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Happenings in your community

Extra happenings in your community as of June 20.

Updated Jun 20, 2018 at 5:40 PM

Heritage

Country's first abolitionist publication from Jonesborough, Tennessee

Elihu Embree published The Emancipator from April 1820 until his death that October.

Jun 18, 2018 at 8:21 AM

Outdoors

Heading to New York City?

The Delaware Water Gap area, along the Delaware River separating Pennsylvania and New Jersey, has long been a popular recreation destination even before much of the scenic valley became managed by the National Park Service and designated Delaware Jun 17, 2018 at 5:30 AM

C'mon, this isn't even functional. How is his hand supposed to pee?

Father's Day

Amazon's strangest Father's Day gift suggestions

Does your dad need a pair of tighty-whities for his hand? Maybe a strip of yodeling bacon? Does he want to smell like Sasquatch?

Jun 17, 2018 at 5:15 AM

When a friend gives you a floral gift, you are reminded of that friend every time the flower blooms. Submitted by Julie Wade.

Best Shot

Best Shots

You, too, can take your best shot on a digital camera and send it to the Johnson City Press. The best of the best will be published in upcoming editions and in our online photo galleries here on JohnsonCityPress.com.

Jun 17, 2018 at 4:45 AM

Outdoors

See the Flame Azaleas Bloom on Andrews Bald

Have you ever been to Andrews Bald in the Smokies? It is the park’s highest open meadow at 5,800 feet. From the park’s highest trailhead, you can explore the spruce-fir forest community on the way to the meadow of Jun 10, 2018 at 4:00 AM

At Starbucks now, you can request the news cups. They're just like drinking out of the hot beverage cups, except the hole is a little larger. The best part: no straw required!

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Say goodbye to plastic straws

Plastic straws are almost impossible for us to recycle. Most objects we can drop off at a designate site or leave at the curb, but not these suckers.

Jun 3, 2018 at 5:30 AM

Adaptive athlete Alex Armor competes in a Highland Games event. Armor will take a group of adaptive and traditional athletes from America to compete for the first time in a sanctioned Scottish Highland Games event in August.

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Brawny Scotland: American athletes make history in Highland Games

An athlete living in an area that was so heavily influenced by settlers from the Scottish Highlands hopes to teach the Scots a thing or two about inclusion, and perhaps beat them at their own game.

Jun 3, 2018 at 5:15 AM

Thomas Arbaugh, a 2014 graduate of Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan and senior chaplain at Indian Path Medical Center in Kingsport, led a recent “Blessing of the Hands” service to symbolically cleanse the hands of all the hospital’s team members, anoint them with oil and say a brief prayer. “This is to honor their healing hands,” said Arbaugh. “Hundreds of employees from all faith traditions participated.”

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Milligan's chaplain graduates help others keep the faith

After converting to Christianity as an undergraduate in California, Thomas Arbaugh felt called to ministry and began working with kids; however, he felt he didn’t have the right tools to make an impact.

May 20, 2018 at 5:00 AM