Monday, March 19, 2007

Douglass Football Flashbacks #1: Bobby Joe Johnson, Douglass '52

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"It was some of the best fun I ever had." 57 years ago, Bobby Joe Johnson (at left) was the star quarterback at Douglass High Scho...
Saturday, March 17, 2007

Douglass School Renovations Update

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CLICK ON THE PICTURE FOR A LARGER VIEW I spoke recently with the Kingsport Housing Authority about renovations planned for Douglass School....
Wednesday, March 14, 2007

UPDATED Riverview Resident Passes

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KINGSPORT — Mrs. Clellie M. Baylor departed this life on Monday, (March 12, 2007) at Brookhaven Health Care Center after a lengthy illness. ...
Thursday, March 8, 2007

Our Video School Song Is A First!

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I hope you all are enjoying the video recording of our Douglass School Song. After careful research, which is basically looking at every mid...
Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Douglass Alumnus Passes

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Carrie Taylor • Paul Taylor - JOHNSON CITY Carrie L. Taylor and Paul J. Taylor, 300 Peach Blossom Court, entered into rest on Saturday, Marc...

Kingsport, Tennessee and HOPE VI: HOPE Springs Eternal

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BY CALVIN SNEED LAST OF A THREE-PART SERIES PHOTOS IN THE PHOTO GALLERY "At some point, I really wanted to own my own home," says ...
Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Knoxville and HOPE VI: Despair and HOPE

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BY CALVIN SNEED PART TWO OF A THREE PART SERIES PHOTOS IN THE PHOTO GALLERY When time came for residents to move out of the old College Hil...
Monday, March 5, 2007

The Only Place In The Tri-Cities Where You Will Still Find The Word "COLORED" On A Public Sign

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Most people riding through downtown Johnson City, Tennessee going east on one-way Main Street. probably go right past the little brick churc...

Douglass Reunion Committee Meeting of March 3, 2007

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Just another wonderful get-together by the Reunion Committee planning our 2007 Douglass Reunion this past Saturday at St. Mark's. (PLEAS...
Sunday, March 4, 2007

Chattanooga And HOPE VI: Back From The Brink

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BY CALVIN SNEED PART ONE OF A THREE-PART SERIES PHOTOS IN THE PHOTO GALLERY Years ago, the Spencer McCallie Homes complex in the Alton Park...

Do You Know Where These People Are? Please Help Us Locate Them!

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Do you know where these folks whose names are listed below are? The above picture is of the Douglass Reunion Invitation forms that were retu...
Monday, February 26, 2007

12th Annual Community Unity Celebration in Riverview (from the Kingsport Times-News)

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Community Unity: Kingsport event going strong in its 12th year (more photos are in the Photo Gallery) By JEFF BOBO jbobo @ timesnews . net K...

Douglass & V.O. Dobbins Community Center Renovations Announced

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Renovation is in the works for V.O. Dobbins Community Center Published 02/23/2007 By MATTHEW LANE Long-needed improvements to the V.O. Dobbi...
Friday, February 23, 2007

Douglass Teacher Passes

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Our Beloved Ms. Henderson from Douglass: Katie Henderson Memorial service for Ms. Katie Rhoda Henderson will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday,...
Thursday, February 22, 2007

Community Builds Bridges At Annual Unity Celebration (From the Kingsport Times-News)

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Theme for this year’s event is ‘Unity: The Vision Coming to Life.’ By KEVIN CASTLE kcastle@timesnews.net KINGSPORT — Barriers continue to fa...

Kingsport Allocated $249,041 Grant To Aid Home Ownership (From the Kingsport Times News)

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Article By MATTHEW LANE mlane@timesnews.net KINGSPORT — The Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority received a quartermillion-dollar s...

Scat Cats Still Rocking The House! (From the Kingsport Times-News)

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This article was in the Kingsport Times-News.. The Scat Cats are the featured band for the 2007 Douglass Reunion Events. STILL GOING STRONG...
Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Mrs. Mary E. Rutledge Obituary

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Mrs. Mary E. Rutledge KINGSPORT — Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rutledge, 79, departed this life at 11:10 p.m. Saturday, (Feb. 17. 2007), at Brookhave...
Monday, February 19, 2007

Message To All From Tommy Norwood

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Calvin, thanks for all the great news...it is so enjoyable to read and view all the comments as well as the photos of so many I have not had...
Sunday, February 18, 2007

Black History Month: Recollections from Gate City Resident Wallace Ross, Jr

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Black History Month display retains tradition--Reprinted from the Kingsport Times-News, 2/18/07 PHOTO AT RIGHT: Years ago, Mr. Ross and ot...

Chittlin's A-Cooking!

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Kathy Bradford cooks some of the 90 pounds of chitlins for the New Vision Youth Soul Food Chitlin Strut Saturday at the Bethel A.M.E. Zion C...

Reunion Meeting RESCHEDULED!

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Next Saturday's (February24th) meeting of the Douglass Reunion Committee has been POSTPONED to the FOLLOWING Saturday, March 3rd. The ti...

Message To All From Tim Finch!

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Subject: Thanks for the memories Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 From: "Finch, Timothy" timothy.finch@intel.com To: "Calvin Sneed...

Riverview Residents Needed!

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We got this message from Doug Releford, and Jeff Jensen had spoken to me about it this past Saturday, February 17th. Calvin OKAY, LETS HEAR ...
Sunday, February 11, 2007

It's A Walk Back Through Time!

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In the next few days and weeks of Black History Month, we're taking a walk down Memory Lane with some of our friends and neighbors who m...
Friday, February 9, 2007

Can You Remember These?

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Found this the other day.. see how good your memory is: Remember "Continental kits?" They were those rear bumper extenders and spa...
Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Message From Ron (Ronnie) Taylor!

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FirstLastName = Ron TaylorEmail = ront224@sbcglobal.net Message = (This website is a) "Great, Great Idea". I've been at my com...

Black History Month Events at East Tennessee State University

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African and African American Studies Lecture Series, 7 PM, February 6th, Carroll Reese Museum, ETSU. Adam Dickson, Tennessee Advocacy Manage...
Sunday, February 4, 2007

Douglass School Day Memories--Reprinted From the Kingsport Times News, February 4, 2007

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School day memories Douglass alumni launch Web site to share recollections (Photos for this story are in the PHOTOS section) By JIM McGUINNE...
Saturday, February 3, 2007

Black Web Portal

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From Doug Releford, here's news of a web portal serving the Black public and others looking for Black information: First of all, a web p...

Great Suggestion From Brenda Huff Bond!

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May I suggest a section for "teachers" and a little bio about their lives, where are they and what they are doing now. I think a f...

Message From the Trueloves!

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FirstLastName = LARRY TRUELOVE Email = http://mail.newschannel9.com/compose.pl?username=csneed&pop3host=localhost&emailfrom=GARC35@A...
Thursday, February 1, 2007

Kingsport City Hall Town Meeting Concerning Extra HOPE VI Funds for Riverview

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They sat.. they listened.. and hopefully, for the people of Riverview and the Douglass Alumni, they'll act. Kingsport Mayor Dennis Phill...

Messages From Your Friends!

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Neighbors and Friends! Got these messages in the past couple of days from some of your friends: From JOYCE DUNGEY: Hello Sons and Daughte...