Archive for: May, 2008

So Much So Soon

Well, this school year is practically over. It seems like it just started. Where does the time go. Obama and Hillary are still going at it. Seems like forever ago that they started. Death and Taxes. A never ending, always enduring phrase. Times...

 

Grab Your Camera And Shoot

Grab Your Camera And Shoot

There is still time. Don’t miss out. Grab your camera and shot. 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...

 

Volunteer Speedway to take remaining month of May off

With the tough current economy facing the American people, which has brought all-time record high fuel prices that's led to an overall higher cost of living, as of Monday, May 12, Volunteer Speedway owner Joe Loven has been forced to...

 

Mother With Four Children Down 20 Foot Embankment

Tuesday around 3:30 PM Seymour Volunteer Fire Department responded to a single vehicle accident on Chapman Hwy at Simpson Road. Firefighters arrived within minutes of the call and found a 2002 GMC envoy 75 feet from the roadway down a 20 foot...

 

The High School Class of 2008

The High School Class of 2008

The traditional photo of the graduating class of year on the school bank. This year, we decided to include a little video after the photo. Congratulations to the class. Look in this week's issue of the Seymour Herald for the printed pictures. View...

 

May School Board Meeting

May 2008 Sevier County School Board Meeting was called by Chairman Mike Oakley.  The evening included the annual awards ceremonies for academic and athletic achievement.  Almost all of the students were honored before some parents...

 

Special Sale for Special Olympics Athletes

Special Sale for Special Olympics Athletes

Kristy Smith, a Seymour High School Special Eds Teacher has announced that there will be a Special Olympic Yard Sale for the SHS Special Olympics Athletes this Thursday thru Saturday. The location will be on in a warehouse on Veterans Parkway,...

 

Department of Revenue Proposes $30.3 million Tax Increase on Tennesseans

NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Center for Policy Research condemns an intrusive $30.3 million tax increase proposed Monday by the Tennessee Department of Revenue. The proposal, known as the “technical corrections bill,” taxes gym...

 

Truck Accidentally Drops Razor Blades Onto Roadway

Sevierville Police Department (SPD) officers responded to the 1400 block of Winfield Dunn Parkway (Highway 66) at about 7:27AM this morning, Monday, May 12, 2008, after it was reported that a truck had accidentally dropped a container of razor...

 

2008 Senior Class Prom

292 kids dressed to the nines attend the 2008 Seymour High School Prom last Saturday night. The gala event was held at the Downtown Crown Plaza. According to Principle Greg Clark, the Crown Plaza seems to work out the best compared to the...

 

APRIL STATE REVENUES

NASHVILLE – Tennessee's sales tax collections dropped to a record low in April with a negative growth rate.  Finance and Administration Commissioner Dave Goetz reported today that overall April revenues were $1.39 billion or...

 

T-Bone Car Wreck In Front Of Bob’s Mountaineer

T-Bone Car Wreck In Front Of Bob’s Mountaineer

A two car wreck on Chapman Highway in front of Bob’s Mountaineer Restaurant trapped the driver of one of the vehicles. On May 10th 2008 5:15 PM the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched to an auto accident at 10321 Chapman...

 

Lady Eagles shock Alcoa

It looks to Seymour Lady Eagles softball coach Dayna Carter like something is starting to click with her team at just the right time. Carter made the suggestion in the aftermath of Seymour’s 7-2 District 3-AA Tournament upset win over...

 

Wreck On Chapman Near PO

Wreck On Chapman Near PO

A two-car wreck on Chapman Highway sent one man to the hospital Tuesday morning just before 9:00 AM. A Maxima was headed towards Knoxville when it went across into oncoming traffic and struck a full sized Mercury causing the to do a complete...

 

“Stamp Out Hunger” By Supporting Postal Carriers Food Drive

Every can counts in the 14th annual Postal Carriers Food Drives, scheduled for this Saturday, May 10 in Sevier County. Letter carriers at the five post offices in the county will pick up food and cash donations left at mailboxes to benefit Sevier...

 

SMARM Golf Event Helps the Homeless

SMARM Golf Event Helps the Homeless

Volunteers and VIPs alike made the recent “Mike Hamilton’s ‘Host of Volunteers’ Golf Tournament” a success benefiting the homeless and near homeless of Sevier County. The Smoky Mountain Area Rescue Ministries event...

 

Lady Eagles claim region championship

Monday was a huge day for the Seymour track and field teams. The Lady Eagles brought home the 2008 region championship trophy in a year that most of their competitors figured would be a down year for SHS. Seymour’s region win gives the...

 

Seymour’s First Strip Mall

Seymour’s First Strip Mall

Clyde Huskey was one of the first developers in Seymour.  He built the strip mall above about 1955.  One of the men who helped him lay the foundation was Tom McCarter.  He also built the first subdivision, a group of rock houses,...

 

Letter to the Editor

Dear Mr. Karl, We would like to thank the Seymour Herald for running a copy of our benefit sale/silent auction flyer in the April 17 – 24, 2008 issue. Even with the heavy rains on the morning of April 19th, the sale was very successful....

 

Legislator spins to win for charity

Legislator spins to win for charity

The wheel of fortune spun for Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center when Rep. Richard Montgomery landed on $200 during the Tennessee Health Care Association’s (TCHA) annual “Partnering for Charity” event. Montgomery was one of...