Jack Goins, Archivist for Hawkins County Tennessee, accepts the award given to Friends of Hawkins County Archives.This award was given by The East Tennessee Historical Society. http://www.east-tennessee-history.org/ 

The award reads:  "Local Society of the year award. For the notable accomplishment of preserving,  cleaning, sorting, and making available the records of this important early county, site of the state's oldest surviving courthouse."

Newspaper article:  http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=3631211