The Marion Tribune

Marion Co Schools/Richard Hardy Fall Break
2023-10-09 08:00 - 2023-10-13 15:00 (America/Chicago) | TN
All Marion County Schools Fall Break including Richard Hardy

Kickball Tournament - Stevenson
2023-10-08 14:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Stevenson City Park, 280 City Park Rd, Stevenson, AL
The Smith – McCrary Memorial Kickball Tournament will be held on Sunday, October 8th at Stevenson City Park to raise money for scholarships . Concessions will be sold to help raise money as well. For more information please visit the Facebook page McCrary’s Mission

Cove Creek Pumpkin Patch & Fall Harvest - Monteagle
2023-10-07 10:00 - 2023-10-29 18:00 (America/Chicago) | TN
2023 DATES

September 23rd- October 29th
HOURS OF OPERATION
Saturday: 10am- 6pm
Sunday: 10am-6pm
Field Trips to the Cove Creek Pumpkin Patch are available on Fridays from September 15 – October 27. Please contact covecreektn@gmail.com for details.
COST:

Advanced purchase: $12/ person (under 1 year old free)
An optional short, educational farm tour paired with an exclusive escort into our petting zoo with feed is available at the counter for $5/person on a first come, first-served fashion.
FREE Parking
DIRECTIONS TO THE
COVE CREEK PUMPKIN PATCH
Cove Creek Farm
933 West Main St.
Monteagle, TN 37356
Coming off 24 with Dollar General on your right, you turn into the first concrete driveway.
We are 45 minutes from Chattanooga and 1hr and 15 minutes from Nashville.
PUMPKIN PATCH ACTIVITIES

Massive indoor play zone
Giant pirate ship and castle
Jump pillow
Human-sized hamster wheels
Hay bale Slides
Tire Playground
Animal Hopper & Trike Race Track
Hay wagon farm tours (added expense)
Hobbit House
Giant Slingshot
Giant Yard Games
Petting Zoo (added expense)

COMING THIS FALL:

Hamster wheels
Giant Slingshot target shooting
Hay pyramid

Pikeville-Bledsoe County Fall Festival
2023-10-07 09:00 - 19:30 (America/Chicago) | Downtown Pikeville, Main Street, Pikeville, TN
Admission & Parking is Free!!! Join us in supporting the Bledsoe County Food Bank. Bring non-perishable foods and drop off in the food bins in the middle of Main Street.
There will be a Kids Zone, great food, free door prizes, cornhole tournament, Glow Run, crafts, cruise in, Bands all day, a golf tournament, antique tractors, kid’s train ride, pumpkin painting, artisan displays, vendor giveaways and a pageant.

Market in the Burg - South Pittsburg
2023-10-07 09:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago) | Market in the Burg, S Cedar, South Pittsburg, TN
October market will include a pumpkin painting contest with prizes. Contest will be held from 10am – 12pm and judging begins at 12pm.
1st to 2nd Street on Cedar Ave.

Marion County Fire Prevention Day
2023-10-07 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | TN
Meet your local firefighters and see the tools and vehicles they use to keep you safe!
Sign up for free fire alarm installations from your local fire department
October 7th at the old Jasper Elementary School from 9am – 1pm

Marion County 4-H Chicken Chain Show
2023-10-07 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Courthouse Square, Courthouse Square, Jasper, TN

Fall Fest - Tims Ford State Park
2023-10-07 08:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Tims Ford State Park – Spencer Hall, 570 Tims Ford Drive, Winchester, TN, 37398
Tims Ford annual Fall Festival –
Live music from 11am – 1:30pm. Visitor Center Gift Shop will have 25% off sidewalk sale items all day and 10% off all regular items in the gift shop over $5

Tennessee River Rescue 8am - 12 pm cst
2023-10-07 08:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | Multiple Locations
*Note the flyer shows EST, we have set this for CST on the calendar*
The Tennessee River Rescue is an annual community-led clean-up of the Tennessee River and some tributaries. This event occurs on the first Saturday of October every year. It began over 30 years ago with a group of Chattanooga residents motivated to have the community clean up the river. The River Rescue has grown to include over twenties sites spanning four counties and seeing nearly 800 volunteers on average.
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or hosting a ZONE, please contact us at brooke@mywaterways.org
Locations in your area to volunteer:
Shellmound Campground – Jasper, TN
Zone Leader – Mickey Rose
Contact Info – Mtma@aol.com
*Child-Friendly site (all ages appropriate)*
Directions -Shellmound picnic tables across the street from the Shellmound Campground manager’s residence, Shellmound Campground, 2735 TVA Rd, Jasper

Hales Bar Marina – Guild, TN
Zone Leader – Amy Fowler
Contact Info – Afowler@mctns.net
*Child-Friendly site (all ages appropriate)*
Directions -Hales Bar Marina 1265 Hales Bar Rd, Guild, TN 37340

South Pittsburg Bridge – South Pittsburg, TN
Zone Leader – Mickey Rose
Contact Info – Mtma@aol.com
*Child-Friendly site (all ages appropriate)*
Directions – Blue River Bridge, (you will need to put South Pittsburg Public Boat Ramp in your GPS, the actual address doesn’t register in google maps)

Fall Festival - Flat Top Mtn
2023-10-06 09:00 - 2023-10-29 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Flat Top Mtn Farm, 638 Bowman Cemetary Rd, Soddy Daisy, TN
Flat Top Mtn Farm now thru October 29th
Two corn mazes, hay rides, pumpkin picking & carving/decorating, market, children’s games, you pick flowers.
Fridays – 10a – 8p EST
Saturdays – 10a – 10p EST
Sundays – 11a – 6p EST
$12 ages 4 and up
**OPENING AND CLOSING TIMES ARE ON EASTERN TIME!
( The Farm is located in Central time zone and your phone may convert to central time)

Town of Kimball Board Meeting
2023-10-05 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Kimball Town Hall, 675 Main Street, Kimball, TN, 37347
The Town of Kimball Board of Mayor and Aldermen meet in the town meeting room on the first Thursday of each month at 6:00 p.m. unless otherwise advertised.

MCHS Blood Drive
2023-10-05 08:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Marion Co High School, 160 Ridley Dr, Jasper, TN
One donation can save 3 lives!
Remember before giving blood:
Eat a good meal – Bring your ID – Avoid energy drinks – drink extra water the day before and the day of

Preschool Story Hour - Whitwell
2023-10-04 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Orena Humphreys Library, 13535 TN Hwy 28, Whitwell, TN, 37397, United States
Preschool Story Hour on Wednesday mornings at 10 am beginning October 4 through May.
Join us for stories, crafts and other fun activities with other local children.

Spooktacular Fall Festival - Bridgeport
2023-10-03 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Bridgeport Elementary School, 1014 Jacobs Avenue, Bridgeport, AL
Bridgeport Elementary School’s annual fall festival
Food, games, silent auction, inflatables, haunted playground and more!!
Punch cards $10 and $20.

Marion County 4-H Archery
2023-10-03 15:30 - 2023-10-04 17:30 (America/Chicago) | Jasper Elementary School, 495 Warrior Dr, Jasper
Youth learn marksmanship, the safe and responsible use of equipment, the principles of hunting and archery and much more!
Sign up at the Marion Co. Extension Office, 302 Betsy Pack Dr, Jasper
Class is $35 per student
Class Dates are October 3rd & 4th OR October 17th & 18th
Classes will be held in the field in front of Jasper Elementary School from 3:30-5:30 pm
Call the extension office at 423.942.2656 for more information.

Translations: Ancient & Modern
2023-10-02 16:30 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) | duPont Library, 178 Georgia Ave, Sewanee, TN, 37383
Held in the Torian Room at the duPont Library on the Sewanee campus, professor Stephanie McCarter and German translator, Rachel Reynolds will speak about their experiences in translating foreign texts, both ancient & modern. A reception featuring a book sale and signing will take place after the talks.

100th Homecoming Celebration
2023-10-01 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | TN
First Baptist Church in Sequatchie is celebrating it’s 100th Anniversary this Sunday, October 1st at 11am with a meal to follow.

Car Cruise-In
2023-09-30 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | South Pittsburg Mtn Volunteer Fire Dept, 115 Kirk Lane, South Pittsburg, TN
Cruise-In fundraiser for So. Pittsburg Mtn Volunteer Fire Dept.
Door prizes, live music, food & drinks
Any and all hot rods, cars & trucks are welcome! Proceeds will benefit the So Pittsburg Mtn Volunteer Fire Department to aid in the purchase of badly needed equipment to help protect our firefighters.

Library Class - South Pittsburg
2023-09-30 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | Beene-Pearson Public Library, 208 Elm Avenue, South Pittsburg, TN
Beene-Pearson will have a class on herbs and mushrooms in the wild. Paige Parker will do a presentation on three different herbs/mushrooms, including how to identify, prepare, and process them, demonstrating how to make a tincture and making other products using them.

Self Reliance & Emergency Preparedness Series - South Pittsburg
2023-09-29 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Beene-Pearson Public Library, 208 Elm Avenue, South Pittsburg, TN
We will begin a series on Self Reliance and Emergency Preparedness. This series kicks off with Dennis Bunch teaching the 10 C’s of Prepping, Long Term Food Storage of Staple Foods and the Full Spectrum of Preparedness.

Water Presentation hosted by Sequatchie Cove Farm
2023-09-29 09:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Sequatchie Cove Farm, 320 Dixon Cove Rd, Sequatchie, TN
Presentation on the sources of the water of the Sequatchie River, the Little Sequatchie River and Pryor Cove Water Basin
Water – now you see it, now you don’t
September 29th (Friday) – 9am to 11 am (central) at Sequatchie Cove Farm
Ben Miller, US Geological Service will present his work and findings of the water sources and
flow for the Little Sequatchie Cove and Pryor Cove.
Ben is one of the Nation’s leading water source sleuths and has worked all over the nation tracing where water starts and where it flows.
What we will learn:
. Water Basins – what they are, how they work – world wide, continental, the State and the region, Tennessee to Ohio to Mississippi, to Gulf and beyond the larger picture of water basins
. Mapping the recharge areas (the water basin) for the head of the Sequatchie River, the Little Sequatchie and Pryor Cove water shed and
other basins in the region.
. How to think about and understand the flow of water in our area,
. Wells, how do our wells work, where does the water come
In 2021, a two year study by the U.S. Geological Survey was initiated to define the water recharge areas for this region of the Cumberland Plateau through the use of dye tracing. Understanding the water recharge areas to our springs, caves, rivers and wells is a crucial step towards protecting the drinking waters of the region and the biota that use these waters as habitat and will help individual landowners, federal, state and county agencies in the management of water for the region.
The southern Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia is a region that has some of the most vulnerable groundwater environments in the nation due to the inherent connectivity between surface streams and underground karst aquifers. Activities that occur upstream within recharge areas have a direct and often rapid impact on the water quality and quantity downstream. Our rivers and streams are home to the largest diversity of native fish and other water species in the United States and is a noted as a hotspot for subterranean biodiversity, with the highest densities of cave development in the United States, over 15,000 right here on the Cumberland Plateau.
These caves and springs are critical habitat for rare, threatened and endangered species, and the source of our water which we value so much.
This is an opportunity to learn about the region’s water and what part we all play in ensuring we have clean crystal clear waters now and for the next generation. The aim of this project is to first bring awareness of our water and second foster a sense of conservatism of the waters of the region so we leave It better than we have found it.
See you on Friday the 29th. Free and open to all with an interest in our waters. Please RSVP
email bill.keener@sequatchiecovefarm.com or call 423-710-0140
Hosted by: Sequatchie Cove Farm https://www.sequatchiecovefarm.com/
Cumberland Folk School https://www.cumberlandfolkschool.com/
Partners: Thrive Natural Treasures and The Tennessee Aquarium

American Mule & Bluegrass Festival - Shelbyville
2023-09-28 09:00 - 2023-10-01 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Cooper Steel Arena, 721 Whitthorne St, Shelbyville, TN
3rd Annual Festival – This is a charity event and will be benefiting United Veterans Council of Bedford County.
Mule displays, educational exhibits, homesteader demonstrations, live music, crafts.
Admission by donation – all times are central.

History of Marion County - Part 2
2023-09-26 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Jasper Elementary School, 495 Warrior Dr, Jasper
Part 2 of the History of Marion County will be held on Tuesday, September 26 at 5 p.m. at Jasper Elementary School, 495 Warrior Drive. Sponsored by the Jasper History Museum with guest speaker, Linda Moss Mines.

Marion Co Commission Meeting
2023-09-25 18:00 - 19:00 UTC | TN
Commission meetings are held the 4th Monday of each month at the Lawson Building, 300 Ridley Avenue, Jasper at 6pm.

DeKalb County VFW Agriculture Fair - Fort Payne, AL
2023-09-25 17:00 - 2023-09-30 22:00 (America/Chicago) | VFW Hall, 151 18th St, NW, Fort Payne, AL
Includes chainsaw carving, agricultural exhibits, livestock shows, carnival midway and music all week.
Gates open at 5pm cst Mon – Fri, 10am cst Saturday.
$5 admission ages 6 and up there is an extra charge for the carnival
$5 parking

Chattanooga Market's Makers Market
2023-09-24 10:00 - 15:00 (America/Chicago) | First Horizon Pavilion, 1801 Reggie White Blvd, Chattanooga, TN
Demonstrations of pottery, knitting, painting, woodcarving, leather working and other crafts, plus food trucks, live music and arts, crafts and produce vendors. 10am-3pm cst. Free admission

Princess Theatre's Got Talent
2023-09-23 15:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago) | Princess Theatre, 215 S Cedar, South Pittsburg

Story Time With Jody - Campfire Fun - South Pittsburg
2023-09-23 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Chicago) | Beene-Pearson Public Library, 208 Elm Avenue, South Pittsburg, TN
Saturday Storytimes are only on the last Saturday of each month.

Homesteads Apple Festival - Crossville
2023-09-23 09:00 - 2023-09-24 16:00 UTC | The Cumberland Homesteads, 96 TN-68, Crossville, TN
Cumberland Homesteads Historic Tower
Address 96 TN-68, Crossville, TN
The 2023 Homesteads Apple Festival has $5 admission for the entire weekend, kids 10 & under are free and free parking! Crafters, antiques, local artists & authors, petting zoo, live music, tons of food & lots of fun activities for the kids! And of course…..plenty of apple-themed food & drinks!!
2nd Annual Homesteads Apple Festival Pageant will be held on Saturday from 9am-noon (registration not open yet). There will be a hot air balloon experience on Saturday only!!
Contact Shelia if you are interested in participating as a festival vendor or sponsor! 931-210-8210
Saturday, Sept 23rd (9am-5pm)
Sunday, Sept 24th (9am-4pm)

Smiles Golf Ball Drop Event - Kimball
2023-09-23 09:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | Chattanooga State – Kimball, 2100 Main St, Kimball, TN, 37347
