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  • Joined: February 25, 2026
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Dedication

The Veteran’s Memorial Prayer Chapel dedication and sanctification was a success despite the weather. It was so precious seeing the veterans writing their name on the wall. MSgt Joe Volpi (ret. USAF) delivered the key note speech and read the beloved poem “Flanders Field.” Veterans lined up to sign the wall identifying the war in which they served.

Education Note

Adeline Smith, of Sewanee, was added to Belmont University’s spring 2026 Dean’s List. Dean’s List eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C.

Education Note

Lyric Tate, of Tracy City, has been named to the spring 2026 Dean’s List at Motlow State Community College. The Dean’s List includes full-time students who have a 3.50 to 4.0 grade point average for collegiate-level courses during the semester.

Chautauqua Movement presentation

Reverend “Polk” Van Zandt will address the Annual Meeting of Members of Grundy County Historical Society on The Chautauqua Movement on Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 2:00 P.M. at the Heritage Center located at 465 Railroad Avenue, Tracy City Tennessee 37387. The Chautauqua Movement was initiated in 1874 by John Heyl Vincent, Methodist resident Bishop in Europe and Lewis Miller, lay Methodist inventor and manufacturer, at Fair Point on Chautauqua Lake in western New York. The movement influenced the cultural history of the United States in education, in religion, in in concern for reform, in discussion of important issues, in the arts and in entertainment. The Chautauqua of the South was established in 1882 at Monteagle as Monteagle Sunday School Assembly. The public is welcome. Admission is free.

Love Equals Farm Store

Two remarkable mountain women are unapologetically living the simple life they always wanted in rural Grundy County.

Popular event returns

The Fresh Mess Farmers’ Market is getting ready for the upcoming season, beginning June 4. The market takes place every Thursday afternoon from 3-6 p.m. at Harton Park in Monteagle.