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News & Press
October 26 2007
Writers visit Hawkins
Source: The Rogersville Review
By Joel Spears
ROGERSVILLE — Hawkins County hosted a unique group of tourists Thursday as several writers from throughout the Southeast converged on the county for a local heritage and history tour.
Hosted by the Tennessee Department of Tourism and Geiger and Associates, the Northeast Tennessee Press Tour had an opportunity to make two stops in Hawkins County.
The first was in Rogersville at Rogersville’s Tennessee Newspaper Printing Museum followed by entertainment at Bellamy Hardware in Surgoinsville.
George Webb, Annette Beach, Shirley Price and Nancy Barker welcomed the group to Rogersville.
Christine Tibbetts, a journalist at the Tifton Gazette in Tifton, Georgia, said such tours were a great way for local communities to promote themselves and enhance awareness of what an area has to offer.
Barker, Executive Director for the Rogersville / Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce which is hosting the Hawkins County portion of the tour, said, “I’m pleased to have these writers in the area and hope it will help us tell the story of our community, sites and attractions, and encourage tourists to make us a destination when they plan their vacation.”
The tour included various stops throughout the region and concluded Friday in Bristol.
By Joel Spears
ROGERSVILLE — Hawkins County hosted a unique group of tourists Thursday as several writers from throughout the Southeast converged on the county for a local heritage and history tour.
Hosted by the Tennessee Department of Tourism and Geiger and Associates, the Northeast Tennessee Press Tour had an opportunity to make two stops in Hawkins County.
The first was in Rogersville at Rogersville’s Tennessee Newspaper Printing Museum followed by entertainment at Bellamy Hardware in Surgoinsville.
George Webb, Annette Beach, Shirley Price and Nancy Barker welcomed the group to Rogersville.
Christine Tibbetts, a journalist at the Tifton Gazette in Tifton, Georgia, said such tours were a great way for local communities to promote themselves and enhance awareness of what an area has to offer.
Barker, Executive Director for the Rogersville / Hawkins County Chamber of Commerce which is hosting the Hawkins County portion of the tour, said, “I’m pleased to have these writers in the area and hope it will help us tell the story of our community, sites and attractions, and encourage tourists to make us a destination when they plan their vacation.”
The tour included various stops throughout the region and concluded Friday in Bristol.
