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A beautiful start to Friday, April 25, 2014: The American flag ripples in a slight breeze in front of the historic 1836-era Hawkins Co. Courthouse in downtown Rogersville.
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Day in the Life Hawkins County
This unique look at the heart of Hawkins County — its people — is published by Hawkins County Publishers, Inc. P.O. Box 100 Rogersville, TN 37857 423-272-7422 www.therogersvillereview.com
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Why did we do it?
A few years ago, the staff of the newspaper that my wife, Dee Ann, and I own in Alabama, were sitting around brainstorming about ways we could promote our county and to do so in a very different, and very fun way. “We should do a ‘Day in the Life’ of our county,” Dee Ann suggested. “Start making pictures at midnight one night and go 24 hours, nonstop, photographing everyday people doing what they do everyday.” So we did. It was a huge undertaking that our staff had never attempted before. But we did it and, in the end, it remains one of the most popular special editions that paper ever did. When I came to Hawkins County last November as the new publisher and editor of The Rogersville Review, the staff and I were likewise sitting around talking about ways in which we could do something similar on a local level: to give readers a little “slice of life” here in Hawkins County. Something that would be 100% good, 100% positive, and 100% about Hawkins County and its people. We set the date for Friday, April 25, 2014, and beginning at 12:01 a.m. our staff fanned out with cameras in hand. Through the cities, back roads, mountaintops and valleys we traveled ... for 24 hours. When we finished, we had covered more territory than anyone thought was possible, capturing snapshots from nearly every nook and cranny of Hawkins County, and covering a plethora of “everyday” activities that we all participate in but so many times take for granted. Why did we do it? The answer is simple. We believe that the treasures of living in
Hawkins County are truly hidden in those moments of everyday existence, tucked inside the day-to-day events that often go untold, unnoticed, and unappreciated. The stories that are written on the faces of the people who make this county’s world turn. From Mooresburg to Allandale, from Bulls Gap to Clinch, we tried to capture in pictures evidence of who we are and what we do ... from a kid waiting to board a school bus, to a waitress taking an order at a local restaurant; from math class at school to a kid hanging tightly on to granddad as he enjoys a ride on a motorcycle. The photos are of Hawkins County folks at work and play, and every place in between. In short, it’s who we are. But let us say up front that it was not our intent to attempt to photograph every business, every profession, every historic site, etc. That is far beyond the scope of this or any other newspaper. We do hope to do this “Day in the Life of Hawkins County” again in a year or so, and in that follow-up edition, we will be covering many of the everyday activities and communities which didn’t make it into this issue. And we should point out that for much of the day that Friday, it rained, which put a huge “damper” on a outdoor events that would have normally been taking place ... farmers working in their gardens, folks mowing their lawns, fixing up around their businesses, kids playing sports, etc. But for those events and dozens of others, there is always next time. And, just so that you know, all of the
The answer is simple. We believe that the treasures of living in Hawkins County are truly hidden in those moments of everyday existence, tucked inside the day-to-day events that often go untold, unnoticed, and unappreciated. The stories that are written on the faces of the people who make this county’s world turn.
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Danny Henry doing paperwork to start the day at Oh Henry’s Restaurant, Rogersville.
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Rogersville City employee Billy Gibson uses a blower to clean off Main Street.
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Jennifer Keeton and Justin Nelson with Charlie Green from Miss Bea’s Perks and Pies, Rogersville.
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Connie Reeves is busy wrapping up biscuits and sausage at Miss Bea’s Perks and Pies, Rogersville.
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Bus driver Rose Herron unloads her students at Rogersville Middle School.
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Rogersville Middle School Principal Jim Ailshie checks to make sure that all students have gotten off the buses.
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7 a.m. - 8 a.m. 7:18 a.m. u Clerk Renna helps customer Melissa Britton with her purchases at Surgoinsville Mini Mart.
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Judy Duncan arrives for work at St. Clair School.
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Penny Meade, a Clerk at the U.S. Post Office in Surgoinsville, sorts through a stack of mail that just arrived via truck.
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Hawkins Co. Sheriff’s Deputy Bobby Matthews keeps the flow of traffic moving along at Rogersville Middle School.
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Ralph Stanton stands by the radio and the computers at the Hawkins Co. Rescue Squad office.
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Jim Shanks washes his vehicle at the Rub-A-Dub Car Wash, Rogersville.
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Lisa Gibbs, Annette Peavler and Melissa Carpenter at East Rogersville Baptist Church.
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Employees at the Food City location in Church Hill -- Ina, Donna, James, Judy, Trina, Jessica, Chelsea, Kay and Rachel -- were sporting their t-shirts in support of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund.
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Rose Brewer ready to help customers with their laundry and dry cleaning needs at Collier’s Cleaners, Rogersville.
8:20 a.m. u With two proms that evening, and one the next, for Marlene McNaley -- of Buds and Blooms Florist, in Rogersville -- there was not a minute to lose in making corsages!
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Rainbow over Bulls Gap and a robin sits on a fence post.
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Sylvia Vaughn and Kim Hobbs work to prepare meals for senior citizens at The Shepherd’s Center, in Rogersville.
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A customer gets his oil changed and a thorough “under the hood” checkup by Zack at Express Oil Change at Allandale.
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Students Heather and Zack are studying hard for a test in Lynn Styke’s chemistry class at Cherokee High School.
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The “Table of Knowledge” is open at Jug’s Place Restaurant in Bulls Gap. Pictured are owner Dwight “Jug” Jinks, Martin Stanley, Waymon Harrell and Mike Weston.
8:45 a.m.u Tellers April Albright, Emily Reese and Christine Mullins are ready to help customers at Civis Bank, Rogersville.
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Waitress Madalyn Lyman takes Jason Savage’s breakfast order at Cherokee Restaurant, Rogersville.
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Bob McNinch makes coffee at The Shepherd’s Center.
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9 a.m. - 10 a.m. 9:10 a.m. u Mount Carmel Elementary School second graders Matthew, Bradyn, Perah, and Katie get a lesson in counting money and making purchases at the “Math Store” by parent volunteer Heather Ross. Students not only learn how to budget for their “purchases” but also how to make change.
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Dr. Regina Brotherton and Veterinary Assistant Leslie Cline perform physical therapy on Gracie at Rogersville Animal Hospital.
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Carol Marsh, Mount Carmel Court Clerk, at work in City Hall.
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James “JJ” Johnson drops by the Review to pick up copies of the paper for The Shepherd’s Center, in Rogersville.
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Jonathon Mallory picks up his prescription from pharmacist/owner Beth Bryan at Surgoinsville Pharmacy.
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Mount Carmel Senior Center Director Wanda Davidson, Mount Carmel Public Works Director Johnny Castle, and Assistant Public Works Director David Wallen spent the morning cleaning and refurbishing the center’s workout area.
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Matt Sloan gives Ken Atkinson a hair cut at Scott and Matt’s Barber Shop in Church Hill.
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Ellen Robinette attending to nursing paperwork at Rural Health Consortium, Rogersville.
9:35 a.m.u Tommy Tipton came by the Review office to pick up his copy of the “weekend” edition.
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9 a.m. - 10 a.m. 9:40 a.m. u Dr. Mark Dalle-Ave and Carolyn Byrd at Rural Health Services Consortium, Rogersville.
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Jim Shuck, Angie Cobb, Ashley Lawson, Beth Tackett, Kelli Gilliam, and Kim Kirkpatrick in the Pharmacy of Rural Health Services Consortium, Rogersville.
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Robbie Salyer takes his “rainy day� money to the bank.
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Church Hill Intermediate School fifth graders Dinha, Haley and Delaney take a close look at a 3-D visual aid as they learn about World War Two.
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Students participating in Physical Education activities at Rogersville City School.
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Mark Blankenship in the CT Scan Department of Rogersville’s Rural Health Services Consortium.
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Mornings are busy at Mount Carmel. Pictured, City Recorder Marian Sandidge and Certified Municipal Finance Officer (CMFO) Tammy Conner, prepare for the day.
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Linda Greer, Jennifer Cinnamon, Tracey Lackey and Yotisha Cobb in the Lab Department of Rural Services Health Consortium.
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Joyce Smith opening The Shepherd’s Center with devotion.
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Patsy Sturgill, owner of Patsy’s Bakery in Church Hill, has been at work for several hours already, preparing freshly-baked cakes and icing. She’s seen here crafting a rose for one of several tasty creations she had already baked by 10 a.m. Friday morning.
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Student Eli is assisted at the computer by Lisa Mauk in the Library of Rogersville City School.
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Cafeteria workers at Church Hill Middle School -- Debra Hutson, Judy Logan, Denisa Harper, Savannah Rimer, Kakana Paschal, Drema Skeen, and Drema Hunter -- prepare to feed lunch to lots of hungry students.
10:05 a.m. u Harold Patterson, best known for his years of work on Church Hill Parks and Recreation, hams it up for the camera at Patsy’s Bakery over his cup of morning coffee.
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10 a.m. - 11 a.m. 10:05 a.m. u James Sturgill and Surgoinsville Alderman Bobby Jarnigan have a cup of coffee at Patsy’s in Church Hill.
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Sixth graders at Rogersville City School pose with a special furry friend in the library.
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Katherine Cook checks out with her groceries in Opal Thacker’s line at the Church Hill Food Lion.
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Jim Small, owner of Small Wonders Lapidary, shows children at Church Hill Public Library’s Friday Story Time, a variety of minerals, rocks and precious stones.
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Suzanna Larmer leading exercise group at You Should Be Dancing.
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Second grader Brianne reading after testing at Rogersville City School.
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Joe Partridge, one of Church Hill Public Library’s devoted volunteers, finds the perfect book for a late-morning patron.
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Elizabeth and Brian Moore packing senior meals for delivery at The Shepherd’s Center.
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Anne Small (right), a member of Church Hill’s Friends of the Library (FOL), stands with Church Hill Public Library Manager Dana Stapleton Parker at the FOL Spring Books Sale.
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Christy Alvis, of the Review staff, helps Bob Levesque, who dropped by the newspaper office to renew his subscription.
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Friday, April 25, was former Senior Accounting Clerk Patsy Nunley’s last day at Church Hill City Hall before she retired. Pictured left to right, County Court Clerk employee Connie Walters from the Church Hill office across the hall; Nunley; City Recorder Mark Sandidge; new Church Hill Senior Accounting Clerk Beth Howe; and City Clerk Julie Gouge.
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Barbara Holoodnack, Carolyn Stewart, John Fuller, and Barbra Bickel volunteering in the food pantry at The Shepherd’s Center.
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Kim Hobbs delivering a hot meal from Shepherd’s Center to Emma Royston, 96 years young.
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10 a.m. - 11 a.m. 10:45 a.m. u Church Hill Elementary School teacher Robin Whalen (who is also a Hawkins Co. School System Teacher of the Year) is shown with Dr. Michelle Harless, Family and Community Engagement Coordinator, as they go over plans for an upcoming state evaluation.
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Church Hill Veterinarians Dr. James Straley and Dr. Becky Bailey check their patient, Alberto YoYo Monkeyboy Andes.
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Carrier Tammy Horton unloads her Jeep at the Rogersville Post Office after completing her mail route.
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Front counter clerk Kenny Ramsey waits on Taylor Drinnon at the Rogersville Post Office.
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Julie Green and Ken Claxton at Sunnyside Treasures at MarketPlace, Rogersville.
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Dawson, Lacey and Hunter, fourthgrade PE students at Carters Valley Elementary School, learn the basics of bowling.
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Frank gets his school lunch at Hawkins Elementary.
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Adam Head, with Custom Heating & Air, installs a new unit at an office in Church Hill.
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Ladies from Mooresburg shopping for tomato plants at a Rogersville market.
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Finishing lunch at the Church Hill Senior Center.
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Third grade buddies -- Michael, Latton, Atley, and Dylan in the cafeteria at Hawkins Elementary School, Rogersville.
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Mable Daughtery and Polly Moore cleaning up after lunch at Church Hill Senior Center.
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Volunteer High School students Kelsey, Jessie, Alix and Justin buying tickets to prom, which was coming up that weekend.
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Teller Mollie Carr counting coins at First Community Bank, Rogersville.
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Janice Eaton checks her blood pressure at Church Hill Drug Store.
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Faculty, staff and students at East Tennessee State University at Kingsport -- located in Hawkins County at Allandale -- held a surprise retirement party for university center librarian Jackie King, aptly themed with a “book� cake.
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Robin Ledford, Amy Cinnamon, Leslie Sauceman, Brooke Hall, Alice Snodgrass, Judge Todd Ross, DeAnn Snyder, Shirley Whitt, and Ryan Blackwell at Drug Court in the Justice Center, Rogersville.
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Fishermen on Cherokee Lake.
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J.T. Bruner gets a workout in the Church Hill Fitness Center.
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1 p.m. - 2 p.m. 1:20 p.m. u Ronnie Monroe works on a ball joint at Yankee’s Bee Line.
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Kindergarten students Fisher, Isabella, Kayden and Grace at Joseph Rogers Primary School, Rogersville.
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Mt. Carmel Chief of Police Jeff Jackson takes a business call while waiting to be served at Dean & Sons Tires in Mount Carmel.
2:00 p.m. u The calm before the storm that soaked Hawkins County. View entering Hawkins County on Hwy. 11W at Mooresburg.
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Fifth grade students at Keplar Elementary School spend time reviewing for TCAP testing.
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Lacey Leedy opens up a box of chips to restock at Subway in Mount Carmel.
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Second grade teacher Rhonda Brownlee talks with Secretary Vickie Byington at Surgoinsville Elementary School.
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Chuck Smith, owner of Rogersville Marine, working on a boat motor. Chuck’s dad started the business more than 40 years ago.
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Katelyn, Josephine and Matthew -- eighth grade students working in computer lab at Surgoinsville Middle School.
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2 p.m. - 3 p.m. 2:19 p.m. u Why is Principal Sharon Southern, of Bulls Gap School, sitting under a palm tree? It was all part of a Motivational Assemby to help rally students for TCAP testing, which was set to begin the following Monday. Part of the assembly included a spin-off on ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’. It started: “On the First Day of TCAP, Bulls Gap gave to me ... A principal under a palm tree’.
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Barbara White and Natisha Barnett are ready to go home after a full day of working in the cafeteria preparing food for the children that attend McPheeters Bend Elementary School.
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Pedro the cat taking a nap.
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Custodian Lisa Barnett sweeps up at McPheeters Bend Elementary to finish up the school day.
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Pilot Mark Finley, who has managed the Hawkins County Airport for more than a decade, sits on the tire of a vintage World War Two-era Boeing bi-plane, which is housed at the facility awaiting a sale. The aircraft was used for several years beginning in 1943 as a trainer for pilots in the U.S. Army.
2:52 p.m. u Performer, composer and instructor Jeremy Fritts gives a guitar lesson to Yvonne Woelke at East Tennessee Musician’s Supply Music Store near Surgoinsville.
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Parents wait to pick up their children at Mooresburg Elementary School.
3:00 p.m. u Students boarding bus to leave Cherokee High School, Rogersville.
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3 p.m. - 4 p.m.
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3:15 p.m.
Phil Couch looks over the vast assortment of colorful plants to be found at Couch Greenhouse, on Stanley Valley Road.
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3:32 p.m.
All is quiet at the end of the school day at St. Clair Elementary School.
3:36 p.m.
Gail Rich picking out flowers at Rogersville Produce.
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4:00 p.m.
Taylor Bledsoe handing out coupons at Food City.
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4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
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4:08 p.m.
Heather Parrott waiting in line to pay for her purchases at Tractor Supply Company in Rogersville.
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4:10 p.m.
A voter casts her ballot during Early Voting at the Hawkins Co. Courthouse in Rogersville.
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4:15 p.m.
Cathy, Deanna, Judy, Diane and Jenna were just part of the crew of volunteers who prepared and helped serve a delicious Bean Supper at St. Clair United Methodist Church.
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4:28 p.m.
Tommy and Thomas Evans finish up a day of fishing on Cherokee Lake.
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Marcus Jarnagan washing his truck at the Scrub-A-Dub car wash.
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5:45 p.m.
Rebecca Westerman waiting on tables at The Green Tomato Grill in Mooresburg.
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6:01 p.m.
Rhonda Salyer gets her stepson, Parker, cut and styled-up for the weekend.
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Sidney Helton working the cash register at The Green Tomato Grill in Mooresburg.
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Graceful Living goes above and beyond in creating a warm and caring environment for our residents. We invite you to learn more about Graceful Living and how it improves the lives of the patients, residents, families, and communities we serve.
Hancock Manor
Call us for a full description of services and programs offered, as well as information on Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance coverage, admission criteria, and any specific questions you may have.
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1423 Main Street, Sneedville, TN 37869 Phone: 423-733-4783 Fax: 423-733-2944
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Mooresburg Community Association Providing that little helping hand to residents of Mooresburg, Tennessee Proudly operating the following programs: • The Mooresburg Community Center — a vibrant meeting place, classes, congregate dining, social services, mobile food pantry
• The Friends & Neighbors Thrift Store located at 118 Loretta Lane, next to the Mooresburg Post Of¿ce • The Meals in the Hills — delivering meals to homes of seniors and disabled
318 McNeil Circle, Mooresburg, TN 37811 Learn how you can donate or volunteer.
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6:18 p.m.
“I can’t believe I won it!” Sneedville resident Tabetha Hopkins and her son, Joshua, are shown with Chad Royston and the 2000 Mazda 626 she drove away in after the “Free Car Friday” giveaway at Royston of Rogersville. What made the win so amazing for Tabetha is that Joshua -- who was chosen at random from among the crowd present to help “blindly” draw names from a box to choose the winners of various prizes given away -- actually pulled out the winning entry form with his mom’s name!
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Sitting in front of the Mooresburg Marathon Gas Station are Bobby Lathim, J.R. Bowling, and Jesse Johnson.
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7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
7:05 p.m. u Members of the historic Overton Lodge, in Rogersville, gathered for their monthly meeting to discuss the Shriners’ annual Paper Sale, the proceeds of which benefit burned and crippled children who receive treatment at Shriners Hospitals across the country.
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Neighbors enjoy a wiener roast at the residence of John and Ina Stapleton at Locust Haven.
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Students from Clinch High School gather for their prom in Rogersville.
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Andrew and Gage Locke enjoy a bike ride in the late afternoon in Church Hill.
8:13 p.m. u Jack Pierson and grandson, Parker Salyer, going for a “cool” ride.
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PLACE
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Under New Management Cheryl Barnes and Jennifer Cinnamon
423-235-0102 Hwy 11E, Bulls Gap
Hours: Mon.-Wed. 7am - 8pm Thurs. - Fri.: 7am - 9pm Sat.: 7am - 8pm Sun.: 8am - 4pm
Located off Highway 11W at Mile Marker 23.5 573 Carters Valley Loop • Rogersville, TN
Gallery: 423-345-3301 • Café: 423-345-2900
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Marcus Rogers dishes up fresh popcorn for movie goers at Cinema Four Theater in Rogersville.
8:37 p.m. u Cherokee High School students dancing the evening away at their prom.
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Dispatchers at the Hawkins Co. E-911 emergency communications center handle calls 24/7.
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11:58 p.m.
Twenty-four hours later and all is well in the historic town of Rogersville as the clock in front of First Community Bank ticks toward midnight and the close of a full day of picture-taking for the Review’s first-ever, “A Day in the Life of Hawkins County.”
Continued from page 5
photos in this special edition were made spontaneously. None were “staged” or arranged in advance. Contributing staff members included Joel Spears, Wade Littleton, Pat Smith, Sharon Roberts, Christy Alvis, Abby Swearingen, Buffy Torres, Tammy Wrightson, and Tommy Campbell. Dee Ann made the 1,100-mile round trip from Alabama to be a part of this photo shoot, too. Sheldon Livesay likewise contributed many snapshots, and to Dee Ann, Sheldon, and you readers, who also contributed your own “special snapshots” — we owe a large debt of gratitude. I might add that our one-woman graphic design staff, Freda Turbyfill, did an
absolutely outstanding job of taking all of the photos and arranging them into print form. Thank you, Freda! We would also like to thank the businesses, professional clinics and others who supported this special publication with their advertising. Please take time to thank them and to patronize their places of business. Most of all, we would like to thank all of the businesses, schools, professional clinics and others who so graciously allowed us to come in and make pictures as we tried to capture the day in images. We were welcomed by so many who seemed just as excited about this special project as we were, as evidenced by the smiles you will see on faces that appear in the photos inside. Thank you to everyone who contributed,
in any way, to this “family photo album” of one day in the life of our county. For those of you who live here, we hope you enjoy this one-of-a-kind special edition that is all about US and OUR home county. For those of you who are visitors here and may be thinking about moving here, we hope that through these photos you will immediately come to realize that Hawkins County is a GREAT place in which to live, work, or retire. So come on, get onboard this train as it pulls out of the station on a 24-hour tour through Hawkins County! Enjoy.
Tommy Campbell EDITOR & PUBLISHER
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