Jefferson County Spelling Bee
P E T R O G L Y P H S… That was the word that made Sarah Buttry, an 8th grader at White Pine School, the 2014 Jefferson County Spelling Bee Champion at a competition held Monday night at New Market Elementary School. Sarah needed only 4 rounds of competition to clinch first place […]
Firefighters Assist School Kids On A Snowy Ride Home
The East Tennessee area was blanketed by snow, as precipitation and frigid air finally meshed. It was the event that everyone has been expecting through the month of January, however most were not expecting it when it arrived early Tuesday morning. Unusually cold temperatures, that hovered in the high teens for most of the day […]
INVITATION TO BID – Skid Steer Wheeled Loader
INVITATION TO BID The Jefferson County Purchasing Department will be accepting sealed bids for a Skid Steer Wheeled Loader with smooth bucket. Minimum Requirements: Performance: Rated Operating Capacity 2500lbs. Tipping Load 5000lbs. Engine: 75 Hp liquid cooled diesel Glow plug cold weather assist Engine shutdown system with monitoring of coolant, oil pressure, and rpm. Drive: […]
RICHARD J. WESP
RICHARD J. WESP, age 84, of Dandridge, TN passed away Tuesday morning January 28, 2014 at his home. He was born in St. Cloud, MN on December 1, 1929. He was retired from the United States Air Force after 24 years of service, and following his military retirement he worked 19 years for Lozier Corporation, […]
What Is This?
This Week’s Mystery Pic REPLY at the bottom of this page, or Send your guess to goodguess@jeffersoncountypost.com Correct answers are revealed each week. Congratulations to Gene Dunn Gene was the first to guess last week’s Mystery Pic correctly. The correct answer was: Can Opener
ROBERT (BOB) JONES
ROBERT (BOB) JONES, age 69, of White Pine, TN went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 27, 2014 after a lengthy illness. Bob was born and lived in White Pine most of his life. He attended White Pine High School and was employed as a Produce Manager for Food Lion until his health […]
GRACELYN ELIZABETH EBSCH
GRACELYN ELIZABETH EBSCH, infant daughter of loving parents Ian and Jennifer Ebsch of Dandridge, TN passed away on January 27, 2014 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center. Gracelyn is survived by her sisters, Presley Ebsch and Maleigha and Kiley Ballard; grandparents, Christine and Troy Burchett, James Murray, and Barbara and Gary Ebsch; great-grandparents, Arnold Burns, […]
DR. PATRICIA (PATT) SCOTT
DR. PATRICIA (PATT) SCOTT, age 88, of Jefferson City, TN entered heaven on Tuesday, January 28, 2014. Patt was born in Orange, CA and lived mostly in California and Wyoming until the age of 67, at which time she moved to Morristown, TN. Patt held MA and PhD degrees in education and she spent most […]
Icy Ideas
Days of being iced in at home for two or three days can be fun at first and then cabin fever creates such boredom. One has a choice of two things: stay inside or make the best of it. Remember all those times of wishing more time was available for soaking one’s feet , placing […]
Cold weather a real risk to school children.
With the temperatures hitting unusual lows this month, there seems to be a recurring theme among some people concerning the closing of schools on these cold days. In response to these comments, let me remind those who may have forgotten, that first and foremost, our responsibility to children is to keep them safe. While some […]
Common Core Back Under Fire In Nashville
Proposed Legislation to terminate or pause Tennessee’s participation in Common Core, the recently instigated educational standards, was filed last week in both the House and Senate. Some House and Senate Republicans have been vocal regarding their position on, what some view as, a step toward more federal intervention in local education. Tennessee is one of […]
Brazelton Lodge Hosts Pancake Breakfast for Warriors For Wyatt
A benefit pancake breakfast was held Saturday morning, January 25 at the Brazelton Lodge for Wyatt Crippen, a local 9 year old boy facing surgery for his third brain tumor. Despite the cold weather, a good crowd turned out to enjoy a fluffy pancake breakfast with all the trimmings. It was a chance for Jefferson […]
2014 Local Election Updates
As the petition deadline date looms on the horizon, campaigns are already heating up across the County. In contested elections for the May County Primary, Adderhold and Estes are two out of a potential field of four that have qualified for the spring race. Only incumbent Palmieri has turned in his qualifying paperwork for the […]
States with the Best Schools
Once again a report has hit the newsstands proclaiming which states have the best education (and which have the worst). I always vow not to read these articles, but then I succumb to that siren-song that says, “You will be enlightened if you will read this report!” And, as it turns out, I’m not enlightened. […]
My Legendary Snow
Can you believe the weather? Extreme cold… schools out… wow! Every time I hear that schools have called off for snow and hear comments wondering why, I get a flashback memory of the legendary snow that occurred in the early 1950’s in East Tennessee. It was an unexpected snow that began pelting the ground and […]
Industrial Development Board – Master’s Footwork Shows No Usable Property
The Jefferson County Industrial Development Board met on Friday morning, January 24, 2014 in the Jefferson County Health Department bottom floor. According to information provided by Garret Wagley, Director of Economic Development for the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce and ad hoc Industrial Development Board Member, the focus of the meeting was IDB owned property […]