Archive for: June, 2002

Perfume bottle collectors make ‘scents’ of it all

Perfume bottle collectors make ‘scents’ of it all

Between hundred-dollar Pokémon cards, thousand-dollar cookie jars and million-dollar home run baseballs, the world of antiques and collectibles can be confusing and confounding. But there is one group who is making sense of it all — or...

 

Jawa, Jabba, Amidala: Star Wars characters are a collectible crew

While the latest installment in the “Star Wars” saga continues to make headlines with box-office sales, toy enthusiasts know the tie-ins related to the stellar series have been newsmakers in collector circles since the early 1980s. But collectors...

 

New Raggedy Ann book gives insight into old classic doll

New Raggedy Ann book gives insight into old classic doll

Johnny Gruelle, known less by his name and more often as the “Raggedy Ann man,” worked all his life as an artist. His whimsical drawings and astute observations inspired a number of other artists and cartoonists, including Theodore Giesel...

 

High School Choir Picture Album

High School Choir Picture Album

The Seymour High School Choir recently returned from Carnegie Hall. Here are some photos from their trip. … read the rest of the story by Subscribing now.... read the rest of the story by Subscribing now.ShareEmailFacebookTwitterGoogle...

 

The Wooten Brothers are bringing their musical virtuosity to Blue Cats!

(Knoxville, TN) A famous family of musical virtuosos is coming to share their music with the crowd at Blue Cats Saturday, June 29, 2002 at 9:30 p.m. Regi Wooten on guitar is known as “The Teacher.” It was Regi’s early instruction that...

 

Local Fun!

Special Events………….. Knoxville Welcomes Honda Hoot 2002 downtown Knoxville all this week. Museums and such………… Knoxville Museum of Art presents “Lines in Motion: Abstract Impressions” from the Charles R. Dean Collection...

 

Movie Review Scooby Doo – You will love it or hate it

Movie Review Scooby Doo – You will love it or hate it

We were a little apprehensive about taking our kids to see Scooby Doo. Someone told me Shaggy was a pothead and that Velma was gay. “In a kids movie?” I thought. Then why was it rated PG? Velma is not gay and I saw no reference to marijuana....

 

Fallen Officer’s Memory Lives on

Officer James Page, Officer of the Year for 2001, will receive the Steve McCulley Memorial Scholarship on Tuesday, June 18th, at 2:15 p.m. in the Roll Call Room in the City/County Building. Officer Page was selected 2001 Officer of the Year...

 

Seymour Under Construction

Seymour Under Construction

The growth is evident in all parts of Seymour. The portions of Sevier, Blount and Knox counties of Seymour are all experiencing major growth. It’s hard to understand if the growth is due in part to the excellent interest rates or the fact...

 

Dr. Castle and four others indicted

Dr. Castle and four others indicted

The saga continues…. After following the Dr. Castle case for months, there are new developments to report. Sources told the Seymour Herald to “keep watching and waiting that more was in the brew” and it appears that brew has exploded. As...

 

Passing storm marks area with lightening strike

Passing storm marks area with lightening strike

At about 4:10 p.m. June 6th, Terri Kerley was in the downstairs bathroom when she heard a loud noise like she’s never heard before. Only to discover that a passing storm had left it’s mark on her home at 1305 Boyds Creek, Seymour, by striking...

 

Sponsors needed for 4th of July Bash

Sponsors needed for 4th of July Bash

Fireworks in Seymour. Bringing the community together for a great time. Sponsors are needed for the first annual Seymour 4th of July bash. The event will be held at the Seymour Community Park from 6:00 pm until all the fireworks have been lit. Besides...

 

Asheville brings Seymour closer to Hollywood

Asheville brings Seymour closer to Hollywood

Hollywood may be hundreds of miles away but a short drive northeast will take you to Asheville, North Carolina and the new home of Blue Ridge Motion Pictures. The studio first came to the attention of many in Sevier, Knox and Blount county...

 

News Around Our Area

Knoxville Former UT Women’s Track Coach Charged Myrtle Ferguson, a former University of Tennessee women’s track coach was arrested last week on the charges she used a former UT athlete’s identity to steal nearly $5,000. Ferguson resigned...

 

Woman slightly injured in wreck on Chapman

Woman slightly injured in wreck on Chapman

The driver of a 1999 Nissan Sentra was slightly injured Thursday when her vehicle left the road and went into a ditch heading southbound on Chapman Highway. She ran off the road and rode the ditch for about 30-feet before flipping the car over...

 

Big Hearts Get Big Rewards

The results are in! This year’s Knox County Sack Pack has proven to be another success! Goodwill Industries-Knoxville Inc., in conjunction with Knox County Schools, Ogle’s Water Park, and Mc Donald’s, collected over 186,984 pounds of...

 

TBI adds two more to its Most Wanted

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) has announced Saturday, June 8th, 2002 that it has added Charles Arleigh Green, age 39, Ronald Maurice Gooch, age 23 (Gooch was apprehended Sunday, June 9th), James Edward Watson, age 46 and Ronald...

 

Thousands of pounds of trash cleaned up by county inmates and community service workers

dusty@seymourherald.com Sevier County Sheriffs Department believes in keeping the “trash” off the streets-literally. The Sevier County Sheriffs Department has been helping to keep Sevier County roadways clean and beautiful, and it shows....

 

Rodney Crowell to MC “Down from the Mountain” summer tour

Producers Announce Additional Performers on Hit 41-City Tour Nashville, Tennessee (June 3, 2002) – Grammy award winner Rodney Crowell will MC the enormously popular Down From the Mountain summer tour, it was announced today by The Coen Brothers...

 

Things I don’t understand

There are little things that I just don’t understand. Maybe it’s just from my point of view that I don’t understand. Some things kinda make sense and yet, I still don’t understand. Take for example the simple function of vacuum cleaning....