FUNDRAISERS

Food Drive
Through Nov. 13
Cash 1, 724 W. Elk Ave.
Cash 1 will collect items for the food bank and the animal shelters. Anyone dropping off a donation will be entered in a drawing for a $50 Walmart gift card.

EHDA – Ghost Riders Motorcycle Club
Annual Toy Drive
Saturday, Nov. 7 and Saturday Nov. 20
10 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day
Elizabethton Housing and Development Agency and Ghost Riders Motorcycle Club will host it’s annual toy drive at Walmart from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. accepting new and lightly used toys as well as cash donations.

WORKSHOPS & CLASSES

Grief Share
2-4 p.m. Sundays
through Nov. 8
Sycamore Shoals Hospital
542-5551
Grace Baptist Church’s grief recovery seminar and support group will meet weekly in Classroom B at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. Grief Share video sessions feature nationally recognized experts on grief recovery topics. Seminar sessions include “Living With Grief,” “The Journey of Grief,” “The Effects of Grief,” “Why?” and “Stuck in Grief.” Grief Share is co-sponsored by Sycamore Shoals Hospital Spiritual Care Department. The sessions are led by Grace Baptist Pastor Travis Tyler.

Beginning Sign Language classes
Memorial Park Community Center
Tuesdays 6-7:30 p.m.
Senior Services at Memorial Park Community Center, 510 Bert St., will offer a six-week Beginning Sign Language class from 6-7:30 p.m. on Tuesdays starting Sept. 15. Learning sign language is a useful communication skill that stimulates the brain. Instructor Carol Harmon is nationally certified through the
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
This class is open to all ages and is $30 for the six-week series. Please register in person at Memorial Park Community Center.
For more information, call (423) 434-6229.

Handmade Journals
Saturday, Nov. 14
1-4 p.m.
Make your own book! These little journals can be anything you like – a unique sketchbook, a special diary, a baby shower keepsake. We’ll use professional book-board and a variety of cover papers. The finished book is 5” by 6½” and has 20 pages. The Coptic stitch binding means the book lies flat when open.
Instructor: Margaret Crouch
Cost: $25.00 includes materials, bring an awl if you have one.

Surviving the Holidays
Sunday, Nov. 15
2-4 p.m.
“Surviving the Holidays,” a special Grief Share Seminar will be offered to the public from 2-4 p.m. in the Pine Room at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. For more information call 542-5551.

Tennessee Handgun Permit Training
Saturday, Nov. 21
8:30 a.m.
Rocky Top Gun Permit School will hold a Tennessee Handgun Permit training class beginning at 8:30 a.m. The class will be held at the B&K Community Center on the Bristol Highway in Elizabethton. Ken Potter, State Certified Instructor, will be instructing the class. Cost of the class is $50. For more information and to enroll, call 543-1709, 543-6048 or 542-8064 or email Ken at kpotter641@yahoo.com.

MUSIC & THE ARTS

Old Time Music Jam
led by Art Lang
Sunday, Nov. 22
1:30-4 p.m.
Syamore Shoals State Park
Enjoy the rich musical traditions of our region each month. Old time musicians of all levels are welcome. Don’t play an instrument? Come on over, kick back, and enjoy the tunes!

TOURS & EXHIBITS

EHS Art Show
Friday, Nov. 20
4:30-7:30 p.m.
EHS Art Show at EHS library from 4:30-7:30 p.m. including light food and beverages. Contact Dustin Hensley at 423-547-8015 X 1505.

“Political Think Tank”
Oct. 24-Nov. 20
Milligan College Art Gallery, Derthick Hall
Art exhibition will feature the works of Milligan faculty members. Opening reception at 11 a.m. Oct. 24. Alice Anthony, Nick Blosser and Art Brown have a combined 80 years of experience creating art. Anthony’s photography will focus on Elvis fans at Graceland. Blosser will showcase paintings in watercolor and egg tempera. Brown will exhibit his printmaking work. Cost: FREE.

Winterfest Art Show
November 29 — January 3
Opening Reception: Sunday, November 29 1– 4 p.m.
Kick off the holidays at Sycamore Shoals State Park. The Watauga Valley Art League exhibition and sale begins with a reception on November 29 with great opportunities for holiday shopping! Artwork from the Watauga Valley Art League will remain on display during regular park hours throughout the month of December until January 3rd, 2016.

MEETINGS

Watauga Valley Fife & Drum Corps
10 a.m.-noon Saturdays
Sycamore Shoals State Park,
1651 W Elk Ave.
423-543-5808
The Fife & Drum Corps performs at historical events, dedications and parades. It is open to anyone 13 or older. Musical experience welcome but not required. Lessons are free. Just call and let them know you’re coming.

The Liberty Spinners
9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10
This gathering of spinners and fiber artists is open to anyone interested in the art of spinning. Join us at 9:30 a.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of each month (Apr.- Nov.)
Carter County/Elizabethton Retired Teachers
Tuesday, Nov. 10
2 p.m.
The Carter County/Elizabethton Retired Teachers will meet at 2 p.m. at Memorial Presbyterian Church. The program will be presented by Ellen Richardson and music provided by Haley Younce and Dave Dugger. Calvin Jett, pastor of Memorial Presbyterian Church, will bring the devotional. All retired teachers are welcome.

Johnson City United Auto Workers Retirees
Tuesday, Nov. 10
10 a.m.
The Johnson City United Auto Workers Retirees will hold their monthly meeting at 10 a.m. at the Pipefitters Union Hall, 655 Watauga Road, Watauga.
All UAW retirees are invited to attend, bring their spouses or friends and join the group for this meeting.
For local information, call 727-7393, 772-4777 or 743-8778.

The Watauga Association of Genealogists
Wednesday, Nov. 11
6:30 p.m.
The Watauga Association of Genealogists will host a genealogy help night at the Tennessee Room at the Johnson City Public Library, 100 W. Millard St., at 6:30 p.m. Tom and Wanda Manning will be present to assist you in your search. For additional information visit the organization’s web site at http://www.wagsnetn.org/

REUNIONS

HVHS Class of 1944
The Happy Valley Class of 1944 will meet for lunch on Thursday, Nov. 12 at noon at Golden Corral in Johnson City.
For more information, please contact Cal Hendrix at 423-245-8172.

HHS Class of 1967
The Hampton High School Class of 1967 will have a reunion on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m. in the Hampton High Cafeteria for classmates and guests. Lunch will be provided. Call David Horton at 423-647-1740 for more information and to RSVP.

FESTIVALS & EVENTS

Blood Drive at Oak Street Baptist
1:30 – 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 9
Oak Street Baptist Church
The Blood Mobile will be at Oak St Baptist Church, 804 Oak St. The flooding in South Carolina has caused a shortfall in available blood because thousands of pints of blood could not be donated. As you help by donating blood in Elizabethton, you may be helping family and friends in flooded South Carolina.

Elizabethton Senior Center Veterans’ Breakfast
Tuesday, Nov. 10
7-9 a.m.
The Elizabethton Senior Center, 428 East G St., will host a free Veterans’ Breakfast to all veterans and those currently serving from 7 to 9 a.m. The menu will consist of biscuits/gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage, apple butter, juice and coffee. Charge for guests is $3.

Old Time Yule
Noon – 4 p.m, Saturday, Nov. 14
Miller Farmstead, Roan Mountain State Park
The Old Time Yule holiday celebration will be held at the Miller Farmstead. The celebration will include traditional music and treats, and tours of the historic Farmstead.

Fraser Fir Lighting
Tuesday, Nov. 17
5:30 p.m.
The annual lighting of the Fraser Fir at 6 p.m. Festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. with Friends of Sycamore Shoals providing hot cider. This year’s honorary lighter will be Angelee Murray, founder of Red Legacy Recovery. Music will be provided by Miss Watauga Valley, the EHS Choral Club, East Side Elementary Fifth Grade, and the Happy Valley Trumpeters.

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