TDOT Announces Projects for October Bid Letting
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has released the projects for which it will accept bids on October 18, 2013. TDOT will open bids on a total of 53 contracts, including 86 projects in 95 counties. TDOT will initiate resurfacing projects on several Tennessee interstate corridors, including I-40, I-81, I-75, I-24, and I-65. Bids will […]
DOROTHY MORIE
DOROTHY MORIE, age 88, of Dandridge, TN passed away Friday evening, September 20, 2013 at the Jefferson County Nursing Home. She was born September 4, 1925, the daughter of the late W.O. Marion and Leola Dobbins Marion. Preceded in death by brothers, Ted Marion, Norman “Doc” Marion, Jimmy Marion and W.O. Marion, Jr.; sisters, Nebraska […]
THOMAS NATHANIEL CRISEL
THOMAS NATHANIEL CRISEL, age 76, of Baneberry, TN and formerly of Salinas, CA, passed away at Jefferson City Health and Rehab after a long and lingering illness on Wednesday. September 18, 2013. He was born to James and Elsie Crisel on August 27, 1937 in Holly Grove, Arkansas. He was a retired maintenance worker from […]
SARA W. PATTY
SARA W. PATTY, age 85 of Jefferson City, TN passed away Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at UT Medical Center. Loved and missed by daughter and son-in-law, Pam and Jim Zorio; grandchildren, Tammy (Doug) Renalds and Ben Zorio; great grandchildren, Bailey and Kirby Renalds; sister, Mary Nell Blanken; and sister-in-law, Dorothy Whitaker; special thanks to the […]
Patriots Score Road Trip Victory Over Eagles 45-28
Jefferson County Patriots took to the road on Friday night looking for redemption and they found it on the Seymour Eagles field. Though the game play was hindered by penalties on both sides of the ball, the Patriots managed to overcome early mistakes that put 5 points on the board for the Eagles. After a […]
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 Mark Corum (Sevierville) Mark was the first to guess last week’s Mystery Pic correctly. The correct answer was: A Football
Can’t Get There From Here?
I went on a business trip this past weekend to a place near McMinnville, Tennessee, which I might add has a rockin’ VFW on Thursday nights. For those of you who don’t know, McMinnville is a bit isolated. Oh, who am I kidding? Saying McMinnville is a bit isolated is like saying the Titanic ran […]
Flu Season Quickly Approaching
October is quickly approaching and with it the beginning of the flu season. According to Gail Harmon, Assistant Regional Director Department of Health-East Region, the typical influenza season begins as early as October and can continue through the middle of May. Generally, the peak of the season is in the cold weather months or January […]
The Buzzz!!
The Buzzz this week is about perspective. The head governmental hive gave the mini boot to one high flyer on the hill last week. Buzzy bees in the know are buzzing that the IDB hive may bee minus one controversial drone but that could bee only the bee ginning of the worries for the hive […]
Regional Favorite “Lost Creek Band” Packs Music On The Town
After a soggy second week for Music on the Town, the event recouped nicely on Thursday evening, as Lost Creek Band played to a large crowd. The band is a local favorite and it was evident by the number of music lovers that turned out to hear their Bluegrass renditions of some familiar tunes. There […]
Some Are More Attractive Than Others
This year the mosquitoes seem to be particularly bad and I get eaten up every time I go outside. My husband doesn’t get nearly as many bites as I do, even when I wear repellent. Do you have any idea why I am so attractive to mosquitoes so that I can adjust what I am […]
Doing Battle in Love
One of the key features of common law is called the “adversarial system.” Simply put, a prosecutor argues with a defense attorney. Justice is considered complete when the judge or jury is convinced by the more effective adversary. Some historians trace this system back to the Middle Ages, where justice was served by “trial by […]
The Race Is About To Begin
We are fast approaching that time of year when candidates will begin to commit to the election process or announce their decision to leave the political arena. Though we are still a couple of months from picking up petitions, most candidates for the May election are already in the process of weighing their options. The […]
Wonders of Coconut Oil
I first noticed the benefits of coconut oil as a great hair product, while being involved with the United Nations and noticing the beautiful long shiny hair of the women from tropical areas, India, Pakistan and the Philippines, among other countries. Their healthy hair and the shine made me wonder what brought about such glorious […]
Language Development
With predictable child development in the six domains, gross motor, fine motor, cognitive, language, self help/adaptive, and social/emotional, we made the connections starting with gross motor, then fine motor and cognitive development. The next area of development to blossom is language or communication.. As we know, infants communicate their wants and needs long before language […]
Foes Join Forces For Pink Out
The Jefferson County Patriots will be taking on cross county rivals Cocke County for homecoming 2013. They will go head to head at Shannon Field on October 4th, but before the flip of the coin or the first snap of the ball the two schools will join together to combat a common foe-breast cancer. In […]