Nominees sought for 2018 Educators Hall of Fame
Published 10:38 am Friday, March 9, 2018
Star File Photo During last year's Carter County Educator's Hall of Fame celebration, the Imagination Library honored the 2017 Teachers of the Year from both the county and city school systems. Shown here, from left, are: William "Bill" Anderson, Sarah Naylor, Carter County Director of Schools Dr. Kevin Ward, Elizabethton City Schools Director Dr. Corey Gardenhour, Joe Diaz, and Beth Stevens.
A local organization is seeking to honor educators who have made a difference in the lives of local students.
The Carter County Imagination Library Board is asking the public to send in nominations for this year’s class of inductees to the Carter County/Elizabethton Educators Hall of Fame.
This year will mark the 12th edition of the Educators Hall of Fame, which was established to honor outstanding educators and “their immeasurable and lasting contributions to both their students and the community,” according to information from the Carter County Imagination Library Board.
A special committee selects the inductees, and each year four educators join the ranks of the Hall of Fame. The committee chooses one living retired educator and one deceased educator each from the Carter County School System and Elizabethton City Schools.
The inductees are honored each year during a special Hall of Fame celebration. According to Carter County Imagination Library Board member Lilo Duncan, the Hall of Fame dinner serves as a fundraiser for the local Imagination Library, which provides free books to children.
According to Duncan, the public is invited to participate in the selection process by nominating teachers or educators who have touched their lives in a special way and given the utmost to their profession.
To nominate an educator, all a person has to do is fill out the nomination form and then return it to the Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library or mail it to Lilo Duncan at 190 Mayfield Drive, Elizabethton, TN 37643.
Educators can only be inducted into the Hall of Fame once. Nominations must be received by March 31, 2018.
This year, the Hall of Fame celebration dinner will take place on April 28 at 6 p.m., at the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Elizabethton. Tickets to attend the celebration are $20, which includes a catered meal.
Listed below are the current members of the Carter County/Elizabethton Educators Hall of Fame:
2017
County: John Fine, Cheri Miller
City: Nell Curtis, Martha Laws
2016
County: David Buck, Joe Taylor
City: Wanda Bass, Judy Little
2015
County: Tommy Jenkins, Richard Winters
City: Harold Ellis, Ronald Taylor
2014
no inductees listed by the Carter County Imagination Library
2013
County: Kate Ensor, John Hardin
City: Frank Baker, Willie Church
2012
County: Janice Willette Ericson, Zola Shankle
City: Mary Emma Brown, Anna Kinch
2011
County: James G. “Buddy” Jones, Mary Rasar
City: Gertrude Bishop, Fannie Stover
2010
County: Margaret Jones, Glen Tester
City: Bill Armstrong, Harry Fine
2009
County: Cathy Ogg, Jack Pearman
City: Sam Greenwell, Thomas J. Harville
2008
County: Margaret Broome, Glenda Ranshaw
City: Jobelle Hood, Melville Kelly
2007
County: Newland Hyder, Edna Potter
City: Reuben Pierce, Bertie Summerlin
2006
County: Helen Finney, James Potter
City: Charles Lipford, Donna Netherland
For more information on the Carter County-Elizabethton Educators Hall of Fame, contact Lilo Duncan at 423-542-5690.
