Archive for: April, 2010

Tennessee Javelin Throwers Set Tone

     LAJOLLA, Calif. – Senior Matt Maloney won the men's javelin throw competition and junior Holly Kane placed third in the women's javelin Saturday night to lead the University of Tennessee track & field...

 

Time for 2nd rate status to go

On Saturday, I was asked a very interesting question.  “Why don’t people from Sevier County like those of us from Seymour”?  Stop and ponder that question for a minute.   My wife and I built a house in Seymour...

 

Health Department Inspections

By Brooke Stevensonbrooke@seymourherald.com     Ten Seymour food service establishments were inspected during the month of April.      Each of the restaurants passed inspections performed by the Tennessee...

 

Annual Car Show

     The fourth annual East Tennessee Club Cruize Inn will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 8 at the Coldwell Banker Wallace & Wallace Real Estate Office in front of the Jamison Inn in Maryville.     The...

 

Street Rod Nationals South Returns

     Knoxville – Over 3,000 rods, customer and collector cars will be on hand at the Chilhowee Park and Expo Center this week as the National Street Rod Association presents its 36th Annual Street Rod Nationals South....

 

Graduate Student Recruitment, Retention Aided

Graduate Student Recruitment, Retention Aided

       KNOXVILLE — The Office of Graduate Training and Mentorship has been created to help departments campus wide recruit and retain graduate students, as well as provide them with the very best academic experience...

 

May Book Club Meetings

     Residents are encouraged to become involved with a book club that is sponsored by the Sevier County Public Library System.      Each month, the SCPLS hosts a variety of books clubs to fit personal...

 

Local Democrats Announce Student Essay Contest

      Sevierville – The Sevier County Democrats are sponsoring their second annual student essay contest and awarding a $250 Book Scholarship Award for Walters State Community College.     The contest...

 

UT Gardens Summer Programs

     KNOXVILLE – The University of Tennessee Gardens announced a number of May events that are open to the public.      Some events recur throughout the summer. Many are free of charge, but some...

 

Theatre Holds Open Auditions

     The Blue Moon Dinner Theatre announced it will present “Steel Magnolias” which will run from July 10 to Sept. 2.      In preparation for the show, the Blue Moon will hold open auditions...

 

Police Schedule Camps

     The Sevierville Police Department (SPD) has scheduled two Kids Police Camps, from June 14 through June 18 and from July 12 through July 16. Camp will take place daily from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.      The...

 

Sevier County’s Bond Rating Upgraded

     Sevier County had its bond credit rating upgraded earlier this month by Moody’s Investors Services from A1 to Aa2.     “The upgrade of Sevier County’s bond rating is a significant...

 

State Unemployment Rates

     NASHVILLE – Tennessee's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March 2010 was 10.6 percent, down from the February rate of 10.7 percent.  The United States unemployment rate for the month of March was...

 

Medical Center Opens Heart Hospital

Medical Center Opens Heart Hospital

     The University of Tennessee Medical Center has opened the region’s Dedicated Heart Hospital.      Community and hospital leaders were joined by University of Tennessee Lady Volunteer basketball...

 

Father and Son Clash in Soccer Match

Father and Son Clash in Soccer Match

It is a rare event when a father and his son oppose each other as coaches in a ball game.  Well it happened this past week as Seymour High School Coach Drew Payne, the son, coached against his father, Coach Dennis Payne of Cosby High School...

 

Chris Breeden Pure-Mini Shoot-out

 Green flag is out on the Chris Breeden Real Estate Pure-Mini Shoot-out! #31-Michael Arp takes over the early lead, but here comes #16R-Robert Stone, as he'll look to the outside and take over the lead, but gets loose, as it's a...

 

Seymour Baseball Stuns Gibbs 3-1

Seymour Baseball Stuns Gibbs 3-1

The meeting between two baseball powerhouses lived up to all expectations.  Seymour and Gibbs are two schools rich in baseball tradition.  This time there were no exceptions as Seymour defeated the Gibbs Eagles 3-1.Being a non conference...

 

Seymour Tennis Defeats Morristown East

On a beautiful sunny spring day the Seymour Eagles Tennis team soundly defeated Morristown East.  The boys won the match 8-1 while the girls also won 8-1.  Every player on the Eagles team got to play.According to Seymour tennis Coach...

 

The art of communication

The art of communication

Sean and Christy Woods follow the stereotype of many Sevier County residents; they lived somewhere else and vacationed in the Smokies. As residents of Ocala, Florida, they would endure the 580 mile trek from Ocala to the beauty of the Smokies...

 

County Donates Trees to Promote a Healthy Environment

County Donates Trees to Promote a Healthy Environment

     Sevier County Mayor Larry Waters recently donated 750 trees to the Sevier County School System and the Sevier County Solid Waste department.      The trees were given to the county by Steve Clark...