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Variety Of Fall Flowers

I am looking to do a little fall decorating but I am not crazy about mums. When looking for flowers, it seems that mums are everywhere but very little else. Can you suggest another choice that still has that fall look? While it is true that mums are the easiest to find, there are other […]

Stuck In The Shadow Of The 80’s

Stuck In The Shadow Of The 80’s

This week I have been pondering the question Why is Jefferson County stuck in the shadow of the 1980s? and how can we move forward to where we need to be in 2014 (because 2013 is already shot). Frankly, I loved the eighties. Big hair and plastic shoes still make me smile but I was […]

Dandridge Farmers Market In Fall Swing

Dandridge Farmers Market In Fall Swing

Dandridge Farmer’s Market was in full swing on Saturday morning, as residents came out to look over the vendor offerings. A popular Saturday morning destination during the summer months, the Farmer’s Market is now featuring the best of fall’s local produce in Jefferson County. Locals are encouraged to come out and pick up something great […]

No. 11 Eagles pick way past Orediggers 27-24

Carson-Newman (2-0) rolled up 508 yards of total offense and withstood a Colorado Mines (1-1) rally to stymie the Orediggers 27-24 Saturday afternoon at Campbell Field. Oredigger kicker Avery Llewellyn missed a 46-yard field goal that would have tied the game with 56 seconds left, thus stunting the CSM rally. “Heart was the difference in […]

Eagles hit the road to Lees McRae

Eagles hit the road to Lees McRae

Carson-Newman (1-1) heads to Banner Elk, N.C. to tangle with Lees McRae (0-2) for the Eagles’ second match on the road of 2013 on Monday at 7 p.m. Last year, C-N beat the Bobcats 2-0.Carson-Newman outshot the Bobcats 15 to 10 by the end of the match. Taylor Jolley (Morristown, Tenn.), since graduated, led the […]

New Market Council Called Meeting

The City of New Market held a special called meeting on September 12, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.  Mayor Charles Guinn called the special meeting to order.  The meeting was opened up in a word of prayer by Alderman Ross Cunningham.  There were no public comments made at the opening part of the meeting. Alderman Frank […]

Steve Rutledge & Stranded Featured at Music On The town

Steve Rutledge & Stranded Featured at Music On The town

Folks attending Music on the Town had their evening cut short, as torrential rains and severe thunderstorms moved into the area during the early part of the evening’s performance. Prior to the sudden change in weather, event goers were listening to the tunes of Steve Rutledge & Stranded. Though the evening’s music was cut short, […]

Jefferson County 4-H Gets Off To A Great Start

Jefferson County 4-H Gets Off To A Great Start

While the 4-H club has not had their official meeting yet, they have had a busy two weeks! Last Tuesday, was the Informational Market Hog Meeting. This Thursday was the 4-H Horse Club Meeting At Tuesday’s Informational Market Hog Meeting, 4-H members and their families learned about the 4-H Market Hog Project. The project consists […]

Ag Day 2013 promises new venue, new take on UT Institute of Agriculture

Ag Day 2013 promises new venue, new take on UT Institute of Agriculture

Exciting changes, including a new location inside the recently renovated Brehm Animal Science Arena, await visitors to Ag Day 2013. Ag Day is the annual event for alumni and friends of the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Festivities will begin on Oct. 5. four hours before the Vols take on the Georgia Bulldogs in […]

UT schedules Northeast Tennessee Beef Expo for Oct. 10

UT schedules Northeast Tennessee Beef Expo for Oct. 10

The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will once again host the Northeast Tennessee Beef Expo at the UT AgResearch and Education Center in Greeneville. This year’s event is scheduled for Oct. 10, and features numerous educational seminars and a trade show. UT experts from Extension, AgResearch and the College of Veterinary Medicine will speak […]

UT Institute of Agriculture names vice chancellor for marketing and communications

UT Institute of Agriculture names vice chancellor for marketing and communications

The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has named Lisa Stearns as its vice chancellor for marketing and communications. A familiar figure in East Tennessee, Stearns joins UTIA after a 20-year career in the region’s health care industry, first as director for marketing and public relations for Baptist Health System of East Tennessee, then as […]

Jefferson County Nominating Committee Selects Recommendations For Vote

The meeting of the Jefferson County Nominating Committee was called to order on September 9, 2013 in the Jury Room of the Historic Courthouse located in Dandridge, TN.  Present were Committee Members Solomon, Estes, Turner, Sheets, Kesterson and Chairman Tucker.  The current agenda without corrections was approved withstanding an adjustment of items 12 & 13 […]

REV. HENRY A. HARLOW

REV. HENRY A. HARLOW, age 82, of Jefferson City, TN passed away Friday, September 13, 2013. He was the pastor of several area churches. Preceded in death by parents, George and Martha Harlow. Survived by wife, Nettie Faye Harlow; brother, Beryl Harlow and wife Roberta; sister, Lorraine Bradley and husband Bill Finkbone; several nieces and […]

PHYLLIS ELIZABETH TRENHOLM RAINWATER

The family of Phyllis Elizabeth Trenholm Rainwater sadly announces her death on Thursday, September 12, 2013. She was born March 8, 1918, the second child of Edith Grace Howell Trenholm and Charles Victor Trenholm. Mrs. Rainwater was preceded in death by her parents; husband of over 62 years, Chester Samuel Rainwater, Jr.; sister and brother-in-law, […]

Dandridge, Tennessee Celebrates Heritage at 7th Scots-Irish Festival, September 28, 2013

Dandridge, Tennessee Celebrates Heritage at 7th Scots-Irish Festival, September 28, 2013

Come to the only Scots-Irish Music Festival in the United States on Saturday, September 28, 2013 in Historic Downtown Dandridge, Tennessee. The music festival honors the Town’s earliest settlers dating back to 1783. Families will enjoy this old-time Main Street Music Festival on the shores of Loch (Lake) Douglas in the foothills of the beautiful […]

UT Arboretum Society sets fall plant sale for October 12, 2013

Fall is the ideal time to add plants to the landscape, so the University of Tennessee Arboretum Society invites the public to its Fall Plant Sale, which will be held Saturday, Oct. 12, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the UT Arboretum, 901 S. Illinois Ave. in Oak Ridge. The season’s milder temperatures and […]