Archive for: December, 2007

Car over embankment stopped by tree

A single vehicle wreck sent a female driver to the University of Tennessee Medical Center today, the last day of the year. The unnamed driver was driving toward Kimberlien Heights when she lost control of her white 1997 Honda Civic around 11:30...

 

Dear Seymour Herald,

  Why does Sevier County not have a recycling center? Is there something I can do to provoke the county to begin an intensive recycling program similar to Knox County's? I desperately need to recycle my plastic bottles,...

 

Cutest Dog & Cat Photo Contest Open To Seymour Area Residents

The TN State Chapter of Dog & Cat Lovers of America in partnership with IPOC is proud to announce that many cash and prizes are up for grabs including a $1,000.00 Cash Grand Prize in the 2008 Spring Cutest Pet Photo Contest. 10 lucky...

 

Real Estate Is Like Politics

What’s the best way to make money when the real estate market crashes? By understanding that “all real estate is local, just like politics,” says David Lindahl, owner of The Lindahl Group, a real estate investment company. “This...

 

The Editor

This narrative from perspective furnished interested parties deals with responsibility & accountability of pubic officials, citizenry and assets of Sevier County.  Government acts through Board of Commissioners, officers and employees...

 

Filing Season Opens on Time Except for Certain Taxpayers Potentially Affected by AMT Patch

The Internal Revenue Service announced today that the upcoming tax season is expected to start on time for everyone except certain taxpayers potentially affected by late enactment of the Alternative Minimum Tax “patch.”  Following...

 

To the editor:

I frequently receive inquiries from constituents concerning the application of Tennessee?s ethics law to local government officials. Tennessee?s ethics law, enacted in 2006, provides rather weak, limited oversight of local government officials....

 

NOVEMBER 2007 COUNTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATES

Tennessee’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for November 2007, released last week, was 4.9 percent. The United States unemployment rate was 4.7 percent. County non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for November 2007, released...

 

Top Stories for 2007

Top Stories for 2007

We are asking our readers to comment on the top stories they read in the Seymour Herald during the past 12 months. Do you have some stories that stood out in your mind that you read in the Seymour Herald? Let us know by entering the stories...

 

Tennessee Nominates 2008 Blue Ribbon Schools

Nashville, TN – Education Commissioner Lana Seivers has nominated six Tennessee schools for the national Blue Ribbon Schools award which recognizes schools either for making dramatic gains or leading their state in student academic achievement....

 

LAW PROTECTING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS EFFECTIVE JAN. 1

NASHVILLE, TN _ Starting Jan. 1, Tennessee businesses will be prohibited from including Social Security numbers in consumer mailings or requiring them to be used as identification on the Internet. The restrictions are part of a new law, the...

 

Gatlinburg Celebrates the New Year in Grand Fashion

Gatlinburg Celebrates the New Year in Grand Fashion

Gatlinburg will welcome the arrival of 2008 in grand style with its 20th Annual New Year’s Eve Ball Drop and Fireworks Show at the Space Needle late Monday night, December 31. The festivities get cranked up by 11 p.m. with entertainment...

 

Who Is Responsible For The Decline

More people are trying to interject their opinions into the decline of modern education.  Parents blame teachers and administrators while those same people blame faceless bureaucracies in the state and national capitals as well as parents. ...

 

All-Southern Pigskin Team includes no Vols

Members of the SouthernPigskin.com Staff reveal the 2007 All-SouthernPigskin.com team comprised of players from the ACC and SEC   QB – Tim Tebow, Florida RB – Darren McFadden, Arkansas RB – Knowshon Moreno, Georgia WR...

 

Prince named SEC Player of the Week

Tennessee sophomore guard J.P. Prince has been named the SEC Player of the Week after helping lead the 12th-ranked Volunteers to wins over UNC Asheville and at 24th-ranked Xavier last week. The Memphis native posted a career-high 13 points...

 

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

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Johnson injured in WCU loss

Johnson injured in WCU loss

Western Carolina center Brooke Johnson, a former Seymour High School All-State basketball player and the Lady Eagles' all-time leading scorer, was carried off the court Thursday night after injuring her knee while trying to score a lay-up...

 

Barn Fire Total Loss

Friday at 7:32 A.M. the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department was called to 8105 Jack Jones Rd. in South Knoxville on a barn fire. Firefighters arrived at the scene at 7:41 A.M. to find a 1800 square foot single story barn fully involved in fire....

 

Another year gone

The years just seem to be flying by. I still sometimes write the wrong year on checks and other documents. To think that I have lived through a period of time when during my younger years there was no such thing as a cellular phone, color...

 

Zaxby’s to Open in January

The Seymour Zaxby’s is set to officially open January 7th according to Fred Weir, one of the partners of the new owners. “We will be doing a “soft opening” and after a couple of months we will have our official Grand...