Archive for: May, 2006

SEVIER COUNTY INTAKE REPORTS

• Ashley Nicole McCarter, 20, Oliver Springs, was charged with capias GSC misdemeanor. She was released on $3,000 bond. • Harold Elmer Miller, 45, Sevierville, was charged with driving on a suspended license. He was released on $1,500 bond. • Owen...

 

Author of books on adventure hiking

Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced a free evening lecture by Cindy Ross, author of A Woman’s Journey, an account of hiking the entire 2,175 miles of the Appalachian Trail, and Scraping Heaven, a narrative of hiking the 3,100-mile...

 

CHURCH CALENDAR

St. Paul Episcopal Church of Seymour Schedules Worship Services St. Paul Church will be holding regular worship services on Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. with a Christian Education program from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. before that service. All are...

 

LOCAL NEWS

Holiday city services schedule The City of Sevierville announces several changes in building and service schedules for Memorial Day, May 29, 2006, as follows: There will be no bulk/junk collection on Monday, May 29. Bulk/junk collection services...

 

Sevier County Public Library story time

Seymour Branch Library “No Story Time” The Seymour Branch Library story time will be cancelled for Monday, June 5th. The Summer Reading Program will start at 11am on Monday, June 12th. For more information, please call 573-0728.   Sevier...

 

ABWA National President to speak at Sevier ABWA

Shirley Myrick, the presiding National President of the American Business Women’s Association and an ABWA Top Ten Business Women 2005, will speak at the Sevier Chapter of ABWA on Thursday, May 25th, at the Holiday Inn Pigeon Forge (networking...

 

JOY Club

The Pigeon Forge Community Center invites everyone to the JOY (Just Older Youth) Club meeting on Friday, June 2, 2006.  Bingo will begin at 10:30 am and lunch will be served at 11:30 am.  For more information about the games, lunch, and special...

 

4-H CONNECTIONS

4-H CONNECTIONS

news@theheraldnewspapers.com Sevier County 4-H Wildlife Judging Team Members recently brought home honors in the Eastern Regional 4-H Wildlife Judging Team competition held at The University of Tennessee Knoxville.      The senior team...

 

Waters to kick-off campaign for Congress

Waters to kick-off campaign for Congress

Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters (R-Gatlinburg) will officially kick-off his campaign for the 1st Congressional District on Tuesday. Waters, 53, is seeking the Republican nomination on a record of proven conservative leadership and dedication...

 

Healthcare program hopes to add Seymour

casey@theheraldnewspapers.com The Sevier County Economic Development Council (SCEDC) has been working to implement its affordable healthcare program and will be meeting with Cherokee Health Systems in Seymour with the hopes of getting the clinic...

 

Boyds Bear collects letters to soldiers

Sometimes all it takes is a simple, thoughtful letter of thanks and support from a proud and grateful citizen back home to brighten a service person’s day. But even for an area as compassionate and supportive of the brave men and women who...

 

Bloomin’ BBQ a success

15,000 attended the two-day festival casey@theheraldnewspapers.com The 2006 Bloomin’ Barbeque and Bluegrass festival was officially a success in its second year with an increase in attendance numbers of 50 percent over last year’s event. “The...

 

Local students receive academic awards

Four Sevier County students received awards at the Maryville College Academic Awards Ceremony held April 22 in Wilson Chapel. Students were recognized from different disciplines and for many different achievements. From Gatlinburg-Pittman High...

 

PFH student receives Police Scholarship

PFH student receives Police Scholarship

A Pigeon Forge High School senior has been awarded a scholarship from the Sevierville Police Department to attend Walters State Community College (WSCC).  The student, 18-year old Nick Dunn of Sevierville, will pursue a degree in Criminal...

 

Teen comes to Sevier to perform

Teen comes to Sevier to perform

Jumping through a ring of fire is all in a day’s work for 18-year-old Dusti Crain, the youngest female Roman rider in Dolly Parton’s Dixie Stampede Dinner & Show in Pigeon Forge, Tenn. In her first season with Dixie Stampede, Crain...

 

Alcoa man charged with Smokies murder

Maryville man dead following incident casey@theheraldnewspapers.com A 25-year-old Maryville man was found dead Sunday with an apparent stab wound at the Abrams Creek Campground in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A press release issued...

 

Irwin captures home run derby championship

Irwin captures home run derby championship

10-year old Seymour native won contest with three blasts at Bowers Field competition news@theheraldnewspapers.com After blasting three shots over the fence on a makeshift homerun derby playing surface at Bowers Field Saturday afternoon, 10-year...

 

FISH TALK

Cold weather has slowed fishing on Fort Loudon By Randy Lindsay and Josh Maples news@theheraldnewspapers.com Fishing has been tough this week on Fort Loudon due to the recent cold snap. With the water temperature fluctuating in the 67 to 69...

 

Lady Vols down Louisville for Region crown

Lady Vols down Louisville for Region crown

UT advances to NCAA Super Regionals nest weekend against ninth-seeded Michigan Tennessee registered its sixth consecutive NCAA regional victory stretching over two seasons behind a 10-hit attack and a masterful performance from pitcher Monica...

 

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