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This peaceful, autumn scene can be discovered on the grounds of Allandale Mansion, the dream home of Rogersville native Harvey Brooks and his wife, Ruth. Built on several hundred acres of land in East Hawkins County in the 1950s, the Antebullum-style home looks like a residence from another era. Located on U.S. Highway 11W (West Stone Drive) in western Kingsport, Allandale was also once a show farm for champion herefords. Today, the property is a public space owned by the City of Kingsport and may be rented for weddings and other special events. The property’s most recent addition includes an outdoor amphitheater which regularly hosts live musical events including performances by Kingsport’s Symphony of the Mountains and others. For more information about Allandale Mansion, visit allandalemansion.com.
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community our present commerce our future heritage our past The steeple of the iconic Hawkins County Courthouse towers above Historic Downtown Rogersville.
The eternal flame, located on the Hawkins County Veterans Memorial, is the location for the county’s Veterans Day and Memorial day services. The monument, honoring Hawkins County veterans of all wars from World War I to present day, replaced the old monument in the 1990s. The old memorial now sits approximately three miles to the east at the Rogersville American Legion Building, at the Main Street / U.S. Highway 11W interchange.
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Bellamy’s offers memory-making evenings of bluegrass, family and friends By Rita Dykes Every third Saturday night of the month, Surgoinsville is alive with magnificent bluegrass, antiques, and home cooked food at the old Bellamy’s Hardware Store building. Bellamy’s is more than 105 years old, and the doors have only been closed for a very short time during the establishment’s unique history. Built in 1908 the historic landmark has been an icon for Surgoinsville for many. Owners, Johnny and Teresa Greer and Mickey and Susan Houston have turned this bit of
history into an amazing acoustic filled bluegrass hall and antique boutique. Bluegrass enthusiasts come from all over to partake in a funfilled evening beginning with social hour and delicious home cooking prior to enjoying the musical talents such as Ronda Vincent, the Odds and Ends, Tennessee Borderline, and many more. October’s bluegrass event featured a group all of the way from Estonia, United Kingdom. Most musicians are from Virginia, Tennessee and North Carolina with occasional performances from across the world.
Bluegrass at Bellamy’s performer, Rhonda Lea Vincent is an award-winning American bluegrass singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. The Wall Street Journal has proclaimed Vincent “the new Queen of Bluegrass.” The Odds and Ends began in the Beatles era as a rock and roll schoolboy group featuring Johnny and Billy Greer, Alvin Case, and Sam Manis. Through the years, members of the band ventured out to the military and to spread their wings as the Odds and Ends picked up a new member, Harold Walker.
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Billy Greer began playing with Benny Wilson, K. D. Forshe, and Don Gorman in the group Passenger but in 1986 moved to Atlanta to begin his career with Kansas where he remains as the band’s bass player and vocalist. The Odds and Ends reunite annually to perform to a sold-out crowd at Bellamy’s. Benny Wilson also joins the group to add his unique flair to the once schoolboy band. On September 21, the group Tennessee Boarderline with band members from across East Tennessee, took center stage for a night filled with sounds of the Appalachian roots of Bluegrass music. John Jones filled the air with amazing sounds on lead guitar while Tristian Pettiecord made the banjo sing, Greg King on base added the beat while Mike grove got down on the fiddle. Brett Powers lit up the stage with his rhythm guitar and great vocals. Last, but certainly not least, Andrew Marshall flat wore out the mandolin. The group took a “halftime” break, but the stage
was not empty, Audey Ratliff and three of his music students took the stage for their very first performance. The group had only been playing together for a very short time, but no one could tell they were a young group as they entertained the large crowd with five musical numbers. Rick Linkous jammed on the banjo, as Audey Ratliff kept up on the base, Luke Morgan, the youngest of the group, did a fantastic job on guitar while Trevor Ferrell added that bluegrass flare on the mandolin. Stop in on any third Saturday in downtown Surgoinsville and join in the great food and fellowship while gazing at the many beautiful antiques or finding that special piece for your home. Kick up your heels around 7:30 p.m. while you enjoy the many talented folks from around the region and beyond. If you love bluegrass, you will defiantly not want to miss Bluegrass At Bellamy’s. Bellamy’s is located on Main Street in the heart of Downtown Surgoinsville.
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HeadBritton, of their Class Isaacs lead local school systems STORY By BILL GRUBB
The Hawkins County school system, which serves approximately 7,200 students, has been under Hawkins County and Rogersville the leadership of Director Charlotte are unique. Most folks who live here Britton since 2007. Director Rebecca would tend to agree with that stateIsaacs has been guiding Rogersville ment. From the overall quality of City School, which has a Pre-k life to the beauty of the scenery, resthrough eighth grade enrollment of idents here tend to think the region approximately 670 students, since they call “home” is second to none. 2011. Granted, while many of those Although Britton has the longer opinions are debatable, there is a tenure, RCS has actually had a female situation that is a rarity when talking director and superintendent for a lonabout the two local education sysger period of time. Raven Krickbaum tems. served as the school’s superinten Tennessee has more than 160 dent/director from 1993 until her school districts serving students ranging from the Pre-kindergarten to retirement in 2007 followed by Sherry Terry, from 2007 to 2011. high school level. Of those system’s, While Britton and Isaacs both records indicated only 30 of them started out in the classroom, the path have female directors. What stands out even more is here were only three they followed to reach the job they hold was somewhat different. Britton instances, involving six school systems, where the directors of a county worked her way up through the ranks of the Hawkins County School System system and a co-existing system while Isaacs, on the other hand, has were both women - Lincoln County worked in numerous systems and and Fayetteville...Greene County and even the Tennessee Department of Greeneville... and Hawkins County Education before becoming the direcand Rogersville.
RCS Director Rebecca Isaacs meets students on the first day of school August 12, 2013.
tor at RCS. To better understand each director, where they came from and where they would like to take their respective school systems, they were asked a series of questions and provided the follow responses.
To begin, share some of your background information.
Britton: My parents were James H. and Charlotte Miller. There were five children in our family: Betsy Jane Miller Tretola, James Hisey “Jimbo” Miller, Jr., Charlotte Lee Miller Britton, Sydney Miller Cooper and Johnnie Miller Bonner. My home, where I grew up as a child, was in Surgoinsville. I attended Surgoinsville Elementary School and graduated from Surgoinsville High School. I completed my B.S. in Elementary Education from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and my M.S. in Early Childhood Education from Memphis State University. I continued classes to add the endorsement of Supervision and Administration to my teaching license and have my M.S. plus 45 additional graduate hours. My husband, Dr. Noah “David” Britton, III, and I have two daughters, Jennifer Lee Keeton married to Kevin Keeton and Amy Rebecca Jeffers married to Lance Jeffers. I have one grandson, Landon Ames Jeffers. We live in Rogersville. Isaacs: I am the youngest of three children born to Nathan Clyde and Frances Haga Campbell on May 7, 1956. My sister Jean, a retired nurse living in Waynesboro, Virginia, my brother Dave, retired from Eastman Continued on page 18
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get to know “I knew before I entered college that I wanted to be a teacher.” -Charlotte Britton
“I seek every opportunity to brag about Rogersville City School.” -Rebecca Isaacs
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Britton was named the Tennessee Supervisor of the Year in 2006.
Chemical and living in the Grassy Creek community of Hawkins County, and I were raised on a farm off Highway 11W between Bristol and Kingsport in Sullivan County. Our parents farmed while owning and operating Campbell’s Esso (later Exxon) and Grocery for many years. I started working at the store when I was eight years old, learning the art of customer service and satisfaction from the masters, my father and mother, at a very early age. I attended Central Heights Elementary School, the old school before a fire destroyed it and a new school was built on the same site, where my mother was president of the PTA (as was I years later), and both parents heavily involved in school activities and projects, Blountville Junior High, and Sullivan Central High School, graduating in 1974. I have one son, Clint Sells, Regional Sales Manager for The Robinette Company in Bristol, Tennessee. Clint is a product of public education, attending Sullivan County Schools and holding an MBA from King University. He and his wife, Amanda, an oncology Continued on page 20
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nurse now stay-at-home mother, are raising our beautiful twin grandchildren, 3-1/2-year-old Nathan James and Camilla (Cami) Abigail Sells. My husband, Glenn, a Rhea County native, is employed at TVA’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City, Tennessee.
When did you first decide you wanted to be involved in the education system and why? Britton: I knew before I entered college that I wanted to be a teacher. Isaacs: Education was highly regarded in our home near Blountville, Tennessee. My paternal grandfather, Joseph Roy Campbell, was a teaching principal in Sullivan County for many years. A good student with an abundance of support and encouragement, the path to public educator seemed a natural progression for me, although I didn’t teach my first class at Fairmount Elementary School in Bristol, Tennessee, until my son Clint was entering sixth grade. I love children - always have - and the opportunity
to be with them every day and to mold their intellect and character still intrigues and inspires me.
What teacher or teachers had the greatest influence on you and what did you learn from them? Britton: I had many great teachers and I wanted to make a difference in the lives of children as some of my teachers had impacted my life. I wish to thank Kate Hyder, Mary Tom Armstrong, Mary Ann Armstrong, Lois Armstrong, Jessie Young, Bobby Britton Price, Virginia Miller, Nancy Kate Miller, Chalmer Jacobs, and Carroll C. Raines. Each modeled a high level of professionalism, provided a caring, learning environment and was an exceptional teacher for each student in their classroom. Isaccs: My first-sixth grade (we had no kindergarten “back in the day”) teachers at Central Heights Elementary School had the greatest influence on me - particularly, Mrs. Sara Bowers, my sixth grade teacher. Learning was fun in Miss Sara’s room. We spun wheels and played
games. We were actively involved in our learning while having a good time and interacting with our peers. Miss Sara was ahead of her time, applying the lessons of the Chinese proverb, “Tell me; I’ll forget. Show me; I’ll remember. Involve me; I’ll understand” before it was in vogue. She knew that we had to work together to solve problems and make informed decisions and that we’d be better able to face the challenges ahead by doing so.
Parents obviously influence their children. Did anyone else make an impact on you and what did you “learn” from them that you still find helpful today?
Britton: My mother, Charlotte Miller, was the business teacher at Surgoinsville High School and Volunteer High School. She was extremely influential in my life. She was a wonderful role model in leading a balanced life of family, friends, community, and career. Continued on page 23
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She had a strong business background, and always conducted herself in a professional manner. My father, Jimmy Miller, was a very hard worker and an honest man. He was always part of any celebrations in each of his children’s and grandchildren’s lives. Both practiced and taught me to treat others with respect at all times. This support and strong foundation provided by my parents have helped to mold me for my leadership role. The most supportive people in my life are my immediate family. My husband and daughters have always been great supporters for me and any accomplishments I have achieved in my career. Isaacs: During my first year teaching, in 1990, I was nominated for a new teacher award and had to name the teacher with the greatest influence on me. Then and now, I remember Mrs. Bowers, although we never called her that. Miss Sara sent a note that I still have when I was nominated for that award, recalling “what good students” my sister, brother, and I were and how appreciative she and the entire school were of our supportive parents. Her love of teaching and her students were still evident, although she was well into her 80s at that time. Along with my parents, my paternal grandparents, Joseph Roy and Clara Elsea Campbell, who lived just down the road from us, were my greatest role models. My grandfather was truly a life-long learner, a voracious reader, and a public servant. My grandmother, small in stature but great in will, had a keen sense of family and purpose, remaining active and involved well into her 90s. We all attended Immanuel Lutheran Church near Blountville, Tennessee. I learned that with strong fam-
ily support and steadfast faith no obstacle is too great.
How did you move through the education system, and what positions did you hold, before you were named director? Britton: I was a Kindergarten teacher for 18 years. I started my teaching career at Surgoinsville Elementary for one year, Stafford Elementary School in Memphis City School System for four years, and Surgoinsville Elementary for an additional 13 years. At the District level I have been the Title I Consulting Teacher, Title I Supervisor, and the Federal Projects Director, District Testing Coordinator and the Title I Director. I became the Director of Schools in Hawkins County in 2007. Some of the personal highlights of my career are: • Being named the 2013 First District Tennessee Superintendent of the Year by my peers in the First District; • Awarded Tennessee Supervisor of the Year 2006 for the State of Tennessee; • Served as the First Tennessee Superintendents’ Study Council as Chairperson, 2010-2012, First Tennessee Superintendents’ Study Council, Secretary, 2008-2010; and • Served as President of the Tennessee Supervisor’s Association, 2004-2005, Chairperson of the Upper East Tennessee Region Supervisors’ Study Council 2004-2006. Isaacs: This is my 24th year in service to Tennessee’s children. I taught sixth grade at Fairmount Elementary School in Bristol, was principal at West Side Elementary in Elizabethton, an educational consultant for the State Department of Education, serving the 17 school districts in First Tennessee, and Assistant
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The issue of an appointed vs. an elected director keeps coming up, although the legislature has yet to act on the proposal. From your perspective, what is the better option and why? Britton: I am in support of the Hawkins County Board of Education and the Tennessee School Board Association position in supporting an appointed director of schools. An appointed director of schools provides greater accountability, since he or she reports directly to the Board of Education. There is a broader pool of qualified candidates to choose from with an appointed director. In addition, the Director of Schools can attend to the duties of running a great school system focused on providing the best quality education for the students instead of being directly involved with politics and having to take time away from the job to run a political campaign. Isaacs: I am vehemently opposed to the issue of electing superintendents. Superintendents must be appointed by elected boards to function as effective leaders and managers. Politicizing the role of the superintendent would be highly detrimental to student achievement and growth in any school district. Elect competent, capable, knowledgeable Board members like we have in Rogersville, and let them do their work. Superintendents should never, never, never spend any time running for office or any related activity that would take their focus away from student performance and effective operation of schools. Who in their right minds could ever want that? I hope Tennessee never regresses in this way. Continued on page 25
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discover hawkins county 25 Northeast District Director, TLN Representative, FRN District Director, TSBA Ambassador, a member of If you were telling someTSBA Board of Directors, and a GASB one about your system, 45 Trustee. She was named “All what would you want to Tennessee School Board Member in 2011. In addition, she received the brag about? Britton: Hawkins County School award of Hal C. Henard Distinguished System has excellent employees who Board Member in 2011; • Mt. Carmel Elementary was provide a quality educational program for the students. The support of awarded the recognition of “Reward School 2013” in excelling in student all departments in our district is necessary to have a safe and secure learn- achievement (top five percent of all schools in the State of Tennessee); ing environment for our students. Hawkins County Schools provide a well-rounded educational program “Hawkins County School with related arts, clubs, organizations, System has excellent and various sports. employees who provide The Hawkins County School a quality educational System during my tenure has had many accomplishments. I will include program for the students. a few of these accomplishments of The support of all which I am most proud: departments in our district • Unprecedented Award of having two schools from one district is necessary to have a safe listed as two of the top three finalists and secure learning for the third annual SCORE Prize Fall environment for our students. 2013. Both schools, McPheeter’s Bend Elementary and Mt. Carmel Hawkins County Schools Elementary, dramatically improved provide a well-rounded student achievement; educational program with • Improved the graduation rate from 75.2 percent in 2005 to 94.9 related arts, clubs, percent in 23012 for a 19.7 percent organizations, increase; and various sports.” • Received state recognition for participation in the UTrust CHARLOTTE BRITTON Employee Appreciation Program and received the 2012, 2011, 2010, and • McPheeter’s Bend Elementary 2009 Tennessee’s Best Employee received the 2013 Value-Added Appreciation Program Award. I was Achievement Award presented by highlighted in the video celebrating the Education Consumers Foundation superintendent’s across the state on of Highly Effective School 2013 in the the UTrust website; State of Tennessee and was awarded • Hawkins County Board of the recognition of “Reward School Education has accomplished the following Boardsmanship Award Levels. 2012” in excelling in student achievement in both progress and growth Randy Collier, Board Chairman is currently Level IV. Holly Helton, Vice- (top 5% of all schools in the state; Chair of the Board, is Level IV. Debbie • Church Hill Intermediate School was awarded the recognition of Shedden is Level V. Two members “Reward School 2011” in excelling in are Level IV, Michael Williams and student achievement (top 5% of all Kathy Cradic. Bob Larkins and Chris schools in the State of Tennessee); Christian are Level I Board Members; • Bill Shedden, Director of • Debbie Shedden is the TSBA Continued from page 23
Maintenance, was named the National School Plant Manager of the Year 2013; • Rosie L. Bailey, Director of Technology, was named the Dr. Howard Sysco CTO Award, 2013; • Dr. Reba Bailey, Federal Programs Coordinator, Title I Director and District Testing Coordinator, was the 2012-2103 nominee from the Northeast District for Supervisor of the Year for the State of Tennessee; • Keplar Elementary School received the 2010 Value-Added Achievement Award presented by the Education Consumers Foundation and was first place in East Tennessee in 2010 and was second place in East Tennessee in 2011 and received the award of 2010 Title I Distinguished School based on performance on achievement TCAP testing. Keplar Elementary School was one of four schools in the State of Tennessee to be awarded this distinction which is a joint endeavor of the U. S. Department of Education and the National Association of State Title I Directors; • Volunteer High School was recognized by U.S. News and World Reports in 2012 and 2011 as “One of the Best High Schools in the United States” and the school’s Special Education Program was recognized as one of the eight best programs in the state in 2011, providing “exemplary” service preparing students for life after graduation; • Partnership between Rural Health Consortium and Hawkins County Schools have provided two School Based Health Clinics at Volunteer and Cherokee High School serving the students and families for their health needs at no cost to the system. The partnership has brought in $302,644 to our school system. In addition, a mobile health clinic travels to all elementary schools in our county providing health care to students and families; • Three schools in Hawkins County again received The Fresh Continued on page 26
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Fruits and Vegetables Program for the 2013-2014 school year in the amount of $39,900. The three schools received the same program for the 20122013 school year totaling $35,800 for Joseph Rogers Primary (3rd Year in the Grant), Keplar Elementary (1st Year in the Grant) and Mooresburg Elementary (2nd Year in the Grant). In addition, our system has generated a total of $1,411,238 in Health Related Grants and In-Kind Support for the Hawkins County Schools from 20072013 with the Coordinated School Health Program in Hawkins County; • Hawkins County Schools received the Distance Learning Grant, partnering with Greene County Schools, TRW, and the Niswonger Foundation for $499,100 for expanding our high school curriculum through technology. Isaccs: I seek every opportunity to brag about Rogersville City School. Thank you for allowing me a forum to do so! We have wonderful Pre-K - 8 students, a fabulous administrative, instructional, and support staff, and the most overwhelming parental/ community support I’ve seen in my 24 years in public education. We have a challenging instructional program and an abundance of extracurricular and enrichment activities. Our school is always ranked one of the highest in the state. Children of Rogersville are truly blessed by the opportunities afforded them by our school; and we, who get the pleasure to lead them on their Pre-K - 8 educational journeys, are the most richly blessed of all.
If the funding fairy godmother granted your wish for an unlimited amount of money for your school system’s use, what would you like spend it on? In other
words, what programs or positions are on your wish list? Britton: If the funding fairy godmother granted my wish for an unlimited amount of money for my school system’s use, I would build a STEM School to serve the students in Hawkins County focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. In addition, I would add an instructional coach in every school to aid and to act as an additional resource in the implementation of the Common Core Standards. I would also build an Aquatic Center for the Hawkins County School System.
“Our school is always ranked one of the highest in the state. Children of Rogersville are truly blessed by the opportunities afforded them by our school; and we, who get the pleasure to lead them on their Pre-K - 8 educational journeys, are the most richly blessed of all.” REBECCA ISAACS Additionally, I would reward the employees of the Hawkins County School System with higher salaries in order for our school system to be competitive in the State of Tennessee to attract, retain and reward the best employees possible. It takes a dedicated team of employees across all of the departments to run a quality school system. Isaacs: When you find that “funding fairy godmother,” please let me know! I’ll send her to Nashville and see that she stuffs the state’s pockets adequately to support all the unfunded mandates coming our way! In addition to that, I would love to have funds for instructional assistants
for every class, a 1:1 computer initiative for every child, our own athletic and training facilities, and competitive salaries for all employees. Actually, there is not enough space for me to list all the wishes I have for Rogersville City School!
When you finally step down as director, what advice, guidance, tips, pitfalls to avoid, etc. would you share with your successor about the job? Britton: In this job, one should be prepared for a new adventure every day. Surround yourself with highly capable and competent people from support staff to central office staff. Support them and their responsibilities and accomplishments and they will support you. However, the long hours and stress are far outweighed by the tremendous satisfaction you receive from watching your employees and school system improve to achieve the final goal of educating and graduating each student. Isaacs: Hopefully, anyone considered for a superintendency anywhere has strong experiential background in public education, a proven work ethic, and a servant mentality. With all that in place, the best advice I can give a new superintendent is to focus on relationships and remember The Golden Rule. The old adage “they don’t care what you know until they know that you care” is so true. Be human, be approachable, roll up your sleeves (literally, sometimes) and do what has to be done, laugh, cry (Daddy always said, “The good Lord would not have given us tears if he didn’t expect us to use them.”), and treat every child you encounter as if he or she was your very own. If you can do all that, your ability to sleep at night will be greatly enhanced.
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Like father, like son: Mike Sivert talkes to his son, assistant coach Casey Sivert during the Chiefs’ game at Morristown East.
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Mike Sivert’s roots run deep in Hawkins County By WADE LITTLETON ROGERSVILLE –– Cherokee Head Football Coach Mike Sivert’s roots are in Hawkins County in more ways than one. Even though he grew up in Memphis, Sivert’s Hawkins County connections are deep. “I’m not a Memphis native, I was born and bred in East Tennessee,” he said. “I was expedited to Memphis at two years old and as soon as I could leave high school, I left with no intentions of leaving East Tennessee again.” Sivert is currently coaching his 42nd season of high school football and has been Head Coach at Cherokee for 30 of his 42 seasons. He is the face of Cherokee High football, having come to CHS in 1980 to serve as defensive coordinator under veteran coach Frank “Sarge” Reed. He took over the Chiefs in 1984 from the late Coy Harris and has been an institution on the Chiefs’ sidelines since. His family’s roots date back more than 200 years. His mother, Mary Ruth, was the daughter of Dr. Orville and Gladice Depew of Kingsport. Gladice’s grandfather Isaac Francis Depew founded Depew’s Chapel Methodist Church in Sullivan Gardens. His ancestors came from France and marched with the Overmountain Men in the Battle of King’s Mountain, North Carolina. Mike’s father James was raised by H.L. and Loudema “Dewey” (Godsey) Sivert in the Big Moccasin community of Scott County, Va. H.L.’s mother, Molly Hutchins raised H.L. in Carter’s
Valley after Molly’s husband became ill after moving to Missouri and passed away when H.L. was two years old. Other family influences abound in Hawkins County. Mike’s wife Claudette Lawson was raised in the Eidson community by Claude and Grace (Begley) Lawson, who ran a general store in the mountain community. Claude gave Mike the chance to raise cattle. “He said that I could put my cows with his,” Sivert said, “He always supported me in everything I did.” “Our family was the only ones that branched out of East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia by going to a coaching job in Memphis,” Sivert said. The Sivert’s sons still live in the Rogersville area. Brett operates Legacy Lawn Care while his wife Casey is employed by Citizen’s Bank of East Tennessee. The other son Casey is carrying on in the family business, helping his father as assistant coach and teacher at Cherokee. Mike’s father played football for General Robert R. Neyland at the University of Tennessee. “Our family’s roots have been in Hawkins County for more than 200 years,” Sivert said in a recent interview. “The people and kids here are solid gold.” The Beginning Sivert’s life began in Knoxville on October 16, 1949. His father James was a graduate assistant at the University of Tennessee and was on a train trip to play Alabama. Years later, James would call his son on his 62nd birthday. “He called me on my 62nd birthday saying ‘Happy
Birthday, October 16, 1949, you were an Alabama baby!” I’ve kept that recording, that’s been huge,” Sivert said. James was a World War II veteran who played at Gate City High School and Fork Union Military Academy in Staunton, Va. The senior Sivert joined the Navy at 18 years of age, went to radio school at Miami (Ohio) University and played football there for a year. “Back in the 40s things were different,” Sivert said, “He was in the service and was playing for Miami, there were few to choose from. You can imagine all the young men were overseas on two fronts.” James ended up getting shipped to Guam and came back stateside where he started playing for Tennessee Head Coach General Robert R. Neyland. “The General got all of the veterans he could get. You had a lot of 21-year-old freshmen back then, Dad was one of them,” Sivert said. Sivert spent his first years born and raised in a married student housing trailer park on a hill on Cumberland Avenue. This lasted for the first two years of his life. Formative years When Mike was two years old, James was hired as head football coach at Memphis Tech High School. The Siverts were West Tennessee bound. “I was raised in Memphis and grew up with my father coaching high school football there, grew up just like both of my boys have going to practice from three or four years on. I grew up being a dressing Continued on page 34
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room/practice field rat. I went to all of the games and practices until I went to school being always there in all capacities,” Mike said. Uncle Ed Depew, of Kingsport, brother of Mike’s mother , played for Dobyns-Bennett High School. “He had a tremendous influence,” Mike said, “Having those
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At a 1990 Inter Mountain Athletic Conference meeting held in Rogersville, Sivert is looking at the IMAC schedule with an unidentified coach in the background and then-Morristown East Head Coach Walt Bragg.
two men to grow up around (besides his dad), both loved sports. Ed was a commercial artist, he was a man! He played back in the early 40s with some great players.” Ed was a paratrooper who jumped behind the lines on D-Day in Normandy in 1944 and lived to talk about it. “He was a real quiet man, but very steady in the things he had experienced in his life. The way he treated me was tremendous. He was always there for me and worked with me.” Mike ended up playing for James at Memphis Tech, fulfilling a lifelong dream. “I wasn’t an all-star as a young man, I was a gangly-tall eighth-grader. I got waxed!” Sivert said. “I ended up being the blocking dummy in junior high (grades 7-9). Of course, the ninth graders were the big cheeses and I was a young 13-year-old eighth grader when I first started playing football.” According to Sivert, there were no youth leagues when he was growing up. “ We had pee-wee (seventh and eighth graders) and junior high (eighth and ninth graders). Every day in practice, I got the discipline of being the one that was double-teamed. The tight end and tackle would double-team me for 15 to 20 minutes. It toughened me up. That was all I got. I had to learn how to fight, it was a hard time there for about five weeks. I finally got into the peewee team and prosContinued on page 35
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pered there having played with the younger guys.” Sivert graduated to junior high the next year before proceeding to his Dad’s high school team. He had spent summers since age six on a dairy farm in Gray, so he was well-acquainted with his East Tennessee roots. After graduation Mike knew what he wanted to do, get out of Memphis and come back to East Tennessee. College years Mike had some small-college offers, but was intrigued by his East Tennessee roots so much that his uncle Ed contacted East Tennessee State University Head Coach John Robert Bell in 1967. “I wanted to come back to east Tennessee where my roots were,” he said. Bell didn’t have any scholarships available at that time, but told Mike that the could earn one by walking onto the Buccaneers’ football team. “It was a great time and experience. I ended up getting to start in 1969, playing with the Grantland Rice Bowl team who was undefeated at 11-0-1 with one tie, a 10-10 tie. I’ll never forget that. “ The Buccaneers defeated Louisiana Tech who had a quarterback who would go on to the National Football League as a player and broadcaster. “We just knew they had this big old blonde-headed quarterback named Terry Bradshaw. The rest is history what he did for the Pittsburgh Steelers.” ETSU’s next season was a near miss to postseason play the following year. The Bucs finished 7-1-2 in Sivert’s senior campaign. “Coach Bell had told me a story, I’ll never forget it, about when he and Uncle Ed were high school teammates. You can imagine back in the 40s, college games were played on the radio only. There were some great announcers. He would tell the story about being at my grandfather’s house in Kingsport. Coach and Ed would be listening to the game. At halftime they’d go in the back yard and take turns being the coach and giving halftime orations. For Ed, he was playing, but for Coach Bell, it became a real-life thing. Hearing that from a college coach just floored me. I could see my uncle doing this. It might be Bobby Dodd at Georgia Tech versus General Neyland. Things like that, I know, I’ve had a great storied past watching my father who coached for 31 years at the same high school.” Coach Bell was a gentleman and a true man, according to Sivert. “Coach Bell was one of the kindest men and a true man. Anybody who played for Coach Bell would tell you the same thing. Playing for him was great . He was a man’s man. If he grabbed your wrist and say, ‘Son, play the game’ it was like thunder going through you. If he said ‘crap’, I thought the earth was Continued on page 36
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going to swallow us all because he was a very emotional guy. That was as bad as I ever heard out of his mouth.” Sivert also had praise for some of his former ETSU teammates. “Al Guy, older brother of Ray Guy, teammate and captain at ETSU in 1969. We had a reunion back in the spring in Altoona, Pa., home of Bill Kacid, who played on that team (12-13 teammates came to it). Several of them had been in coaching and related things, several were businessmen. That took it to a completely different level because that ETSU team came from 3-7, 5-5 all of a sudden in 1969 we were small. We had a 250-pound tackle, a 210-pound tackle and a 190-pound nose tackle. Both linebackers, Doug Linebarger of Greeneville weighed 190 and Bubba Timms was 189 pound linebacker. Defensive ends were Willie Bush from Appalachia (189 pounds), Ron Mendham was 210 pounds. Steve Ambiel sacked Terry Bradshaw for a 12-yard loss, then a 13-yard loss on the second play. Ambiel set an NCAA record for sacking the quarterback (12 or 13 times). Our fullback was Jerry “Stump” Darley, who they laughed at. We had a banquet at Louisana Tech. The press conference people laughed at Coach Bell when he said that his fullback was five-foot-seven and weighted 168 pounds, Jerry “Stump” Darley. He set an NCAA record of 212 yards rushing which held until two or three years ago in a bowl game. We were underdogs, we had nobody who believed in us but ourselves. To see that was a defining moment in my life. Anything
Sivert and the Cherokee staff congratulate Volunteer on a good game.
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The Cherokee football staff has changed through the years. Pictured in this photo from the 1980s from left: Assistant Coach Rick Collins, Assistant Coach Darrell Price, Sivert and Assistant Coach Steve Starnes.
can happen if enough people believe. I lived it, it’s the truth, it’s recorded. You have these things you build on in your life. I can remember experiences by young men who have played for me, just outstanding moments. Sometimes, I remember kids who step up in a game and play outstanding, just completely above what you’ve ever seen from them, tremendous effort. That’s a treasure also, to see them rise up. That’s one of the things that is a reward for my job.”
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Beyond Borders Rogersville native recounts mission to Southeast Asia By Sarah Proffitt Rogersville native, Seth Thomas, formerly known by friends and family as the life of every party and most-requested musician in the region, has been singing a different tune since embarking on the adventure of a lifetime as a missionary to Thailand. Seth grew up as a faithful member of East Rogersville Baptist Church and graduated from Cherokee High School before moving to Johnson City to pursue a marketing degree from East Tennessee State University. Following graduation, he began playing his guitar for crowds all over East Tennessee. For years, his roommate, Cody, encouraged Seth to accompany him on foreign mission trips with The Journey, a semester-long program for young adults that seeks to bring sustainable change to the world. The Journey’s website can be found at www.changereality.org. He declined invites for 11-month trips, but when Cody pitched a four-month trip to Thailand, Seth decided it was an offer he could not refuse. “This trip presented itself, and my former excuses for not going on a mission were no longer valid,”
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Seth says. “It is always easier to make a decision when someone you know and trust can share his opinion. Cody had never been to Thailand, but he had traveled with the group on board for the trip. I trusted him when he told me that he was comfortable with the people involved.” “I began thinking seriously about the trip, and researched what it would take to make it happen. I told Cody to give me a couple of weeks to pray about it,” Seth recalls. “I prayed fervently. It was a big decision because I had a job that I had worked for four or five years. The $7,500 trip would also require me to sell all the “extras” I had worked to accumulate, and would put me in an unstable financial situation.” Seth says gave himself stipu-
lations before making a final decision. “I told myself through the process, ‘If I sell my truck in this amount of time, then I’ll go. If I sell my motorcycle in this amount of time, then I’ll go. If I sell my jet ski and pay this bill off, then I’ll go.’ I hadn’t really gotten any big sign, which was what I was waiting for,” he remembers. While dressing for work on a September morning, Seth says he had an epiphany. “I know that I serve a God who doesn’t always send signs, but gives us the knowledge to make decisions ourselves. We never learn from situations if things are thrown in our lap without changes or risks,” he says. Seth maintains that, from that
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point forward and against all odds, he was going on the mission. “After I made my decision, all my stipulations about selling my possessions happened like clockwork. It was a great feeling to have the confirmation of things falling into place and that I had made the right decision,” he says. Though Seth’s mother, Joyce, was not ecstatic about her only son traveling to a war-torn country, he says that his parents, sister, and employers were proud of his decision and remained constant sources of support throughout his journey. Through the generosity of local residents and his hometown church family, Seth was able to fund his trip in four short months. Seth and his mission team arrived in Mae Sot, a town roughly the size of Rogersville in western Thailand that shares a border with Burma, in January of this year. The area if known for its substantial population of Burmese migrants and refugees. Seth’s team was comprised of 10 young mission workers, but visa issues meant that only three of the team members- Seth and two female missionaries from West Virginia and Florida- could enter Burma. “When we went, we got a 90-day visa. That would be fine if we were staying in Thailand, but since we crossed the border into Burma, that 90-day visa cancels out,” Seth explains. “When we crossed the border on foot, in this case, we only got 15 days before we had renew our visas. Each time, we would make it a trip and stay in Burma all day.” According to Seth, the Thai–side of the border Child refugee searches a Burmese trash site.
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contains a checkpoint where officials inspect passports and sign people out the country. After crossing the Thai-Burmese “Friendship Bridge” over the Moei River that separates the two countries, guards greet visitors in Burma. There, the border opens at 7 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m., and visitors’ passports are collected by border guards upon arrival and returned when visitors leave. Laminated “foreigner” cards serve as temporary passports. “We carefully planned each day, because the 7 a.m.-5 p.m. hours meant our time with the Burmese people was limited. There is not so much fighting and war now, but remnants, such as landmines, still exist. Foreigners are only allowed to travel 5 kilometers into the country so as not to encounter those dangerous situations,” he says. “We did a lot in Thailand,” says Seth. In only four months, he and his team opened a self-sustaining hamburger restaurant named Famous Ray’s (see the Famous Ray’s page on Facebook) and employed six, full-time Burmese. “My team went to Thailand with the intent of building something sustainable, but we didn’t know what that looked like until we got there,” says Seth. “A couple who had lived there for years brought us up to speed on the needs of the people and taught us a bit of Thai and Burmese. For the first two months, we spent the majority of our time researching, meeting as many people as possible, and learning the culture.” Seth says that many Burmese with work visas in Thailand are at the mercy of unreliable Continued on page 43
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land developers, so good jobs are in demand. Most of the people in Thailand eat beef, but had never seen hamburgers or cheese. The main demographic for the team’s restaurant was the large population of NonGovernmental Organization workers (NGOs), who are familiar with American cuisine. Seth designed the restaurant’s logo and implemented advertising and marketing strategies that helped the team raise $2,500 from contacts back home in less than two months. Since returning home, he is committed to educating others about the genocide in Burma since WWII. “Even with all the oppression they have endured, the people were over-the-top excited to have us there and quick to befriend us. You can attribute their happiness to not knowing any other way, but you also have to look at it as they were just appreciative of what they had,” he says. “Based on our standards, we look at them as poor and helpless, but I realized they are not. They are very self-sufficient.” Seth encountered a few third-generation camps, like the Mae La camp of 40,000 in Thailand, populated
Seth said that re-acclimating to American conveniences is the most difficult part of returning home. “I very much have a desire to go back,” says Seth. “I miss the kids and the people with whom I built relationships.” “We got used to being minimalists over there. We had the basic necessities, and that was fine. I liked that lifestyle,” he says. “There was some planning that took place over there because nothing was convenient. We planned trips to the store and the market. Coming back and having everything at my fingertips was kind-of frustrating.” Seth says he enjoyed being “unplugged” for months. “There were a couple of places around Mae Sot with wi-fi where we could go online and talk to our families and update our social media. If we were away from those two locations, we weren’t connected at all, and that was nice,” he says. “When I came back, the beeps, texts, and notifications from my phone caught me off-guard. It was even odd to hold the phone up to my ear after four months of not being able to call anyone.” “Now, I wonder why we feel we must be connected to with everything. Sometimes it’s good to just disconnect from all these devices, think of things simplistically, and just relax a little bit,” Seth says with a smile. To read Seth’s mission blog, visit www.thebordersofburma.com.
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Captain Clay’s Horse and the Clay-Kenner Mansion By MIke Williams
Does the loyal steed of a Civil War officer foretell the death of his descendants? The Clay-Kenner Mansion is one of the most historic buildings in Rogersville. The nearly 170-year-old ante-bellum home has also been the subject of numerous ghostly speculations over the years. There were reports of mysterious lights seen in the mansion in the 1960s and 1970s, a time when it stood empty and dilapidated. It has been suggested the lights were little more than flashlight beams belonging to vandals and trespassers. Others have claimed the stairs are blood-stained. An examination with the naked eye proves otherwise. Wispy, mysterious figures have been sighted wandering the grounds between the trees. But is there anything to any of these suggestions of specters? The most famous of the ghostly tales associated with the ClayKenner home, and perhaps most believable, focuses on a riderless black horse. During the Civil War the mansion was home to Nancy Bynum, a young widow and loyal Confederate. She and her family had a secret room constructed in the cellar for the purpose of hiding valuables in the war years. It turned out the secret chamber saved a life. Confederate General John Hunt Morgan and his men, among them Captain Henry Boyle Clay, visited Rogersville around this time. Clay and Bynum fancied one another
and began courting. In September of 1864 General Morgan was caught and executed by Union soldiers, his body dragged through the streets of Greeneville. Clay, with many of the general’s men, was also ambushed. Clay narrowly escaped and made his way to Rogersville with his black horse. In the attack Clay had been wounded. He was too weak to travel to his home in Kentucky and instead fled to be with the woman he loved.
The most famous of the ghostly tales associated with the Clay-Kenner home, and perhaps most believable, focuses on a riderless black horse. Nancy Bynum hid her beloved captain in the secret chamber in the cellar as he convalesced. He slept on a bed of straw and had nothing but a small candle for light. A servant hid Clay’s midnight-black horse in a back cellar until the captain was well enough to travel. Legend says Clay escaped Union soldiers by using a secret network of passages under the mansion. Supposedly, the tunnels were constructed to allow escape from possible Indian attack years earlier. After the war Clay and Bynum married, raised a family and
made their home in Rogersville. Captain Clay died in 1919. The night before the captain’s death, however, several folks said they witnessed a riderless black horse, scratching at the earth and neighing. Come morning the captain was dead and the black horse was gone. A riderless black horse became an omen to the Clay family, appearing before the deaths of family members. Many folks have claimed to have spied the shadowy black beauty over the years. The last sighting was reported in 1957 prior to the death of Mary Clay Kenner. Years later people claimed the network of tunnels under the ClayKenner home was actually part of the Underground Railroad and that nearly 50 slaves had been able to escape by hiding there. This is unlikely, considering the Bynum and Clay families’ devotion to the Confederacy. In the 1950s the tunnels were sealed off when they began caving in. The secret chamber in which Clay was hidden was discovered in the late 1970s when the home was under-going renovations. It was little more than a yawning cavity, and showed signs of collapse. Today the Clay-Kenner House [having previously been used for office space, stands vacant and is again showing signs of decay,] but its attachment to its past and the supernatural are forever present. The house is located in the courtyard of Rogersville’s H.B. Stamps Memorial Library located on Main Street in historic downtown.
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calendar of events Heritage Days By Joel Spears Special events and fundraisers keep Hawkins County residents active throughout the year, whether it’s the downhome crafts of Rogersville’s Heritage Days, which brings more than an estimated 35,000 people to town every October, or the annual Rogersville 4th of July Celebration, a free event that attracts an equal number to hear performances from acts that have included The Band Perry, there’s always something to do. While major events are highlighted here, for a complete list call Rogersville / Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce at (423) 272-2186 or East Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce at (423) 3576365, or 357-8019. You may also visit them on the Web at rogersvillechamber.us or www.ehcchamber. org. Organized by the Rogersville Heritage Association, Heritage Days has grown to attract crowds in excess of 30,000 for a three-day weekend. Beginning on Friday, vendors set up their stations in preparation for the Main Street Cruise-In On the Square, sponsored by Rogersville Main Street Association, as well as the annual Heritage Days Chili Cookoff. Once these events get underway and the aroma of homemade chili and other indulgent delicacies fill the Town Square, it’s time for the annual Children’s Parade. The Heritage Days Children’s Parade gives parents and their kids a prime opportunity to get involved in the county’s local color, dressing as a favorite historical character, or person from Hawkins County’s long history. Bringing up the end of the parade, rows and rows of classic cars make their way down Main Street for the October cruise-in. Visitors who stay for this event can get an up close look at vintage, pre-1980s automobiles, often Continued on page 49
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decked out appropriately for the fun, fall atmosphere that surrounds Heritage Days. On Saturday and Sunday various exhibits, live music, plenty of food, demonstrations on the Square, a Civil War camp reenactment, dozens of vendors from throughout the region selling handmade crafts, and even an oldtime tractor parade are the talk of the town. The Heritage Days Art Show is also a favorite, where local artists can enter for prizes while they display every kind of talent for the public eye, from painting to sculpting and needlework to carving. In addition to art, the Heritage Days Quilt Show offers a popular exhibit among quilting enthusiasts or those who simply love the colors and patterns of Appalachian quilt work. This juried exhibit features some of the area’s finest examples of quilts, many from the county’s own quilters. Whatever your tastes, from dusk on Friday until it’s time for evening church services on Sunday, Heritage Days has something for everybody. It is an event any festival goer who lives in or plans to visit Hawkins County won’t want to miss. For more information about
Heritage Days, visit www.rogersvilleheritage.org, or call the Rogersville Heritage Association at (423) 272-1961. Trunk or Treat will get any ghoul in a spooky mood when the
Rogersville Main Street Program gears up for this annual favorite. Held annually on Halloween, October 31, in the Downtown Rogersville Historic District, Trunk or Treat is billed as a safe place for children to trick or treat and make sure they leave happy with plenty of sweets. Businesses and individuals participate in this event by registering, then bringing their spookily-decorated vehicle down-
town with a candy-filled trunk full of treats. In addition there is music, lights, decorated shop windows, and a movie. For information, call (423) 2722186. Veterans Day on the Town Square is held each November 11 by Joseph Rogers VFW Post 9543 and the Hawkins County Veterans Service Office on the Rogersville Town Square, located at the corner of Main and Depot Streets. The events plays host to a children’s choir, the ringing of the bells on the eleventh hour, and the recognition of veterans from all wars. Local color guard members and American Legion Auxiliaries also participate in a wreath laying ceremony and salute on the courthouse lawn. Call the Veterans Service Office at (423) 272-5077 for additional details or how to participate. People Loving People Annual Thanksgiving Dinner is a volunteer effort that offers the community an opportunity to fellowship and have a free meal on Thanksgiving Day. Sponsored by the non-profit People Loving People organization, part of Rogersville-based Four Square, Inc., the dinner also Continued on page 50
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provides those less fortunate with a hot meal on that special day of thanks. Hosted at Joseph Rogers Primary School in Rogersville, the feast is served or delivered to approximately 2,500 people in Hawkins County and throughout the Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia region. For more information visit www.foursquareinc.org. Christmas Parades are one way to get into the holiday spirit when it’s time to deck the halls. Rogersville Christmas Parade, held on the first Saturday in December, is an evening event held along with the lighting of the town Christmas tree and other special events downtown. For more information, call the Rogersville / Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce office at (423) 272-2186.
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Church Hill Christmas Parade. Making its way for two miles down Main Boulevard, the parade offers plenty of candy and goodies for children along the route and ends with a special visit to the residents of Church Hill Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. For more information about this event, contact city hall at (423) 357-6161. On the first Sunday in December, don’t miss out on the annual Bulls Gap Christmas Parade, held in the Hawkins County hometown of country comedian and former star of the television show Hee Haw. Also, don’t forget to bring the Christmas season into “The Gap” with the town’s annual tree lighting ceremony on Saturday before the parade. Call the town hall at (423) 235-5216 for additional information. The following week, on the second Continued on page 52
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Saturday in December, take a trip to central Hawkins County for the Surgoinsville Christmas Parade, presented by Surgoinsville Volunteer Fire Department. Enjoy the sounds of local school marching bands as they make their way down Old Stage Road and Main Street for a festive time. Call Surgoinsville Town Hall at (423) 345-2213 for more information. Also on the second Saturday, Mount Carmel Christmas Parade gets moving with a variety of floats, classic cars and, as with all the county’s parades, a special visit from Santa at the conclusion. For more information about the Mount Carmel parade, call the town hall at (423) 357-7311. For more information about additional Christmas festivities in Hawkins County, call the city halls of each community, or the Rogersville / Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce at (423) 272-2186. During the month of April, get ready for a Taste of Rogersville as local eateries bring out their best samples for the public to enjoy. For a Continued on page 53
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low cost, visitors can purchase tickets to sample a selection of foods from each restaurant on hand while they enjoy live music and other entertainment in Downtown Rogersville. Main Street Cruise-In On the Square is held on the first Friday of each month from May through October in Downtown Historic Rogersville. Here, visitors have an opportunity to spend time with friends and neighbors as they stroll the historic district to view pre-1980s automobiles, listen to live music and enjoy special cruise-in menus at downtown restaurants. Merchants in the downtown area are also open late during each cruise-in. For information, call the Rogersville Main Street office at (423) 272-2186. Surgoinsville Cruise-In is also held on the first Friday of each month beginning in May and lasting through October. Those who love classic cars are welcomed to gather on Main Street in Surgoinsville for a fun evening of fellowship and entertainment. For more information, call Surgoinsville Town Hall at (423) 345-2213. Rogersville 4th of July Celebration, which hosts an estimated 30,000 people annually at Continued on page 54
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Rogersville City Park in July, is free to the public. Organized by a team of volunteers, the event offers food vendors, entertainment for children and a full day of music on the main stage. Previous headline entertainers at this Independence Day party have included The Band Perry, John Michael Montgomery, Diamond Rio, and Aaron Tippin to name a few. One of the defining moments of the 4th of July Celebration is a large fireworks display, synchronized to music that is broadcasted throughout the park and via local radio station, WRGS.
what to do opportunity to make colorful hats, dress the part, or create a colorful Easter float and participate in this one-of-a-kind parade through the neighborhood. For more information, call the community association at (423) 293-0073 or E-mail mooresburg1@yahoo.com. Mooresburg Community Association is located off of U.S. Highway 11W and Isenburg Lane at 318 McNeil Circle.
Rogersville Independence Day Parade is another local favorite for the 4th of July holiday. Each year, prior to the festivities that take place at Rogersville City Park, residents of Rogersville and Hawkins County don their red, white and blue colors and parade their way through the Downtown Historic District. Mount Carmel Block Party, held each year in July prior to Kingsport’s Fun Fest, is one of East Hawkins County’s largest events and is sponsored by the local Merchants Association. The block party offers food, live entertainment, ringside seats to a wrestling match, a car and motorcycle show, a magic show, karaoke, a children’s carnival, games, rides and more. For additional information, call Mount Carmel Town Hall at (423) 357-7311. During the Easter season, put on your Easter bonnet and don’t forget the frills as Mooresburg Easter Parade hops into Hawkins County’s westernmost community. Sponsored by the local fire department and Mooresburg Community Association, the Easter Parade gives locals and visitors alike an
Church Hill Community Celebration is held each August to help locals beat the heat for a few hours of fun, free food, live entertainment, and children’s activities. The Community Celebration, a block party-style event, is organized by local churches and sponsored by area organizations and businesses, as well as the City of Church Hill to give back to the community they serve. In addition to these free offerings, a free Children’s Health Fair during the event where parents can bring their children in for a variety of health screenings such as eyes, ears and more. For more information, call City
Hall at (423) 357-6161. In September the annual Church Hill Trout Derby is held at Jaycees Park in the northern end of the city and plays host to more than 200 children and their parents who come to catch fish and, hopefully, win some prizes. Alexander Creek, which runs through the park, is stocked with fish on the evening before the derby by members of the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency. Then, on Saturday morning, children can fish to their heart’s content and have a chance to win everything from cash prizes and a trophy to a bicycle, fishing equipment and more. The event is sponsored by Church Hill VFW Post 9754 and Fast Trucking, as well as the City of Church Hill Parks and Recreation office. For additional information, call the parks and recreation office at (423) 357-7010. Surgoinsville Riverfront Festival is a two-day event held each year in September to celebrate the community, as well as the Holston River Valley where the town has been nestled for more than 170 years. The Riverfront Festival begins on Friday evening with a tractor parade, free food and live music at Riverfront Park, located off Longs Bend Road. It continues throughout the day on Saturday, with games, a classic automobile show, a horseshoe pitching tournament, craft vendors, live music, cake walks, inflatable rides for children, and more. The event concludes with a fireworks display over the Holston River. The week prior to Riverfront, a treasure hunt is also held with a chance for cash prizes each day. For more information about the Riverfront Festival, call Surgoinsville Town Hall at (423) 345-2213.
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Hale Springs Inn Rogersville’s Hale Springs Inn, the exterior of which has been featured in previous editions of Discover Hawkins County, provides a picture-perfect historical backdrop for an autumn day. Until it closed in the 1990s, the inn was the oldest continually operating inn in Tennessee. Today, it has been fully-restored and serves the public as a hotel, spa, restaurant, and tavern. The inn’s facilities may also be reserved for special occasions such as weddings and reunions, or organizational functions. For more information about Hale Springs Inn, visit halespringsinn.com.
Masonic Temple Rogersville’s Masonic Temple, located on the Town Square, is one of the oldest Orders of the Masons in the State of Tennessee and among one of the oldest buildings in the state. Before serving as a masonic hall, the building was a bank constructed in the 1800s. photos by Lora Lyons
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Peaceful, rural scenery can be found throughout Hawkins County from backroads to main roads, such as U.S. Highway 11W, a Tennessee Scenic Highway. This peaceful, autumn scene can be discovered on the grounds of Allandale Mansion, the dream home of Rogersville native Harvey Brooks and his wife, Ruth. Built on several hundred acres of land in East Hawkins County in the 1950s, the Antebellum-style home looks like a residence from another era. Located on U.S. Highway 11W (West Stone Drive) in western Kingsport, Allandale was also once a show farm for champion Herefords. Today, the property is a public space owned by the City of Kingsport and may be rented for weddings and other special events. The property’s most recent addition includes an outdoor amphitheater which regularly hosts live musical events including performances by Kingsport’s Symphony of the Mountains and others. For more information about Allandale Mansion, visit allandalemansion.com.
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A quaint reminder of bygone days, Hawkins County’s only covered bridge can be found in Caney Valley at Otis Eldridge’s Memory Lane. The property is private, but also home to many of the county’s previous landmark signs, including the marquee from Rogersville’s Roxy Theater, demolished in the 1980s to make way for the Hale Springs Inn Courtyard. McPheeters Bend Farm in the east Hawkins County community of McPheeters Bend, near Church Hill, offers a bucolic glimpse of the county’s rural landscape. Located just across the Goshen Valley Bridge off of U.S. Highway 11W, McPheeters Bend is home to Laurel Run Park, the setting of the 1984 Universal Studios movie, The River, starring Mel Gibson and Sissy Spacek.
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Lakeway Regional Hospital.................................................................... 48
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Life Care Centers of Morristown............................................................ 56
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Local Heating / Cooling........................................................................... 47
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LuElla’s Gift Market................................................................................... 29
Brian Snow Carpet Cleaning................................................................... 69
M & M Firearms ......................................................................................... 68
Bulls Gap Drugs ........................................................................................ 61
Mark A. Skelton Attorney at Law..............................................................8
Bush’s Visitor Center................................................................................. 57
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Campbell’s Pharmacy............................................................................... 68
Medical Center Pharmacy....................................................................... 29
Carroll Real Estate & Auction Company............................................... 21
Miss Bea’s Perks and Pies......................................................................... 27
Christian-Sells Funeral Home................................................................. 63
Mooresburg Community Association.................................................. 63
Church Hill Healthcare & Rehab Center..................................................8
Morristown Ford ....................................................................................... 22
Church Hill Vet Hospital........................................................................... 65
Morristown Regional Eye Center........................................................... 59
Civis Mortgage.............................................................................................7
Mounts Mechanical Contractors........................................................... 69
Clayton Homes ......................................................................................... 68
Parkview Tobacco / Rogersville Tobacco............................................. 19
Colboch-Price Funeral Home................................................................. 59
Pioneer Credit Company......................................................................... 65
Colonial Heights Weight Loss................................................................. 55
River Place on the Clinch......................................................................... 29
Colonial Mini Storage............................................................................... 69
Rogersville Electric Supply Company................................................... 68
Comfort Inn / Quality Inn ....................................................................... 24
Rogersville / Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce.................... 14
Cooper Standard ...................................................................................... 22
Rogersville Main Street........................................................................... 15
Courtesy Chevrolet .....................................................................................9
Rogersville First United Methodist Church......................................... 63
Creek Country Real Estate....................................................................... 66
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Signature Properties................................................................................ 65
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First Community Bank............................................................................. 60
Southern Heritage Financial.................................................................. 30
Givens-Nelson Realty, Inc........................................................................ 48
Stapleton Insurance Agency.................................................................. 66
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Greene’s Trailer & Equipment................................................................. 69
Tennessee College of Applied Technology......................................... 61
H&R Block – Peggy Long......................................................................... 66
Tennessee Institute of Cosmetology.................................................... 69
Hancock County Home Health and Hospice Agency........................ 59
The Lighthouse Community Service Center....................................... 27
Hancock County Medical Equipment .................................................. 59
The Medicine Shoppe.............................................................................. 66
Hancock Manor Nursing Home............................................................. 61
The Rogersville Review............................................................................ 68
Hardwood Specialties.............................................................................. 28
The Shepherd’s Center - Of One Accord Ministry ............................. 31
Hawkins County Bonding Company.................................................... 19
Town of Bulls Gap..................................................................................... 29
Hawkins County Gas...................................................................................2
Town of Rogersville.....................................................................................7
Hawkins County Lutheran Worship Community............................... 65
Volunteer Blind Industries...................................................................... 61
Healthstar Physicians, P.C........................................................................ 72
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Henard Lumber ........................................................................................ 66
Walters State Community College........................................................ 24
Investment Rental Properties...................................................................8
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