scumc@volstate.net, SS 9:45 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m.

Vine Grove/Mt. Olive United Methodist MW 9:45 a.m., WE Bible Study 5 p.m.

Bakewell Baptist

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., WE potluck - 6:30 p.m.

Devotional & Prayer at 7:30 p.m.

Christian Bible Fellowship

423-570-1005 SS 9:45

MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Christian Fellowship - Grandview

423-365-9086

SS 9:30 a.m., MW 10:50 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Church of the Living God

155 JL Davis Lane, Evensville

MW 10 a.m., EV 6 p.m. For directions, call 423-428-9028 or 423-775-3184

City Church Dayton

375 Main St., Dayton www.citychurchdayton.org 423-285-5503

MW 10:30 a.m., WE 6:30 p.m.

Community Holiness Church 634 Back Valley Road, Morgantown

Bible Study: Thurs 7 p.m. Evangelistic Service: Sun. 2 p.m.

Dayton Christian Church

423-775-1906

SS 9 a.m., MW 10 a.m. Dayton Revival Center 423-775-0276

MW 10 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m. WE 7 p.m. Destiny International Ministries

423-775-6035

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., WE 6:30 p.m.

Ekklesia Bible Tabernacle

423-775-8243

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m. Bible Study.

Freedom Tabernacle

13538 Rhea County Hwy., Evensville, 423-827-3128

Freedom Tribe Ministries at New Harvest 179 Iowa Ave., Dayton 423-775-4694

MW 11:30 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m. WE 7 p.m., Youth Monday 6 p.m. Unity Gospel Tabernacle 283 Green St., Graysville SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m. EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m., www.UnityGospel.net

First Bible Methodist

SS 9:45, MW 10:45 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

First Christian Community 423-775-9555 SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., WE 7 p.m.

Freedom Tribe Ministries at John’s Chapel 423-775-4694, MW 11:30 a.m.,

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

God’s House of Prayer TU 7 p.m., SA 7:30 p.m.

God’s Work 815 Second Ave., Dayton EV 6 p.m., THURS 6 p.m.

Grace Bible Church

SS 9:15 a.m., MW 10:30 423-775-5460

International Vision Impact MW 10:30 a.m.

Mtn. Christian Fellowship Full Gospel 423-554-3806

New Harvest Church

423-775-7601

New Beginning Church

MW 10:30 a.m., Book Study Sunday 5 p.m.

Summer Movie Moments (SAT) 9 a.m.

Oasis Revival Center 423-775-4007 or 423-285-0226, SU 2 p.m., MW 7 p.m.

Open Door Fellowship

136 West Rhea Avenue, Spring City, 423-716-3683

MW 10:30 a.m., WE 6:30

Sale Creek

Community Church

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m. Solomon’s Porch 423-775-9169 SU, 10:30 a.m., WE 7 p.m.

First United Pentecostal

423-775-3930

SS 10 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

The Grove

SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7 p.m.

Pentecostal Worship Center

365-4177, MW 10 a.m., EV 6:30 p.m., WE 7:30 p.m.

United Holiness EV 5 p.m., Fri. 7 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church of Spring City (PCUSA) www.springcityfirstpres. org

SS 9 a.m., MW 10 a.m.

Immanuel Presbyterian Chapel (Reformed Presbyterian Church North America) MW 11 a.m.

SS 9:30 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

Church of God Seventh-day (SA) SS 11 a.m., WE 6 p.m.

Laurelbrook Seventh-day Adventist

423-775-0771

(SA) SS 9:30 a.m., MW 11 a.m., FR 7 p.m.

Ogden Road Seventh-day Adventist 3235 Ogden Road, Dayton. 423-775-3918

Bethel Holiness Church

SS 10 a.m., EV 6 p.m., WE 7:30 p.m.

New Beginning Church

SS 9:30 a.m. MW 10:30 a.m.

Sale Creek Independent Presbyterian 423-332-5705, SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m., EV 7 p.m. WE 7 p.m. Youth , WE 6:30 p.m.

Westminster Presbyterian 423-775-0879

MW 9:30 a.m., SS 11 a.m. Brayton Seventh-day Adventist

Dayton Community Chapel of Seventh-day Adventist (SA) SS 10 a.m., MW 11 a.m.

Graysville Seventh-day Adventist (SA) SS 9:30 a.m., MW 11 a.m., WE 7 p.m.

(SA) SS 9:30 a.m., MW 11 a.m., TU Prayer Meeting 7 p.m. WE Women’s Prayer Group 7 p.m.

Spring City Seventh-day Adventist

423-365-5044 (SA) SS 9:30 a.m., MW 11 a.m., TU 6:30 p.m.

Members of the Dayton Chamber of Commerce

101.1 The Eagle P.O. Box 24556, Knoxville TN 37933 285-6441

1st Avenue Pizza, Books & Treats

283 1st Avenue, Dayton TN 37321 423-570-1000

1st Franklin Financial Corp

3055 Rhea County Highway, Suite 330, Dayton TN 37321 423-775-6604

A Creative Company Graysville TN

423-645-5227

A+ Technical Services

3931 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

423-570-1277

A+ Thomas Painting 598 Overlook Trail, Spring City TN 37381 423-260-3733

AirMed 706-483-4428

Airxcel Suburban Division 676 Broadway, Dayton TN 37321 775-2131

Amedisys Home Health

3055 Rhea County Highway, Suite 330, Dayton TN 37321 423-244-5035

B&B Filters

800 Fisher Road, Dayton TN 37321 423-775-6844

Beautiful You Hair Salon 1423 Maley Hollow Road, Suite #3, Dayton TN 37321 423-570-0640

Blue Potato Media 615-473-0147

Advance Financial 4417 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37322 615-341-5901

American Job Center –Dayton

200 4th Avenue, Suite 101, Dayton TN 37321

423-570-1107 x 225

American Pride Produce Market 3333 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 618-4390

Animal Hospital for Rhea County 9961 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 775-4003

Arnold, Susan 1444 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321

ArtCrafters 1356 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-1401

Benchmark Physical Therapy 7693 Rhea County Highway, #2, Dayton TN 37321 570-0907

Better Business Bureau 3535 Keith Street NW, Suite 2, Cleveland TN 37312 423-475-8676

Blood Assurance, Inc. 705 East 4th Street, Chattanooga TN 37403 756-0966

Blue Ridge Capital, LLC

PMB 345, 2566 Shallowford Road, Suite 104, Atlanta GA 30345 404-364-9094

Blue Water RV Resort & Campground

220 Bluewater Campground Road, Dayton TN 37321 775-3265

Boo and Bitty’s Family Campground

460 Pine Hollow Road, Dayton TN 37321 423-799-1250

Bovine, Dr. Tom MD (Family Practice) 7794 Rhea County Highway, #101, Dayton TN 37321 775-3363

Brown Mini Storage

646 Walnut Grove Road, Dayton TN 37321

775-1318

Bryan College

721 Bryan Drive, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-7210

Business Computer Services

220 IAC Drive, Dayton TN 37321

423-428-7990

BWS Property

Candi Harris State Farm Insurance

7002 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 775-6121

Captain D’s (Two Beacons, LLC)

4049 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

423-476-7823

Care Center, The 285 Main Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-0019

Castrol Express Lube 7277 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

CENTURY 21/Roberson Realty Unlimited

137 Florida Avenue, Dayton TN 37321 775-6121

Chattanooga Allergy Clinic, PLLC

163 Walnut Grove

Church Road, #101, Dayton TN 37321 899-0431

Chattanooga State Community College 200 4th Avenue, Suite 101, Dayton TN 37321 365-5010

City of Dayton

399 First Avenue, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-1817

Coldwell Banker/Pryor Realty

3981 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 775-4044

Combs Tree Service

261 Boofer Lane, Dayton TN 37321

423-619-0227

Concerned Citizens of Rhea County 2668 Oak Hill Road, Dayton TN 37321

Cookies and Cream Core Academy of Science

345 California Avenue, Dayton TN 37321 423-227-1106

Cornerstone Insurance

280 2nd Avenue, Suite #6, Dayton TN 37321 775-9311

Courtyard at Deer Ridge, The 195 Deer Ridge Drive, Dayton TN 37321 775-7071

Crackedup Cell Phone Repair

1366 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 239-209-2034

Cumberland Trails Conference

409 Thurman Ave Ste 102, Crossville, TN 38555 931-456-6259

Customer Driven Staffing

136 Locust Street, Suite 1, Dayton TN 37321 423-285-5683

Dayton Arts League 3869 Ogden Road, Dayton TN 37321 775-5122

Dayton Coffee Shop

280 Second Avenue, Dayton TN 37321 423-775-6156

Dayton Downtown Nutrition 175 Alabama Avenue, Dayton TN 37321 423-428-9292

Dayton Drug and Wellness

6985 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 775-5511

Dayton Flower Box 1548 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-0677

Dayton Golf & Country Club

315 Payne Lane, Dayton TN 37321 775-2313

Dayton Housing Authority

270 Railroad Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-1871 x227

Center Stage Dance Company

P.O. Box 340, Harrison TN 37341

423-320-8447

423-834-2117

Congioloso, Teresa 143 Third Avenue, Dayton TN 37321 423-421-7852

Dayton Church of God, The Family Church 3314 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 775-2769

Dayton Lions Club P.O. Box 82, Dayton TN 37321 653-5466

Dayton Monuments, Inc.

252 Dayton Mt Highway, Dayton TN 37321 570-1222

Dayton Paint & Glass Company

290 Main Street, Dayton TN 37321

775-0404

Dayton Pediatrics, PC 149 Walnut Grove Church Road, Dayton TN 37321 775-5512

Dayton Rotary Club P.O. Box 481, Dayton TN 37321

Dillard Construction 2631 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 775-1793

Eagle Exxon 8995 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 775-0160

Edward Jones – Bowers Agent

7680 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 775-2678

Edward Jones – Boyd Agent 1725 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 570-8046

Edward Jones – Carril Agent 423-309-5620

Edward Jones – Koch Agent 1725 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 423-570-8046

El Toro Authentic Mexican Grill

4285 Rheas County Highway, #2, Dayton TN 37321 775-2644

Exit Realty Stumbo & Co

1325 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 423-428-9181

Eyes on Main

1286 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-4747

Farmers Insurance, Beasley Agency 1452 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 428-9222

Fast Pace Urgent Care Clinic

3405 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

865-318-5500

Fenstermaker, Jerry L., CPA

P.O. Box 777, Dayton TN 37321 284-5872

Firefly Pediatrics Firehouse Subs 3035 Rhea County Highway, Suite 110, Dayton TN 37321 423-920-5505

First United Methodist Church

993 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-0262

FirstBank 1525 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-1522

French’s Shoes & Boots 4121 Rhea County Highway, Suite 102, Dayton TN 37321 615-280-1144 x228

Galen Dayton Primary Care

163 Walnut Grove Church Road, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-6668

Garrison, J. Shannon 500 Riverview Drive, Dayton TN 37321 423-802-3187

Gathering Place, The 1435 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-2345

General Shale 241 Hoyal Lane, Spring City TN 37381 365-2444

GiGCity Networks 304 Third Avenue, Dayton TN 37321 423-285-6820

Goins Heating and Air Conditioning

132 Pikeville Avenue, Graysville TN 37338

423-775-0773

Golden Eagle Nutrition 1436 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321

646-571-7529

Golden Eagle Outfitters 181 Dayton Mountain Highway, Dayton TN 37321

423-322-9673

Gunn Construction & Services

699 Riddle Road, Dayton TN 37321 925-852-7188

Haven Beauty Room, The 1377 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 423-903-9195

Hearth Hospice 2700 Executive Park Drive NW, Cleveland TN 37312

Helping Hands Helping Hearts 7937 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

423-827-7421

Henderson Home Inspections, LLC 423-208-5781

First Farmers and Commercial Bank 297 Main Street, Dayton TN 37321 423-664-9488

Glaze Supply Co., Inc. 1220 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-4313

Hennessey Outdoor Electronics

860 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

Herald-News, The 1475 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-6111

Holiday Inn Express, 2650 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN, 37321 570-0080

Hospice of Chattanooga 7692 Rhea County Highway, Suite 4, Dayton TN 37321 570-0101

HR Sources & Solutions

455 Chickamauga Dr., Suite 102, Dayton TN 37321 423- 567-8047

Huber Engineering 2365 Cawood Road, Spring City TN 37381 365-5556

HumBug Pest Control P.O. Box 2508, Dunlap TN 37327 423-447-7254

Integrity Home Care 215 Dayton Mtn Highway, Dayton TN 37321 423-428-9291

Integrity Septic and Drain 3245 Old Graysville Road, Sale Creek TN 37373 423-529-9855

Jennings Coffee & Tea 129 Sierra Drive, Dayton TN 37321 834-9090

Johnson’s TaeKwonDo Academy 200 Able Drive, Suite 15, Dayton TN 37321 775-0198

Keener Marketing 3737 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 775-3300

Keller Williams, Ridge to River 143 Third Avenue, Dayton TN 37321 770-480-2310

KFC Dayton, TN 3586 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 828-437-8000

Krystal of Dayton 120 Iowa Avenue, Dayton TN 37321 775-9771

La-Z-Boy Chair Company 500 Walnut Grove Road P.O. Box 457, Dayton TN 37321 775-3900

Lady Mae Company 1396 Market St, Dayton TN 37321 423-428-9500

Life Care Center of Rhea County 10055 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 423-847-6777

Logan Family Medicine, LLC

8845 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 775-4261

Lone Mountain Design 206 Sussex Road, Dayton TN 37321 70-1260

Lovett Printing & Promotion Connection

274 Sandy Lane P.O. Box 45, Dayton TN 37321 423-775-6024

Lowe’s, Dayton 3535 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321 423-775-8914

Lytle Loans

425 Main Street, Dayton TN 37321 423-664-0660

MainStreet Dayton 107 Main Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-9847

Mapeus, LLC

304-541-5004

Market St Hair 1599 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 596-8581

McDonalds of Dayton

130 Abel Drive, Dayton TN 37321

423-243-4770

Meraki Boutique 423-827-7316

Metro Industrial 2171 Market Street, Unit 15, Dayton TN 37321 775-2303

Middle Tennessee Natural Gas 951 Market Street P.O. Box 6, Dayton TN 37321 423-775-2422

Mike Dyer Agency (Nationwide) 1158 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-3011

Money Concepts 181 3rd Avenue P.O. Box 442, Dayton TN 37321 570-0975

Monkey Town Brewing Co. 287 1st Avenue, Dayton TN 37321 775-1800

Morgan Furniture & Rentals 1402 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-3222

Mr. Floor Covering 2242 Old Washington Highway P.O. Box 826, Dayton TN 37321 775-4733

MSHN Enterprises, LLC

158 East Idaho, Da yton TN 37321 901-410-9062

Muse Threads 264 Belle Circle, Dayton TN 37321 423-645-4672

NACA 370 Fort Bluff Camp Road,

Dayton TN 37321 423-775-0488

NAPA of Dayton 1380 Maley Hollow Road, Dayton TN 37321 423-775-0331

NCITE P.O. Box 327, Dayton TN 37321 570-7741

New Union Baptist Church 4060 Double S Road, Dayton TN 37321 775-0515

Nuture the Next 5705 Uptain Road, Dayton TN 37321 423-443-6954

Omni Rehab 721 Bryan Drive, Dayton TN 37321 423-775-7101

OrthoSport & Spine Physical Therapy 455 Chickamauga Drive, Suite 101, Dayton TN 37321 428-9156

Park Place Benches II 192 Pinecrest Drive, Dayton TN 37321 423-605-2773

Partners in Travel Services

4963 New Harmony Road, Pikeville TN 37367 727-430-4473

PB Ventures, LLC Lenoir City, TN 37772 855-707-3474

Nokian Tyre

150 Greenway Boulvard, Dayton TN 37321 629-204-0702

Physicians Care (Urgent Team) 455 Chickamauga Rd., Suite 104, Dayton TN 37321 570-0252 PITCO, LLC 304-541-5004

Potter’s Ace Home Center

10259 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

570-1255

Preferred Title Insurance Agency, Inc.

136 Locust St., Suite 4 Dayton TN 37321 855-2920

Primerica Financial, Looby and Associates 6025 Lee Highway, Suite 326B, Chattanooga TN 37421

423-946-2834

Professional Therapy Services of TN, LLC

188 16th Ave. Suite 101, Dayton TN 37321 570-0911

Rc3

232 4th Ave., Suite 6, Dayton TN 37321 775-0821

Rent-A-Center

3035 Rhea County Highway, Suite #220, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-0555

Revive Dayton, LLC

385 Second Avenue, Dayton TN 37321

423-567-5274

Rhea County Farm Bureau Insurance

108 First Avenue, Dayton TN 37321 775-9171

Rhea County Historical Society P.O. Box 31, Dayton TN 37321

775-7206

Rhea County Insurance Services

142 Third Avenue , Dayton TN 37321

423-775-6564

Rhea County Republican Party 579 Wildcat Trail, Evensville TN 37322

423-775-5897

Reed’s Roofing

7937 Rhea County Highway, Suite 105, Dayton TN 37321

423-285-5410

Regions Bank 1502 Market Street P.O. Box 810, Dayton TN 37321

423-428-7780

Rhea County United Way

224 4th Avenue, Suite 101 P.O. Box 669, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-5633

Rhea Floral & Gift Shoppe

249 Main Street, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-3551

Rhea Heritage Preservation Foundation

107 Main Street, Dayton TN 37321

423-680-9896

Rhea Medical Center 9400 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-1121

Rhea Pet Medical Center

2040 Hiwassee Highway, Dayton TN 37321

423-428-9393

Rhea Richland Senior Neighbors, Inc.

241 Alabama Avenue, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-3405

Rheaco Service, Inc.

174 Cemetery Road P.O. Box 588, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-6513

Richland Creek Dental 1272 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321

423-834-9900

River Counties Association of Realtors

2070 Candies Lane, N.W.,Cleveland TN 37312

423-476-5912

River Valley AgCredit

230 Main Street, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-1161

Robinson Manufacturing

798 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-8348

S. E. T. H. R. A.

3818 Rhea County Highway, Dunlap TN 37327

423-775-4010

Saint Bridget Catholic Church

320 Walnut Grove Church Road, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-2664

Screen Door

449 Delaware Avenue, Dayton TN 37321

423-777-4868

Servpro of Chattanooga 9028 Jetrail Drive, Ooltewah TN 37363

423-805-8433

Sew and Sews Place

280 2nd Avenue, Unit 4, Dayton TN 37321

423-285-5959

Shelter Insurance

4677 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-2107

Simply Bank

420 Third Avenue, Dayton TN 37321

Simply Southern Events 1161 Blueberry Hill Road, Dayton TN 37321

209-229-6861

Small Town Senior Living 152 Hayes Drive, Dayton TN 37321

865-296-1479

South Rhea Animal Hospital 865 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-5619

SouthEast Bank

3995 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

423-567-7049

Southern Expressions Trophies & Engraving

205 Sunset Drive, Dayton TN 37321

423-285-5304

Spring City Care Center

331 Hinch Street, Spring City TN 37381

423-365-4355

Standifer Orthodontics

225 Main Street, Suite 202, Dayton TN 37321

423-521-7986

Tax And Bookkeeping Services (TABS)

275 2nd Avenue, Suite 200, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-5888

TenCate

1131 Broadway Street, Dayton TN 37321

423-413-7028

Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union

3475 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

423-634-8400

Title Insurance Company of Dayton

375 2nd Avenue, Suite 2, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-1621

TN Valley Homes and Land

7693 Rhea County Highway, Suite 5, Dayton TN 37321

423-883-3570

Tri-State Property Inspections

3591 Steeple Chase Lane NE, Cleveland TN 37323

423-559-9495

Trinity Chapel

240 1st Avenue, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-6520

Troutman Property Solutions

443 Highland Drive, Dayton TN 37321

423-322-9673

Troutman, Jennie, Realtor

443 Highland Drive, Dayton TN 37321

423-593-6109

United Methodist Chirch 993 Market Street, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-0262

UT/TSU Extension

125 Court Street, Unit 3, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-7807

Van Meter & Williams Dentistry

225 Main Street, Suite 400, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-1444

Vanderwall Funeral Home P.O. Box 148, Dayton TN 37321

423-775-2662

Vascular Institute of Chattanooga 2358 Lifestyle Way, Suite 100, Dayton TN 37321

423-602-2750

Veranda, The 10055 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

423-847-1850

Vinyl Imaging 240 Poppy Avenue, Dayton TN 37321

423-618-0150

Vulcan Materials 5730 Old Washington Highway, Dayton TN 37321

423-892-4220

Wal-Mart 3034 Rhea County Highway, Dayton TN 37321

We Care

1273 Dayton Mountain Highway 775-4333

White Stone Logistics 1215 Woodsage Drive, Soddy Daisy TN 37379 775-4050

Wooden’s Apple House 6351 New Harmony Road, Pikeville TN 37367 423-447-6376

Vets & Kids

368 First Avenue, Dayton TN 37321

423-505-6689

World Finance Corp 200 Able Drive, #4-A, Dayton TN 37321

570-0772

Xpressions Hair & Etc

308 Walnut Street, Dayton TN 37321 775-9632

Zombi Ice Cream 1423 Maley Hollow Road Dayton TN 37321

423-605-2828

Members of the Spring City Chamber of Commerce

Bailey Reed Motors

22690 Rhea County Hwy.

P.O. Box 488

Spring City, TN

37381 (423) 365-6561

Homestead Motors

22690 Rhea Co Hwy.

Spring City‚ TN 37381

(423) 779-8500

Napa Auto Parts & Service

23788 Rhea Co Hwy.

Spring City‚ TN 37381 (423) 365-5081

Simply Bank

369 Front Street

P.O. Box 99

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-8400

Southeast Bank

285 Front Street

P.O. Box 1074

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-0221

Arrowhead Resort & Marine

261 Bennett Drive

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6484

Better Business Bureau

1010 Market St., Suite 200 Chattanooga, TN 37402 (423) 266-6144

Rhea Economic & Tourism Council 107 Main Street Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 775-6171

Cakin It Up

Spring City, TN 37381 (219) 363-3358

Gastown Car Wash 22090 Rhea County Hwy

Spring City, TN 37381

Laundromat

Spring City Plaza 141 East Clinton Ave

Spring City, Tn 37381

Spring City Plaza Car Wash (self-service) Front Street

Spring City TN 37381

Christian Fellowship Church 140 Doc Loy Rd Grandview, TN 37337 (423) 365-9086

Central Baptist Church

321 Clinton Ave.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6385

First Baptist Church 374 West Jackson Ave.

Spring City,TN37381 (423) 365-6674

New Beginning Church

Spring City Plaza, Suite I

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-4932

Spring City Baptist Church

23428 Rhea County Hwy.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6069

Spring City Church of God, 1912 Wassom Memorial Hwy.

Spring City, TN 37381 423-365-2523

Spring City United Methodist Church 245 Church Street

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6324

Wolf Creek Baptist Church 5225 Wolf CreekRoad

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-9225

The Computer Garage

353 Front Street

Spring City,TN 37381 (423) 365-2290

Bluegrass Builders & Home Inspections

375 Goose Point

Spring City TN 37381 (239) 825-1096

FAY Portable Buildings, Inc.

401 East Avenue Athens, TN 37303 (423) 745-4863 (800) 584-4863

Gunther’s Plumbing 109 Acess Rd.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-5885

Hatfield Construction‚ LLC 29165 Rhea County Hwy

Spring City‚ TN 37381 (423) 365-5143

Messimer Electric

152 Isaacs Lane

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-7533

Big Apple Market

543 Wassom Memorial Hwy.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-7371

Gastown, Inc.

22090 Rhea County Hwy.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-5586

Comporium Media Services

P. O. Box 430 471-C Lakeshore Pkwy

Rock Hill, SC 29731 (888) 646-6680

Keener Marketing

280 Main St. Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 775-3300

Lone Mountain Design

Sussex Road

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 421-9893

Dayton Golf & Country Club

315 Payne Lane P.O. Box 49

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 775-2313

Grandview Pickers 11 Cedar Hills Road Grandview, TN 37337 (423) 802-2347 www.grandviewpickers.com grandviewmtpickers@gmail.com

Tennessee Valley Theatre

184 W Jackson Ave. Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-7529

Rhea County Community Center (RC3) 232 4th Ave., Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 775-0821 deverett@rheac3.org

Bemm Accounting & Tax

23923 Rhea Co Hwy. Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-7290

Cash Express

345 Front Street, P.O. Box 1108 Spring City TN 37381 (423) 365-2256

Edward Jones Scott Bowers, Agent 7680 Rhea County Hwy

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 775-2678

Money Concepts Wealth Management & Financial Planner — Ron Harris

181 3rd Avenue P.O. Box 442

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 570-0975

River Valley AgCredit

230 Main Street

Dayton‚ TN 37321 (423) 775-1161

Village Florist

141 Clinton Ave, Unit #7

Spring City TN 37381 (423) 365-5237

Vaughn Funeral Home

150 New Lake Road

P.O. Box 129

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-5221

Galloway’s Ace Hardware

441 Front Street

P.O. Box 615

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-4411

BenchMark Physical Therapy

22576 Rhea Co Hwy., Unit #7

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-0515

Blood Assurance 705 E 4th Street

Chattanooga, TN 37403 (800) 962-0628

B.E. Lenoir, DDS

207 West Rhea Ave. P.O. Box 339

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6215

Lytle Loans 1505 Railroad Street

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 664-0660

Lee Ann’s Fruit Market

232 Neal St. Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-0500

Piggly Wiggly

141 Clinton Ave. Unit #3

Spring City TN 37381 (423) 365-5917

CHI Memorial Family Practice Associates — Spring City‚ Dr. Beth Casady‚ D.O.‚ FAAFP‚ and Elizabeth DeLeonardis‚ MHS‚ PA-C

225 Clinton Ave. Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-2171

Rhea County EMS 9460 Rhea County Hwy.

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 775-2143

Rhea Medical Center

7900 Rhea County Hwy.

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 775-1121

Specs in the City

473 Front Street

Spring City, TN 37381

(423) 365-4313

Spring City Care & Rehabilitation

331 Hinch St.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-4355

Brittany Daoust

Robbie Harvey

Bailey Hufstetler

Cynthia Ross Representative Ron

Travis

La-Z-Boy, TN Division

500 Walnut Grove Road

P.O. Box 457

Dayton 37321 (423) 775-3900

General Shale Brick

241 Hoyla Lane P.O. Box 769

Spring City, TN 37381

(423) 365-4028

Huber Engineered Woods

2365 Cawood Road

Spring City‚ TN 37381 (423) 452-7134

SSM Industries, Inc.

211 Elis Street

P.O. Box 602

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-4048

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant

P.O. Box 2000

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-8100

Cornerstone Insurance

280 Second Ave., Unit #6

P.O. Box 225

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 775-9311

Farm Bureau Insurance

Jeromy Hixson 22576 Rhea County Hwy Ste 7

Spring City, TN 37381

(423)452-1001

Farmers Insurance

J. Aaron Johnson 1452 Market Street (423) 428-9222

Aaron@thebeasleyagency.com

Nationwide Insurance

Mike Dyer Agency 1158 Market St

Dayton TN 37321, (423) 775-3011

State Farm Insurance

Candi Harris

7002 Rhea County Hwy.

Dayton TN, 37321 candiharrisagency@ gmail.com (423) 775-0727

SignaturEstates Lawn and Landscape

1190 Old Stage Rd.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-5300 signaturestates@ gmail.com www.signaturestates.com

Audrey Pack

Memorial Library

169 W Rhea Ave

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-9757

Arrowhead Resort & Marine

261 Bennett Drive

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6484

Howard Johnson Hotel

22500 Rhea County Hwy.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-9191

Piney Point Resort

1093 Piney Point Rd.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6262

Tennessee Lakefront Cottages 114 Stuart Rd NE #255

Cleveland, TN 37321 (423) 790-0071

Terrace View Marina 3367 Euchee Chapel

Spring City, Tn 37381 (423) 365-6060

Tencate Grass N.A. 1131 Broadway Street

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 847-8401

The Herald-News

3687 Rhea County Hwy.

P.O. Box 286 Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 775-6111

WRHA-WDNT Radio

P.O. Box 1235

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 285-6441 (423) 285-6441 fax

Town of Spring City

229 Front Street

P.O. Box 369

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6441

Cedine Ministries

333 Cedine Camp Rd.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-9565

Fort Bluff Camp

370 Fort Bluff Camp Rd

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 775-0488

Helping Hands Community Food Pantry

268 West Jackson Avenue

P.O. Box 455

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-5315

Rhea County Fair

P.O. Box 117

Evensville, TN 37332 (423) 280-1209

Rhea County Rescue Squad Inc.

260 McGoffin Ave.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-5624

Rhea County United Way

231 Delaware Ave.

P.O. Box 669

Dayton, TN 37381 (423) 775-5633

The Care Center

201 Clinton Ave. Ste 2

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6575

Watts Bar Lake Association

P.O. Box 956

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-2804

We Care

Community Services

1273 Dayton Mountain Hwy

P.O. Box 307

Dayton TN 37321 (423) 775-4333

Hassler’s Drugs

401 Front Street

P.O. Box 476

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-9202

Spring City Pharmacy

171 Clinton Ave.

P.O. Box 515

Spring City, TN (423) 365-6351

Coldwell Banker

Pryor Realty

3981 Rhea County Hwy.

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 775-4044

Coldwell Banker

Pryor Realtor, Spring City

23524 Rhea County Hwy, Ste 6

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-2524

Teresa Congioloso Realtor

262 Graham Street

Dayton, TN 37321 (423) 421-7852 www.teresa4homes. com

ERA BlueKey Properties

22576 Rhea County Hwy., Ste 6

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-2515 RESORTS and MARINAS

Arrowhead Resort

261 Bennett Drive Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6484

Piney Point Resort 1093 Piney Point Rd.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6262

Arrowhead Resort 261 Bennett Drive Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6484

Big Apple Market Deli

1543 Wassom Memorial Hwy.

Spring City, Tn 37381 (423) 365-7371

El Toro Authentic Mexican Restaurant 4285 Rhea County Hwy #2

Dayton, TN 37321

Hardee’s of Spring City 177 Front Street Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6834 (423) 365-2263

La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant, 178 Piccadilly Ave. Spring City, TN 37381

Piggly Wiggly Deli 141 East Clinton Ave. Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-5917

Pizza Hut - Gastown 22090 Rhea County Hwy

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-0100

Subway - Gastown 22090 Rhea County Hwy

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-5586

Terrace View Marina 3367 Euchee Chapel

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6060

Winsteads American Grill and King of Pizza 22456 Rhea County Hwy

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-2261

Bitner’s One Stop Shop & RV Park

3851 Watts Bar Highway

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 452-1011

Rhea County High School

885 Eagle Lane Evensville, TN 37332 (423) 285-6833

Spring City Middle School

751 Wassom Memorial Hwy.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-9105

Tennessee Technology Center in Athens 1635 Vo- Tech Drive

Athens TN 37303 (423) 744-2814

Spring City Elementary School

270 East Jackson Ave.

Spring City, TN 37381 (423) 365-6451

Natural Wellness Hemp Store

149 West Rhea Ave

Spring City, TN 37381

423-799-5001

425 Wassom Memorial Hwy.

P.O. Box 177 Spring City, TN

Preserving Rhea County Heritage

World’s Most Famous Courthouse

Publications for sale include

History of Rhea County Churches & Schools of Rhea County Locke Family History Rhea County: Images of the Past Variety of County Records and Genealogical Searches

Get them by mail at: Rhea County Historical Society, P.O. Box 31, Dayton, TN 37321 423-493-3225 or in person at: The Herald-News, in the Rhea County Courthouse 1475 Market St 2nd floor, Dayton, TN 37321

Meetings are 3rd Sunday of January, March, May, July, September and November at the Rhea County Courthouse at 2:30pm.