KINGSPORT â The 79th annual Santa Train event will take place Saturday, Nov. 20, Santa Train sponsors announced Wednesday.
Due to ongoing concerns about COVID-19, and considering the amount of advance time it takes to make plans, organizers said they will once again hold drive-thru distributions at four Food City locations rather than host a traditional, multi-stop running of the train.
âPlanning the Santa Train takes several months, so the decision to hold our drive-thru gift event was made out of an abundance of caution in light of ongoing concerns about COVID-19,â said Bryan Tucker, vice president of corporate communications at CSX. âWe look forward to continuing the tradition of giving back to the area and are pleased to spread holiday cheer and lift spirits this November.â
JONESBOROUGH - Jodi Jackson Honeycutt, age 43, of Jonesborough, TN, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 14, 2021 with her husband and children by her side at Johnson City Medical Center.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm â 7:00 pm on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at Scott County Funeral Home in Weber City, VA. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 am on Thursday, May 20, 2021 at Oak Hill Memorial Park with Pastor Roger Vineyard officiating. A Memorial Service celebrating Jodiâs life will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 22, 2021, at Ron Ramsey Regional Agriculture Center located 140 Spurgeon Ln. Blountville, TN 37617 with Pastor Rodney Cobble officiating.
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Adventuring
Godolphin homebred Adventuring, riding a two-race win streak for reigning Eclipse Award-winning trainer Brad Cox, and BB Horses Miss Leslie, a local stakes winner in her only two tries around two turns, each make the jump into graded company in Friday s $250,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) at Pimlico Race Course.
The 97th running of the 1 1/8-mile Black-Eyed Susan for 3-year-old fillies highlights a spectacular 14-race program that includes six stakes, four graded, worth $1 million in purses. It returns to its traditional spot on the eve of the Preakness Stakes (G1) after sharing the program with the Middle Jewel of the Triple Crown when the races were delayed from mid-May to early October amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Weekend Lineup Presented By Pimlico: Spring Stakes Spectacular, San Francisco Mile Sponsored by:
Keeneland closes its spring meeting on Friday with the Grade 3 Bewitch Stakes, and the Kentucky scene shifts to Churchill Downs on Saturday evening with the William Walker Stakes to open its spring meeting just one week before the Grade 1 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve.
Graded stakes action in California this weekend is highlighted by the Grade 2 Santa Margarita Stakes at Santa Anita Park and the Grade 3 San Francisco Mile on turf at Golden Gate Fields, part of a five stakes race program which also includes the California Derby.