Archive for: December, 2002

To the Editor:

I have been lax lately but I must compliment you on the SEYMOUR HERALD once again.  The Knoxville News Sentinel surely could learn from your publication.  With The Seymour Herald, we KNOW we will receive it every Thursday; we have learned...

 

To the Editor:

It’s really nice to have local coverage. I know we will be submitting information on the local Cub Scout & Boy Scout activities. I look forward to seeing it run in the paper. Thanks for bringing the good news along with the important...

 

Dear Publisher,

Dear Publisher, First of all I am happy to see a new paper for Seymour.  We have needed one for a long time, and you fit the slot nicely!  I have only seen one copy of your paper during a visit home as I am currently a senior at East Tennessee...

 

Obituaries For November 27, 2002 / December 4, 2002

Obituary for Lucy Cate Strange 89, of Kodak went home to be with the loved ones who are waiting for her in heaven. She began her journey Saturday, December 7, 2002 at Sevier County Health Care Center. Mrs. Strange was a lifelong member of Beech...

 

Winners of Snowplow Art Contest Announced

The winners of the 2002 Snowplow Art Contest announced by the City of Alcoa Public Works and Engineering Director Kenny Wiggins were Joseph Neff, Alcoa Elementary School; Isaac Stone, Alcoa Middle School; and April Petree, Alcoa High School. The...

 

Praise 96.3 working with Feed the Children

Praise 96.3 working with Feed the Children

Local radio station Praise 96.3 is taking part this Christmas in the ‘Feed the Children’ charity and expects to help provide food and hygiene items to over 400 children in need during the holiday season. A transfer truck was parked outside...

 

Rep. Montgomery/McCord Elected to leadership posts in House of Rep.

Local State Representatives Richard Montgomery (R-Seymour) and Joe McCord (R-Maryville) were elected by their colleagues to leadership posts this week in the Tennessee House Republican Caucus. Montgomery was elected Whip, and McCord as Vice-Chairman...

 

Householder proud of team’s resiliency

The Seymour Eagles finished their 2002 football season 8-4 and Head Coach Gary Householder says that all things considered, it was a good year. “We’d like to win them all,” said Householder. “We’d like to be playing in the Blue Cross...

 

Prevention is best protection against injuries

According to a study just released by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA), the risk of injury of high school athletes can be lessened through establishing and maintaining injury prevention programs for both practice sessions...

 

Local coaches share view on Franchione move

Local coaches share view on Franchione move

Usually when news hits town that the University of Alabama is struggling in any sort of way with their football program, folks who follow the University of Tennessee don’t shed any tears, to say the least. However, when Coach Dennis Franchione...

 

Lonesome Pine announces new management

COEBURN, VA- The owners of Lonesome Pine International Raceway, a NASCAR Weekly Racing Series presented by Dodge track located off Route 58 in Coeburn, VA, have named Morris Copley to the position of General Manager and Track Promoter. Copley,...

 

Price, ID guides for World War II collectibles

Dec. 7, 2002-As we mark the 61st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, collectors of World War II propaganda, keepsakes and novelties are undoubtedly curious of the history behind their pieces. Two books can help collectors identify...

 

Dazzling diamonds at Doyle New York

Dazzling diamonds at Doyle New York

Important Estate Jewelry Goes on the Auction Block on April 16 – Featuring an Important French Art Deco Diamond Bracelet. April brings showers of diamonds at Doyle New York when the auction house holds a sale of Important Estate Jewelry...

 

Film & Entertainment Auction to be held at Christie’s

Film & Entertainment Auction to be held at Christie’s

Collectors worldwide eagerly await Christie’s December sale of Film & Entertainment in London, which again boasts exciting memorabilia from stage and screen spanning the 1920s to the present day. Collectors are invited to bid on film...

 

Movie Review: Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights – all in one hour

The cartoon feature “Adam Sandler’s Eight Crazy Nights” (Columbia) tells its story as if it is a holiday tale telling about Hanukkah and the joys of Christmas. It has an interesting story but this is not a cartoon feature for children. The...

 

Hank’s Last Night!

(Knoxville, TN) If there were a ghost on Gay Street, he might be driving a long, white Cadillac down deserted streets in the early morning hours. Hank Williams, Sr. spent his last night on this earth in Knoxville at the Andrew Johnson Hotel...

 

What’s happening in Celebrity News

What’s happening in Celebrity News

Treasure Island off to slow start The fallout from last weekend’s dismal “Treasure Planet” opening has already taken a big bite out of the Walt Disney Co.’s fiscal 2002 earnings. Disney stated that it has taken a $47 million write-down...

 

Pearl Harbor raid, December 7, 1941: National Freedom Museum honors the survivors

Pearl Harbor raid, December 7, 1941: National Freedom Museum honors the survivors

The December 7th 1941 Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor was one of the great defining moments in history. A single carefully planned and well-executed stroke removed the United States Navy’s battleship force as a possible threat to the Japanese...

 

Stopping short: Just over the cliff

Stopping short: Just over the cliff

At about 7:00 a.m. Monday morning, JoAnne Ashbaugh from Riverview, Florida was heading back to Florida via Georgia, traveling down Goose Creek Road in her 2002 Buick Century when she found herself going over the edge of the road heading down...

 

Winterfest of Trees held to help others

Winterfest of Trees held to help others

The Second Annual Winterfest of Trees was held Tuesday November 26th through Sunday December 1st at the Smoky Mountain Convention Center. The six-day event featured a wonderful selection of Christmas trees that were sold both by silent auction...