Christmas countdown
A child visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus during last year’s Holiday Market event in Historic Downtown Clinton. - G. Chambers Williams III
The annual Holiday Market and Cookie Crawl on Saturday in Historic Downtown Clinton will be among the highlights of this weekend’s holiday events, along with Candlelight Christmas at the Museum of Appalachia on Friday and Saturday, and the Oak Ridge Christmas parade on Saturday evening. Also, Norris Dam State Park will present its annual old-time Christmas in the Park on Saturday from 4-8 p.m. That event will take place at the Lenoir Museum, Gristmill, and Crosby Threshing Barn, which are along Norris Freeway (U.S. 441) between Andersonville Highway and Norris Dam. Christmas in the Park is free, and will include children’s crafts, warm drinks, a pie supper auction, live folk music, and Santa Claus in the Lenoir Museum.
Read More‘Candlelight Christmas’ on tap Friday, Saturday
Visitors to the Candlelight Christmas event at the Museum of Appalachia last year check out the goods for sale in the market area, which is in the community room at the rear of the museum’s main building and gift shop. - G. Chambers Williams III
This coming Friday and Saturday, the annual Candlelight Christmas celebration will be held at the Museum of Appalachia in Norris. Seeking to bring out nostalgia during the holiday season, the event is designed to help visitors experience the “warmth and wonder of an old-fashioned Appalachian Christmas,” the museum says. Held from 4-9 p.m. each day, Candlelight Christmas features “an evening tour of the museum grounds, beautifully illuminated for the season.” “Visitors can stroll through the pioneer village, where historic log structures are adorned with simple, handcrafted decorations inspired by 19th-century holiday traditions,” according to the museum. “Select exhibits will highlight artifacts from the museum’s collection that are tied to Christmas, offering a glimpse into how early settlers celebrated the season.” Scattered across the grounds, the museum’s pioneer village cabins will be decorated and festively lit for the occasion.
Read MoreMuseum reacts to Civil Rights hero’s death
Jo Ann Allen Boyce, one of the 12 first Black students to attend Clinton High School died on Dec. 3. “It is with a very heavy heart that we share the news that our friend Jo Ann Allen Boyce passed away yesterday,” Adam Velk of the Green McAdoo Cultural Center posted to Facebook. “We’ve lost such a caring and humble soul. Jo Ann was someone who was so generous with her own story and shared it with people across the country. I spent some time with her a few years back in Wisconsin, where she told her story to student bodies and every day citizens. The people who met her were in awe and entirely grateful for her kindness. A student was so inspired by her story that they wept when they met her, and Jo Ann was quick to offer them a warm hug. Jo Ann inspired everyone she met. Today is a tough one for all of us she did. We send our love and care to the Boyce family.” A statue of Boyce, alongside the other Clinton 12 stands outside the Green McAdoo Cultural Center and the center has exhibits on desegregation and the Clinton 12, including Boyce’s efforts. Sharing this Green McAdoo Center post was the Anderson County Archives.
Read MoreLocal food pantry wants help
Norris Food Pantry is looking for help amid trouble with funding and demand. Jeannie Killam Aldrich spoke on behalf of the pantry to the Anderson County Operation’s Committee on Nov. 10 about its struggles. She said the organization feeds a little more than 1% of Anderson County’s population every month, distributing about 17.5 tons of food per month. “We’re bleeding money this month,” she said. So far, she said she’d gotten $2,000 from Walmart. She had been looking for grants from other grocery stories as well, but due to the economy Walmart was the only store that provided a grant. Aldrich said her organization is looking for donations from the public. People can mail checks to Norris Area Food Pantry. P.O. Box 327, Norris, TN.
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