The Buzzz!!
The buzz this week is about the start. The DOE hive has been busy this week as a new hive opened for the first time. Rumors have been flying that the new hive may bee missing some important parts but buzzy bees in the know are buzzing that this time the rumors are off the […]
Change Is Good
Change is good. Well, usually change is good. Sometimes, change is just change and sometimes change brings hard results. The new Patriot Academy opened this week and, for the first time in more than 30 years there is no freshman class at Jefferson Count High School. While I still have my reservations about the concept […]
Lee Child’s: Killing Floor
Having recently seen the Jack Reacher movie, I figured now was a good time to check out the first novel, Lee Child’s Killing Floor. In Killing Floor, ex-military policeman Jack Reacher gets off a Greyhound bus in sleepy Margrave, Georgia, after becoming a drifter for quite some time. Reacher decides to investigate a murder that […]
Give Him Time
My father was a big coin collector and my young son has inherited his collection, however he just doesn’t appear interested. I would like to encourage him but I am just not having a lot of success. Do you have any suggestions? I am sure that your father had a wonderful and, most likely, expensive […]
Piedmont School Open House
The Piedmont Elementary School hosted their back to school open house on Tuesday, August 6. 2013. Over two hundred students and families filled the hallways on Tuesday night. Students and families were able to find out the bus routes, classrooms and new rules that will be enacted this year. Excitement was high as the students […]
Better Know the Opponent, week five: Mars Hill
This is the fifth in an 11-part series chronicling each of Carson-Newman football’s opponents for the 2013 season. Today’s feature opens the month of October with Mars Hill. The Eagles visit the Lions Oct. 5. Mars Hill brings just about everybody back from 2012’s team that finished in a tie for second in the SAC […]
Patriot Academy Ribbon Cutting – Welcome Class of 2017
For the first time in more that 30 years, Jefferson County High School Main Campus is not the home to the freshman class. On Thursday, August 8, 2013 the Class of 2017 became the first class to inhabit the new Patriot Academy. After an early evening ribbon cutting ceremony, the school was opened to the […]
DORIS “DOTTIE” FAYE FOSTER
DORIS “DOTTIE” FAYE FOSTER, age 78, of Dandridge, TN peacefully passed away, Thursday, August 8, 2013 at the Jefferson Co. Nursing Home. Dottie, who has been disabled since birth with epilepsy, was the daughter of the late Claude and Ollie (Carmichael) Foster. She was a member of the Nina Missionary Baptist Church for many years, […]
EVELYN (RIMMER) FOSTER
EVELYN (RIMMER) FOSTER, age 85, of Medina, OH passed away July 12, 2013. She is survived by her son Ray (Marilyn) Foster; sister, Ann Rimmer; grandchildren, Carolyn Hydash and Kathy Jo Foster; great-grandchildren, Tiffani Hydash and Oliva Foster; sisters-in-law, Mildred French and Marie Hill; many other family and friends. A graveside inurnment service will be […]
LARRY O. JOHNSON
LARRY O. JOHNSON, age 72, of New Market, TN passed away Wednesday, August 7, 2013 at Physicians Regional Medical Center. He was a retired diesel mechanic. Larry was a beloved husband and father who will be greatly missed by all. Survived by his wife, Carol Parsons Johnson; children, Dawn Edmonds, Larry W. Johnson, Linda Biddle; […]
WAYNE K. GILES
WAYNE K. GILES, age 78, of Dandridge, TN passed away Tuesday, August 5, 2013 at his home following a long illness. He was born and raised in Lock Haven, PA and spent a career in aviation manufacturing with Piper Aircraft and Ratheon Aerospace. Survived by his wife, Mary F. Giles; children, Randy Giles, Bryon Giles […]
Darrell Waltrip to headline Carson-Newman NASCAR Celebrity Roast Bristol Race Week event to Benefit Boys and Girls Club
Carson-Newman University invites race fans to start their engines for Bristol race week with a NASCAR celebrity roast featuring racing legend Darrell Waltrip. The University will present the event benefiting The Boys and Girls Club of Dumplin Valley on Tuesday, Aug. 20, at 7 p.m. on the school’s Jefferson City campus. The roast is open […]
Lady Patriots Unhorse Chuckey-Doak Black Knights 3-1
As the ladies’ soccer season begins, the Lady Patriots pull off a decisive victory against Chuckey-Doak’s Black Knights in a scrimmage this past Thursday. With the final score being 3-1, the Lady Patriots’ are showing a strong determination to go to this year’s Finals. The first goal came early in the first half, giving some […]
Spirit of Nations Powwow to Offer New Features
The Spirit of Nations Powwow, scheduled for August 10th in Knoxville, will be held in commemoration of the 175th anniversary of the Trail of Tears. Because of this anniversary, new features at this year’s powwow include a Cherokee language class and Cherokee traditional dancing. Also new this year will be a children’s area that will […]
Afternoon Pick-Up of Students by Parents at Jefferson County High School
Parents, We have had a very good beginning of the school year. Thank you for your patience and cooperation in helping us provide an environment as safe as possible for your children and our students. As part of our ongoing effort to insure student safety we find it necessary to alter pick-up time by parents […]
Introducing Eagle Vision, construction complete on new football video board
The gameday experience for Carson-Newman football contests at Burke-Tarr Stadium is getting a little more visual. Crews have finished construction on a 300,000 dollar video board – Eagle Vision – that now graces the northeast corner of Burke-Tarr Stadium. The board, which was paid for by a donor whom wishes to remain anonymous, is 24 […]