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MARTIN, TENNESSEE â An Iroquois County, Illinois, student has been awarded a scholarship to attend the University of Tennessee at Martin for the 2021-22 academic year, according to Dr. James Mantooth, executive director, Office of Enrollment Services and Student Engagement, in a news release.
Jameson Cluver, of Watseka, son of Chad and Sherry Cluver, will be a freshman. He received the Voyager Scholarship.
UT Martin is a four-year university located in northwest Tennessee and is part of the University of Tennessee System. Additional information on scholarships and other types of financial assistance is available by contacting the UT Martin Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships, 205 Hall-Moody Administration Building, Martin, TN, 38238, or by calling (731) 881-7040.
The University of Tennessee at Martin will hold spring commencement in four separate in-person ceremonies May 7-8 on the main campus in the Kathleen and Tom Elam Center.
Clarksville NowClarksville Now team members, from the left, Tavia Smith, Lee Erwin, Chris Smith, Casey Williams, Keely Quinlan and Angela Peterson.
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – As Clarksville Now embarks on its 11th year covering local news, the reporting team has grown to include seven journalists: The editor, three news reporters, a marketing specialist, a news clerk/video journalist and a sports reporter.
Here’s an introduction to each member of the team and what they do to serve our readers.
Chris Smith, Clarksville Now Editor-in-Chief
Chris Smith is the editor-in-chief of Clarksville Now and joined the team in July 2020.
Smith is originally from Athens, Alabama, and spent half of his childhood in Haddon Township, New Jersey. He began his journalism career after getting his master’s degree in English at Auburn University.
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Major Richard Jarrett, 75, of Dickson, Tennessee, passed on April 24th, 2021, at Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tennessee. He was born on March 22, 1946, in Macon, Georgia to the late Archie and Margie Jarrett.
Richard was a U.S. Regular Army Soldier and retired honorably from the Medical Corps after 20 years of service as a Medical Service Corp Officer. During his military career, he served in Vietnam from 1970-1971. He was assigned to a clearing company at Chu Lai where he served rotations as a field medic treating and extracting wounded warriors from active combat zones. Later he was assigned to medical support services at various military bases around the world and in Washington, D.C. During these various challenging times, his family and Protestant faith sustained him. He was awarded two Bronze Stars, a Meritorious Service Medal, an Army Commendation Medal, a National Defense Service Medal, a Vietnam Service Medal, a Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Republic of