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Volume 154, Number 24 75 cents Week of JUNE 14, 2023

Moving, not closing Tennessee Hills

Herald & Tribune The Herald & Tribune is part of
Six Rivers Media, which also pub-
of how our business operates today.
We remain committed to pub-
Distillery fights for
may look closed,
lishes the Johnson City Press, the
Erwin Record, The Tomahawk and
the Kingsport Times News.
lishing the weekly Herald & Tribune
and serving the Jonesborough com-
munity with local journalism
equal opportunity
Recently, the Six Rivers Media staff
but it is still alive in our Johnson City Press building
moved to new office space in
Johnson City. Within our new
through the Herald & Tribune and
our other community newspapers
that are delivered to subscribers
in craft beer
residing in this wonderful commu-
The Herald & Tribune is not facility, we made room for our H&T By SERINA MARSHALL requesting the business
nity. smarshall@sixriversmedia.com
closing, but we are selling our staff as well. This was a business to operate as a craft
building and relocating our staff. decision based on current demands See MOVING, Page A2 brewery that can manu-
An application for an facture, distribute and
on-premises beer license conduct off-premises
for the Tennessee Hills sales as a permitted man-
Distillery was brought ufacturer at their dis-
before the Board of tillery location, 127 Fox
Mayor and Alderman at St., in Jonesborough.
their meeting Monday
“I’ve had the fun of
night.
being with Tennessee
The correspondence of
Hills and Rugged
owner Stephen Callahan
and his legal team was See BEER, Page A9

SERINA MARSHALL
CONTRIBUTED
Clark Jordan addresses the board Monday night about a beer
The Jonesborough all-star team is the district 5 champions and headed to the state tournament
license for Tennessee Hills Distillery.

State bound (with help) ‘WHERE WE WANDER’

By SERINA MARSHALL
Jonesborough smarshall@sixriversmedia.com How to help
To support the team in their quest to go to the state
Little League girls
T
he Jonesborough
tournament in White Bluff, please see information below.
Little League
softball team has Coach Pitch GoFundMe:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/jll-coach-pitch-softball-
Softball All Star team won
sights on state their district 5 tournament district-champions
Sponsorship Form:
last weekend and are
tournament headed to the state tourna- https://forms.gle/HFJZR7JauWJU1uTd9
ment in White Bluff, Or reach out directly at ktdulaney@gmail.com
Tennessee, July 7-10, and
they need your help to get
there. turnaround, which can rooms as well as food and
Known as “The make it difficult,” Dulaney gas money for the kids and
said. “We had about five or their families.
In This Issue: Rockstars,” these girls have
worked hard the past few six practices during that
short period, and almost all
“It’s on the other side of
months preparing for the Nashville, so any kind of
PERSPECTIVES tournaments. of them were there every support to help out would
“The Jonesborough single practice.” be great,” Wes said. “It’s a
...............................A3 To get to the state tour-
Little League teams are pretty big trip for most of
SPORTS made up of three teams, nament in White Bluff, the us.”
ages 6-8, and 12 girls are team needs to raise $5,000 Wes added that the team
...............................A5 selected from those teams by July 7 when the team is special, and he is proud
to make up one All Star hits the road.
HISTORY of how well they per-
team,” coach Wes Dulaney “We’ve got a GoFundMe
formed during districts.
...............................A6 said. “This is their second set up and sponsorships
“They really played well
time heading to the state available where local busi-
RELIGION — in the three games we
tournament.” nesses can show their sup-
port and get involved,” played in districts, we did
...............................A7 Dulaney said that due to
said Dulaney’s wife and not allow any runs to be
timing, the team didn’t
GAMES team mom, Kristina. scored against us,” Wes
have a lot of time to pre-
pare for the tournament, “We really want to rally Dulaney noted.
...............................A8 but that didn’t stop these for them. We are also “We had a total of 41
players from working doing two Pizza Plus fund- runs ourselves. They SERINA MARSHALL/SIX RIVERS MEDIA
STORYTELLER played really well, and I
hard. raisers. There are various Artists and art lovers from all over the region gathered at Griffin
...............................A9 “We had seven to 10 days ways people can donate was so proud of how they Art Gallery in Jonesborough Friday night to take part in a
between the end of our and get these kids to the came out, both defensive reception for the gallery’s newest show, ‘Where We Wander.’ At
KID SCOOP season and the actual dis- tournament.” and how they hit the ball. It top, attendees peruse the artwork and gallery owner James
Griffin’s ‘‘Early Morning, Main Street.” More photos can be seen
.............................A10 trict tournament to pre- The Dulaneys say they was an impressive tourna- on page A2.
pare. It was a really quick are hoping to provide hotel ment for them.”

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Munro brings strange stories, true tales to Jonesborough Stage

Storyteller next
up in residency
By ANGELA WHITE
International Storytelling Center
Correspondent
The International
Storytelling Center’s next
storyteller in residence,
Jennifer Munro, will bring
an array of true tales and
ghost stories to the stage in
what is sure to be an inter-
esting week.
Her life story, which
begins in the United
Kingdom, includes the
classic British elements
you might expect. (Yes, she
worked as a
Shakespearean actress.)
But just underneath the
surface lies a life less ordi-
nary — a surprise that
delights and confounds her
listeners’ expectations.
As a child, Munro didn’t
recognize that she was
surrounded by stories that
most people would find
intriguing or unusual. “I
always thought the people
in my life were too boring,”
monkey. I thought that was
all normal. I thought
everyone’s family had
characters like that.”
During family gather-
ings, she liked to hide
underneath the table with
her siblings and listen to
the adults hold forth.
These secret story sessions
sparked what would
become her lifelong
interest in storytelling,
which has taken many dif-
ferent forms.
Munro has amassed
quite a few personal stories
in her extensive and
ever-expanding repertoire
and plans to bring several
of them with her to
Jonesborough. The
Tennessee town is one of
her favorite places to per-
form. “I love breathing the
air down there,” Munro
says. “It’s miraculous. I
love the experience of
telling in Jonesborough.
It’s truly a unique place
and a unique experience.
CONTRIBUTED You just can’t describe the
Storyteller Jennifer Munro brings her tales to Jonesborough. magic to people.”
Her artistic residency
she says. “My great- I had an aunt with a false will begin Tuesday, June
grandfather had a false leg. eye and an uncle with a pet 20, in ISC’s Mary B. Martin
Storytelling Hall. Munro’s
matinee performances
start at 2 p.m. daily and
run through Saturday,
June 24. Advance reserva-
tions are recommended but
not required (as long as
supplies last). Ticket prices
are $14 for adults, $12 for
seniors and military and $7
for those under age 18.
Throughout the 2023
season, ISC will offer dis-
counted tickets on
Saturdays, when all tickets
are $7. Each storyteller will
also offer one virtual con-
cert, which will be
recorded in front of a live
audience earlier in the
week. That performance
will be available for house-
holds to stream online
starting Friday, June 23.
Online tickets are $15, with
discounted season passes
available for a limited time.
Munro is the latest per-
former in ISC’s
Storytelling Live series,
which brings live story-
telling shows to
Jonesborough five days a
week during its six-month
season. She will be fol-
lowed by Brigid Reedy, a
talented young musician
and storyteller who spe-
cializes in cowboy poetry.
The premier sponsor of
Storytelling Live is Ballad
Health. Additional pro-
gram funding comes from
the National Endowment
for the Arts, the Tennessee
Arts Commission, the
Niswonger Foundation, the
East Tennessee
Foundation, ETSU, Carol
and Bobby Frist, the
Norris Family Fund,
Eastman Credit Union,
Bank of Tennessee and
Trail Head Lodge. Media
sponsors include the
Herald & Tribune,
Kingsport Times News,
Johnson City Press, News
Channel 11, WJHL 11, ABC
Tri-Cities and Daytime Tri-
Cities.
The International
Storytelling Center is open
10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday
through Saturday. For
more information about
Storytelling Live, including
the full schedule, or to pur-
chase tickets and season
passes, visit www.storytell-
ingcenter.net or call (800)
952-8392.

explained. “After the

‘The Reluctant Patriot’ author talk to be held BEER meeting, we received a
letter from Mr. Rosenoff
From Page A1 raising concerns.”
From staff reports himself unwittingly thrust from the One objection raised
American Spirit seeing about the manufacturing in
somewhat comfortable and predict- what these rugged entre-
The Greeneville-Greene County able life to which he had long been Jonesborough concerned a
preneurs are trying to do in zoning law, one that Jordan
History Museum will host a brown accustomed into an unfamiliar, hor- the community — both
bag lunch hour speaking event fea- rific and heartbreaking set of cir- said had no basis according
with ETSU and trying to to the state itself.
turing author Susan Lohafer and cumstances brought on by the Civil solve some of the tax issues
her recently released book titled War. “The basis for that is that
we have in Jonesborough there is no zoning appro-
“The Reluctant Patriot” on Though Harry and his wife, to try and drive more rev-
Thursday, June 15, from noon-1 p.m. Corniah, had several children, only priate for our Tennessee
enue to the city,” said Clark Hills Distillery area, and
“The Reluctant Patriot” is an his- two have significant roles in the Jordan, chief legal ffficer
torical novel based on a true story story: Lizzie, the grown-up even though we had a dis-
for Rugged American tillery zoning district, the
of the Civil War in East Tennessee, daughter whose combative but Spirits, which is the owner
specifically Greeneville and loving relationship with her father zoning had to be for beer
of Tennessee Hills and could only be manufac-
Knoxville. The story centers on the is tested in dramatic ways, and Distillery. “One of the
Lick Creek bridge-burning episode Hugh, the starry-eyed teenager tured in a manufacturing
things we would like to do zone. And I have to say,
of 1861 in East Tennessee and whose rash behavior puts a target here at Tennessee Hills is
focuses on true-life character on Harry’s back. Other characters, respectfully, that is not cor-
we would like to start man- rect,” noted Jordan.
Harrison Self, a 48-year-old farmer some whose names, descriptions ufacturing craft beer. We
for whom Greene County, and backgrounds were invented by “That’s not what the dis-
currently are distilling tillery zoning provision
Tennessee, is home. Lohafer, widen the lens of the story, spirits at Tennessee Hills;
Within a time period of just adding depth, interest and sus- provides. The distilling
adding a craft brewery will company overlay district
weeks, Harrison (“Harry”) finds CONTRIBUTED pense. enhance our interactions that Tennessee Hills
with ETSU and their resides within are per-
brewery and spirits majors. mitted to make various
Summers Past History Program set at Tipton-Haynes We will be bringing stu-
dents over here to work in
types of spirits. The alcohol
content must be over 5%,
From staff reports our small-scale brewery.” and ours is. Tennessee
Jordan said it isn’t Hills has absolutely no
Participants ages 6-14 intended to be large, as intent of ever making any
will learn about their their larger-scale brewery beverage of less than 5%
local history through is currently located in alcohol.”
historic-based crafts, Johnson City. Jordan also said that
games, music, “We are building the Depot Street Brewing is in
storytelling, nature and fourth-largest distillery in Jonesborough, and they
caves during June. the state of Tennessee in are able to manufacture
The second week in Bristol,” Jordan said. “We craft beer.
June will focus on revolu- are making investments in “Tennessee Hills should
tionary history, the third this region, and brewing is be entitled to manufacture.
week on the Civil War a big part of our heritage in If the beer board wants to
and the fourth week on East Tennessee.” approve that, that would be
the early 1900s. Callahan and his team great. If they don’t, then we
Each week is $100 for met with Jonesborough are going to move forward
nonmembers and $90 for Town Administrator Glenn under the state approval
members. Sessions run Rosenoff and that we have,” Jordan said.
from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Jonesborough Town “The question is, is the city
Monday through Friday, Attorney Jim Wheeler to going to treat Tennessee
at Tipton-Haynes discuss their desire for the Hills any differently than it
Historic Site, Johnson manufacturing of craft treated Depot Brewing, and
City. beer — along with a tasting I am suggesting to you, the
Aftercare will be avail- room and distribution. answer should be no.”
able after 2 p.m. “In Tennessee, you can The board convened to
Applications are available distribute within a county, executive session on the
by contacting the site at as could the Jonesborough topic and voted to table fur-
(423) 926-3631 or tipton- facility. We could also have ther action to June 27 at
CONTRIBUTED
haynes@outlook.com. small on-site sells,” Jordan 7 p.m.

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