Libraries Receive New Addition

There are 282 public libraries in the 95 Tennessee counties.
This month all 282 received a new addition to their respective collections.
The Keep Tennessee Beautiful Foundation recently donated copies of “Nancy and Sluggo Love Tennessee: A Story About Keeping Tennessee Beautiful” in order to educate children across the state about the need for recycling and what littering does to the environment.
Each library received a letter along with the book from Keep Tennessee Beautiful Executive Director Missy Marshall, encouraging all to host a reading of “Nancy and Sluggo Love Tennessee” during the month of March in conjunction with Keep Tennessee Beautiful Month, as proclaimed by Gov. Bill Haslam.
To purchase a copy of the book, visit www.keeptnbeautiful.org.
In addition to March being Keep Tennessee Beautiful month, March 1 is the beginning of the Great American Cleanup, which runs through the end of May.
To help promote the Great American Cleanup, Mickey Utley, a musician from Haywood County, recorded a new version of his single “You, Me, and Tennessee” at Jaxon Record Studios in downtown Jackson on Jan. 21. Utley will perform the song live as part of the governor’s official kick-off party at the new Bass Pro Shop in the Pyramid in downtown Memphis on Feb. 29.