COAL CREEK IN THE NEWS
A listing of news articles

October 26, 2007: Briceville students dig for clues to the past: NBC WBIR-TV Knoxville filmed a segment on the day. http://www.wbir.com/life/programming/local/liveatfive/story.aspx?storyid=50574

October 26, 2007: Coal Creek Days Lets Young Students Investigates Nature, History segment aired on CBS WVLT-TV Knoxville. Reporter Allison Hunt and videographer Nate filmed the segment at Briceville School on Coal Creek Health Day and Briceville Opera House archaeological dig. http://www.volunteertv.com/ettm/headlines/10823031.html

May 19, 2007: 105th Anniversary of the Fraterville Mine Disaster. On the 105th anniversary of the Fraterville Mine Disaster, over 140 descendants and friends attended a free tour of several of the historic mine disaster sites. NBC WBIR-TV Knoxville filmed a segment on the day. Watch video by NBC WBIR-TV

October 27, 2006: Coal Creek Health Day segment aired on CBS WVLT-TV Knoxville. Reporter Stacy McCloud and her cameraman visited and did a great story with the kids!

July 28, 2005: Coal Creek Science and Engineering Camp at University of Tennessee. Ken Schwall and his videographer Josh from NBC WBIR-TV Knoxville news, produced a news segment about the camp and saw how synthetic tissues are preserved through cryogenics. Tony also conducted an experiment showing what happens when you throw a rubber ball, frozen using liquid nitrogen, against the floor. Students told what they learned at camp and described their career goals.

May 19, 2005, DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR LISTING OF FRATERVILLE MINERS’ CIRCLE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES -- A very special day with the descendants of the Fraterville miners and friends in Coal Creek for the Dedication Ceremony of the Fraterville Miners’ Circle’s listing on the National Register of Historic Places. Knoxville CBS Channel 8 Newsman Eric Waddell joined us at the ceremony and provided coverage of the events on WVLT-TV.

October 29, 2004: Coal Creek Health Day at Briceville School. The weather even turned out great! Knoxville’s CBS Channel 8 WVLT-TV reporter Stacy McCloud and her cameraman Chad McDaniels visited the school and got some great interviews with the kids and volunteers. Being on television or in the news always boosts the confidence of the Coal Creek students.

July 17, 2004, WATE-TV, Channel 6 News (ABC affiliate) Photojournalist Garrett Gooch covered the unveiling of the memorial wall by Ms. Curnutt and Ms. Poore, and the throwing out of the first pitch by Mr. Owen Bailey, as the newly restored Briceville Park was officially dedicated. Details of the event can be found at http://www.coalcreekaml.com/ParkDedicationDay.htm .

November 14, 2003, Channel 6, WATE-TV, Knoxville’s ABC affiliate, produced a news story on our water quality projects in Coal Creek. Reporter Tearsa Smith discussed the orange water coming from the old abandoned mine lands throughout Coal Creek.

On October 28, 2003, just in time for Halloween, reporter Beth Haynes and photojournalist Jim Martin from Knoxville's NBC Channel 10 WBIR-TV's "Live at Five" filmed a report with Barry Thacker and the kids from Briceville School telling ghost stories about the Coal Creek miners. We then took Beth and Jim to Blue Hole in Tennessee Hollow, Miners Circle Cemetery, Drummond Bridge, and the Old Convict Mine.

Reporter Kiley Yarbrough and Photojournalist Shane Day visited the first day of the Briceville Summer Reading / Book Bag Program. The kids and the program were Kiley’s weekly feature shown on Knoxville’s CBS Channel 8 WVLT-TV Volunteer News June 11, 2003 during their 5:30 to 6:30pm news hour.

On Monday, May 19, 2003 -- the 101st anniversary of the Fraterville Mine Disaster -- the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation sponsored a history field trip for 4^th and 5^th grade Briceville School students. To view photos and results: http://www.coalcreekaml.com/Frat101stFieldtrip2003.htm. , CBS-TV Knoxville, TN affiliate WVLT Channel 8 ran a feature news segment filmed by reporter Kiley Yarbrough and photojournalist Hugh Williamson, who accompanied us on our field trip.

On April 10, 2003, with all the rain and threats of flooding going on in East Tennessee right now, Knoxville NBC WBIR-TV Channel 10 produced a segment on their news about Coal Creek. The segment was about how Coal Creek has not flooded since the beginning of the volunteer efforts three years ago. Reporter Jennifer Mabe and Cameraman Brian Holt spent the morning in Coal Creek. They got shots of the creek and how it is doing with all this rain, an interview with Briceville Principal Tom Braden on how flooding has affected the school and the community in the past, and my thoughts on how all the great volunteers have helped prevent the flooding by removing deadwood and debris as a volunteer effort. Basically, a story of how communities can take care of themselves. Channel 10 news at 6:00 and 11:00pm, and on their repeat newscast on Comcast cable channel 21 – 10 News 2 – throughout the evening.

December 9, 2002, the 91^st anniversary of the Cross Mountain Mine Disaster in Coal Creek, where 89 men and boys were in the mine when it exploded. 84 men died, but 5 were rescued 58 hours later after barricading themselves into a room. (http://www.coalcreekaml.com/Legacy5.htm ). Barry Thacker and I got to take Ms. Carroll’s fourth grade class from Briceville School on a little history field trip in honor of the miners killed in Cross Mountain. Knoxville’s NBC Channel 10 WBIR-TV’s Live-at-Five reporter Kay Watson and Cameraman Scott Liston, along with The Clinton Courier’s reporter Anita Feliciano accompanied us on the trip. Singers Tony Thomas and Linda Gunderson played their special mountain music that told the stories of the Coal Creek War, Fraterville Mine Disaster,and the Cross Mountain Mine Disaster.

On November 24, 2002, Barry Thacker was interviewed at Knoxville's ABC Channel 6 WATE-TV. The station ran a short segment on tonight's news at 6:00 and 11:00 pm. The segment by reporter Denae D'Arcy and cameraman Herb Goss was about the Cross Mountain Mine explosion in Coal Creek on December 9, 1911. It compared that rescue with the Quecreek Mine rescue in Pennsylvania. The movie about Quecreek was shown on this night. Barry discussed how 84 men and boys perished in the Cross Mountain explosion, but 5 were rescued after 58 hours. Cross Mountain was the first successful mine rescue organized by a U.S. government agency.

Saturday, October 12, 2002 was the first volunteer work day to start restoring the old Briceville Ball Park. Reporter Will Lewis and Photojournalist Jason did a report for Knoxville's CBS Channel 8 WVLT-TV news. They interviewed Misters Owen Bailey and Glenn Poore who used to play ball at the park back in its heyday. Their news segment was seen by an anonymous foundation who donated $30,000 to the restoration project.

Reporter Will Lewis and News Videographer Daniel Beckner from Knoxville's CBS Channel 8 WVLT-TV did a nice segment during their news reports for Coal Creek Deadwood Removal Day 2002 on August 3, 2002.

Radio news report by Sam Brown, WNOX Knoxville. Story was picked up by ABC news radio, National Public radio covering the 100th anniversary of the Fraterville Mine Disaster.

Knoxville WVLT CBS TV report by Kylie Niles on the Fraterville Mine Disaster 100th Anniversary memorial service May 19, 2002

Knoxville WATE ABC TV segment by reporter Yvette Martinez covering 100th Anniversary of the Fraterville Mine Disaster May 18, 2002

Knoxville WBIR NBC "Live at Five" segment covering the Briceville School fifth graders field trip for Battle of Fatal Rock. Tara Lynn coverage of 100th Anniversary of Fraterville Mine Disaster May 10, 2002

Knoxville WBIR NBC "Live at Five" segment covering the Coal Creek Health Days at Briceville School on October 26, 2001

Knoxville WVLT-TV CBS and FOX-43 TV Local News segment on Clinch River Clean-up Day arranged by Coal Creek volunteers from the Clinch River Chapter of Trout Unlimited June 23, 2001

Knoxville WBIR-TV NBC Local News segment on Briceville School 5th grade field trip -- shown on May 11 and 12, 2001 -- Reported by Jennifer Mabe and Cameraman Scott Blair

Knoxville WVLT-TV CBS Local News segment on Coal Creek Mark the Trail day April 28, 2001

Knoxville Fox 43 - WKCH-TV Local news segment on Coal Creek Mark the Trail day April 28, 2001

Knoxville WBIR-TV 'Live at Five' segment featuring Coal Creek Discovery Day on August 22, 2000 with the kids of Briceville Elementary School -- Reported by Tara Lynn

Knoxville WVLT-TV NEWS - June 24, 2000: Segment featuring Deadwood Removal Day

Knoxville WVLT-TV NEWS - July 10, 2000: Segment featuring Briceville and Coal Creek

C-SPAN Democratic National Platform Committee -- July 6, 2000 St. Louis, MO -- Barry Thacker, PE testifies before committee members

History Channel -- two features on chain gangs, prison lease systems, Coal Creek war

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