UPCOMING EVENTS

* CUMBERLAND VALLEY QUARTET TO SING

This item was inadvertently left out of the print edition of the Macon County Times community calendar. The Cumberland Valley Quartet will sing at Rocky Mound Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday March 30 at 2:00 PM. Everyone is invited to attend. For more information or directions, please contact Dariel Meador at 615-688-6938

*TORNADO DISASTER BENEFIT- NWTF TO HOLD LOCAL FUNDRAISER

What do you think of when someone mentions a turkey hunter? How about the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) or a hunter or conservationist? All of these things surely conjure up some image or idea in you mind, some may be good or even great. Some might not be so good. I would like to try and describe the image I see when I think of those people. You see, when I say those words the first thing that comes to my mind is the word friend.

Members of the National Wild Turkey Federation want to hold a benefit to raise money for disaster relief in Macon and Trousdale counties in Tennessee and Allen county Kentucky. Turkey Hunters from both states are set to converge on Lafayette, TN on Sunday April 6th at 4 PM at the Macon County Junior High School. These conservationists are coming to lend a hand the best way they know how, that is they want to raise a bucket full of money.

NWTF chapters and individuals from all over want to give back. These NWTF chapters, and some special individuals, are donating turkey and turkey hunting memorabilia to be sold or auctioned at the benefit. There may even be some special one-of-a-kind items at the auction as well. There is no charge to enter the event, as long as you arrive in the giving spirit. Doors will open at 4 PM and a meal will be served as soon as possible. We will have some games and an auction and attempt to finish by 7 PM. All of the money raised in this event will be spent locally in the areas which were hit by this devastating disaster.

Why do I think of these people as friends? When I see a family that has lost their entire home, furniture and pictures and clothes and memories, I am now finding one of those hunters there with compassion to say, I have a gun to sell to help raise money to help them. I see another family which has lost a total of eleven (11) barns, severely impacting their ability to earn a livelihood farming, and they say that they will build back because that is what they do and know. Why then I am finding a special conservationist