Archive for: February, 2010

Seymour Candidate Voices Importance of Voting

Seymour Candidate Voices Importance of Voting

By Brooke Stevensonbrooke@seymourherald.com    In and effort to emphasize the importance of voting, Sevier County Commissioner Candidate Joe Karl wants to help residents register to vote.    Karl, who is one of...

 

Emergency Management Reports on Activity

    The Sevier County Emergency Management Quarterly Report was released on Monday.    The report detailed activity from Oct. 1, 2009 to Dec. 30, 2009.    During this time period there was a total...

 

Economic Development Council Releases Report

    Earlier this week the Sevier County Economic Development Council released it quarterly report for October, November and December of 2009.    The report covered the details of recent projects including the Ambulance...

 

Lady Vols’ Areson Sensational in Seattle, Breaks another School Record

     SEATTLE – Jackie Areson’s senior season on the oval is just getting started, but already the University of Tennessee distance runner has been a smashing success.      Friday night at the...

 

Vols Lose Two Former Football Lettermen

Vols Lose Two Former Football Lettermen

     A pair of former Tennessee football players who played significant roles on two of the more memorable teams in Vols history died Thursday, one in Knoxville and one in New York.      Daryle Smith,...

 

VOLS RIGHT THEIR WRONGS WITH SECOND-ROUND RALLY

Tennessee finally shook its Battle at the Beach doldrums and moved up one position to 11th place after two rounds of golf in Newport Coast, Calif.The Vols gained four strokes over their final three holes Monday to record a 5-over-par 360, 11...

 

WINCHELL NAMED TO SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM

Tennessee junior swimmer Chris Winchell was named to the SEC Community Service Team, the conference announced Monday afternoon.Winchell is a member of the UT Fellowship of Christian Athletes leadership team where he organizes and leads weekly...

 

Seymour Hoops Sweep Pigeon Forge

Seymour Hoops Sweep Pigeon Forge

Both Seymour basketball teams, the Eagles and the Lady Eagles defeated the Pigeon Forge Tigers and Lady Tigers on Senior Night .Both teams mounted tremendous comebacks in the fourth quarter to give the Seymour home crowd on Senior Night something...

 

Cowan Tops 1,000 Career Points

Cowan Tops 1,000 Career Points

Senior star point guard, Casie Cowan topped 1,000 points which covered all four years of her high school basketball career for the Seymour Lady Eagles basketball team.  She broke the record last Thursday night in the game against Pigeon...

 

CROSS Shows Appreciation

CROSS would like to express heartfelt thanks to the following individuals, businesses, and organizations who went way above and beyond to make our recent CROSS Appreciation Dinner a smashing success:  Seymour United Methodist Church for...

 

Visitors to Smokys Down By 6.3%

Visitors to Smokys Down By 6.3%

Smokies entries were down by 6.3% for January, but a whole complex of non-routine forces, beyond anybody's control, contributed to that.Gatlinburg was up by 7.4% and Cherokee jumped 32%.  We can assume that most of those increases were...

 

Gambill to Explain FaceBook Set Up

FaceBook seems to have become an essential marketing and communications tool.  In a tight economy, FaceBook offers free marketing to advertise your business or products.  Perhaps you’d like to recruit more business and join colleagues...

 

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Seeks Scholarship Applicants

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, a charitable organization benefiting nonprofits in 40 Middle Tennessee counties, announces its annual scholarship application process and invites students to apply by March 15, 2010. Whether...

 

Corker in Gatlinburg Tuesday, February 16, to Address Gatlinburg, Sevierville Chambers

Corker in Gatlinburg Tuesday, February 16, to Address Gatlinburg, Sevierville Chambers

U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., will be in Gatlinburg on Tuesday, February 16, to update members and guests of the Gatlinburg and Sevierville Chambers of Commerce on his work in Washington and to answer questions from the audience. This is...

 

Tennessee State Bank Announces the 2009 Staff Members of the Year

Tennessee State Bank Announces the 2009 Staff Members of the Year

Tennessee State Bank is proud to recognize both Scott Henry and David Grindstaff as their 2009 Staff Members of the year.   Both individuals were selected by fellow employees to receive this honor.  Henry and Grindstaff continually...

 

a breath of fresh air

Michele and I had the pleasure of attending the amazing “Appreciation Luncheon” sponsored by C.R.O.S.S. Ministries Tuesday and met with Dottie, the newly elected president.Just meeting her you could tell she was a potential dynamo...

 

Seymour Teacher Given County Honor

Seymour Teacher Given County Honor

A Seymour teacher has been chosen as Sevier County’s Teacher of the Year for Middle Grades.Seymour Middle School Math Teacher Debbie West was recently given the honor of being named one of Sevier County’s Teachers of the Year. Nominations...

 

New Church Organization President Discusses Future

New Church Organization President Discusses Future

The new president of a Seymour church organization has big plans for the future.  Dottie Sollman was recently named the new president of C.R.O.S.S. (Christians Reaching Out Serving Seymour).  C.R.O.S.S., Inc. is a non-profit Corporation...

 

Pedestrian Hit On Chapman

Pedestrian Hit On Chapman

A female pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Chapman Highway across from Smoky Crossing Feb. 9 just after 5 p.m.A female with a 3-month-old baby in the car was turning from Down Home Park Lane onto Chapman Highway towards Hwy 411 when she...

 

2010 UT Alumni Awards Nominations Sought

Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2010 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Alumni Awards. Nominations are due Feb. 19. The awards are sponsored by the UT Alumni Board of Directors.This is the second year alumni will be honored...