PUPPY LOVE — Two-year-old Halle Nordin of Union City came face to face with a Dalmatian — ironically, also named Halle — during a visit to Saturday’s first-ever Play and Spray hosted by the Union City Fire Department at Central Fire Station. The 3-year-old Dalmatian, a traditional fire department mascot, belongs to Obion Fire Chief…

SUMMER CAMPS — Kipton Powers, son of Kelley and Mallory Powers, enjoys fishing in the lake at Discovery Park of America. Kelley Powers, along with his brothers Jon Ed and Tripp, own Final Flight Outfitters, the sponsor of this year’s first overnight summer camp offered at DPA. Fishing, archery, camp building and storytelling headline the…

FEEDING TIME — Majestic bald eagles can often be seen flying around Reelfoot Lake, with several pairs nesting at the lake on an annual basis. Well-known photographer Dr. Robert Clendenin of Union City recently captured one feeding its young in a rarely-seen up-close view of the nest. An eagle’s diet is primarily made up of…

GOING DOWN — The Flounder may be a fish, but it did not go very far without turning over in Discovery Park of America’s Cardboard Regatta races on Saturday. The boat was made by the South Fulton High School physics class and was manned on separate races by students Karlee Meadows, Blake Johnson, Alexis Brown, Owain…

IT’S A RACE — Union City Fire Department firefighters David Stone and Lynn Cox, who wore their turnout gear, went head to head in a race against Norah Ferrell and Brian Ferrell in the Tangled boat during Discovery Park of America’s Cardboard Regatta races on Saturday. The UCFD team, in its boat The Whaley, won…