Archive for: August, 2004

Back to school schedule

Back to school schedule

The “back to school” bus is getting ready to board for Sevier County, August 18. Many of the surrounding counties have already made the jump and have the kids firmly planted in their seats. Blount County started their program August 9 and...

 

Hoteliers play golf for scholarships

Hoteliers play golf for scholarships

The rain on Thursday, August 14, didn’t stop the Pigeon Forge Hotel & Lodging Association from successfully hosting their 7th Annual Golf Tournament. “Everyone came,” said Judy Ann Dial, PFHLA president. “All of our registered...

 

Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival

Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival

Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver celebrate 25 years Friday, September 17th @ 8:30 pm Bluegrass music will mark many anniversaries in 2004, but none will commemorate a greater accomplishment than the creation 25 years ago of Doyle Lawson’s award-winning...

 

From basketball to breakfast

From basketball to breakfast

Cousins work and play together For Betty Sue Fleming, coming to work at Flapjacks in Sevierville has been a little more fun this summer. Part of the reason is because three of her grandchildren are working right along with her. Fleming, who...

 

Ten-year-old earns SCUBA

Ten-year-old earns SCUBA

Seymour Intermediate fifth grader, Angela Karl is one of the youngest certified Junior Open Water Diver in the state, since the minimum age was lowered to age ten. “There aren’t many kids that age receiving their divers license,” stated...

 

Movie Review: Pick up the Collateral Damage

Movie Review: Pick up the Collateral Damage

“Collateral” is the rare action film that actually spends the time to develop its characters. Although it falters slightly at the end, the film is still one of the best of the Summer. “Collateral” begins with a kind and intelligent...

 

Amigos International will hold English classes

The Education Committee of Amigos International of East Tennessee is currently seeking volunteers to participate in community based projects. Amigos International is a local organization dedicated to assisting immigrants from all nations who...

 

Smokies, Medic team at up for blood drive

Smokies, Medic team at 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...

 

Sevierville City has good school sense

Sevierville City has good school sense

Area schools will re-open Wednesday, August 18th, causing pedestrian and vehicle traffic to increase significantly.  The flashing yellow school zonelights, indicating the presence of school children around schools, will beactivated soon to...

 

Patriot’s Day parade great for kids

Patriot’s Day parade great for kids

Young and old alike enjoy the festivities The sun shined, the smiles were bright, and the laughter was contagious as Pigeon Forge celebrated our nation’s freedom with the Patriot’s Day parade. Over forty floats paraded past the crowd, from...

 

New child restraint law now enforced

New child restraint law now enforced

On July 1, a new child restraint law went into effect stating that children age four through eight and measuring less than five feet tall must ride in a belt positioning booster seat in the back seat of the vehicle. This is a change that caught...

 

Sevier County Intake Reports

Kevin Junior Williams, 30, of Sevierville, TN., for capias GSC misdemeanor, capias GSC misdemeanor, and is being held. Michael A. Taylor, 18, of Gatlinburg, TN., for DUI, evading arrest, and is being held. Keith Shawn Hartness, 28, of Knoxville,...

 

Author to share at Brown Bag lunch

If you believe it is important to pass on family memories, personalities, heritage, then you will want to join local author, Russ Driver, for a Brown Bag Lunch program at 12:00 noon on Monday, August 23, at the Blount County Public Library....

 

Poore back up front

Poore back up front

Driver comes from the back to win The 411 Motor Speedway Modified Mini division has been growing all year, and the addition of Terry Poore has added a dimension of driving that the fans are sure to enjoy. Poore didn’t make his heat race and...

 

Beam does play by play for CN

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – Carson-Newman alum Zeke Beam will become the new play-by-play announcer for C-N football and basketball games, athletic director David Barger announced today. Beam, a Knoxville native, is entering his seventh season...

 

Racin\’ Round: Silly season begins

Happier times for some drivers I love this time of year, you know the weather gets a little better; the kids go back to school, the drivers for all the series start to whine. It’s silly season again, and it isn’t just the Nextel Cup drivers...

 

Lady Vol makes the Olympic grade

Lady Vol makes the Olympic grade

Lady Vol Junior, Head Coach J.J. Clark’s Family Members Continuing Team USA Preparations In Crete CRETE — After a short trip to Athens, Greece, for the Olympic Games Opening Ceremonies on Friday night, University of Tennessee junior...

 

Child fingerprinting at Five Oaks Mall

Child fingerprinting at Five Oaks Mall

The City of Sevierville Police Department will provide child fingerprintingservices on Wednesday, August 18, 2004, at Heart Strings in Five Oaks Mallin Sevierville.  SPD recommends that parents keep their child’s fingerprintsand a recent...

 

Making Sense: Selling America Out to 13 Democrats

For some insane reason the State Department has caved in to the outrageous demands of 13 House Democrats that foreign observers be invited to monitor the fall presidential election. It will be the first time such a team of outsiders has been...

 

The Wright Words: It really is the economy, stupid

It really is the economy, stupid Does George Bush truly believe he can fool American citizens into thinking our economy has “ turned the corner,” and...