Archive for: March, 2010

It’s my community

I’ve written several times about how great the Seymour community, the people and businesses are, but I’ve never talked about how the community really has no center or focal point.Those with kids say that everything revolves around...

 

Seymour Teacher Shares Love of Reading

Seymour Teacher Shares Love of Reading

By Brooke Stevensonbrooke@seymourherald.com     Seymour Middle School Teacher Melissa Brewer takes great pride in passing on the joy of reading to her students.     Even though Brewer didn’t always...

 

Seymour Business Owners Reform Group

Seymour Business Owners Reform Group

By Brooke Stevensonbrooke@seymourherald.com     Several Seymour business owners attended the first meeting of a newly reformed association on Tuesday.    Ten business owners attended the tentatively named Seymour...

 

This Week with Senator Doug Overbey

Senator Overbey has a survey website to get a gauge on the desires of the people here. This week there is a plan that would help hospitals avoid devastating cuts Members of the Senate General Welfare, Health and Human Services Committee...

 

Areson’s 5K Clocking At Stanford Invitational Earns Lady Vol Weekly Honors

For the second time in 2010, senior track & field standout Jackie Areson has been named the Lady Vol Athlete of the Week.  The product of Delray Beach, Fla., picked up the honor Tuesday after her fantastic performance at the Stanford...

 

Woman Arrested On Statutory Rape Charge

Woman Arrested On Statutory Rape Charge

     Sevierville Police Department detectives arrested a North Carolina woman on March 26 on a statutory rape charge.     According to SPD Detective Ray Brown, 25-year old Sarah Rebecca Villarreal of Winston...

 

Man Arrested after Traffic Crash

Man Arrested after Traffic Crash

     Sevierville Police Department officers arrested a Sevier County man the evening of March 26 after he was involved in a traffic crash on Winfield Dunn Parkway (Highway 66) at approximately 11:40 p.m.   ...

 

TAO Drumming Performs at the Bijou Theatre

     KNOXVILLE — The infectious sounds of traditional Japanese Taiko drumming are beating into downtown Knoxville on April 7, with TAO: The Martial Art of Drumming.     The performance takes place...

 

Traffic Affected by Newfound Gap Landslide

Traffic Affected by Newfound Gap Landslide

     A landslide in Great Smoky Mountains National Park occurred on the Newfound Gap Road (U.S. 441) about 11 a.m. Monday in North Carolina, about 1 mile south of the state line at Newfound Gap.      ...

 

Quarterly Retail Inspection Report

Quarterly Retail Inspection Report

By Brooke Stevensonbrooke@seymourherald.com     In the past three months 14 retail establishments that sell food have been inspected by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture.      All of Tennessee’s...

 

School of Music Hosts Springtime Fundraiser

     KNOXVILLE — Helping the School of Music at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, never sounded so good.      The school is hosting a spring fundraiser, "Classical Meets Jazz," at...

 

City Booms with April Events

     Gatlinburg – Springtime in Gatlinburg is bursting with exciting events that capture the spirit of the Smokies.      Celebrate Easter during a sunrise service over the Great Smoky Mountains....

 

Emergency Contract Awarded for Rockslide Repairs

     KNOXVILLE – On Monday the Tennessee Department of Transportation was awarded Pacific Blasting Demolition Ltd. an emergency contract to begin working to stabilize, remove debris and repair damage caused by a rockslide...

 

Seymour Baseball Drops One to Hurricanes

Seymour Baseball Drops One to Hurricanes

Coach Norman’s Seymour baseball team lost their third game of the season to District 2-AAA rival Morristown East by a score of 6-4. Seymour didn’t go down easily, however.  The 5-3 Eagles still had a chance to win the game in...

 

Seymour Track Starts Season

Seymour Track Starts Season

 

Seymour Splits Tennis Match with Pigeon Forge

Seymour Splits Tennis Match with Pigeon Forge

It is not a well kept secret that Seymour and Pigeon forge have a long standing rivalry in tennis.  In this meeting both teams came out winners.  The Eagles boys’ team lost while the girls’ team won.The Seymour ladies won...

 

Eagles Soccer Ties First District Game

Eagles Soccer Ties First District Game

The late great Bear Bryant, the legendary Alabama football coach once said that a tie was like “kissing your sister.” Well, it happened in Seymour’s first district game of the season against Morristown East at home in a 2-2...

 

Wild West Days Comes to East Tenn.

     DEL RIO — Gannon’s French Broad Outpost Ranch, the only dude ranch in Tennessee, will play host to an event that allows guests to relive the history of the Wild West days April 1 through 4.      ...

 

Seymour Woman Accused of “Doctor Shopping”

Seymour Woman Accused of “Doctor Shopping”

      A Seymour woman is charged in Sevier County with TennCare fraud involving “doctor shopping,” or using TennCare to visit multiple doctors in a short time period to obtain prescriptions for a controlled substance....

 

Band Holds Spring Concert

     The Walters State Community Band invites residents to its spring concert. The concert begins at 3 p.m. April 11 in the theatre of the Judge William H. Inman Humanities Complex on the Morristown campus. Admission is free.    ...