Extension FCS agents work in partnership with the Family and Community Education (FCE) clubs in the county to design yearly educational programs targeted to the needs of fce's membership.

 
Up, Up and Away
Spring FCE Conference

May 22 - 24, 2018

Clyde Austin 4-H Center

Greeneville, TN

 

Click here for registration information

Click here for class times at camp - need this to register

 Deadline to register is May 8

 


 
 

 
TAFCE Connection
2017 Year-End Special Edition
 
Click here for Newsletter
 
 
 Eastern Region FCE Fall Conference
 
 
 
 Monday, September 18, 2017
 
Rothchild's Conference Center
  
 
  
Friends are like quilts, they age with you but never lose their warmth!
 
 
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 Updated 2018 Cultural Arts Form
 
 This form is updated for 2018 and fillable on a computer if needed
 
Completed form should be sent to Barbara Nuckols, Cultural Arts Chair by September 1
 
 
  
 Country Scenes and Children's Dreams
 
FCE Transforming Families and Communities
  
FCE Day at the Appalachian Fair
Farm & Home Building
 
 
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2017 FCE Day at the TN Valley Fair

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

 

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    Eastern Region FCE Fall Conference 

 
  
Eastern Region Cultural Arts Contest
  
 
September 2017
  
 
Winners -- 1st & 2nd Place
 
 
 
​Category ​Name ​County Placing​
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​Basketry Cynthia Mishtal​ McMinn ​1st
​ Jana Humphrey Anderson ​2nd
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​Bead Work Shannon Remington Knox ​1st
​ Reta Kinley Washington ​2nd
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Ceramics Phyllis Narus​ Bradley​ ​1st
​ Ruth Batton Knox​
2nd
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​Crochet Sheilia Boggs Jefferson ​1st
​ Kathy Wilson Campbell​ ​2nd
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​Cross Stitch (counted) JoAnn Berry Washington
​1st
​ Willa Holtzclaw Jefferson ​2nd
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​Decorative Painting Dee Shephard Jefferson​ ​1st
​ Barbara Nuckols Washington ​2nd
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​Dolls Kathleen Wilson Cumberland ​1st
​ Jan Newman Bledsoe ​2nd
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​Embroidery (hand) Glenna Moore Sullivan ​1st
​ Sandy Poehler Jefferson ​2nd
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​Embroidery (machine) Redda Faye Hartman Greene ​1st
​ Alice Sturgill Carter ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting - oil Gloria Holcomb Union ​1st
​ Barbara Nuckols Washington ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting --watercolor Mattie Chambers Sullivan ​1st
​ Barbara Nuckols Washington ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting -- acrylics Barbara Nuckols Washington ​1st
​ Debbie Hodge Blount ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting -- drawings, charcoal Barbara Nuckols Washington ​1st
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​Fine Art Painting -- pastels​ Jeanna Thomas​ Fentress​ ​1st
​ Barbara Nuckols​ Washington​ 2nd​
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​Handcrafted Toy Jan Newman Bledsoe ​1st
​ Kathleen Wilson Cumberland ​2nd
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​Hand Stitching Glenna Moore Sullivan ​1st
​ Georgia Morrell Sullivan ​2nd
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​Holiday Decoration Glenna Moore Sullivan ​1st
​ Joyce Blake Hamblen ​2nd
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​Knitting -- Hand Linda Kurzenberger Bledsoe ​1st
​ Jan Newman Bledsoe ​2nd
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​Knitting -- Machine Debbie Hodge Blount ​1st
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​Needlepoint Glenna Moore Sullivan ​1st
​ Georgia Morrell Sullivan
​2nd
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​Photography -- color Mattie Chambers Sullivan ​1st
​ Brenda Derryberry Bradley ​2nd
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​Photography -- black & white Gloria Fisher Cumberland ​1st
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Pottery​ Shannon Remington Knox​ 1st​
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​Quilts -- Baby & Lap Jewell Pendergrass Sullivan ​1st
​ Jacquie Dishner Sullivan ​2nd
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​Quilts -- hand pieced & hand quilted Sandra Fuller Campbell ​1st
​ Judy Pat Williams Sevier 2d​
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​Quilts -- machine pieced & hand quilted Pauline Wood Fentress ​1st
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​Quilts -- hand pieced & machine quilted Pamela Perry Jefferson​ ​1st
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​Quilts -- machine pieced & machine quilted Caroline Bales Carter ​1st
​ JoAnn Baker Hamblen ​2nd
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Quilts -- Professionally Quilted​ Sandy Poehler Jefferson ​1st
​ Jewell Pendergrass Sullivan ​2nd
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​Quilts -- Applique & Cathedral Window Sandy Poehler Jefferson ​1st
​ Ruby Calbaugh Meigs 2nd
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Quilts -- Machine Embroidered​ Anna Jean Roberts​ Meigs​ ​1st
​ Pamela Perry​ Jefferson​ 2nd​
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​Quilts -- Pillows Caroline Bales

Carter 

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​ Alice Sturgill Carter 2nd​
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​Quilted Wallhanging Judy Pat Williams Sevier ​1st
​ Betty Peabody Blount ​2nd
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​Quilts --other Pamela Perry Jefferson ​1st
​ Linda Owens Carter ​2nd
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​Rugmaking Phyllis Narus​ Bradley ​1st
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​Sculpture Barbara Nuckols Washington ​1st
​ Annette Gross Sullivan 2nd
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​Stained Glass Dianne Manning​ Jefferson ​1st
​ Joyce Blake​ Hamblen​ ​2nd
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​Weaving -- loom Phyllis Narus Bradley ​1st
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Brenda Derryberry

 Bradley ​2nd
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​Wood Projects Dee Shephard​ Jefferson​ ​1st
Reta Kinley​ Washington

​2nd

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Wreaths​ Juanita Miles​ Washington​ 1st​
​ Reta Kinley​ Washington​ 2nd​
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​Repurposing​ Anna Loyacano Knox​ ​1st
​ Linda Owens Carter ​2nd
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​Jewelry -- non-beaded​ Sally West Jefferson ​1st
​ Linda Kitchel​ Cumberland​ 2nd​
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​Papercraft Barbara Nuckols Washington​ ​1st
​ Cindy Mishtal McMinn​​ ​2nd
 
  
 
 
201 Eastern Region FCE Officers & Chairs
 
 
  Gloria Holcomb
Union County
President
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Phyllis Forsyth
Knox County
Action Chair
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Caroline Bales
Carter County
VP for Public Policy

 

Becky Haney
Meigs County
Secretary



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Fran Howard
Hamblen County
Treasurer

 

Kay Baker
Sullivan County
Fashion Revue Chair 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 ​Carolyn Thomas
McMinn County
VP for Programs
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​Barbara Nuckols 
Washington County
Cultural Arts Chair
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​Clare Nell Breeden
Meigs County
Past-President
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Pat King
Meigs County
Education Chair





  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

​Click on the links below for contact information

​Eastern Region FCE Grant Program

FCE clubs and/or counties are eligible for a grant to "give back" by taking action in their communities.  The grant limit is $100 and the number of grants given is determined by the grant committee each year.

Guidelines & Grant applications