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'The future of junk is bright'
An enormous "Peace of Trash" took the Best in Show honor at the 2nd Annual Art of Recycling juried art competition, sponsored by the Athens Area Council for the Arts and Keep McMinn Beautiful. MORE
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In the Kitchen - No Holiday House is complete without a few tasty goodies
It's time to pull out your Christmas ties, sweaters -¬ even socks with reindeer and dancing Santas across them, if you have a pair - and head over to the McMinn Living Heritage Museum for the holiday season's first dose of Christmas spirit.
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McMinn's 190th features cross-county celebration
While most birthday celebrations just take place over one day, McMinn County's 190th birthday has an entire week of partying, and all area residents are invited. -
190 years ago...
On February 27, 1819, a group of Cherokee Indians met with Secretary of War John C. Calhoun and signed a much negotiated land cession treaty. It became known as the Calhoun Treaty, and in the agreement the U. S. Federal Government bought from the Cherokee Indians all the land between Hiwassee, Little Tennessee and Big Tennessee Rivers lying west of Starr Mountain and the foothills of the Smokies. Quite suddenly, East Tennessee was opened for white settlement in what became known as the "Hiwassee Purchase." -
'The Cake Mix Doctor Returns!'
When Anne Byrn - The Cake Mix Doctor - visited Athens in 2007 for a book-signing neither she nor her publisher knew exactly what to expect from an event in a small town. After all, most of Byrn's book-signings take place in metropolitan areas like Dallas, Nashville, New York City, Atlanta, Denver, Birmingham and Chicago.