Archive for: April, 2008

First Baptist Semi Annual Rummage Sale A Success

First Baptist Semi Annual Rummage Sale A Success

The Seymour First Baptist Church Semi Annual Rummage Sale filled the Church’s gym with everything you’d find at a rummage sale and then some. There was jewelry, toys, dolls, mattresses, computer stuff, electronics, original works...

 

Saturday, April 5 racing program at Volunteer Speedway canceled due to rain

The season-opening points night of racing scheduled for Saturday, April 5 at Volunteer Speedway has been canceled due to significant rainfall received around the East Tennessee region over the last couple of days. "I'm not complaining...

 

Comedy Central presents Brian Regan in Concert at the Tennessee Theatre

Comedian Brian Regan will be coming to the Tennessee Theatre on Sunday, June 8, at 7 p.m. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. via the Tennessee Theatre box office, all Tickets Unlimited outlets, by phone at 865-656-4444 or online at www.TennesseeTheatre.com....

 

Nickelodeon’s Backyardigans bring live show to Knoxville’s backyard on May 13 & 14

Nickelodeon and Broadway Across America announces a brand-new, national touring production of THE BACKYARDIGANS LIVE! Tale of the Mighty Knights. The Backyardigans Live! will be making a stop in Knoxville for two performances on Tuesday, May...

 

Dear Editor,

Has anyone but me noticed the frequency of accidents on "The Curve" where Black Oak Ridge Road meets Burnette Station Road in Seymour? My neighbor and I conservatively estimated at least once a month. Of course, we have both been...

 

Preparing Orchards and Vineyards for 2008

Preparing Orchards and Vineyards for 2008

With the approach of spring, fruit growers should do several things to produce a quality crop. Many diseases of fruit crops will overwinter in fruit left hanging on trees or vines throughout the winter months, Lockwood says. These remaining...

 

Seymour Clean Up This Saturday

Seymour Clean Up This Saturday

The spring Roads and Rivers Day will take place on Saturday, April 5, from 9 a.m. until noon. This effort to remove unsightly litter and trash from Sevier County's roadsides and riverbanks is sponsored by Keep Sevier Beautiful as a part...

 

Fundraising Brunch for Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic

Fundraising Brunch for Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic

Do you want a chance to show off those new spring outfits? Join us at the Hats for Hope Benefit Brunch and Boutique at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 12 at the Brookside Resort Convention Center on 321 in Gatlinburg. This gala event will feature...

 

Summer Adventure For Kids

Summer Adventure For Kids

The Sevierville Parks and Recreation Department is now accepting registration for the 2008 Summer Adventure Program.  Registration forms are available at the Sevierville Community Center. Children from ages of six years old through the...

 

Seymour Volunteer Fire Department

  163 total runs   83 EMS   11 Auto accidents (1 requiring extrication)     4 Structure Fires... read the rest of the story by Subscribing now.ShareEmailFacebookTwitterGoogle +1

 

Sevier County Economic Development Council Addresses Seymour

Sevier County Economic Development Council Addresses Seymour

Allen Newton, Executive Director, Sevier County Economic Development Council, addressed the Seymour Breakfast Rotary Club, Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Newton discussed several concerns facing Sevier County, including varying interpretations...

 

Seniors on the Go… 2008Yard Sale Fundraiser

A HUGE yard sale to benefit Seniors on the GO… transportation program will be held on April 25th and 26th at the Sevier Senior Center; 1220 W Main St (aka: Chapman Hwy) Sevierville.  Sale begins @ 8:00am each morning.  The...

 

Koeneman delivering for Senato

Seymour High School Home Run King Kyle Koeneman made his Sevier County debut as a college baseball player Tuesday night when his Walters State Senators lost 9-1 to the Southern League’s Class AA Tennessee Smokies in a preseason exhibition...

 

Season of change

The grass is turning green, the Lady VOLS make it to Final Four and the weather is finally changing. We’ve got a lot of great things to look forward to this year. Least of which is the economy. Many are feeling the pinch of high gas prices...

 

Parent Learns Woe of Governmental Intrusion

This week a parent found that the ever-increasing intrusiveness of the government can extend to her children even when the children are not in school.  Her son and some others were bantering back and forth with another child through text...

 

Photograph A Day In The Life Of Sevier County

Photograph A Day In The Life Of Sevier County

The Seymour Herald and Sevier County Bank have teamed up to sponsor a charity fundraiser to benefit the Smoky Mountain Children’s Home. Citizen photographers from professionals to amateurs, moms and dads, teachers, ranchers and business...

 

Talented Lady Eagles have high expectations

With consecutive top two finishes in the region, the Seymour Lady Eagles’ track and field team enters the 2008 season with high expectations but with seemingly all the pieces needed to make a run at another top finish. “We were region...

 

University of Tennessee announces 2008 football season ticket pr

The University of Tennessee Athletics Department (UTAD) announced Monday season ticket prices for the 2008 football season will be $315 for seven home games. The price represents a $19 increase for the season or $2.71 per game. Chairback seat...