Archive for: August, 2010

Community building through video games

The Seymour Branch of the Sevier County Public Library System hosts gaming programs for all ages in the library. A grant by the Department of Tennessee and the Tennessee State Library and Archives provided games and gaming units for the Seymour...

 

Lady Vols add state champ to 2010 class

By Todd Mounce, Media Relations Graduate Assistant  University of Tennessee diving coach Dave Parrington announced the addition of Julianne Wilson to the Lady Vol diving program.Wilson, a native of Chattanooga, earned high school All-America...

 

State among Best in Nation for Economic Development

Business Facilities, a national economic development publication, has issued its annual 2010 Rankings Report and Tennessee, along with many cities throughout the state, has earned top honors.  The Volunteer State was ranked number one in...

 

Man arrested for slew of Seymour burglaries

Man arrested for slew of Seymour burglaries

A Maryville man has been charged in connection with multiple burglaries in the Seymour area. Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals said that in the early morning hours of last Tuesday Sevierville Police stopped a van on Main Street in Sevierville...

 

Fair entries due next month

For the fourth year Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center and friends will host the popular Blue Ribbon Country Fair on Sept. 24 and 25 at the Center’s grounds in Townsend.Entry forms for Fair competition – all divisions —...

 

Last weekend at 411 Motor Speedway

Last weekend at 411 Motor Speedway

The following are the results from 411 Motor Speedway on Aug. 21 and 22.Mod Mini (completed 8-21)1.(1) #2-Terry Poore2.(2) #19-Brad Pressley3.(4) #99-Chuck McMahan4.(3) #15-Dave Lewis5.(5) #44-Tommy Metler6.(7) #2-Mark Wallace7.(6) #D2-Darren...

 

It’s Football Time

By: Lee RamseyWell guys the long agonizing wait is over.  It’s finally here.The angle of the sun has changed.  Have you noticed?  It sets lower on the horizon with a special glow.The leaves on the trees are beginning to...

 

Seymour Golf Struggles at Home

Seymour Golf Struggles at Home

By: Lee Ramseylee@seymourherald.comThe Seymour Eagle’s golf teams, both boys and girls, are struggling to have a winning record so far this season.Things have changed in more ways than one.The Seymour boys’ team is young, but is...

 

Schools to receive climate change grant

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Engineering's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) in partnership with the Computational Sciences and Engineering Division of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and...

 

Park hosts volunteer projects

Park hosts volunteer projects

     On Sept. 25, many public lands across the country will be holding events to celebrate National Public Lands Day.       National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer...

 

Culinary Institute adds peppers to garden

Culinary Institute adds peppers to garden

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Culinary Institute this summer added a new crop to its kitchen garden: bhut jolokia, a Thai pepper that is the hottest pepper in the world.  Unless it is prepared correctly, bhut jolokia is so...

 

Free stage training offered

     The Wild Thyme Players' stage combat training group, Shake, Rattle & Role is opening training to all interested individuals over age 16.      An informational gathering will be held at St....

 

This week with Daniel Pursglove

This week with Daniel Pursglove

In Seymour, as in the rest of the country, we are looking for government money.  Many don’t stop to realize that this is all borrowed money and when we do get some of it we can’t keep it for long.  It has to be passed around...

 

Opposites attract

Opposites attract

By Jim CallicottIt’s a long way from central Kansas to China but Jay Stenfors has made to journey twice. The first time in 2000 to Dalian and the second visit extended from 2007 to 2009 in Shandong Province, an interesting area whose coast...

 

Senior complex stresses resident safety

Senior complex stresses resident safety

A local senior apartment facility is doing all it can to help keep its residents safe. Renaissance Square Apartments in Seymour recently hosted a program in conjunction with the National Night Out Campaign.National Night Out is meant to bring...

 

Man stabbed with own knife

Sevier County Detectives are currently investigating a stabbing incident that occurred on Monday at approximately 1:30 p.m. in Kodak. Sevier County Sheriff Ron Seals said that the Sevier Co. Sheriff’s Office responded to a stabbing at...

 

Coordinator earns friendship award

Coordinator earns friendship award

     Cindi Husk, coordinator of student services for Lincoln Memorial University, earned the Sevierville Chamber of Commerce Friendship Award for July at the recent Coffee Talk event. Husk has worked at LMU for two years.   ...

 

Faculty Concert to Benefit Scholarship Fund

     Music faculty from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will join forces in a special performance to help raise money for the UT School of Music Student Scholarship Fund.     The Tellico Musicale...

 

Community Calendar

August 19: East Tennessee Historical Society hosts the Federation of Genealogical Societies National Conference, Wednesday-Saturday at Knoxville Convention Center (downtown).  Theme for the conference is "Rediscovering America's...

 

Resident shares experience in Haiti

     In the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti, numerous civic, service and religious organizations organized various methods of aid for the beleaguered island country.Already one of the world’s poorest...