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Amy Allen named at Copper Basin High

Mollie Morrow
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Kindergarten teacher and Copper Basin High School alumna Amy Allen is Copper Basin Elementary School’s Teacher of the Year. “She has earned the respect of students and peers with her energy, attitude and eagerness to help everyone succeed,” Principal Janessa Nipper said of Allen.
Washing sweet potatoes in Fannin County High School’s (FCHS) kitchen for the Good Samaritans of Fannin County Thanksgiving Open Table are, from left, Cassie Corey, Priscilla Cashman and Kathy Beck. The Good Samaritans, with a host of volunteers, held the annual community meal. Thanksgiving Day in the FCHS cafeteria.

Washing sweet potatoes in Fannin County High School’s (FCHS) kitchen for the Good Samaritans of Fannin County Thanksgiving Open Table are, from left, Cassie Corey, Priscilla Cashman and Kathy Beck. The Good Samaritans, with a host of volunteers, held the annual community meal. Thanksgiving Day in the FCHS cafeteria.

THANKSGIVING MEAL SERVED

Mollie Morrow
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
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School board hears fund update, okays window work

Krista Craig
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
The Fannin County School Board was given an update regarding how the school system has spent or will be spending remaining Coronavirus Emergency funds, and they unanimously approved a bid for the window replacement project at West Fannin Elementary School (WFES) as well as two bids to purchase...
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The News Observer

Parades highlight weekend

Krista Craig
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Santa Claus is coming to town this weekend for the 62nd annual Copperhill Kiwanis Club Christmas Parade and for “Christmas in Ducktown.” With this year’s theme being “Centennial Christmas: Serving the Basin for 100 Years,” the Kiwanis parade is scheduled for Saturday, December 4, starting at 2 p.m.
Citizens from Turtletown and Farner came together Saturday, November 20, to help remove a large mound of metal and trash that had been piling up for years along Waller Road in Farner. Shown are, from left, Mike and Karen Herring, Tennessee Litter Grant Director for Polk County William Wallace, Zeke Brendle and Ronney Freeman.

Citizens from Turtletown and Farner came together Saturday, November 20, to help remove a large mound of metal and trash that had been piling up for years along Waller Road in Farner. Shown are, from left, Mike and Karen Herring, Tennessee Litter Grant Director for Polk County William Wallace, Zeke Brendle and Ronney Freeman.

Volunteers pick up 7,000 pounds of trash in Farner

Krista Craig
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Thanks to five volunteers from Farner and Turtletown, and a Polk County official, over 7,000 pounds of metal items and trash that had been piling up for years along Waller Road in Farner has been cleaned up. “We are the talk of  Farner.
Fannin firefighters received hands-on training in extrication from a school bus crash.

Fannin firefighters received hands-on training in extrication from a school bus crash.

Fannin Co. firefighters learn bus extrication

Glenn Harbison
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
A group of Fannin County firefighters recently completed an eight-hour class designed to teach the safe and effective extrication of victims from a school bus accident.