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Updated: 5/19/13 • 6:00 am
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General Items of Interest
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What to do!
A work in progress listing places to go and things to see in the greater Tri-Cities area.
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The Plum Fast 5K Run/Walk, sponsored by Northeast State Community College, is returning to Johnson City for the upcoming Blue Plum Festival and pre-registration is now underway. To register online please visit this website. For $20, interested runners can pre-register through May 24, 2013. Regular registration will cost $25 and will be held on June 7-8, 2013, at the festival. However, walk-up registrants will not receive t-shirts.
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| Bill Gatton Honda's Memorial Freedom 5K, benefitting Make-A-Wish Foundation, ALS Association, and honoring veterans, May 25 beginning at 8:00 am. Pre-registration $25 here or by calling 968.5111. |
| Car clubs in East Tennessee and Western North Carolina are invited to participate in a large car show on May 25 at the Walmart in Spruce Pine NC. Entry fee for cars/trucks is $20 and $10 for motorcycles. Proceeds benefit the Relay for Life/American Cancer Society. For information, email krystalnc@msn.com |
| Antique Automobile Club of America/Appalachian Region Car Show and cruise-in, every Friday through October from 6:00 - 8:00 pm in the parking lot of TriSummit Bank across from the train station in downtown Bristol. |
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Sunday, May 19 1943 – World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt set Monday, May 1, 1944 as the date for the Normandy landings ("D-Day"). It would later be delayed over a month due to bad weather.
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Blood Drive
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9:00 am - 1:00 pm: Highlands Fellowship, Lee Highway, Bristol |
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2:00 pm
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Jonesborough Repertory Theatre presents "The Voice of the Prairie", at the theatre. For information and tickets, call 753.1010. |
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2:00 pm
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Spring 5K Race, sponsored by Girls on the Run of Northeast Tennessee, Milligan College. For information, go to stronggirlsrun.com |
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2:00 pm
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Steele Creek Park 50th Anniversary Kickoff open house, including a presentation on the history of the park by Terry Napier, Director of the Bristol TN Parks and Rec Department. Free. for information, call 764.3336. |
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2:30 pm
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Bristol Ballet presents "At the Ballet", Paramount Center. For ticket information, call 274.8920. |
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