Sylvia Woods will discuss the potential impact of Project 2025 in the United States during the February meeting of the Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club. The meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24, at the Clinton Community Center, 101 Hicks St. A potluck dinner will precede the discussion.
Woods served as financial secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO Central Labor Council in Knoxville. She is president of Democratic Women of Knoxville and has served on the Tennessee Democratic Party executive committee.
Project 2025 is a 900-page policy proposal developed by the Heritage Foundation. While former President Donald Trump initially disavowed Project 2025 as a candidate, he has since nominated several of its authors for key government positions.
Woods, a union member for 45 years, will discuss Project 2025’s stance on organized labor, its approach to management and worker relations, and its broader implications for governance.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a dish to share for the potluck. For more information, email ac-democratic-women@outlook.com.
Margaret “Margie” Jewell Ison, 84, of Knoxville passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025, after a short battle with cancer.
Margie was born in Brotherton, Tennessee, on July 7, 1940, to the Rev. Samuel Ernest (S.E.) Wood and Daisy Jewell Jernigan Wood.
She was a remarkable woman who will be remembered for her kindness, devotion to her family, and deep love for her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Margie attended Church Street United Methodist Church and was a member of the Parable Sunday School Class.
Margie was voted “Most Talented” for three consecutive years at Central Cookeville High School.
She loved singing and was the soloist for the high school orchestra, performing at numerous church events and community organizations. While in high school, she produced her own radio show on WHUB in Cookeville. She met the love of her life, Jim, while singing with the orchestra at a church event, and they married in Ringgold, Georgia, on Dec. 28, 1957.
Margie’s television career began in Chattanooga in the 1960s, where she sang on the Roy Morris Variety Show on WRCB and worked as entertainment support during Chattanooga’s 150th-anniversary celebration.
In 1965, Jim’s work with TVA moved the family to the Claxton community in East Tennessee, where Margie worked as an executive secretary for the Dogwood Arts Festival with the Greater Knoxville Chamber of Commerce.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resoures Agency is accepting orders for the 2025 state waterfowl stamp. Artwork for the stamp is by 17 year-old Jessie Hindman, who took Best of Show in the 2024 Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest.
The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency is now accepting orders for the 2024 collectible state waterfowl stamp, which is produced annually to support habitat improvement efforts.
This year’s stamp features the Best of Show painting from the 2024 Tennessee Junior Duck Stamp Art Contest. The winning artwork, an acrylic painting of a male redhead by 17-year-old Jessie Hindman of Chattanooga, was selected from 1,787 entries across four age categories.
Since 1999, TWRA has used the Best of Show artwork from Tennessee’s Federal Junior Duck Stamp Contest to create the collectible stamp. The Junior Duck Stamp program, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is an educational initiative that teaches students the importance of conserving wetlands and waterfowl habitat through art and science.
The public is invited to purchase the collectible stamps, which are individually numbered and printed in full color, measuring 1 2/8 by 2 inches. All stamps issued since 1999 are also available for purchase.
Each stamp costs $11 and may be ordered by completing the Wildlife Stamp order form, located in the “Support Wildlife Resources” section on the TWRA website at www.tnwildlife.org.
The TWRA reminds the public that Tennessee’s state waterfowl stamp is voluntary and not required for hunting. However, the Federal Duck Stamp is required to hunt waterfowl in Tennessee.
The Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission will vote on the 2025-26 Sport Fish and Commercial Fishing proclamations during its Feb. 20-21 meeting at the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency’s Ray Bell Building.
Committee meetings will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, followed by full commission proceedings at 9 a.m. Friday, Feb. 21.
The TWRA Fisheries Division previewed the proposed regulation changes at the commission’s January meeting in Dyersburg. The proposals have been posted on the TWRA website, and a public comment period was held from Jan. 15 through Feb. 15.
This meeting will be the last for five commissioners as they conclude their terms.
They include Chairman Jimmy Granbery (Nashville), Wally Childress (Bogota), Bill Cox (Collierville), Tommy Woods (Piney Flats), and Hank Wright (Germantown).
Chairman Granbery has appointed a nominating committee to oversee the selection of the commission’s 2025-26 officers. The committee will present its nominations, and the full commission will elect a new chairman, vice chairman, and secretary.
The meeting will also include the announcement of the Legacy Award, which was established in 2021 to recognize individuals who have demonstrated outstanding commitment to hunting, fishing, and outdoor lifestyles in Tennessee.
Additionally, an R3 (recruitment, retention, and reactivation) award will be presented to an individual who has made exemplary contributions to the program.
