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.
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The 2020 TAFCE State Conference hosted by the Eastern Region has been cancelled.  The Eastern Region will host the TAFCE State Conference in 2023 at the Meadowview Hotel in Kingsport.

                                                                              

 


 

 FCE  Day at the Tennessee Valley Fair

September 10, 2019

10:00  - 11:30 a.m.

Jacobs Building


 

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   Eastern Region Cultural Arts Contest

  
 
2019
  
 
Winners -- 1st & 2nd Place
 
 
 
​Category ​Name ​County Placing​
​Basketry Jan Newman Bledsoe ​1st
​ Debra Carroll Anderson ​2nd
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​Bead Work Dee Shepard Jefferson ​1st
​ Jill Deprest Fentress ​2nd
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Ceramics Dale Mears Fentress ​1st
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​Chairs & Stools ​Martha Woodward ​Knox ​1st
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​Crochet Shirley Watson Hawkins ​1st
​ Juanita Farmer Anderson ​2nd
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​Cross Stitch (counted) Georgia Morrell Sullivan
​1st
​ Kathy Duncan Sevier ​2nd
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​Decorative Painting Barbara Nuckols Washington ​1st
​ Sharon Redden Jefferson ​2nd
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​Dolls Jill Deprest Fentress ​1st
​ Linda Lubke Sevier ​2nd
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​Embroidery (hand) Claudine Sykes McMinn ​1st
​ Barbara Nuckols Washington ​2nd
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​Embroidery (machine) Linda Kurzenberger Bledsoe ​1st
​ Carolyn Shields Union ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting - oil Carrie Cook Union ​1st
​ Gloria Holcomb Union ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting --watercolor Barbara Nuckols Washington ​1st
​ Sharon Redden Jefferson ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting -- acrylics Robyn Murray Greene ​1st
​ Diane Gehman Fentress ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting -- drawings, charcoal Anna Hernandez Bradley ​1st
​ ​Barbara Binns ​Bledsoe ​2nd
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​Fine Art Painting -- pastels​ Barbara Binns Bledsoe ​1st
​ Martha Woodward Knox 2nd​
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​Handcrafted Toy Martha Morton Anderson ​1st
​ Linda Kurzenberger Bledsoe ​2nd
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​Hand Stitching Georgia Morrell Sullivan ​1st
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​Holiday Decoration: Christmas Linda Lubke Sevier ​1st
​ Joyce Blake Hamblen ​2nd
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​Holiday Decoration:  Non-Christmas ​Shirley Watson ​Hawkins ​1st
​ Robyn Murray ​Greene ​2nd
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​Jewelry ​Linda Kitchell ​Cumberland ​1st
​ ​Gloria Fisher ​Cumberland ​2nd
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​Knitting -- Hand Evelyn Chandler Washington ​1st
​ Carolyn Thomas McMinn ​2nd
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​Needlepoint Georgia Morrell Sullivan ​1st
​ Mitzi Puckett Jefferson
​2nd
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​Paper Crafts ​Jan Newman ​Bledsoe ​1st
​ ​Trisha Perdue ​Jefferson ​2nd
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​Photography -- Color: Place Nancy Akins Bledsoe ​1st
​ Brenda Derryberry Bradley ​2nd
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​Photography -- Color:  All Other Linda Lubke Sevier ​1st
​ Diana Forest McMinn ​ 2nd
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​Photography -- Black & White: Person ​Gloria Fisher ​Cumberland ​1st
​ ​Martha Woodward ​Knox ​2nd
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​Photography -- Black & White: Place ​Sharon Clapp ​Anderson ​1st
​ ​Dee Shepard ​Jefferson ​2nd
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​Photography -- Black & White:  All Other ​Diana Forest ​McMinn ​1st
​ ​Martha Woodward ​Knox ​2nd
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​Photography -- Color:  Person ​Pauline Neeley ​Carter ​1st
​ ​Diana Forest ​McMinn ​2nd
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​Quilts -- Baby & Lap Sandy Brendel Fentress ​1st
​ Judi Gerew Union ​2nd
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​Quilts -- Embroidered: Hand Pauline Wood Fentress ​1st
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​Quilts -- Machine Pieced & Hand Quilted ​Pauline Wood ​Fentress ​1st
​ June Rasmussen Sullivan ​2nd
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​Quilts -- Machine Pieced & Machine Quilted Carolyn Shields Union ​1st
​ ​Linda Lubke ​Sevier ​2nd
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​Quilts -- Hand or Machine Pieced, Professionally Quilted Debra Carroll Anderson 1st
​ ​Linda Kitchell ​Cumberland ​2nd
​Quilts -- Pillow Linda Lubke Sevier ​1st
​ ​Alice Sturgill ​Carter ​2nd
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​Quilts -- Wall Hanging Alice Sturgill Carter 1st
​ ​Ruth Ann Stuart ​Jefferson ​2nd
​Quilts -- Other Carolyn Shields Union 1st
​ ​Susie Morgan ​Cumberland ​2nd
 
​Repurposing Linda Homa
 McMinn 1st
Dee Shepard Jefferson 2nd
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​Rugmaking Martha Woodward Knox ​1st
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​Sculpture Pearl Holcomb Anderson ​1st
​ Martha Woodward Knox 2nd
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​Stained Glass Sharon Redden Jefferson ​1st
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​Weaving -- loom Brenda Derryberry Bradley ​1st
​Weaving -- hand

Martha Woodward

 Knox ​1st
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​Wood Projects Carrie Cook Union ​1st
Martha Woodward Knox

​2nd

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 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





  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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​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