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Norris Elementary Junior American
Citizens Club Wins National Competition
The Norris Elementary J.A.C. Club won First Place in the J.A.C. National Quilt Contest. The Theme this year was “Preserving America’s Past”. The J.A.C. members designed their own quilt panels based on the time period of Tennessee’s first governor, John Sevier. The “John Sevier Time-Line Story Quilt” depicts tools that were used at John Sevier's home at Marble Springs and important events of John Sevier’s life.
The J.A.C. club also placed First in State and 2nd National on their scrapbook which listed their community service projects this past year including: The Clinton Veterans Day Parade, Christmas Caroling, Support our Troop Project, St. Jude project, completing pictures each month to give to the nursing home, Arbor Day project, and they ended the year with
their Armed Forces Day parade.
Sam Lawless (1st), Zeke Meyers (3rd), Dillon Boshears (4th), and Thomas Sexton (5th). Hanna Sharp is not pictured (2nd).
Norris Elementary Fifth Grade Students have entered the J.A.C. Poster Contest for the past three years. This year, Fifth Grade Student Samuel Lawless went on to win first place in state with his art work of the Declaration of Independence. Congratulations, Samuel!
Members include John Zye Pope, Orey Kell Pope, Miles Baggett, Francis Baggett, Maclean Spurling, Caroline Spurling, Macy Gordon, Audrey Lankford, Christen Dunn, Lauren Dunn, David Stooksbury, Michael Shores , Brady
Hackler, Mary Drew, Theo Mayer, Maya Mayer, Thomas Sexton, Sullivan Sexton, Skylar Shores, Kylie Adcox, Meghan Oley, Emily C. Mynatt, Allison Mynatt, Julia Drew, Hayleigh Anderson, and Nathan Gordon.
Special Thanks to all of the Norris Elementary School Staff who support, lend a hand, and help with the projects.
The J.A.C. Club is sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution, Emory Road Chapter.
- submitted by Lora K. Pope
Museum of Appalachia Special Summer Exhibit
Highlights Old-Time Farm and Garden Artifacts
Gardens and farming will be highlighted in a special exhibit, “Farm to Table: Gardens in Old Appalachia,” during June and July at the Museum of Appalachia.
The exhibit is funded in part through a grant from the Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program (TAEP) through the Tennessee Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom (TNFAITC).
The Museum gardens will provide a living display of vegetables and herbs typically grown in pioneer Appalachia. In a real-life demonstration of “farm to table,” the Museum restaurant will feature garden produce on the daily menu.
Visitors will receive an educational brochure highlighting farm implements throughout the Museum. Signs will highlight corn shellers, an M-30 tractor, farm wagons, butter churns, plows, harrows and rakes, scythes, an “underground dairy” or root cellar, bee hive, cantilever barn, and numerous other agriculture-related artifacts and structures throughout the Museum.
Special demonstrations and programs may be offered on occasion; call for details. The Anderson County Agricultural Extension Service; Anderson County Natural Resources Conservation Service; and Anderson County High School Future Farmers of America Club have agreed to assist with this project.
The internationally acclaimed Museum portrays an Appalachian a farm-village with some three dozen authentic log structures, exhibit halls filled with Appalachian artifacts, and gardens and farm animals in a picturesque setting surrounded by split-rail fences.
A large gift shop features handiwork from regional artisans, and a small restaurant offers hot lunches, fresh-from-the-garden vegetables, and mouth-watering home-style desserts. Facilities are available for weddings, reunions, meetings, and other events.
The Museum is a non-profit organization. Its mission is to preserve Appalachian artifacts and to instill in the community—regionally, nationally, and internationally—a greater knowledge of and appreciation for the Appalachian heritage.
Museum memberships are available, providing a year of Museum visits and other benefits. As an official affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum also offers Smithsonian memberships in conjunction with its own membership program.
The Museum is located 16 miles north of Knoxville, one mile east of I-75, exit 122.
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