Hometown High Five’s For October

Check out our Hometown High Five recipients!

Tell us the good news about your spouse, child, friend or neighbor by posting on Facebook/Twitter with #hometownhighfive or email Sheila Scruggs about the special person and their honor. Then listen mornings, as Sheila delivers a Hometown High Five to that special someone.

10-28-16

#HometownHighFive to Ms. Rose Hart Dale of Livingston for all of her years teaching in the Upper Cumberland & she just recently celebrated her 106th birthday. She is now retired as a teacher but is still loved by her local, former students.

10-27-16

Tennessee Tech’s Aleksa Jugovic was named to the preseason All-OVC men’s basketball team!

10-26-16

#HometownHighFive to Team Cumberland River, Candie Power & Marlina Pippin, who won the Celina Chili Cook Off and donated their winnings to the Clay County Senior Citizen’s Center.

10-25-16

#HometownHighFive
Congratulations to Tom Hudson, President of Matteson-Hudson, for being elected as chair of Tennessee Tech’s Foundation Board of Directors.

10-24-16

Crossville’s Noelani DeRossett won Ms. Tennessee Senior America! She also went on to compete in the Ms. Senior America Pageant in NJ.

10-21-16

Congrats to the women’s assistant basketball coach at Tennessee Tech, Allison Clark,  for becoming a part of TTU’s 2016 Hall of Fame for her college years playing basketball at TTU.

10-20-16

Overton Co. Middle School Cross Country team had 5 students qualify for Tennessee Middle School State Championships: Brenden Shope, Daniel Hill, Preston Looper, Mahalah Boone & Abby Hix. They will compete in Knoxville this Saturday.

10-19-16

For their efforts in helping save the lives of victims in an August crash, members of the DeKalb County Ambulance Service have earned the department the Upper Cumberland EMS Directors Association Region IV “Call of the Year” Award.The honorees, Jamie Parsley-AEMT, Tyler Grandstaff-CCEMT-Paramedic, Jonathan Rudd-
EMT-Paramedic, Houston Austin-EMT-Paramedic, Donna Melton-AEMT, Greta Stone-EMT-Paramedic, and
Tim Briggs-EMT-Paramedic.

10-18-16

Congratulations to Jim Hodges. He has been appointed chairman of the American Public Gas Association Board of Directors.

10-17-16

Congratulations to Darlene Greene of Monterey. She was named as one of their Leading Ladies because of her volunteer work in the community. She was also the Grand Marshal of the Standing Stone Day parade.

10-13-16

Betty Barnett spent 48 years working for Cumberland County. She served under Judge Lon Tabor and also the county school system finance department.

10-12-16

Katie Hetzel’s art won first place in the Cougar Run T-shirt drawing with Capshaw Elementary of Cookeville.

10-11-16

#HometownHighFive to Rick Larnerd and his team who recently took first place in the Chili Cook-off in Gainesboro.

10-10-16

Rita Reali of Crossville has been named the artist of the month at the Cumberland Artisans of Tennessee Studio Gallery for her written work.

10-07-16

Carlene LaBarge from Crab Orchard Elementary earned a gold medal in their Olympic jump rope challenge. Congratulations Carlene!

10-06-16

Naiad Kuhlman of Fairfield Glade in Crossville won 4 gold medals at the state Senior Olympics at age 87!

10-05-16

Congrats to the 2016 Homecoming Queen for Stone Memorial High School, Hailey Coudreit of Crossville.

10-04-16

#HometownHighFive on your many years of service to our community. Enjoy your retirement Lt. David Allred of the Tennessee Highway Patrol of Putnam County.

10-03-16

Congratulations to Stacey Baxter of Cookeville on her new job. She is the new Administration Coordinator for the Mustard Seed Ranch.