An Erwin woman serving with the Tennessee Air National Guard Airman from Nashville’s 118th Airlift Wing has been named as the Tennessee Air National Guard Airman of the Year for 2009.
Senior Airman Jessica Webb of Erwin, and formerly of Hohenwald in Middle Tennessee, was recognized for superior leadership, job performance, community involvement and personal achievements as an Airman of the Tennessee Air National Guard. She will now be competing in the “12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year” competition to be held later this year.
“Airman Webb is a superb example of the Air Force core values. Everything that she sets her mind to do, she does to the best of her ability. She is an achiever and she sets very high standards for herself,” said Senior Master Sgt. Doug Patterson, 118th AW Command Post superintendent. More...
CASA of Northeast Tennessee invites girls and their friends and families to experience the American Girl Fashion Show April 24 at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Greeneville.
This fun, engaging program will showcase historical and contemporary fashions for girls and their dolls. Proceeds from this event will benefit abused and neglected children, and 92 local models will present the fashions, while lively commentary, music and decorations will create a memorable experience for girls and their families.
Audiences will delight in historical clothing, from daywear to sleepwear to special-occasion clothing that resembles what the popular American Girl characters Kaya, Felicity, Josefina, Addy, Rebecca, Kit Molly and Julie might have worn. Contemporary “Just Like You” outfits for older girls and sweet Bitty Baby fashions for little ones complete the program. More...
Updated January 26, 2010 02:47:10 PM
Community service easily defined in Rotary project
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(Brenda Sparks / The Erwin Record)
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It wasn’t one of those times in which a person might exclaim, “Words can’t describe how I feel.”
But, if it had been one of those enigmatic moments, nearly 300 boys and girls in third-grade classrooms throughout Unicoi County would have been well prepared to provide details.
For the second year in a row, members of the Rotary Club of Unicoi County distributed brand-new dictionaries to every third grader at Love Chapel, Rock Creek, Temple Hill and Unicoi elementary schools. More...
Updated February 16, 2010 11:56:22 AM
TV show finds Erwin man’s heart was in the right place
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(Brenda Sparks / The Erwin Record)
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Hugh Massie had his first heart attack when he was just 42 years old. That was in December 1981.
In the nearly three decades since, the North Carolina native has lived a full life, opening a barber shop, buying a farm and eventually moving to Erwin four years ago.
Now 70, Massie had hoped his heart troubles were behind him. Late last year, though, his chest pain returned. More...