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Johnson City’s Jenna Hutchins finished fifth in a national cross country meet last Saturday, earning her All-American honors for the second year in a row. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHOTORUN.NET

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For the second year in a row, Johnson City’s Jenna Hutchins wrapped up her cross country season last Sat-urday at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships in sunny San Diego, California. And once again, the Science Hill standout wrapped up her season in style. Hutchins finished fifth in the nation

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Flanked by members of the local Rolling Thunder chapter, the nephews of James Burton “J.B.” McKamey lay a wreath in honor of prisoners of war and those classified as missing in action during last Saturday’s Wreaths Across America event at the Mountain Home National Cemetery. PHOTOS BY DAVE ONGIE

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Folks from around the region gathered on a blus-tery Saturday afternoon in Mountain Home National Cemetery to pay tribute to fallen veterans during the annual Wreaths Across America event. A program was held at noon to reinforce the sacrifices made by America’s veterans and explain the importance of paying respect to fallen veterans around the Christ-mas season by laying wreaths upon their graves. Those in attendance were asked to lay a wreath on each grave and pause to say the name of each veteran out loud. Each branch of the military was honored during the ceremony with the placing of a wreath. A special wreath was placed in honor of veterans who were either missing in action or prisoners of war who never returned home. The nephews of James Burton “J.B.” McKamey, the only soldier from Washington County to lose his life during the D-Day invasion, placed the wreath in honor of POWs and those missing in action.

Folks from around the region turned out to place wreaths on the graves of fallen veterans.

Wreaths Across America pays respect to veterans

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Santa Claus made an appearance at the annual event, which featured David Crockett’s marching band and several floats strewn with colorful Christmas lights.

A group of young ladies wave to the crowd as they cruise down Main Street during the annual Jonesborough Lighted Christmas Parade last Saturday night. PHOTOS BY DAVE ONGIE

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The Merry Wives Club gathered at the Johnson City Country Club last Friday afternoon to celebrate the group’s 110th anniversary. Founded in 1909, the Merry Wives were one of the first social clubs in Johnson City and strive to carry on the mission of fostering friendship. PHOTO BY DAVE ONGIE

Merry Wives Club celebrates 110th anniversary In 1909, the Merry Wives Club was formed, making it one of the first social clubs in Johnson City. Last Friday, the group gathered at the John-son City Country Club to celebrate 110 years of friendship and community service. Members enjoyed food and fellowship in a private dining room, carrying on the mission set by the club’s 13 charter members to sow the seeds of friendship.

Jeremiah School will host its third annual Christmas Showcase at Wesley Memorial Unit-ed Methodist Church on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. The evening will include music, dancing and acting and will feature Jeremiah School students. Refresh-ments will be provided, and Christmas ornaments will be on sale. Tickets can be ordered by calling 423.915.9257 or emailing [email protected]. Tickets are $10 and will also be avail-able at the door on the night of the performance.

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Annual Shop with a Cop event aids local kids The annual Johnson City Shop with a Cop event pro-vided Christmas presents for 70 local children last Thursday night. Over 65 officers from the JCPD and surrounding agencies went shopping with the children, who each received a $150 Wal-Mart gift card. The evening, which was made possible by donations from individuals and local busi-nesses, started with a meal from Chick-fil-A and a visit from Santa Claus.

Over 65 police officers from the Johnson City Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies lent a hand last Thursday evening to help provide some Christmas cheer for 70 local children during the annual Shop with a Cop event.

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During his time in Washington, D.C., Rep. Phil Roe has been deeply involved in veteran’s affairs. Last Friday morning, Roe recalled asking how much the VA spent on suicide prevention 15 years ago. The number was around $2.5 billion. Next year, President Donald Trump has requested $9.5 billion in funding, yet an average of 20 veterans are still dying each day die as a result of suicide. “We’ve almost quadrupled the money, and yet, we’ve made no dent in the actual numbers,” Roe said. “We’ve got to do something different.” With that in mind, Roe held several roundtable dis-cussions with members of the community last Friday at Appalachian Community Federal Credit Union in Gray. He also attended a town hall meeting on the Mountain Home VA campus last Saturday morning. Roe was accompanied by Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen, executive director of the PREVENTS (The President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide) Task Force. The task force was formed as a result of an executive order signed by Trump back in March and includes all of Trump’s cabinet members and other leaders. The charge is to formulate an all-hands-on-deck approach to integrate public and private entities across the nation to empower veterans and prevent suicide.

On Friday, Roe and Van Dahlen talked with members of the community in a general roundtable before meeting with education leaders, faith-based groups and first responders. “We realize in this country that we have a suicide epi-demic, just like we have a drug epidemic,” Roe said. In order to address that epidemic, Van Dahlen said it is vital for everyone to be involved. She also added that finding ways for existing organizations and agencies to better coordinate their efforts will play a big role in turn-ing the tide. “One of the things we’re seeing that I’m actually more exciting about is the coordination and the collaboration between those organizations,” Van Dahlen said. “What has happened in the past is organizations or government agencies trying to do it on their own, then you get two groups trying to do the same thing and they don’t even know they are in the same community.” The goal is to utilize a public health approach to broadly change the culture of mental health and shape how suicide is addressed nationally. Roe and Van Dahlen both agreed that the first step in that battle is to remove the stigma surrounding those who seek help for mental health issues. Beyond that, Roe said folks struggling with mental health issues need to know where to go and who to call in order to receive the help they need. ‘We’ve disassembled our infrastructure,” Roe said. “Forty or 50 years ago, we had 4,000 inpatient beds, state-run, in Tennessee, and now we have none. We don’t have a place for people to go.” Van Dahlen said reducing suicide will require chang-ing the culture when it comes to our approach to mental

health. But the bottom line is statistics show those who seek help are very likely to find relief. “I know we can address these challenges,” Van Dahlen said. “Eighty or 90 percent of people who seek treatment for depression get better, but we don’t help people know that. If we get the word out, we’re more likely to get peo-ple in the hands of those who can help them.”

Dr. Barbara Van Dahlen and Rep. Phil Roe hosted a series of roundtable discussions last Friday in Gray focused on suicide prevention. PHOTO BY DAVE ONGIE

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County awarded grant for industrial park master plan Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Communi-ty Development Commis-sioner Bob Rolfe have announced that Washing-ton County will receive a $94,500 Site Develop-ment Grant.“The grant will cover due diligence on the 37 acres the county most recently purchased for the Wash-ington County Industrial Park and afford us the ability to come up with a master plan for that por-tion of the site,” explained County Mayor Joe Grandy. As part of the grant, the Board of Commissioners approved the county’s $40,500 matching portion

at its November meeting. This is the second grant the county has received from the Site Development Grant Program. The first grant assisted with fund-ing for the development of two pad-ready sites. “Grants like this give us the opportunity to keep the momentum going in the Washington County Industrial Park,” said Alicia Summers, Vice President of Business De-velopment for the North-east Tennessee Regional Economic Partnership. “Pad-ready sites are cru-cial to attracting indus-try, and this grant is the next step in continuing the process.” The Site Development

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two Select Tennessee Cer-tified Sites. A master plan for the site is the next logical step in developing the new por-tion of the industrial park. It will help define the type and size projects for which the county can compete. The master planning process will reveal how the property can feasibly be developed in phases to ease development de-mands and still maximize the property. Grant opportunities like this are available to Washington County in part because the County is TN-ECD ThreeStar Certified.

Ballad implements visitation restrictions Widespread influenza activity in the Appalachian Highlands is prompting Ballad Health to place visitation restric-tions in all of its hospitals. The health system is asking anyone younger than 18 and anyone experienc-ing flu-like symptoms to refrain from visiting hospital patients at this time. Flu-like symptoms include cough, fever, body aches, headache, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, chills and fatigue. Ad-ditionally, Ballad Health is requesting patients limit their visitors to two guests at a time. “Flu rates are already high, and we don’t think we’re anywhere near the peak yet,” said Jamie Swift, Ballad Health’s corporate director of infection preven-tion. “We’re implementing these re-strictions at our hospitals to protect our patients and our community as a whole.” Since Sept. 26, Ballad Health has re-corded 270 flu cases, with the rates near-ly doubling from Dec. 1 to Dec. 14. Swift also noted both influenza A and influenza B are circulating throughout the region, even though it is rare for influenza B to be prevalent this early in the season. While symptoms of influenza A and B appear similar, influenza B typically caus-es more severe illness in children, which is why Ballad Health’s visitation restric-tions are designed to keep limit potential flu exposure to healthy children. “Last year, we didn’t have 100 flu cases in a week until the third week of January; this year, that happened in the second week of December,” Swift said. “The quickly increasing numbers match the

trends happening regionally and nation-ally – this is shaping up to be an early and severe flu season across Tennessee, Virginia and other southern states. “We fully expect our numbers to get much higher before they start declining.” Monitoring by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows seasonal flu activity in the United States has been elevated for five weeks and continues to increase, with 2.6 million flu illnesses diagnosed, 23,000 hospitalizations and 1,300 deaths from flu so far this year. “The flu is a potentially fatal virus, especially for small children and the elderly, and it can spread even before symptoms arise,” Swift said. “If you hav-en’t gotten a flu shot yet, please get one. Now is the time.” A flu vaccination is recommended for everyone 6 months and older, especially pregnant women, the elderly and anyone with a chronic health condition or weak-ened immune system. Prior to implementing restricted visita-tion, Ballad Health hospitals were already employing a number of other precautions, including mandatory flu shots for team members. The system also emphasizes appropriate hygiene precautions for team members, patients and visitors, includ-ing frequent handwashing and covering coughs and sneezes. Flu shots are available at Ballad Health primary care offices, Ballad Health phar-macies and other major pharmacies. To find a location or learn more, please visit www.balladhealth.org.


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Earlier this month, the David Crockett volleyball team donated $1,000 to the Ballad Health Foundation. The funds were raised during the team’s annual ‘Dig Pink’ game and will benefit local oncology patients. Jack Simpson, Jamie Mijeski and Sherri Lawson were on hand from Ballad Health to received the check.

Members of local chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution collected candy, socks, combs, dental supplies, lip balm, note pads, pens and flags, which they used to fill 100 shoeboxes to be delivered to hospital patients at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center on the Mountain Home campus.

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conserva-tion (TDEC) Commissioner David Salyers have announced a $15 million loan for Johnson City to address water infra-structure needs. This Clean Water State Revolving Fund loan will help Johnson City address rehabil-itation of sewer interceptors, including replacement of 21,000 linear feet of the Lower Brush Creek collection system. The loan has a 20-year term at 1.25 percent interest rate. “The State Revolving Fund Loan Program serves our state well, and we are pleased to announce this funding for Johnson City,” Lee said. “These loans show our com-mitment to modernizing infrastructure, and this should be of major assistance to the community.”

“We look forward to the improvements this loan can bring to Johnson City,” Salyers said. “This program improves infrastructure across our state, and this should benefit Johnson City in a meaningful way.” Through the State Re-volving Fund Loan Program, communities, utility districts, and water and wastewater authorities can obtain loans

with lower interest rates than through private financing. These low interest rate loans can vary from zero percent to below market rate, based on each community’s eco-nomic health. TDEC administers the State Revolving Fund Program in conjunction with the Tennessee Local Development Authority. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides grants to fund the program, and the state pro-vides a 20-percent match to the federal funding. Loan repayments are returned to the program and are used to fund future SRF loans. This fiscal year, TDEC has awarded $1,485,000 in drink-ing water loans and $100,300,000 in clean water loans to meet community infrastructure needs in Tennessee. Tennessee’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund Loan Program has awarded more than $2 billion in low-inter-est loans since its inception in 1987. The state’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Loan Program has awarded more than $300 million in low-interest loans since its inception in 1996.

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we vacationed. So, at the last minute, Barney and Boog; their beds, bones, and food; their leashes and meds; and their little winter jackets got packed along with our things. But at a gas station toward the end of the two-hour trip, I noticed Barney’s head looked a little funny. Preston (my husband) noticed, too. Barney’s skin

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Thanksgiving meal with my family before getting back into the car with Barney and driving through the darkness toward the closest emergency vet, in Boone. We talked about Barney on our way there, and though I don’t remember now which stories we told, I do know there were plenty: like the time Preston was sitting with Barney on a lawn for an Alison Krauss concert. Barney was a pup then, still learning the ways of the world, and he must have noticed all the other dogs on the lawn and decided to mark his territory. Except instead of peeing on the grass around where Preston sat, Barney lifted his leg, and peed on Preston’s back. After that, it was perfectly clear Preston was his and no one else’s. In his old age, Barney had lost many things, including most of his teeth, but he had never lost his

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The unnamed putative father of the child born to Carolyn Dow, on December 5, 2019, or the person who claims to be the father of the child born to Carolyn Dow, on December 5, 2019, is notified that a petition for adoption of the child was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Hamilton Superior Court, Room No. 5, One Hamilton County Square, Noblesville, Indiana. If the unnamed putative father seeks to contest the adoption of the child, the unnamed putative father must file a motion to contest the adoption in accor-dance with IC 31-19-10-1 in the above named court within thirty (30) days after the date of service of this notice. This notice may be served by publication.

If the unnamed putative father does not file a motion to contest the adoption within thirty (30) days after service of this notice, the above named court shall hear and determine the petition for adoption. The unnamed putative father’s consent is irrevocably implied and the unnamed putative father loses the right to contest the adoption or the validity of the unnamed putative father’s implied consent to the adoption. The unnamed putative father loses the right to establish paternity of the child, by affidavit or otherwise, in Indiana or any other jurisdiction.

Nothing Carolyn Dow or anyone else says to the unnamed putative father of the child relieves the unnamed putative father of his obligations under this notice.

Under Indiana law, a putative father is a person who is named as or claims that he may be the father of a child born out of wedlock but who has not yet been legally proven to be the child’s father.

This notice complies with IC 31-19-4-4, but does not exhaustively set forth the unnamed putative father’s legal obligations under the Indiana adoption statutes. A person being served with this notice should consult the Indiana statutes.

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Robert B. Kirsh KIRSH & KIRSH, P.C. 2930 East 96th Street Indianapolis, IN 46240

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IN THE HAMILTON SUPERIOR COURT ROOM NO. 5CAUSE NO. 29D05-1912-AD-1880

STATE OF INDIANACOUNTY OF HAMILTONIN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION OF INFANT MALE DOW

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The more that students are in school, the more opportunities they have to learn. That is one rea-son Johnson City Schools has partnered with Ballad Health to bring their virtual health or telemed-icine health service to all Johnson City Schools. “We are excited about offering the virtual health program in our schools and we believe that the program will assist our students to maximize their learning time in the classroom by maintaining good health,” Supervi-sor of Safety and Mental Health Dr. Greg Wallace said. “It will also be a convenient way for stu-dents to have increased access to medical profes-sionals without leaving the school campus, which will be helpful to not only the student, but also the parents and guardians.” With the telemed service, a health care provider will have the ability to virtually exam-ine a student by looking in their ears and the back

of the throat. They also have the ability to use a stethoscope to hear the heart and lungs and they will have an examina-tion camera that will get close-ups of moles and rashes. School nurses are also equipped to perform a flu or strep test on-site. Just as before, if a child becomes ill at school, they will be sent to the school nurse. Then the nurse will follow the protocol for notifying parents/guardians and determining if the child should be evaluated by a medical provider. Only children who have had their paperwork com-pleted and returned to the school are eligible to participate in the tele-medicine program. Staff also have the opportunity to be seen by the health care provider. “It’s an attempt to provide a convenient and affordable way to get chil-dren seen appropriately and keep them in school if we can do that,” Corporate Director of Virtual Health

at Ballad Health Debbie Voyles said. “Because if they’re not contagious, we want them back in class and learning.” The program will pro-vide families with a con-venient option for ensur-ing their child’s health is cared for in a timely and cost-effective manner, providing the student and parent/guardian with fewer missed days from work and school. Parents/guardians will have the option of being present for the evalua-tion in the school-based clinic. If they are not able to participate, they will receive a timely follow-up communication regard-

ing the child’s medical evaluation and treat-ment. They will also be notified of any prescrip-tions to be picked up at the pharmacy. The service is not intended to replace a child’s primary care provider; it merely pro-vides convenient access to medical care when it might otherwise be difficult due to school at-tendance and/or parent/guardian work schedules. For more information about the telemed service or for a packet to fill out to be returned, please visit www.jcschools.org/healthservices.

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Students and staff at Ashley Academy spent last Wednesday morning sorting items collected by the Johnson City Kiwanis Club, which will be donated to the Johnson City Schools Homeless Education Program and the Isaiah 117 House. Roger Cox of the Kiwanis Club was on hand along with Sydnee’ DeBusk and Shaniece Austin of the Homeless Education Program. PHOTO BY DAVE ONGIE

Hogs in a blanket are the grown up version of pigs in a blanket. Instead of hot dogs wrapped in crescent rolls, smoked sausage is wrapped in puff pastry. If you’ve never used puff pastry before you are in for a treat. It is easy to work with and the presentation is beautiful. Just remember puff pastry needs to thaw 40 minutes before it can be used. Enjoy!

Hogs in a Blanket• 10 smoked sausages

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• 1 egg• 1 tablespoon water• Garnish: Brown mustard,

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Remove both sheets of puff pastry from box. Thaw 40 minutes before using. While pastry is thawing, cook 10 smoked sausage links in water according to package directions. Cut ends from links then cut each link into 4 pieces. You should have 40 links total. Set aside. After pastry has thawed remove paper and sprinkle a small amount of flour on top and on bottom of one sheet. Roll into a 12 X 12-inch square. With a pizza cutter, cut puff pastry into 10 strips horizontally then cut in half vertically. You should have 20 strips total. Repeat with the second

puff pastry sheet. Line rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Make egg wash by beating 1 egg with 1 table-spoon water. Wrap 1 strip of puff pastry in a circle around outer edge of each piece of sausage. Where strip ends, moisten inside edge of puff pastry with egg wash. Press moistened edge to pastry to seal. Place on prepared pans leaving 1-inch between pieces. Repeat process until all sausage and pastry are used. Refrigerate until ready to bake. Bake 400ºF for 15 minutes. Serve with brown mustard, honey mustard, or barbecue sauce.

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in the prestigious meet, good enough to earn All-American honors for the second year in a row. Her top-five finish was four spots better than last year’s result, and she ran the demanding course in a time of 17:16.1, nearly 30 seconds faster than last year. Hutchins said she entered the race with a similar strategy to the one she had last year. She didn’t want to start out too fast and run out of steam on the second loop on her way to the finish line. “I kind of knew what to expect,” Hutchins said after the race. “I had the same strategy I had last year. I wanted to focus on getting

into a good rhythm on the first loop.” As it turned out, Hutchins was wise to avoid sticking with the leaders at the outset. Katelynne Hart set a blistering pace early, running the first mile in 5:09 before surrendering the lead to eventual race win-ner Zofia Dudek of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Hutchins, meanwhile, paced herself early and was able kick her way to the finish line inside the top five. For Hutchins, Saturday’s performance put an exclamation point on another stellar cross country season. “I wanted to focus on having fun and really enjoying this experience,” she said. “I enjoy this sport so much.”

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Johnson City’s Jenna Hutchins holds off a competitor to lock down a fifth-place finish in the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships last Saturday in San Diego. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHOTORUN.NET

University High boys basketball coach Herman Rice passes along instructions during his team’s thrilling win over Sullivan Central last week in Johnson City. PHOTOS BY DAWN LAMBERT PHOTOGRAPHY

A Sullivan Central player puts up a foul shot during a girls’ game between the Lady Cougars and University High.

UH splits with Central The University High boys and girls basketball teams split a pair of basketball games against Sullivan Central last week. The boys pulled off a thrilling 53-51 victory over the Cougars. Kaleb Meredith knocked down a pair of late free throws

to help preserve the win and finished with 15 points. Matthew Carter led the way for UH with 16 points. The Lady Cougars cruised to an easy win in the girls’ contest. Elideth Lopez and Ryleigh Owens were the standouts for UH.

Marshall Fleenor goes in for a layup during the Bucs’ win.

UH’s Mason Broome goes up and snags a rebound.

A pair of Science Hill girls’ basketball players sign scholarships

Science Hill’s Alasia Smith recently signed scholarship papers to continue her career at Gardner-Webb. Smith entered her senior season having already record-ed over 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in her high school career. PHOTOS BY COLLIN BROOKS

Science Hill’s Erin Egerbrecht recently made her decision official and signed a scholarship to continue her basketball career at UVA-Wise during a signing cere-mony in Johnson City.


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