Archive for: June, 2011

Family Fun Day Scheduled

Walters State Community College invites everyone to celebrate clean energy with a special Green Family Fun Day June 18 at the college’s Morristown campus. The event includes activities for all ages and runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.“This...

 

Clinic Offers Free Services

Mountain Hope Good Shepherd Clinic is offering opportunities for free physicals for uninsured Sevier County residents and workers June 29 and 30.These free physical exams are made possible through a partnership with the James H. Quillen College...

 

Mother Faces Meth Charges

Mother Faces Meth Charges

Two Sevierville residents were arrested on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine after police responded to a call regarding a toddler wandering onto a busy roadway. At about 6 p.m. last Wednesday a motorist call the Sevierville Police Department...

 

New Center Opens

New Center Opens

The University of Tennessee Medical Center recently opened an adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Center to provide care for the growing number of adults with the disease in East Tennessee. Knoxville resident Travis Hodges, an adult with CF, says that...

 

Overbey Recognized

Overbey Recognized

State Senator Doug Overbey (R-Maryville) was recently recognized in a state business and political publication as one of the most effective legislators of the 2011 session.  The Tennessee Journal gave kudos to Senator Overbey in their “Legislator...

 

Summer Donations Down

Summer Donations Down

Medic Regional Blood Center would like to remind all eligible donors to make a donation this summer.  “Donations are down this time of year; yet, the need is great due to the increase traffic and recreation in our area,” states...

 

Tea Party Hosts Speaker

The Sevier County Tea Party will host international speaker Bill Warner, Ph.D., Director of the Center for the Study of Political Islam this week.The event will be held at 6:30 p.m. June 16 at the Sevierville Civic Center, 200 Gary R. Wade Boulevard,...

 

Clark Receives Derek Rogers Scholarship

Clark Receives Derek Rogers Scholarship

By: Lee Ramseylee@seymourherald.comOn top of all his other awards, SHS graduate standout athlete and student Cory Clark has added another one.  He recently received the Seymour High School Derek Rogers Memorial Scholarship. This award is...

 

Lady Vols Finish 11th

Lady Vols Finish 11th

Annie Alexander launched a school-record throw in the shot put Saturday afternoon, while the Lady Vol 4x400m relay and Vol sprinter Dentarius Locke also punched through for points on the final day of the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships...

 

Local Linksters Look to Build Program

Local Linksters Look to Build Program

By: Tim Foster, MC Sports Information InternA pair of Blount County locals look to provide immediate help to the men’s golf program at Maryville College, a squad that graduated three of their top performers this past fall. Alcoa’s...

 

Price Nabs Third

Price Nabs Third

 Chanelle Price traveled to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, seeking her first individual national title in the 800 meters. The Lady Vol junior came up just short of that goal, but she did crank out the best NCAA finish...

 

Last Weekend at 411 Motor Speedway

The following are the full results from the June 11 races at 411 Motor Speedway: Mod Mini1.(1) Chuck McMahan, No. 992.(2) Jason Carter, No. 393.(3) Rocky McNabb, No. 014.(4) Tim Miller, No. 25.(6) Nick Keeley, No. 226.(5) Dalton King, No. 51Classic1.(1)...

 

Sidewalk Sale This Weekend

The Seymour Business Association will hold its second annual Seymour/Chapman Hwy. Sidewalk Sale this weekend. The sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 11 at participating businesses along Chapman Hwy. from the Knox County/Sevier County...

 

Nearly 100 Adoptable Pets

Nearly 100 Adoptable Pets

By Ben Lawsonben@seymourherald.comPets Without Parents Shelter, Sevier County’s first no-kill animal shelter, will be holding their grand opening this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.The shelter was established with the joint aims of finding...

 

Summer Business Looks Hot

Summer Business Looks Hot

By Ben Lawsonben@seymourherald.comWith winter long gone and the summer season here, businesses in the area are looking forward to a better year than last.  And there are signs they may be right.David Weir with the Sevier County Economic...

 

Students Make Deans List

Two Bryan College students from Seymour are among 181 undergraduates named to the college’s Dean’s List for the spring 2011 semester. Haley Koster, daughter of Patrick and Tracy Koster of Seymour and Jarod Soltis, son of Douglas...

 

SCRABBLE Spells Fun

SCRABBLE Spells Fun

By Ben Lawsonben@seymourherald.comYou can find them twice a week at Books-a-Million, but they aren’t there to read other people’s words.  Instead, they make their own.The North American SCRABBLE Players Association allows lovers...

 

Cruise Moves to Different Day

Cruise Moves to Different Day

The Seymour Cruise-In, which has been held on Fridays since its inception last year, will now be held on a different day.The cruise will now be held at 5 p.m. on Saturdays in the same location, the parking lot of the Macon Crossing Shopping...

 

ABWA Honor Given

ABWA Honor Given

Marcia Reagan was recently announced as the winner of the 2011 American Business Woman Association Associate of the Year. Reagan has been with Mountain National Bank for 10 years and was nominated by Jeannie Allen, who is her immediate supervisor....

 

Hamilton Announces Resignation

Hamilton Announces Resignation

A press conference was held Tuesday to announce the resignation of University of Tennessee Athletic Director Mike Hamilton. Hamilton announced his resignation effective June 30, 2011. Hamilton has served as athletic director for eight years,...