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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 FCE  Day at the Tennessee Valley Fair

September 10, 2019

10:00  - 11:30 a.m.

Jacobs Building


 

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​Power of Women Shaping the Future


Eastern Region 2019 FCE Fall Conference

Monday, September 23, 2019

Rothchild Catering, Knoxville

 

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TAFCE 2019 Conference
Franklin
November 17 - 20
 
 
Click here for 2019 Registration Packet​

 
Click here for bus registration form​

 
 
 
 
 
 
   

 

   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