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We continue to enjoy lively conversations every Wednesday at the coffeehouse called Revival Grounds here in Etowah at 8:30 in the morning. We will be discussing the upcoming "Reorganization" the Democratic party holds every two years.

Basically it's an election process for people to take a more active part in the party by being a member of the executive committee and representing one of the 5 districts here in McMinn county.We will also discuss the various committees we have as well, so if you have a certain interest you want to support and participate in, you will have the opportunity to be a member of that.

The target date for the Reorganization is for March 25th presently, at the Senior Center in Athens. This election is always uplifting seeing how many Democrats we have in our county. As more information becomes available on the Reorganization, I will pass it on in these emails, or you are always welcome to have a cup of coffee and hear it first hand at our Wednesday Morning Breakfasts.

The McMinn County Living Heritage Museum will host David Carroll,

a longtime Chattanooga radio and TV personality, this Saturday, January

14th. Carroll has anchored the evening news and every election night on

Channel 3 for 35 years. He has authored three books and his latest one,

"Hello Chattanooga: Famous People Who Have Visited The Tennessee

Valley" will be the topic of his presentation." The program begins at

11:00 a.m. and will be held in the Guild Exhibition Hall on the Lower

Level of the Museum. His books will also be available for purchase.

The City of Niota is having a Valentine’s Dinner Dance on February

10th at the Niota Depot beginning at 6 p.m. For more information call

423-568-2584. 

COMMENTS NEEDED The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is soliciting comments for its 2022-23 hunting seasons’

regulations. The state’s hunting seasons will be set this spring by the

Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission. This is an opportunity for the

public to provide ideas and share concerns about hunting regulations with

TWRA staff. The comment period will be open through Wednesday,

Feb. 1st. Public comments will be considered by TWRA staff and may be

presented as proposals for regulation changes to the Tennessee Fish and

Wildlife Commission. Comments may be submitted by mail to: Hunting

Season Comments, TWRA, Wildlife and Forestry Division,

5107 Edmondson Pike, Nashville, TN 37211 or emailed to

[email protected]. Please include “Hunting Season Comments” on the subject line of emailed submissions

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