Archive for: November, 2002

Seymour Christian teaching students the history of coming holidays

Seymour Christian teaching students the history of coming holidays

The second and third grade classes at the Seymour Christian Academy are currently working on separate projects that celebrate the upcoming holiday season, but in different ways. The second grade students of Mrs. Pam Williams are learning about...

 

Fire hits Heritage High School

Heritage High students were surprised to find that the fire drill that usually goes off as a warning was indeed real. The vocational building, used to store fertilizer used on the school’s athletic fields, had flames coming out of the top...

 

Pre-season jamboree a success according to Principal

Seymour High School hosted a pre-season basketball jamboree last week with proceeds going to help Seymour Assistant Basketball Coach Dennis Berrier, who is waging an ongoing battle with cancer. According to Seymour High School Principal Bruce...

 

Thanksgiving Tournament Basketball Preview

The Seymour Eagles and Lady Eagles’ basketball squads will host basketball teams from seven other East Tennessee high schools in the annual Seymour High School Thanksgiving Tournament. The hoop’s action started Monday afternoon and will...

 

Sports Shorts: How to count your heart rate

Checking your pulse is an easy way to determine heart rate. Your resting heart rate should be counted for 60 seconds. Counting a resting pulse rate in less time increases the chance of error, so during exercise, 6 or 10 second pulse checks can...

 

Vols hope to stay on track against Kentucky

The Tennessee Volunteers rode their revamped running game to a 24-0 win over the hapless Vanderbilt Commodores last Saturday to record their first back to back victories since defeating Rutgers and Arkansas in consecutive games a month and a...

 

Slay scores career high to lead Vols to opening win

Trailing by 17-points to the Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs Friday night, the Tennessee Volunteers were forced to turn to seniors’ Ron Slay and Jon Higgins to rescue them in the second half against the upset minded visitors and pull out a...

 

Smokies Baseball News and Notes

* Former Tennessee manager Rocket Wheeler was recently hired to manage the Rome Braves in Rome, Georgia. The Braves are an Atlanta farm team that play in the Class-A South Atlantic League. *The Tennessee Smokies would like to remind you that...

 

Aqua Vols finish 2nd at the 2002 Nike Cup Championships last Saturday

Chapel Hill, N.C. — The Tennessee swimmers took home second place at the 2002 Nike Cup Championships Saturday, in Chapel Hill, N.C.. Without the aid of diving points, the Vol swimmers took command and scored 713 points behind host North Carolina’s...

 

2002-03 University of Tennessee Basketball schedule

Date Opponent Time 11-8 EA Sports (exh.) W75-70 7:30p.m. 11-14 Worldwide (exh.) W108-80 7:30p.m. 11-22 Gardner-Webb W71-60 7:30p.m. 11-25 VMI (FSNS) 7:30p.m. 12-4 at Texas A&M 8:00p.m. Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl Classic For Kids 12-15 Georgia...

 

The colorful and collectible history of cola

Noted Pepsi-Cola® collector Bob Stoddard brings readers a treasure trove of information in this must-have volume, “The Encyclopedia of Pepsi-Cola® Collectibles,” now available from Krause Publications. Divided into four sections—signs,...

 

Small variations: Big payoffs for Hot Wheels collectors

Collectors will be racing to get their hands on this hot new book featuring Collector Number cars, “The Ultimate Guide to Hot Wheels‰ Variations,” by Michael Zarnock. Covering the years 1989-1999, this book provides descriptive listings...

 

Want to get scared? Check out the Ring

Want to get scared? Check out the Ring

It sounded like just another urban legend, kids talking about videotape filled with horrible images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer’s death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical...

 

Grab your brooms and go see Harry Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Grab your brooms and go see Harry Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

Yes, grab your brooms and go see Harry, but you’d better plan on staying awhile. The film runs nearly three hours but believe me it is worth the stay. When the movie opens Harry Potter has not had a good summer. Not only has he had to put...

 

What’s happening in Celebrity News

What’s happening in Celebrity News

Danger Comic heads to screen She’s bold, she’s brave, now she is leaping off the pages of the “Danger Girl” comic book series into live-action development at UPN and Paramount Network TV. UPN and Paramount have struck a deal with...

 

Seven people flee from house fire in early morning hours

Seven people flee from house fire in early morning hours

Early Thursday morning, the 14th of November, at approximately 5:30 a.m. a blaze drove seven people, including two children from their home in the Hidden Valley subdivision area behind Cherokee Hills subdivision. The home, located in Blount...

 

HERITAGE CENTER TO HOST CHRISTMAS MEMORIES EVENT

The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center will host its second Smoky Mountain Christmas Memories event November 30 through December 2, Friday – Sunday, at the Center in Townsend. “We look forward to celebrating the Christmas season...

 

Annual Competition Allows East Tennessee Students to Showcase Artwork

November 20, 2007 (Knoxville, TN) –Students from grades six through 12 showcase their talents at the Knoxville Museum of Art during the second annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition  November 30, 2007 – January...

 

Annual Competition Allows East Tennessee Students to Showcase Artwork

November 20, 2007 (Knoxville, TN) –Students from grades six through 12 showcase their talents at the Knoxville Museum of Art during the second annual East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition  November 30, 2007 – January...

 

Three vehicle accident sends one to hospital

Three vehicle accident sends one to hospital

A three-vehicle accident on Chapman Hwy and Boyds Creek Hwy. around noon November 13th sent one woman to the hospital. A flat bed truck was sitting at the Boyd’s Creek light on Chapamn hwy. when a car rear ended her. A second car was unable...