Gospel Christmas Songs at Christmas Walk

Kenneth Gay will be singing and playing old time Gospel music and Gospel Christmas Songs at D & D Antiques on Scott Street, beginning around 4pm, during the Tellico Christmas Walk on December 1st, 2012. Rebecca Furniss will join him on fiddle for a few songs. She recently played several songs with Kenneth at the Assembly of God church in Turtletown. Kenneth's playing schedule for other events.

Garden Party for the Tellico Plains Wildflower Garden

Friday, October 5th from 6 to 8pm

Join us at the Garden, behind the Tellico Plains Visitors Center and the Charles Hall Museum, for food, live music and a silent auction.
"Raising the Roof" help needed…. We are raising money to put the roof on the pavilion in the garden and help defer garden maintenance costs.
Pot luck dishes appreciated. DONATIONS for the silent auction accepted this week at Topiary Joe's.
Please come to the Party! Volunteers to help work in the garden can call Joe Kyte at 423-253-7199.

Hiwassee College Dental Hygiene Clinic

The new state of the art dental clinic combined with the well trained and educated dental hygiene students under the direction of an experienced and skilled faculty and staff will now provide residents of Monroe County and the surrounding areas with low cost dental hygiene services.

Hiwassee College Dental Hygiene Clinic charges $20 for a dental hygiene cleaning and may include the following on an as needed basis at no additional charge: Oral exam, Radiographs (full mouth series, panoramic, bitewings), nutritional counseling, fluoride treatment, tobacco counseling, oral hygiene instruction, oral cancer screening, prophy, scale and root plane. Sealants, night guards, and professional take-home whitening kits with custom trays are available at additional cost.  The funds from the bleaching kits support student mission trips, community projects and the student's graduation Professional Pinning Ceremony.

Call 420-1234 to schedule an appointment, which are scheduled for either 8am or 1pm (Please leave a message if prompted). Because the clinic is a learning environment, the patient treatment time maybe around 3.5 hours.

The brand new high tech dental clinic has five operatories fully equipped with medical grade computers for patient records management, digital x-rays, intra-oral cameras, and ultrasonic scalers. Dental hygiene students are provided with the most up to date technology and equipment including one of the first dental clinics in the area to provide portable digital x-ray equipment.

Hiwassee Dental Hygiene students will be offered opportunities to not only serve the local community in the dental clinic, but they will also have opportunities to participate in mission trips and service learning experiences with the public health department. These experiences will better prepare our students to be conscientious and compassionate health care providers that have a commitment to oral health and lifelong learning and service.

For more info

Getting Prepared for Disasters Fair

PREPAREDNESS FAIR IN BALLPLAY COMMUNITY

What will you do if a snowstorm, flood, fire or tornado strikes your home? Will you be ready?  In association with National Preparedness Month, the Ballplay Ruritan Club will host the first annual "Getting Prepared for Disasters Fair" on Saturday, September 22nd. The fair will be from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. at the Friends Meeting of Ballplay Fellowship Hall located at 157 Ballplay School Road, near the intersection of Ballplay Road and Highway 360 about 10 miles from Telllico Plains, TN.
 The fair will provide valuable information for planning and preparing for all kinds of disasters and emergencies with a variety of informational displays, classes, and demonstrations, while showcasing and promoting local businesses whenever possible.  Learn about your options for emergency power, cooking, heating, lighting and more! Additional details will be published as we confirm guest speakers and vendors attending this event.

Mark your calendars now and be sure to pass this on to family and friends in and around the Monroe County area.  To be a participant or for more information, contact John Pearson at 423-442-7053.  The event is free to the public and all are welcome to attend.

Learn the History of Logging in Tellico Plains

The Cherokee Hiking Club invites the public to a special presentation on Thursday, September 13, 2012, 6-9 pm
 at The Outpost Pavilion in Tellico Plains.

"Early Logging Days in the Tellico Mountains (the Tellico Ranger District of the Cherokee National Forest)" will be presented by Pam Hall Mathews. Local documents and pictures from The Charles Hall Collection will illustrate the operations of the small scale lumber companies of the late 1800s and the larger enterprise of Babcock Lumber Company. Babcock began their extensive logging operation in the Tellico mountains in 1906. Topics will include the sawmill, the Company store, the building of the logging railroad, harvesting the timber, the tools used, the oxen and horses used in the venture, the engines used in the logging operations including the Shay engines, the skidders, and the log cranes. Life in a logging camp will be described not only with pictures, but with the recorded stories of the local logging families. A tour of the Charles Hall Museum, Building 2, will follow, to view its displays of logging relics. Charles Hall will be available to answer questions and to speak about his experiences as a young boy, visiting the recently abandoned logging camps, and the information he learned from the loggers and their families. His pictorial collections of the logging railroad days include over 750 pictures specific to the Tellico, Citico, and Slickrock areas.

Pam Mathews is a local historian and a clinical psychologist who published the definitive history of the Tellico Plains area last year: A Pictorial History of the Tellico Plains, Tennessee Area (1849-1949). Pam is a member of the Cherokee Hiking Club and maintains a section of the Benton MacKaye Trail up Sycamore Creek together with her husband, Kent. Charles Hall, her father and the former mayor of Tellico Plains and founder of the Tellico Plains Telephone Company - who built the museum to house and share his vast historic collections -  will also be present at the meeting to answer questions.

Bring friends and family to The Outpost Pavilion, Main Street, Tellico Plains, on Thursday, September 13th at 6 pm, first for dinner (your tab), then as Pam Hall Mathews delivers her presentation on the early logging days in the Tellico mountains.

Come to the Pancake Breakfast

A Pancake Breakfast will be held in Coker Creek from 8am until noon on Saturday, July 28, 2012, at the Ruritan Club. Tickets are $5 which includes breakfast and a chance for several door prizes, including restaurant gift certificates, sightseeing flights, tools, gift baskets, and other items.

This is also a gathering of antique vehicles.  If you have an old car, truck, tractor, or other vehicle, bring it on out and show it off! If you don't, come on out anyway, and enjoy a good breakfast and good fellowship for a good cause.



The Breakfast is a fundraiser for the Coker Creek Welcome Center and Post Office. The Welcome Center Gift Shop partially supports the Post Office, and both are dependent on donations and fundraising capital for continued operation.

The Ruritan Club is located behind the Coker Creek elementary school near the 34 mile marker on Highway 68.

2012 Fund Raiser Quilt

Drawing on December 9th

The Dorcas Ladies of Center Presbyterian Church have made another fund raiser quilt to help support our ministry of making comfort quilts for sick people.  We raise the money for the supplies we need for making quilts, and we donate to charitable causes from time to time.

Help us by buying a chance to win this beautiful quilt (see photo).  You can get your ticket(s) by asking any of the Dorcas Ladies at church, or e-mail me, or mail a check to me made payable to DLCP to my address (PO Box 515, Tellico Plains, TN 37385).

$1.00 each ticket or 6 tickets for $5.00
Thank you so much for your continued support.  We love what we do and we do it for the Glory of God. Sandra Black

Music Events in Tellico Plains

Lots of recurring music events in Tellico Plains
Visit our Events and Activities Calendar for details
http://tellico-plains.com/calendar.html

Open MIC Night every Friday 6pm - 9pm
The Outpost Pavilion
Bring your instrument of choice and/or your voice and join in the fun, or just kick back and listen food and beverages available. All instruments and levels are welcome. The audience at the Outpost often comes just because of this event, so there is usually great audience participation which makes performing there so much fun. There are 12 performance slots and a sign up sheet will be out by 5:30pm. Please call 423-253-2322 with questions.
The Outpost Pavilion, 123 Main Street, Tellico Plains, TN 37385

Live Bluegrass Music - Friday and Saturday 6:00pm 'til closing
The Cotton Pickin' Inn
Live bluegrass band almost every Friday and Saturday night. Call 423-253-3463 for details.
The Cotton Pickin' Inn, 100 Scott Street, Tellico Plains, TN 37385

Music Jam every Saturday 7pm - 10pm
The Castle
Bring your instrument for jamming at "The Castle". A wide variety of music is played from bluegrass, folk, jazz, blues, country, and oldies. It all depends on who shows up to pick! Non-musicians are also welcome to join the fun. This jam session happens every Saturday night starting at 7pm, subject to weather (Cancelled if the winter temperatures are too cold). Visiting tourists are encouraged to join local Tellico Plains musicians. This is a free event.
The Castle, 110 Scott Street, Tellico Plains, Tennessee 37385

Live Music every Saturday 6pm - 9pm
The Outpost Pavilion
"Music on the Menu"  Southbound, Mandy Alexander, Matthew Gallagher - a live radio broadcast this Saturday June 2. Otherwise, Faith Willin' plays live music at the Outpost Pavilion every Saturday evening. The husband & wife duo performs a wide variety of songs (Americana, folk, easy country, bluegrass, traditional, gospel, easy rock), singing vocals and harmony.
Please call 423-253-2322 for more info.
The Outpost Pavilion, 123 Main Street, Tellico Plains, TN 37385

Acoustic Jam Session every Wednesday - 6:00pm 'til closing
The Cotton Pickin' Inn
Acoustic "jam session" open to local and visiting musicians. Non-musicians are welcome to join the fun, enjoy dinner, and/or sing along. This jam session will be acoustic only instruments (i.e. guitar, mandolin, bass, fiddle, cello, banjo, dobro, etc.). No amplification is allowed. The music genre will include; bluegrass, old time, folk, gospel, old country, easy country, western, and pop folk. A "jam session" is when a group of musicians form a circle, then going clockwise, each takes a turn in selecting a song to play. Call 423-253-3463 for more info.
The Cotton Pickin' Inn, 100 Scott Street, Tellico Plains, TN 37385

Clay Hollow Band this Saturday

Clay Hollow Band will be playing saturday 6/2 at the Cotton Pickin diner at 6pm

Local Musicians, Promote Yourselves!

Are you a Tellico Plains area musician?
Would you like to post your band's performing information on the Guide to Tellico Plains for free? Visit our musicians page and send us your band's information. We want to make everyone aware of the talented musicians that reside in the greater Tellico Plains area.
Visit: tellico-plains.com/musicians.html

Old Time Mountain Music

On Thursday May 24th - 5:30pm 'til closing, The Cotton Pickin' Inn of Tellico Plains will host bluegrass & old time mountain folk music performed by the "Two Dog Ranch Bluegrass Band" featuring Rebecca Furniss on the fiddle. "Two Dog Ranch Bluegrass Band" is a group of friends who get together to pick bluegrass and old time mountain music. The band is made up of local musicians, including Rebecca Furniss (fiddle, mandolin, & bouzouki), Charles Morris (lead guitar & vocals), Julie Crunk (mandolin), Bill Crunk (rhythm guitar), Judy Lavoie (banjo & vocals), and Rick Lavoie (guitar & bouzouki). The Cotton Pickin' Inn features a "Pickin Hall" for music and dinner. The Cotton Pickin' Inn, 100 Scott Street, Tellico Plains, TN 37385 Telephone: 423-253-3463 tellico-plains.com/cotton-pickin-inn.html eMail: cottonpickininn@gmail.com

Becca Furniss & Two Dog Ranch

On Wednesday May 16th - 5:30pm 'til closing, The Cotton Pickin' Inn of Tellico Plains will host bluegrass & old time mountain folk music performed by the "Two Dog Ranch Bluegrass Band" featuring Becca Furniss on the fiddle.

"Two Dog Ranch Bluegrass Band" is a group of friends who get together to pick bluegrass and old time mountain music. The band is made up of local musicians, including Becca Furniss (fiddle & mandolin), Charles Morris (lead guitar & vocals), Diana Brake (upright bass & vocals), Judy Lavoie (banjo & vocals), and Rick Lavoie (guitar & bouzouki).

The Cotton Pickin' Inn features a "Pickin Hall" for music and dinner.

The Cotton Pickin' Inn
100 Scott Street, Tellico Plains, TN 37385
Telephone: 423-253-3463
tellico-plains.com/cotton-pickin-inn.html

eMail: cottonpickininn@gmail.com

Garage Sale Treasures

The Cherokee Women's Club is having a Garage Sale on Saturday, May 12th at the Community Center Parking Lot, to raise funds for their many projects in supporting Tellico Plains. The Club will be awarding a college scholarship to a Tellico Plains High School Senior in the next couple weeks. In addition, the Club's funds and member volunteers help support the Tellico Plains Library's summer reading program, add to the beautification of the City, conduct a poetry contest for Tellico Plains schools, and make many other beneficial activities possible. This sale will help this active organizations continue these endeavors. The Garage Sale will be set up by 8am, so come find some treasures and help support the Cherokee Women's Club.

Puppy Love

Come love the dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens from Monroe County Animal Shelter and adopt your favorites at PUPPY LOVE, on Saturday, May 12th.

• Raffles from local businesses (drawing at 4:30pm) and door prizes every hour
• Get a photo with your favorite pet, $5 for a 4x6 glossy
• Microchipping for your dog, $10
• Spay/neuter vouchers after 1pm

Generously sponsored and hosted by The Outpost Pavilion. 

When: 
Saturday, May 12, from 11am - 5pm
Where:
Tellico Outpost Pavilion, 123 Main Street, Tellico Plains TN 37385

Come join the fun and support our Animal Shelter!

Bluegrass & Old Time Mountain Folk Music

Bluegrass Pickin' at The Cotton Pickin' Inn this Friday May 4th - 6:00pm 'til closing.
The Cotton Pickin' Inn is located on 100 Scott Street, Tellico Plains, TN 37385. Telephone: 423-253-3463. Three members of "Two Dog Ranch Bluegrass Band" will be pickin' bluegrass and old time music from 6pm til' closing. The band is made up of local musicians, including Charles Morris (lead guitar, dobro, & vocals), Julie Crunk (mandolin & vocals), Bill Crunk (rhythm guitar), Judy Lavoie (banjo & vocals), and Rick Lavoie (guitar & bouzouki). The Cotton Pickin' Inn features a "Pickin Hall" perfectly setup for music and dinner. http://tellico-plains.com/cotton-pickin-inn.html