Today's News

School board members took a step to going paperless at Tuesday’s meeting.

In an effort to streamline operations and save on paper and postage the board voted to purchase iPads for use in its official capacity.

Board member Josh Parker made the motion to move forward with the purchase of the technology that will allow the group to send and receive documents electronically rather than through more traditional methods.

The Campbell County High School cafeteria may continues to be under construction. But lunch is still being served.

The project aimed at adding more square footage and upgraded equipment to CCHS’s outdated kitchen facilities began soon after school was dismissed for the summer. And although it has taken a little longer than originally projected, Rector Miller, school board member and building committee chairman, said the renovation looks to be on target for a completion date in October.

 The Campbell County Artists Association will hold its next meeting on Sept. 8 at the Chaniott and Reikardt Studio in the West LaFollette Recreation Center. The group will be discussing Louie Bluie and a Quilt Trail update. Refreshments will be served. Call Karen Cumorich at 423-562-8468 ext. 224 with questions.

Bruce’s Gap Community Singing on Sept. 10 at 7 p.m at The LaFollette Police Department. Bring a lawn chair and all proceeds go for ministry.

 The last of the purple martins departed Highcliff on Aug. 9. The colony site by the garden is now utterly silent. I miss the cheerful martins and all the life that they bring to the farm. 

But, they’ve got their schedule, dictated by the instinct instilled in them by Mother Nature to follow, while we humans have our timetable to follow.

 I won’t be crossing the Gulf of Mexico on a wing and a prayer like the martins. I won’t be flying over the rainforests of Brazil, down below the equator, like the martins.