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Veterans breakfast Saturday at Community Center

August 5, 2026

Becky Massengale, left, and Dannielle DeShasier of the Manhattan Project VFW Auxiliary Post 12051, Oak Ridge, regularly volunteer at the monthly veterans breakfast. They often lend a helping hand serving, or they bring door prizes for veterans. - Submitted

Military veterans from Anderson County are invited to come together this Saturday (Aug. 8) for the monthly Veterans Breakfast at the Clinton Community Center, 101 S. Hicks St.

The chow line opens at 8:30 a.m. and there will be a brief program at 9 a.m. honoring veterans.

This month’s breakfast, hosted by Anderson County citizens, is sponsored by Stephen McNally, and the doughnuts are provided by Chancellor Daniel Forrester.

These breakfasts are held to recognize and honor local veterans and their families for their service to the United States.

Many generous donors are also recognized for providing door prizes, including a monthly gift card donated by the East Tennessee Foundation for Women Veterans.

Library Events

August 5, 2026 by Ben Pounds

These events will be at Clinton Public Library at 118 S Hicks St.:

Children’s

• Family Storytime will be on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. with weekly themed stories, songs and a matching craft for pre-K through early elementary ages. Younger and older siblings are also welcome. The themes are: Aug. 5, picnic; Aug. 12, happiness; Aug. 19, honeybees; and Aug. 27, school.

• Book Babies will be on Thursdays at 10 a.m. with weekly themed stories and songs for ages birth to age 2. The themes are: Aug. 6, picnic; Aug. 13, happiness; Aug. 20, honeybees; and Aug. 26, school.

• Music and Movement will be Tuesdays at 10 a.m. Join every Tuesday to dance and make some noise.

• Pajama Storytime will be Aug. 7 at 6 p.m. Come in pajamas for a story before bedtime.

‘Operation Angel Wing’ fundraiser is Saturday

August 5, 2026 by G. Chambers Williams III

Walkers for Operation Angel Wing, a charity supporting veterans and first-responders, cross Norris Dam during the group’s fund-raising five-mile walk in August 2025, accompanied by area constables in their cruisers. - G. Chambers Williams III

“Operation Angel Wing,” a regional nonprofit dedicated to providing healing services related to post-traumatic stress to veterans and first-responders, will gather in Norris on Saturday for its annual fundraising event.

The day will feature a began with a five-mile “prayer walk” from the upper Norris Dam overlook to the Lions Club Pavilion in Norris.

Those participating in the walk are asked to register at the pavilion, on Norris Square, from 7-9 a.m.

At 9 a.m., a bus will carry the walkers to the dam overlook to begin their trek, which will end at the pavilion and be followed there at noon by a program of speakers, live music, and associated activities, such as a bake-sale auction, vendors, and giveaways.

Among those on hand to lead the event for the Statesville, North Carolina-based Operation Angel Wing, is expected to be co-founder Zeke Vanderpool of Andersonville, an Army veteran, who was master of ceremonies at last year’s similar event at the Museum of Appalachia.

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