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Event Details

Upper Cumberland SHIP to Host FREE Welcome to Medicare Classes in Cumberland County Are you eligible for Medicare and curious about your plan options? Upper Cumberland SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program) is conducting a series of FREE Welcome to Medicare! Classes across the Upper Cumberland. In Cumberland County, classes will take place at the Art Circle Public Library from 9 a.m. until noon on the following dates:

Feb. 17
Apr. 11
June 25
Aug. 13
Oct. 1

Each class will consist of training on Parts A, B, C & D, as well as Medigap policies and ways to prevent Medicare fraud. SHIP is a federally funded program administered through the Area Agency on Aging & Disability (AAAD). Please call SHIP at 931-432-4150, visit the Upper Cumberland SHIP Facebook Page at facebook.com/UCSHIP, or email [email protected] to register or learn more. SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program) and SMP (Senior Medicare Patrol) are administered locally by the Upper Cumberland Development District and cover all 14 Upper Cumberland counties. SHIP/SMP representatives provide free and unbiased Medicare counseling for any questions, abuse, or concerns; they will also screen Medicare benefi ciaries for Low-Income Assistance Programs. Got Medicare? Got Questions? Call SHIP at 1-877-801-0044 or 931-432-4150. AAAD, a division of the Upper Cumberland Development District, connects older adults and adults with disabilities in the 14-county Upper Cumberland region with services and resources to improve their quality of life. Find

Time

October 1, 2026 9:00 am

Location

Art Circle Public Library

3 East St, Crossville, TN 38555

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Organizer

Upper Cumberland State Health Insurance Assistance Program

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Art Circle Public Library

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Event Details

100 year Anniversary Roane Iron Company Rockwood Mine Disaster

d. Oct 4, 1926

Rockwood, Tennessee

The Rockwood community will gather on to remember and honor the following individuals who were tragically killed in the Roane Iron Company’s Rockwood Mine (Rogers Section) Mining Disaster 100 years ago on October 4, 1926, as well as their families, the survivors, and those who assisted in the rescue and recovery efforts. The Memorial Service will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. (E.D.T.) at the Rockwood Homecoming Park at the corner of W. Rockwood Street and S. Front Street in Downtown Rockwood. The City of Rockwood particularly invites any family members and descendants of the miners to attend. This is a public event and everyone is welcome.

MINERS HONORED AND REMEBERED KILLED WILLIE “WILL” ARMOUR FRANK BOLES DAVE BRUMMETT P.C. CRAVEN WALTER CUNNINGHAM JESSIE “JESS” DALE C.B. DAVIS W.C. “BILLY” ELLIOT J.A. FREELS PHILIP GALYON BEN F. GIBSON A.J. GRIFFIS H.H. GRIFFIS FRANK HINDS LEE JOLLY VAN KIRBY HARRY LINGO GEORGE C. “G.C.” McCOY IRA NELSON GEORGE RIDDLE WILL RODGERS E.G. SMITH HECTOR SMITH CLARENCE C. STEVENS SAM TAYLOR CLYDE TEAGUE SEWELL “S.P.” WHITTIER KNOWN SURVIVORS OF THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTED AREA EBBIE DAVIS E.G. BOLES WILL TEAGUE ARTHUR TEAGUE