Archive for: June, 2004

MEDIC, Smokies team up for blood drive

This summer the Tennessee Smokies Baseball team and MEDIC Regional Blood Center are teaming up to save lives. If you donate blood to MEDIC at any blood drive from now through Labor Day you will receive a limited edition Tennessee Smokies T-shirt...

 

No injuries in two-car wreck Monday

No injuries in two-car wreck Monday

Traffic snarled for miles by late-afternoon fender-bender A silver late-model Cadillac Sedan Deville collided with a tan four-door Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme at the intersection of Chapman Highway and Maples Road just past the Sevier County...

 

The corner of Boyds Creek and Chapman Hwy. was the site of yet another accident at approximately

The corner of Boyds Creek and Chapman Hwy. was the site of yet another accident at approximately

The corner of Boyds Creek and Chapman Hwy. was the site of yet another accident at approximately 3:30 p.m. Monday, between a 2001 Gray Dodge Intrepid and a 1999 dark blue Chevy Malibu. There appeared to be no serious injuries, but traffic was...

 

Parade in Cherokee Hills

Parade in Cherokee Hills

Members and friends of Providence Baptist Church in Seymour held a parade through Hidden Valley and Cherokee Hills sub-divisions as a way to welcome the community to their vacation bible school. The school will run through June 24 from 6:30...

 

Teacher of the year honored at Dollywood

Teacher of the year honored at Dollywood

For Patricia Jordan, winning the Chasing Rainbow Award for Teacher of the Year had a special meaning because, “I’ve always been chasing my dream,” stated Jordan. Chosen out of teachers across the country, Dr. Jordan, a physiologist, has...

 

Alzheimer’s research bill gets Alexander’s support

Alzheimer’s research bill gets Alexander’s support

U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) announced Friday that he will co-sponsor the Ronald Reagan Alzheimer’s Breakthrough Act of 2004 to double funding for Alzheimer’s research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). “The last 10 years...

 

United Way names Bush 2004 Chair

United Way names Bush 2004 Chair

United Way of Greater Knoxville has announced Jim Bush, Chairman of Johnson & Galyon, Inc., will serve as the 2004 campaign chairman. Poised to lead United Way through its 83rd fundraising campaign in Knoxville, Bush is asking for the...

 

Teacher of the year honored at Dollywood

Teacher of the year honored at Dollywood

For Patricia Jordan, winning the Chasing Rainbow Award for Teacher of the Year had a special meaning because, “I’ve always been chasing my dream,” stated Jordan. Chosen out of teachers across the country, Dr. Jordan, a physiologist, has...

 

Community Calendar

Low Carb Diet Gathering Individual’s interested ion Low Carb support for our area will be getting tighter with others. Locarbs from across the country. Registration fee $15.00. June 26th, 2004. Saturday at 6:00p.m. Call for more info, Katie...

 

Marriage Licenses: June 10th to June 15th

Stanley Robinson Ashton and Myrtle Nelson Milligan of Gatlinburg, TN. Charles Arthur Atchison and Rebekah Kathy Hines Kremer of Sevierville, TN. Jonathan Paul Brannam and Jennifer Leigh Lockhart of Kodak, TN. Jason Darryl Davis and Frankie Angela...

 

Sevier Co. property transfers: June 10th to June 15th

Richard William Sturges and Geraldine Anne Sturges, grantors, to Mary Elizabeth Greene, grantee, for subdivision: English Mountain condominium, lot 1031, district 1, for $47,000.00. Eric R. Kelch and Leslie J. Kelch, grantors, to Steve A. Mathews,...

 

Obituaries for June 22, 2004

Edward Headrick, age 81, of Sevierville, died Thursday, June 17, 2004. Funeral services were held on Saturday in the Chapel of Atchley Funeral Home with Ted Ogle officiating. Family and friends met Sunday in Highland South Memorial Park for...

 

Sevier County Intake Reports: June 8th to June 13th

Kenneth Michael Wells, 48, of Sevierville, TN., for public intoxication, and was released on $500.00 bond. Samuel Kelly Hodges, 40, of Kodak, TN., for driving while revoked, DUI: third offense, and is being held. Ira Troy Thompson, 40, of Cosby,...

 

Get Real: The Art of the Deal

Whether you are the buyer or the seller, negotiation skills are crucial to a successful real estate transaction. You’ll find that a real estate agent provides the experience, tools, and skills necessary to “strike a deal” with the other...

 

July Fourth in Seymour bigger, better

As plans are finalized for the Third Annual Seymour Skyburst Fourth of July Celebration, to be held Saturday, July 3 at 6 p.m., bigger and better attractions for the event are being announced. The event, which will feature tons of games and...

 

Developer agrees on burials, wetlands

Riverwalk Park, LLC, has amended their plans for riverside development. In order to assure compliance with the National Historic Preservation Act, the company will not pursue construction in the lower portion of the development nearest the water,...

 

Happy Father’s Day

Happy Father’s Day

The Herald Newspapers reminds our readers to do something special for your father this weekend – his special day falls on Sunday. Fathers are important role models and often represent the authority we all hope when we are younger to someday...

 

Waltrip unveils $5 mil attraction

Waltrip unveils $5 mil attraction

Pigeon Forge’s Belle Island Village to house major tourist destination “We stand here before you today waving a green flag,” Darrell Waltrip told attendees of a press conference Tuesday. “The next time you see us here, we’ll be...

 

County holds mock terror attack

County holds mock terror attack

If a terrorist attack struck Sevier County, the emergency services personnel who protect us want to be ready. To that end, Leadership Sevier and the combined police, fire, and emergency services from municipalities and county resources met...

 

Trotter named Athlete of the Year

Trotter named Athlete of the Year

University of Tennessee track & field national champion, All-American and school record-holder Dee Dee Trotter has been named the 2004 AOPi/Lady Vol Athlete of the Year, Women’s Athletics Director Joan Cronan announced Monday. Trotter...