After a five-year absence, two former staff members of The Erwin Record have returned to positions with Unicoi County’s award-winning newspaper.
Rebekah Harris, who served as news editor of The Record from 2003 until 2005, has re-joined the staff as associate editor. Dr. Jerry Hilliard, who now serves as editor emeritus, previously held the position of associate editor.
Harris, an award-winning writer and educator, was part of the Record’s staff when the newspaper, in 2003, won the Tennessee Press Association’s Sweepstakes/General Excellence Award for the first time. The newspaper has since won the distinction eight years straight. More...
Updated July 27, 2010 12:25:28 PM
Top service honor will go to fallen airman
Senior Airman Benjamin D. White, the Erwin native killed June 9 while serving in Afghanistan, will be named the Distinguished Service Award recipient during the fourth annual Record of Service Awards Thursday, Aug. 26.
The annual awards dinner will also name honorees in Business, Health Care, Education, Emergency Services, Public Service and Service to the Community. Those award recipients are nominated by the community and are not announced until the night of the event, but The Erwin Record, which founded the Record of Service Awards in 2007, chooses the annual recipient of the Distinguished Service Award and announces those honorees in advance of the dinner.
Past recipients for Distinguished Service have been U.S. Rep. David Davis, 2007; former Erwin Mayor Russell Brackins and former Unicoi County Executive Paul Monk, 2008; and Erwin historians Martha Erwin and Lou and Kathy Thornberry, 2009. More...
Updated July 20, 2010 09:51:27 AM
Eight straight: The Erwin Record tops again in statewide awards
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It was a record-setting year for The Erwin Record.
For the eighth year in a row, The Record won the General Excellence Award during the Tennessee Press Association’s 2010 newspaper contest. The newspaper also brought home 12 first-place awards and a total of 23 awards. And, for the first time ever, the Record won prestigious Meeman Foundation awards.
The 12 first-place honors were the most won by any Tennessee newspaper of any size in this year’s contest that had 124 newspapers from across Tennessee vying for the annual honors. The Illinois Press Association judged this year’s awards that featured 1,468 entries. More...
Updated July 14, 2010 02:56:09 PM
Tickets now available for Aug. 26 Record of Service Awards
Tickets are now available for the fourth annual Record of Service Awards, an event that recognizes community volunteerism and community service.
The Record of Service Awards will be held Thursday, Aug. 26, at 6:30 p.m. at Unicoi United Methodist Church's New Life Center in the town of Unicoi. Tickets are $12.50 each and are on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
The Erwin Record founded the Record of Service Awards in 2007. This year the newspaper will be joined by the Rotary Club of Unicoi County as an official co-sponsor. Other sponsors include Nuclear Fuel Services and Walmart. More...
