Last weekend was a big disappointment for us. We were invited to the Governor’s Inauguration Ball and had to cancel because of the bad weather scare we heard for 4 days prior to the weekend.
But I am very pleased with the positive response I’ve heard from so many people about the “honey do” list for the Seymour.
There have been a couple of people concerned about taxes going up if the county did put a satellite office in Seymour like ones they have in Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.
I talked with Joe Keener about that. He said that basically the fees from the services are set up to cover the costs. Plus he would probably share the office with another county service.
Same with the Boys and Girls Club. The community is the one that really pays for it through supporting sponsors.
The local businesses, the community leaders need to head it up. Someone should step forward and donate, at a reasonable cost, the land for the location.
Walt Dixon donated 14 acres to the county for the community. So far the county is having a difficult time locating an organization to head it up. According to Bill Oaks, the Seymour Breakfast Rotary Club said they couldn’t do it. So the Optimist Club has taken up the cause.
Large national chains would also step in and help fund the project. The community craftsman and other able bodied people could get together and have a “barn raising” like in the old days.
Think how much fun that would be.
I say the Seymour Breakfast Rotary Club is the perfect group to head this up. What other project has the Seymour Breakfast Rotary Club performed in the last 10 years that comes to mind? Passing out dictionaries? Yeah, that’s good, but wouldn’t a Boys and Girls Club make a real impact on the community.
Their members are bankers with money, and presidents of companies that control people and equipment.
Why a little project like this shouldn’t take more than a couple of months to put together for those powerful people with time and money in their hands.
How about it Seymour Rotarians – what say you?
In other county news . . .
Last month the county commissioners had to consider zone changes on 12 pieces of property. They approved 10 of the twelve and tabled one and rejected one.
Ninety percent wanted to change from Rural to Commercial.
Now that David Taylor has left that department and gone to work in the private sector, the phones always seem to be going to voicemail. Jeff Ownby is replacing Taylor heading up that department.
I don’t know about you, but I love to talk to a live person.

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