Erica Yoon —eyoon@timesnews.net
New Vision Youth, the Kingsport Parks and Recreation Department, and the Riverview Boys and Girls Club hosted the fifth annual Soul Food Gathering Friday at the Civic Auditorium. The free event included a sampling of foods such as chicken, deer meat, chicken gizzards, meat loaf, barbecued pigs feet, salmon patties, whiting, neck bones, ham, soup beans, turkey and dressing, a variety of side dishes, desserts and beverages. Clockwise, from top: The New Vision Youth; Angel Pruitt cuts into a ham; Michael Vaughn shows off a large amount of fried chicken; Johnnie Mae Swagerty serves up food to Frank James; and center background, Betsey Pierce serves Beverly Woody.
