Archive for: March, 2006

Oratory contest for  students

news@theheraldnewspapers.com The Sevier County Right to Life organization will be sponsoring an oratory contest for  students of all Sevier County high schools on the subjects of abortion, euthanasia, and stem cell research.  The contest will...

 

Globalization of health care is topic of April 4 presentation at Maryville College

Continuing Maryville College’s Community Conversations Series on globalization, Dr. Dick Gourley, dean of the University of Tennessee’s College of Pharmacy, will present “Globalization of Health Care: It’s a Small World” at 7 p.m.,...

 

First hand lesson for Seymour students

First hand lesson for Seymour students

Seymour Primary School students received a first-hand lesson about these and other birds visiting from the sanctuary at Dollywood. The program was put on through a partnership between the Dollywood Foundation and Woodmen of the World. ...

 

Planners wary of pump-and-haul sewage

news@theheraldnewspapers.com Developers who have been planning a housing development off of Sugar Hollow Road were turned down by the Pigeon Forge Planning Commission Tuesday night for a second time, denying approval of their plan which incorporates...

 

Friends of Wears Valley to meet tonight

news@theheraldnewspapers.com The Friends of Wears Valley (FOWV), a community organization of residents concerned about overdevelopment in Sevier County, will be meeting tonight to discuss progress on their on-going efforts to promote their cause. The...

 

Mystery Mine Ride to open in ‘07

Mystery Mine Ride to open in ‘07

casey@theheraldnewspapers.com The Pigeon Forge Planning Commission approved a site plan for a brand new ride for the Dollywood theme park. Architect for the project, Bruce Rutherford, presented a site plan and an artist’s rendering of what...

 

Accident on Chapman causes delay

Accident on Chapman causes delay

Two car accident on Chapman Highway sent three to the hospital. Traffic backed up for at least a mile both on Hwy 411 and Boyds Creek. South bound traffic on Chapman Highway was stopped for nearly 10 minutes. A Ford Escort driven by a female...

 

Program would require tracking of household pets

Program would require tracking of household pets

Measure opposed by proposed Tenn. bill casey@theheraldnewspapers.com Some Seymour residents and Tennessee legislators are concerned about a program which would require tracking devices to be implanted in every farm animal and household pet...

 

Planners wary of pump-and-haul sewage

news@theheraldnewspapers.com Developers who have been planning a housing development off of Sugar Hollow Road were turned down by the Pigeon Forge Planning Commission Tuesday night for a second time, denying approval of their plan which incorporates...

 

Friends of Wears Valley to meet tonight

news@theheraldnewspapers.com The Friends of Wears Valley (FOWV), a community organization of residents concerned about overdevelopment in Sevier County, will be meeting tonight to discuss progress on their on-going efforts to promote their cause. The...

 

Mystery Mine Ride to open in ‘07

Mystery Mine Ride to open in ‘07

casey@theheraldnewspapers.com The Pigeon Forge Planning Commission approved a site plan for a brand new ride for the Dollywood theme park. Architect for the project, Bruce Rutherford, presented a site plan and an artist’s rendering of what...

 

Accident on Chapman causes delay

Accident on Chapman causes delay

Two car accident on Chapman Highway sent three to the hospital. Traffic backed up for at least a mile both on Hwy 411 and Boyds Creek. South bound traffic on Chapman Highway was stopped for nearly 10 minutes. A Ford Escort driven by a female...

 

Program would require tracking of household pets

Program would require tracking of household pets

Measure opposed by proposed Tenn. bill casey@theheraldnewspapers.com Some Seymour residents and Tennessee legislators are concerned about a program which would require tracking devices to be implanted in every farm animal and household pet...

 

Lady Vols drop three in a row at Bama

Lady Vols drop three in a row at Bama

Three UT errors permit four unearned runs to score for the Tide For the second straight contest, No. 6 Alabama (29-4, 9-0 SEC) rallied from a deficit to register a victory over No. 2 Tennessee (27-4, 2-4 SEC) in front of a large crimson-clad...

 

Vols Harrell named to Lott trophy watch list

Senior defensive lineman among list of 42 national candidates for award Tennessee’s Justin Harrell is one of the 42 top defensive players in the nation who have been named to the 2006 Lott Trophy Watch List, it was announced Monday. Named...

 

Dane Bradshaw has wrist surgery

Dane Bradshaw has wrist surgery

Tennessee junior guard Dane Bradshaw underwent successful surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist, associate trainer Chad Newman announced Monday. The procedure was performed by Dr. Arthur Retting on Friday, March 24, in Indianapolis,...

 

County briefs: Lions blank Sequoyah

Pigeon Forge sweeps King’s in tennis action Spreading the scoring out between four players, The King’s Academy Lions chalked up another win Monday night, blanking Sequoyah 6-0. David Inyang and Kevin Taylor each netted a pair of goals for...

 

IRS establishes e-mail box for taxpayers to report phony e-mails

The Internal Revenue Service announced today that it has established an electronic mailbox for taxpayers to send information about suspicious e-mails they receive which claim to come from the IRS. Taxpayers should send the information to: phishing@irs.gov. The...

 

Henry Kissinger will be in Knoxville

UT’s Baker Center allies with Churchill archives to hold British-American conference Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, Newsweek managing editor Jon Meacham and Winston S. Churchill, grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, will be among...

 

OBITUARIES

Dorothy Alyene Reese, age 74 of Gatlinburg, passed away Monday, March 27, 2006. As a pediatrician and founder of the Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic, she bettered the lives of thousands of medically indigent residents of the Smoky Mountains...