The Family Moments section of YourNews allows you to share a variety of stories and photos revolving around your family living in East Tennessee. Topics often include family vacations, birthday parties or a quiet moment at home. If approved, your story will be published here on the website and possibly in the Knoxville News Sentinel.
The Louis family has a creative way of reaching out after Kim, wife and mother of 4-year-old triplets, was diagnosed with breast cancer in March. It's Hat Day at Parkview Fountain City senior living community, and everyone attending the "Reminisce" session at the senior living community is participating. I'm zipping my suitcase when my mother finds me. "You be careful driving," she warns. "I will," I tell her. "I promise." I begin making the bed and she says, "Don't worry about that, Honey, I can get it later." ... The Blount County Public Library, 508 N. Cusick Street, will host “Voices of the Valley: Black Voices of a Company Town Called Alcoa” a one-act play by poet and playwright, Joyce Leo. I ponder the issue, looking at it from all sides. I can't find the answer alone so I broach the subject with Zack. At 87, Emma Boyd of Oak Ridge lunches with the Red Hat Ladies, a group devoted to fun. She plays bridge, attends an exercise class and volunteers weekly at First United Methodist Church. Family harmonies provide a smooth sound from Spencer's Own - five brothers who will perform contemporary country music at the Blount County Public Library on August 23 at 7 pm. The Blount County Public Library will host The Gritte Fritter (John DuPree) at 7 p.m. Aug. 16 with Abigail Sinders on fiddle and vocals and Roscoe Morgan on electric bass and vocals. Alicia McClintock, a 2007 Gibbs graduate and 2011 University of Tennessee graduate won “The Alfred Award” for receiving the highest scores in Military Bearing, Uniform and Room Inspections and Physical Fitness Tests while completing United States Navy Officer Development School ... The Town of Farragut and the Farragut Folklife Museum will sponsor a day of fun for families 9-11 a.m. Aug. 18 at the Farragut Town Hall, 11408 Municipal Center Drive. Foothills Kiwanis Club is holding its Summer Fund Raising Event the Blues Brothers Tribute Show Aug. 18. Here is what I remember. I'm standing in the shower letting the hot water wash over me. I have my face buried in my hands. My heart is racing; I can feel it pounding in my chest as the water ... I walk into the crowded room and a smile spreads across my face. I'm excited to see everyone after so many years. When 16-year-old Tyler Kearly, an Oak Ridge resident, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma last August, he and his mother, Elizabeth, didn't anticipate much support stemming from West Knoxville. It's time for the Edible Book Contest again! Win up to $100 for your food creation depicting a fictional or nonfictional literary work in the Blount County Public Library's permanent collection.
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The Family Moments section of YourNews allows you to share a variety of stories and photos revolving around your family living in East Tennessee. Topics often include family vacations, birthday parties or a quiet moment at home. If approved, your story will be published here on the website and possibly in the Knoxville News Sentinel.
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