Join the Tennessee Eastman Hiking and Canoeing Club (TEHCC) for the annual Spring Dinner Meeting. The cost is $10 per person for Olive Garden catering, including beverages, dessert, and coffee provided by the TEHCC Steering Committee. Reservations for dinner are due by March 11th at 5 p.m. Email TEHCC Treasurer Joseph Sengeh. Attending only the program? It’s free.

Schedule:

• Happy “Trails” Hour from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

• Dinner from 6:30-7:10 p.m.

• Club business from 7:10-7:30 p.m. Includes club updates and awards/recognition.

• Main Program with local blogger Dean Walker from 7:30-9:00 p.m.

Club Business:

Club leadership will update attendees on past and upcoming activities and then present recognitions for hiking/maintaining our A.T. section (pint glasses) and Hiker/Paddler/Maintainer of the Year. Also being shared are ATC's Silver (25-year) and Gold (50-year) service plaques. The USFS will hand out the hour strips for 2023.

Main Program:

“Trail on Holston Mountain and the Search for Flight 308” by local blogger Dean Walker. The program will first review the trail on Holston Mountain where the A.T. used to travel along the ridge line until the great relocation over to Roan Mountain. The program will then shift to the fate of Southeast Airlines Flight 308, a DC-3 aircraft that crashed into Holston Mountain on the night of January 8, 1959 (65 years ago), while trying to land at Tri-Cities Airport. For a taste of the latter topic, see the January 2024 Kingsport Times-News story.