VERNON BILLITER, JR.
VERNON BILLITER, JR. of Dandridge, TN went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, June 28, 2013 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Vernon was a retired coal miner from Pikeville, KY and a member of Central Heights Baptist Church, who first loved his Lord and his family. He leaves behind a host of […]
Do You Know WHAT This Is?
This Week’s Mystery Pic Send us an email to goodguess@jeffersoncountypost.com Correct answers are announced each week. Congratulations to Christy Mayes! Christy was the first to guess last week’s Mystery Pic correctly. The correct answer was: Tomatoes
Around The County On The 4th
July 4th week has arrived in Jefferson County and there are numerous events for those that are looking to celebrate their Patriotic spirit. Though Independence Day does not officially arrive until Thursday, The Point will be Shakin the Lake on Wednesday evening. The annual fireworks display has become one of the most anticipated summer events […]
Chamber Refuses Public Open Access To Records
The Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce and the Economic Development Oversight Committee (EDOC) recently denied a request for employee salary information. The Jefferson County Post requested the information several weeks ago and was provided audit reports via the Jefferson County Finance Department, however those reports did not denote salary breakdowns or sharing of employees between […]
Earth and Science Topics at Jefferson City Library
The children of the Jefferson City area were treated to an afternoon of learning, fun, and the almost magical workings of the earth and science this past Friday, June 28, at the Jefferson City Public Library. Children who attended the 2 p.m. event were visited by Bond the Science Man, who showed the kids that learning […]
Tennessee Megasites Continue To Stumble And Fall
In the wake of the fallout from two of Tennessee’s Megasite investments, the decision of Jefferson County officials to pull out of the local Megasite project is enjoying some level of vindication. Clarksville’s Hemlock Semiconductor was named this week in the Beacon Center’s Pork Report as earning the Pork of the Year distinction for costing […]
Southern Belle Syndrome
One morning last week I turned on the TV, to see what was going on in the world. Much to my surprise the topic was about a column written by a southern woman that brought about great controversy. Subject being, the difference between southern women and northern women. The anchor woman of a world known […]
Child Memory And Learning Part III
We now know how your child puts information into memory, but, what happens to make him/her forget? Why do we remember some things and forget others? Researchers have identified several factors that make it easier, or more difficult, to remember information. They identified these key factors: failure to store, failure to retrieve, time decay, interference/inhibition, […]
Michael Crichton’s: Eaters of the Dead
This week I am reviewing a short novel that was an impulse buy: Michael Crichton’s Eaters of the Dead. The novel is actually a translation and retelling of the manuscript of Ahmad ibn Fadlan, which details a 10th century Arabic messenger’s journeys with a company of Vikings, who were supposedly terrorized by a group of […]
Climate change takes center stage
Climate change takes center stage, as President Obama outlines a plan to fight carbon pollution, and Secretary Jewell releases a USGS study on carbon storage; Secretary Jewell takes several steps to help get kids moving in the great outdoors; the Secretary heads to Reno, Nevada for the National Congress of American Indians Conference; the 2013 […]
Sawyer Brown Coming to Pigeon Forge
Sawyer Brown, a band often referred to as the Rolling Stones of country music, is coming to Pigeon Forge where they will perform at Country Tonight, on the Parkway, July 5. The band exploded onto the music scene in the early 80s on the popularly nationally televised TV talent show, “Star Search” hosted by Ed […]
UT Gardens July 2013 Plant of the Month: Sea Holly
If your garden is crying out for something a little different – you owe it to yourself to check out sea holly. Not only is it an architecturally striking plant, it thrives in conditions often considered challenging. Eryngium, commonly known as sea holly or eryngo, can refer to several closely related species in the Apiaceae […]
The Buzzz!!
The Buzzz this week is all about fireworks. The budgeting hive met last week and voted to fully pollinate all the requests from the various hives in the County to the tune of 13 drops of honey into the jar. Buzzy bees in the know are buzzing that it is not who voted for the […]
Bright side or even colder?
I just returned from the mountains where I dipped my feet in the proverbial “cool mountain stream.” That description is not only wrong, but misleading in a way that could cause a man to lose his toes to frostbite. Cool mountain stream, my rear end, which by the way is still shivering. I suppose cool […]
Open The Books Or Give The Money Back
It is time that Jefferson County demands transparency from those that profit from our pocket books. It simply isn’t right that tax dollars go to support groups that hide behind their non profit status to try and keep secrets. I am sorry but you just can’t have it both ways. The Chamber of Commerce gets […]
Picnic Memories
Today was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the Smokey Mountains, for a much needed, relaxing picnic. With my out of town family guests, children and grandchildren, our caravan headed out to the mountains. We anticipated cooler temperatures and the cool creek water to subdue the effects of 90+ degree temperatures at […]