Coal Creek Health Day
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This year's Coal Creek Health Day was different
from previous events. The
previous four Health Days included free
dental and medical exams for students in addition to studying the health of
Coal Creek. Briceville Medical Clinic is now open one day a week and
providing medical services for free to people who work, but have no
insurance, and the school has a part time nurse on staff.
With these needs being addressed, volunteers from the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation (CCWF), Clinch River Trout Unlimited (TU), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), and University of Tennessee (UT) concentrated on teaching students how to study the health of Coal Creek that flows right beside their school. |
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How cool to have a creek running right beside your school. It's a living laboratory!! The smart and well-behaved Briceville School students from Pre-K to fifth grade were treated to "shocking" demonstrations by TVA personnel, fly-tying and line casting lessons from Clinch River Trout Unlimited members, and bug and fish lessons. Tables were set up at the creek to display fish and critters collected by the students. The lessons taught the kids how the health of the creek is determined by studying what lives in it. |
Click on the images below to get a glimpse
of the fun we had! Also, see the list below showing all the fish species found in Coal Creek today, along with a list of the great volunteers that made the day so educational and fun! Photos in no certain order... |
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favorite day of school! |
talking to the kids about safety |
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fly tying |
Charlie use a seine to collect creek critters |
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creek to learn what critters it holds |
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has a blast! |
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with the 4th graders |
Principal Braden |
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head peeking in from the bottom left corner of the aquarium |
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a popular event |
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Buzz Buffington and John Thurman |
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Kindergarteners |
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First Graders |
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a pretty girl |
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Barry Thacker pose with students |
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kissed a fish today? |
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Crawdad |
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In the photos, notice the beautiful mountains that surround the school where the rich coal mining history took place. The Briceville (Odd Fellow) Opera House built in 1895, but burned in 1918, was located where Briceville School now stands. |
VOLUNTEERS INCLUDED:
Buffington, Buzz (TU) |
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Banded Sculpiin |
Striped Shiner |
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Clinton Courier News photos and captions |
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