Jefferson County EMS Receives Region II Directors Association Service Of The Year Award
Jefferson County EMS received the Region II EMS Directors Association 2013 Service of the Year Award during the Association’s annual conference, held in Gatlinburg November 21-22. The award recognized Jefferson County EMS for their progressive protocols that offer patients the most up-to-date medical and trauma care; trailblazing utilization of new equipment such as the recently […]
Jefferson County Clerk Rick Farrar Announces Retirement After 35 Years of Service
For 35 years, Rick Farrar has served as the Jefferson County Court Clerk; this year, he has decided to hang up his hat and retire. When he was first elected in 1978, there were three typewriters in his office. To create a title on a vehicle, Farrar and his staff would work on these typewriters […]
SHIRLEY JENKINS MOORE
SHIRLEY JENKINS MOORE, age 79, of Talbott, TN passed away at 4:00 a.m. Monday, November 25, 2013 at the Serenity House in Morristown following an extended illness. She was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Morristown. She was a devoted wife and mother. Preceded in death by her daughter, Jane Matthews; parents, Bethel […]
HAROLD DEAN KINDER
HAROLD DEAN KINDER, 73, of Knoxville, TN passed away unexpectedly Monday, November 25, 2013 at his home. He was born February 17, 1940 in Jefferson City, TN to Hollis and Hazel Byrd Kinder. He graduated from Jefferson High School in 1958 and Carson-Newman College with a B.S. in Chemistry in 1962. He worked at Tennessee […]
Do You Know WHAT This Is?
This Week’s Mystery Pic Send your guess to goodguess@jeffersoncountypost.com Correct answers are announced each week. Congratulations to Russell Franklin Russell was the first to guess last week’s Mystery Pic correctly. The correct answer was: Cranberries
WILLIAM “HAROLD” LANE
WILLIAM “HAROLD” LANE, age 86, of Knoxville, TN went home to be with the Lord Saturday, November 23, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Ida Lane; eight brothers, and five sisters. He was a member of Thorngrove Baptist Church, Kodak Masonic Lodge, and Thorngrove Odd Fellows Lodge. He was retired […]
SHIRLEY LOVEDAY WILLIAMS
SHIRLEY LOVEDAY WILLIAMS, age 77, of Dandridge, TN passed away Saturday morning, November 23, 2013. She was a charter member of the Agape Baptist Church and was a former employee of Magnavox. She was the daughter of the late Jesse and Rosa Mae Wise Loveday, and was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll Williams; […]
First Runners In The Race To Election Year 2014
Friday, November 22, 2013, was the first day for potential candidates to pick up petitions for the local Primary Elections. Though some elected offices such as School Board, County Commission and Highway Commission are not party affiliated and will only be presented once, in August 2014, for vote, most elected local offices will run in […]
Twenty-Fifth Annual Christmas In Dandridge
It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the Historic Town Square in Dandridge, as the lights of the Season are already burning brightly. Dandridge kicked off the Twenty-fifth annual Christmas in Dandridge with the opening ceremony on Thursday evening, November 21, 2013. Dandridge Mayor Gantte offered the Welcome to community members that […]
Including Children In Thanksgiving
FRUIT TURKEY Supplies: 1 Green apple, Pineapple, Mandarin oranges, Green grapes, Dark grapes, Edible eyes, 1 Cherry, Peanut butter and Tooth picks Directions: Cut the bottom off the apple so it will stand up straight. Save the cut off part to make the wings and head. Poke 4 tooth picks on the back side of […]
Lab notebooks bring back memories for Carson-Newman alumni
Sixty-year-old student lab notebooks are generating great interest among Carson-Newman University Chemistry Department alumni. The books, kept as part of a program that fostered innovative undergraduate student research, reflect the significance of cancer drug studies led by Dr. Carl Tabb Bahner, C-N professor from 1937-73. Maintained by student-researchers as they developed chemical compounds under Bahner’s […]
Thanksgiving Encore
I can’t wait. Just three more days until Thanksgiving. I can smell the turkey and pumpkin pies now. I see a table flowing over with harvest food. I see corn, beans, potatoes, sweet potato casserole, cornbread stuffing, oyster souffle, broccoli casserole, baked acorn squash, pumpkin soup, cabbage casserole, cheese grit casserole, marinaded carrots, cauliflower salad, […]
Stranger Than Fiction: the Lincoln’s First Thanksgiving
Although Thanksgiving had been observed sporadically throughout the nation since the administration of George Washington, the day was never observed as a national holiday until President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation making it a legal holiday. The nation was set to observe the first national day of giving thanks in November of 1863. Ironically, the […]
Traditional Stuffing with Mushrooms
One of my favorite parts of the Thanksgiving meal has always been the stuffing. Whether cooked inside the bird or separately in a casserole dish, it doesn’t feel quite like Thanksgiving to me without it. Here is a traditional bread stuffing recipe, with the addition of mushrooms, because of course, mushrooms make anything better. Ingredients […]
Yardley says, “The Show Will Go On”
For 36 years, Billie Yardley had a seamless and idealistic teaching career. She always had a very high enrollment in her theater classes, and her students were always respectful, energetic, and supportive. When she agreed to take control of the drama department in 1987, she built it from the ground up, starting only with an […]
Thanksgiving in America
This is the month of Thanksgiving, often called gratitude month, when columnists never fail to comment on the theme. I will not disappoint. Let’s start with some history. We celebrate on the fourth Thursday of November. We have done this nationally and officially only since 1941, although individual states had their own dates since the […]