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Even with multiple emergency service personnel on scene, Campbell County High School student Olivia Hembree still “died” in the mock traffic accident held at the high school last week.

The cooperative effort of CCHS and local rescue agencies was aimed at reaching juniors and seniors on a personal level before prom, warning them of the dangers associated with drinking and driving.

The possibility of a marina being built in the Heatherly’s Point area continues to generate concern in the community.

The property where the marina would be constructed currently belongs to the LaFollette United Methodist Church (LUMC) and lies directly across from Camp Galilee. Though the church owns the property, it is local businessman Mark Hoskins who has proposed the marina and would purchase the land, pending upon the approval of the marina by TVA and the Army Corps of Engineers.

Tonight the South Campbell County Rotary Club will deviate from its annual citizen of the year banquet.

Instead, the club will pay tribute to long time Rotarian and native Campbell Countian Haskel “Hack” Ayers by roasting him.

When it came time to select this year’s honoree event organizer Ann Ayers said the club didn’t even need to take a vote.

Hack Ayers was the hands down selection, she said.