This Week in White County History, Sept. 26-Oct. 2

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1982

  • About 65 members and guests of Sparta Community Presbyterian Church held an open-air service on the steps of the First Presbyterian Church after they were locked out of the building by the Nashville Presbytery.
  • Democrat gubernatorial hopeful Randy Tyree drove a team of mules around the square, autographed “Tyree for Governor” caps, and shook hands during a campaign stop in White County
  • A special effort was being made to reach adults who did not know how to read and help them become literate through the Program for Adult Literacy (PAL) free program sponsored by the White County Adult Education Program.

1992

  • White County Legislative Body voted that the position of school superintendent would be on the 1994 ballot. This would be the last time the county could make that decision as state law said the county will be required to appoint school superintendents with no choice for an election after that.
  • International exchange students from Brazil, Denmark, and Holland arrived in White County where they would spend the next year with local families, while attending White County High School.
  • Sparta-White County Elder Care Campaign was approved by the Tennessee Commission on Aging.

2002

  • Representative Van Hilleary announced that over $210,000 in federal funds would be on the way to White County volunteer fire departments.
  • The first J.A.K.E.S Day, with competitions in compass reading, fly casting, archery, yardage estimating, and BB gun shooting, was deemed a success.
  • Kyle Gribble, a White County High School alum and member of the Carson-Newman basketball team, was named to the Street and Smith’s NCAA Division II All-America Honorable Mention Team.

2012

  • UCHRA was declared to have been squandering taxpayer funds as an audit revealed the organization had been using funds for entertainment, travel, and subsidies.
  • Officials at White County Emergency Management Agency began actively seeking volunteers to participate in a free class to become SKYWARN StormSpotters to be able to assist the community.
  • White County High School golfers A.J. Wilkerson and Shelby Johnson captured top-20 finishes in the state.

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