Have you heard enough of Michael Jackson yet?We expected to see the passing of Farrah Fawcett, but as with most things connected with Michael Jackson, it was a shock.I walked in to a local enterprises Tuesday and the owner was trying to set...
July 8, 2009 7:21 am / no comments
There are some pythons that make their home here in Seymour and nearby in other surrounding areas. No way are they a native species. They are not poisonous but they can pose a threat to man and beast alike. For example; an eight...
July 7, 2009 1:06 pm / no comments
On June 12, this column, "Out Of My Mind," switched over to high def digital. Old analog people will no longer be able to read it unless they get a converter. If you are able to see this right now, you will probably be unaffected...
July 1, 2009 4:57 pm / no comments
Can you remember a few years back when we provided the Seymour and surrounding communities a great and professional 4th of July aerial display?The first two years we were able to hold it at the Seymour Community Park.What a great location. There...
July 1, 2009 6:32 am / no comments
But first a little bragging. About two months ago I mentioned that my grandson, a graduate of Seymour High School and now a student at Tennessee Technology Center in Knoxville was attending a state wide computer competition...
June 30, 2009 12:05 pm / no comments
As I talk with people in our community their comments have switched from the need for a good restaurant to ‘have you tried the food from so and so.’Restaurateurs have heard the cries of our people as we now have so many choices.In...
June 24, 2009 8:29 am / no comments
Each month, volunteer pilots from Angel Flight Mid-Atlantic fly patients needing specialized medical care, including chemotherapy and dialysis, to hospitals throughout Tennessee. Many of these patients are from rural areas and would otherwise...
June 16, 2009 2:16 pm / no comments
Absolutely yes, without a doubt. What I have seen recently certainly supports this statement. A man pulls into the Seymour Post Office, parks, leaves car running and door ajar. Really big, new and nice, also worth about forty...
June 16, 2009 10:57 am / no comments
Dear editorA Kodak woman raised the question “instead of paying for abortion and aftercare, why don’t we provide for birth control and contraceptives?”Answer: The very same people who appose abortion also appose birth control...
June 15, 2009 7:20 am / no comments
For the last few years this area has received less rainfall than normal. This year the rain has surpassed average mark by more than one inch. The famers are happy as are the lawn caretakers. I too am happy because the rain that falls from...
June 11, 2009 12:34 pm / no comments
Buy the time this will be in most people’s hands, there were be 247 kids from the Seymour High School that have made the grade.They have dotted their “I’s” and crossed their “t’s” for the complete...
May 27, 2009 2:00 pm / no comments
In the last two weeks two big decisions have been made by our county which has considerable effect on all of us. The first one is the passing of the school tax referendum. Many thought it would be tough to do during these challenging economic...
May 13, 2009 8:11 am / no comments
I dropped by your office on Tuesday after I was made aware of your Walgreen's car fire story. As I advised you on the phone, I was unaware of the facts of that incident but I advised you that I would investigate. After...
April 29, 2009 2:21 pm / no comments
This is in reference to the Letter to the Editor from Ted Esch.We seem to have upset Ted Esch, Chairman of the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department by a story in this issue wherein several witnesses made unfavorable comments about the SVFD’s...
April 29, 2009 2:19 pm / no comments
The news is not good. Times are tough and people are turning to illegal activities to make ends meet.In the recent past, robberies and burglaries were attributed mostly to drug related activities.Today, that is unfortunately not the case.Many...
April 8, 2009 8:52 am / no comments
Most of us have heard this phrase at one time or another. Especially if you’re in business. We wonder to ourselves, ‘If it was so much better where you came from, why did you leave’? Then again, you need to stop and think,...
April 1, 2009 5:49 am / no comments
Big city, small town, suburb or country community. We in Seymour are in a slightly unique situation, we are a sprawling country community which slips and slides into three counties. Most folks identify with Sevier County, next is...
March 26, 2009 7:34 am / no comments
Learning more about the how the financial bailout funds have been spent is like peeling an onion – you get past one layer of problems and there’s another layer under that smells worse than the one before.The latest issue is the $165...
March 21, 2009 8:16 pm / no comments
Editor: Sevier County’s Remote Area Medical Clinic was held at Pigeon Forge High School on March 14 & 15. On behalf of the Sevier County Remote Area Medical Clinic’s Planning Committee we would like to thank the community...
March 20, 2009 2:48 pm / no comments
OK, where IS the Seymour Chamber of Commerce? The reason we’re asking is that last week, we received an e-mail from the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce, announcing its opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act, and we wondered where...
March 14, 2009 9:24 am / no comments
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