🌱 How New Tazewell’s senator wants to honor Dolly Parton yearly

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• How New Tazewell’s senator wants to honor Dolly Parton yearly

Today's riddle: What did the bartender say to the jumper cables when they walked in? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Partly sunny; hot and humid, with a high of 93 and low of 67 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Partly sunny; hot and humid, temps: high: 93, low: 68.
• Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 91 and low of 67 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Dolly Parton Could Get Her Own Annual Day Under New Tennessee State Law (firstforwomen.com) — New Tazewell residents may soon see their hometown state senator lead an effort to create an annual Dolly Parton Day across Tennessee. Senator Jessie Seal is proposing a law to designate September 25 as a statewide celebration of Parton’s life, music, and legacy, tying the date to her classic hit “9 to 5.”
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday September 3

• Jay Dee Music →
  Twin Cove Resort and Marina, 1835 Ridge Rd, Caryville
  6:00 pm
• Carson Newman Eagles vs. Thomas University Night Hawks →
  Burke–Tarr Stadium
  7:00 pm

Friday September 4

• Lakeway Christian Academy vs Boyd Buchanan Buccaneers →
  Lakeway Football Field, White Pine
  7:00 pm

Saturday September 5

• Young Writers Club - H.B. Stamps →
  H B Stamps Memorial Library, 1, 3366, Rogersville
  9:00 am

Sunday September 6

• Corey Zink and Company: Sequoia Marina Andersonville, TN (Zink Country) 1-5pm →
  Sequoyah Marina, 336 Lakeview Ln, Andersonville
  1:00 pm
• Corey Zink and Company: Sequoia Marina... →
  Sequoyah Marina, 336 Lakeview Ln, Andersonville
  1:00 pm

Monday September 7

• Holiday for Teachers and Students
  Union County Maynardville, TN 37807
• Labor Day No School Central Office Closed
  Hamblen County Department of Education Morristown, TN 37813

Friday September 11

• Piper Paisley @ Sidelines →
  Sidelines Bar & Grill, 2239 Jacksboro Pike, LaFollette
  7:00 pm

Saturday September 12

• Carson Newman Eagles vs. Wingate Bulldogs →
  Burke–Tarr Stadium
  1:00 pm
• Morristown East/West Class of '71 55th High School Reunion →
  The Country Club, 1686 Doyal Dr, Morristown
  6:00 pm
• Morristown East/West Class of '71 55th High School... →
  The Country Club, 1686 Doyal Dr, Morristown
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Does anyone know who owns the small field
  As soon as you pull into Forest hills? It’s becoming an issue with pests and mowing my lawn as someone is driving through it and pushing the tall… (Nextdoor Harmon Rd)

• Kentucky Fried Chicken posted a job opening for KFC Team Member in Tazewell. Apply here.
• Lincoln Memorial University posted a job opening for Associate Admissions Coordinator, PA Program in Harrogate. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near New Tazewell here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Tazewell

• Danny Lee Massengill, 72 (claiborneprogress.net)

Cumberland Gap

• Panthers down Thomas Walker 30-21 (claiborneprogress.net)
• Elena Ziehmer and her dogs Dunkin, Dewey, and Archie (claiborneprogress.net)

Jefferson City

• Constitutionality Of Tennessee School Choice Scholarship Hearing Scheduled (tennesseeconservativenews.com)
• Historic Mossy Creek to Debut Inaugural Corn & Bacon Festival (themountainpress.com)
• Newman, Patterson headline Sevier County rout of Jefferson County (themountainpress.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Don’t you 2 start anything (Thank you Mary L. for sending it in!)
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