Board Works Together to Revitalize Camp Fort Blackmore
After closing its pool more than 10 years ago with a facility that was slowly deteriorating, Rick Begley and members of the Camp Fort Blackmore board hope to restore the camp to its glory days as they continue the traditions that first began when the site was called Cumberland Mountain Mission. Cumberland Mountain Mission was founded and directed by Margaret […]
Methodist Ft. Blackmore Camp Boon To Youth
From the ArchivesThe Methodist Camp for boys and girls of the Big Stone Gap District is located at the foot of Stone Mountain on Stony Creek near Ft. Blackmore. 25 years of service, The site is meaning he’d comeideal to for itsKingsportpurpose.in 1949Almostor earlier, under thebut notshadowas earlyofasHigh1944 Knob,(or he wouldin closehaveproximitybeen in tothethe30 yearsNaturalof serviceTunnel, Hagangroup). Hall and Hanging AsRock,for wherethethesettingPowellsis […]
Bridge Dedication Planned to Honor the Late Kenny Fannon
At their first meeting in 2022, the Scott County Board of Supervisors approved a request to name a bridge on Natural Tunnel Parkway to honor the late Kenny Fannon, who served as a longtime Duffield Daze volunteer. This Saturday, Sept. 17 at 11 a.m., the new bridge marker bearing the words “Kenneth ‘Kenny’ Fannon Memorial Bridge” will be formally unveiled. […]
ETSU Pride Band
The ETSU Bluegrass Pride Band performs Saturday, Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons. The East Tennessee State University Bluegrass Pride Band is comprised of virtuosic and award-winning student performers with many years of musical experience. Current members includes band director Dan Boner on fiddle and vocals, Steven Ivey on fiddle, Lydia Hamby on mandolin, […]
Recommended Book By Pulitzer Winner Provides Roadmap for Teachers
Oh, my! These weeks surely do go by fast, and it’s time for me to see if I can complete my weekly assignment writing this column. I’ll do my best. Let me begin with wishing the happiest of birthdays to a number of friends and family members. Those are Sylvia Caldwell, Blake Whitenack, Gary Frady, Charles Bond, Brett Carter, Lois […]
Active Shooter Training
Scott County School Resource Officers recently completed an active shoot training at Gate City Middle School. Officers were taught by Sgt. Chris Kilgore of the Scott County Sheriff’s Office and Kevin Yates of the Mountain Empire Community College Campus Police. They were trained in proper techniques to use in the case an active shooter threat breech one of the county’s […]
Celebrate The Foundation Of America
DAR Promotes Constitution Week: September 17-23The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution urges Americans to reflect on the United States Constitution during this month’s annual observance in honor this foundational document of national governance. The DAR initiated the observance in 1955, when the service organization petitioned the U.S. Congress to dedicate September 17–23 of each year to the commemoration of Constitution Week. Congress adopted […]
