Talent Abounds at Dandridge Elementary School Veteran’s Day Performance
Fourth and Fifth grade students at Dandridge Elementary School, along with the Cub’s Chorus, gave a pre performance on Thursday morning, in anticipation of their annual Veteran’s Day Show. Parents and friends, as well as some attentive young students, were on hand to enjoy the patriotic songs and poetry. Sweet voices gave life to some […]
Memory vs. Reality
OK, if you live long enough you learn things you thought you already knew. Yes, I have long since known that the leaves of the trees main function is photosynthesis, and by using water, carbon dioxide and light they generate organic compounds and oxygen. I watched as they changed colors due to the Earth receiving […]
Where does the apostrophe go at?
Teachers of children! Take heed! It’s time for a revolution in basic grammar! Will you join me? Today’s subject involves only two points of English mechanics and grammar that set my teeth on edge. Both have reached epidemic proportions in our beautiful east Tennessee region. Frighteningly, there is evidence that these abuses of our common […]
A Child’s Work Is Play
Research shows the first few years of a child’s life provides the foundation for lifetime learning. New brain imaging technology lets us view how the brain works. Research also tells us that 75% of brain development occurs after birth. And, children are eager learners with their natural curiosity of the world around them. Through their […]
The Buzzz!!
The buzz this week is all about location. The head governmental hive will convene this week and the buzz is that rankings are still causing a waspish response in the swarm. Buzz bees in the know are buzzing that a couple of high fliers may bee looking to bug out of the hive on the […]
Preparing for Thanksgiving
I am starting to prepare for Thanksgiving shopping and was wondering how far in advance I can buy my turkey. This is my first Thanksgiving cooking for my family and I am concerned that I won’t get a big enough turkey if I wait too long to buy one. If you are looking to purchase […]
JCHS Senior Night – Patriots vs. Hurricanes
-Staff Photos by Tyler Bingle Friday, November 1st, the Patriots faced off against the Morristown East Hurricanes in the last game of the regular season. Before the game started Jefferson County honored the Football, Volleyball, Cheer, Band, and Cross Country seniors. Jefferson County won the coin toss and differed to the second half, leaving the […]
It Makes A Strange Sort of Sense
Though the 2014 election cycle is still some months away, it is quickly becoming time for interested candidates to pick up petitions. Perhaps I live a sheltered life, but I was not aware that in order to hold some of the highest offices in the County, State and Nation all that is required is that […]
Terry Goodkind’s: Wizard’s First Rule
This week I finally got to sit down and devour a book that a friend loaned to me: Terry Goodkind’s Wizard’s First Rule, the first book of The Sword of Truth. The plot is fairly traditional, at least at first glance. An unassuming hero is subjected to the tragic death of his father, after which […]
HALDEN E. “HAL” WAREHAM
HALDEN E. “HAL” WAREHAM, age 78, of Dandridge, TN and formerly of Tampa, FL passed away Friday morning, November 8, 2013 at his home. He was born July 7, 1935 in Butler, Ohio, the son of the late Kenneth and Grace Wareham. Preceded in death by his wife, Bonnie and sister, Frankie. Hal was a […]
CHARLES EDWARD COLDWELL
CHARLES EDWARD COLDWELL, age 75, of White Pine, TN passed away Thursday, November 7, 2013 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. He is preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Larkin Coldwell and Ella Mae Passmore-Coldwell; brothers, Earnest Coldwell, Clifton Coldwell and Roy Coldwell; sisters, Margaret Johnson and Hazel Ramsey. He […]
VIRGINIA “MOMMA G” PASKEWITZ
VIRGINIA “MOMMA G” PASKEWITZ, age 88, of Jefferson City, TN passed away Tuesday, November 5, 2013. She attended Holy Trinity Catholic Church. Preceded in death by daughters, Victoria Richardson and Pamela Drake Wall; parents, John and Philomena Tinnell. Survived by grandchildren, Darren Fritz (Penny), Tami Chatelain (Mark), and Eric Fritz (Melanie); nine great-grandchildren. Memorial funeral […]
JEFFREY “JEFF” SWICEGOOD
JEFFREY “JEFF” SWICEGOOD, of Greeneville, TN passed away Tuesday morning, November 5, 2013 after a hard battle with heart disease. He was preceded in death by his father, Hubert of Mocksville, NC; mother, Joyce of New Market, TN; brother, Hubert Jr. “Corky” of New Market; and nephew, Shane of Jefferson City, TN. He is survived […]
WILLIAM DON HAWKINS
WILLIAM DON HAWKINS, age 85, of Talbott, TN went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday morning, November 5, 2013. He was a member of the Mansfield Gap Baptist Church and was a retired employee of the maintenance department of NCR Corp. of Morristown. Don was a loving husband, father and grandfather who cared […]
SWAN DANCE, SR.
SWAN DANCE, SR., age 88, of Dandridge, TN (Chestnut Hill Community), who was currently a resident of the Regency Retirement Village of Morristown, passed away Wednesday morning, November 6, 2013. He was born and raised in Rutledge, TN the son of the late Charlie and Phoebie Gilbert Dance. He was a Veteran of the U.S. […]
CHARLES WILLIAM HANCE
CHARLES WILLIAM HANCE, age 45, of Kingsport, TN passed away at his home unexpectedly on Saturday, November 2, 2013 of natural causes. Preceded in death by grandparents, Pauline and Buster Combs, Bonnie and Herbert Hance of Jefferson City. He was an avid two-way radio and ham radio operator, radio controlled airplanes, and was taking flying […]