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Crafters and Volunteers Invited to Participate in the 15th Annual Big South Fork Spring Planting and Music Festival
Oneida, Tennessee: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be hosting the Fifteenth Annual Spring Planting and Music Festival on Saturday, April 30, 2016. Traditional arts and crafts as well as music will be included as part of the festival throughout the day. This park would like to extend an invitation to all…
Read MoreBig South Fork Seeks Musicians for Spring Planting & Music Festival
Oneida, Tennessee: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is seeking volunteer musical acts interested in performing at the 15th annual Big South Fork Spring Planting and Music Festival event scheduled for Saturday, April 30, 2016. The park is currently soliciting musical groups of the traditional Cumberland Plateau style (to include Appalachian, bluegrass, and…
Read MoreSenior Citizen’s Christmas Lunch a Big Success
Another big turnout for the Senior Citizen’s Center Christmas lunch. Great job and kudos to Kim Watters, Melissa Vanover, all of the many Volunteers and the Park Board that made this a wonderful event Photo submitted
Read MoreW.C.E. Girl’s Basketball
Scenes from Whitley City Elementary Girl’s Basketball. Photos Submitted
Read MoreDrunk Driving Ruins the Holidays
If you’re enjoying the holidays with a drink, McCreary County Sheriff Randy Waters has a message for you: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over. Due to the increase in drunk-driving-related fatalities around the holidays each year, law enforcement agencies across America will be actively searching for and arresting drunk drivers from December 16 to January…
Read MoreStory Time with McKenzie the Owl on December 19 at Bandy Creek Visitor Center
Oneida, Tennessee: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will present an interpretative program at the Bandy Creek Visitor Center on Saturday, December 19, at 1:00 p.m. (ET). Join Park Ranger Mary Grimm and McKenzie the owl for a fun afternoon of story time and learn about owls. McKenzie is an injured Barred Owl…
Read MoreCelebrate New Year’s Day Mountain Biking at Big South Fork
Oneida, Tennessee: Every New Year’s Day the Big South Fork Bike Club invites all mountain bikers to ride the Big South Fork at an annual event called “The Mail Run”. Bikers meet at the Bandy Creek Visitor Center at 9 a.m. (ET), January 1, and then hit the trails. “The ride is traditionally called the…
Read MoreLadies Auxillary Spreads Christmas Cheer
Photo submitted Members of the Ladies Auxillary Unit 115, Stearns, KY have been busy making Christmas a little bit merrier for lots of folks. Christmas events include giving gifts to several children through the Family Resource Centers at Whitley City Elementary and McCreary County Middle as well as providing gifts to fifty children in the…
Read MoreThe Giving Tree
Photo by Eugenia Jones Rhonda Kendciorski (left) and Alli Hamlin (right) are shown placing gloves, mittens, and other items on the “Giving Tree” at the McCreary County Public Library. The special tree is hosted by the McCreary County Schools Community Education VIPS and the Library until December 18. The tree is decorated with donations of…
Read MoreMountain Craft Christmas Open House
Photos by Eugenia Jones Crafters celebrated the holiday season with an open house at the Mountain Craft Center in Parkers Lake. Pictured above are Frank Medders with Sam Perry. Sam is shown crafting a hay fork using 19th century tools and methods. The crafters would like to remind shoppers that the Craft Center will be…
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