60 years and still thriving
      60y Fontana Village Resort has a tremendous history! It all began with the New Deal to a New Century, which comprised of President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) Act on May 18, 1933. President Roosevelt needed innovative solutions if the New Deal was to lift the...
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Fontana
The history behind the name
ANTO BURCHFIELD Contributing Writer
      At first, Fontana was only a "tent city camp," set up in the spring of 1906 on the banks of Eagle Creek by Montvale Lumber Company. Along with surveying their timber holdings, one of the first activities was to build a more substantial lumber town complete with homes, a commissary, the sawmill an...
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Pictures from Rome
BARBARA WALKER-HUFF Contributing Writer
      The children were excited about having their pictures in the paper. As I've said before, make memories with your grandchildren while you can. It's the best gift you can give them. I started taking my oldest grandson when he was 16. He is now 25, and he says I "got him hooked" on traveling.
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Chatuge Shores Golf news
      Tuesday, May 19, Nancy Steck was the winner of the hole-in-one jackpot ($173) for the Ladies Golf Association with a hole-in-one on #7. Congratulations, Nancy!!! Our game for the day was a low gross and low net. First flight winner: Loretta Hughes, 84; second low gross: Lenora Caldwell, 85. First...
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