Edible Flowers
I am busy planning my garden for the Spring and Summer and am looking to do a little something different this year. I was at a tea last summer and there were some flowers decorating the food. At first, I was concerned but was informed that some flowers are edible. I would like to plant […]
The Buzzz!!
The buzz this week is all about upcoming uproar. The head governmental hive will be meeting this week and the megabuzz is mighty surrounding the swarm. Buzzy bees in the know are buzzing that some buzzy bees may bee planning to muddy the waters and that transparency may soon bee a thing of the past. […]
Women’s tennis drops close match at Wingate
Carson-Newman (2-6, 0-3 SAC) fell 6-3 in a closely contested match against no. 32 Wingate (8-5, 3-0 SAC) on Saturday. Junior Stefy Stand (Ecuador) overcame Ali Evers in a third-set tiebreaker 0-6, 6-4, 10-7 at no. 1 singles to start singles play off with a win. In another tiebreaker in the second singles spot, Patricia […]
Men’s tennis swept by Wingate
Carson-Newman (2-5, 0-3 SAC) fell at nationally-ranked Wingate (9-5, 3-0 SAC) 9-0 on Saturday afternoon. At no. 1 singles, freshman Juan Perez (Ecuador) took Kennedy Cancelado to a third-set tiebreaker before dropping the match 5-7, 6-3, 10-4. Jonathan Allen (Lenoir City, Tenn.) had a close game at no. 5 singles against Josh Eardley, but Eardley […]
EAGLES FALL TO MARS HILL 3-2 IN 10 INNINGS
The Carson-Newman Eagles baseball team (13-9, 9-3 South Atlantic Conference) fell 3-2 in 10 innings to the Mars Hill Lions (5-14, 3-6 South Atlantic Conference) at Henderson Field on Sunday afternoon. With the game tied at two in the bottom of the tenth, Mars Hill’s Tyler Shuler delivered a game-winning RBI single to left field […]
Hay wins the Tusculum Invitational, Jackson places in top five
Gavin Hay (Glasgow, Scotland) claimed the first place spot and wins the Tusuculum Invitational, Sunday at the at the Link Hills Country Club. The senior is C-N’s first medalist since Brad Robinson won the Johnny Palmer Invitational in 2009. Hay’s two-day 137 (-5) is tied for the eighth lowest 36-hole score in SAC men’s golf […]
Daughters Of The American Revolution Annual Spring Luncheon
Five Samuel Doak Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Members attended the DAR Annual Spring Luncheon at the Holiday Inn in Johnson City, TN, on March 8, 2013. The guest speaker was Tennessee State Regent Nancy Hemmrich. Samuel Doak Chapter’s Regent Gloria Beauchamp, Vice Regent Linda Handel, Librarian Jane Hersch, Barbara Baker, and […]
Multiple Megasite Proposals Targeting Auto Industry Revealed – SOFAH Prepares for Worksession
The Save Our Farms and Homes group met on Saturday afternoon to make plans in advance of the upcoming Jefferson County Commission Work Session and County Budget Meeting on Monday evening. Attorney for the group, Scott Hurley, stated that the opposition group continues to hold 1400 acres of the proposed 1800 for the East Tennessee […]
Late LMU run pushes Railsplitters past C-N in SAC semifinals
Carson-Newman’s (20-8) bid to make its first SAC title game since 2001-02 fell short as top-seeded LMU (24-4) closed the semifinal matchup on an 11-3 run to knock the Eagles out of the postseason 69-59. Carson-Newman trailed by one with just over four minutes left, but LMU used the run to the seal the game […]
Dandridge PTO & Modern Woodmen Host Spring Fling
Though the first day of Spring is still a few days away, Dandridge Elementary School students took advantage of the nice weather on Saturday morning to attend the Spring Fling. The Dandridge Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization and the Modern Woodmen hosted the fun raiser. In addition to activities that included inflatables, cupcake walk and […]
Protect Yourself against Shingles: Get Vaccinated
Almost 1 out of 3 people in America will develop shingles during their lifetime. Your risk increases as you get older. People 60 years of age or older should get vaccinated against this painful disease. Shingles is also known as herpes zoster. It causes a painful, blistering skin rash that can last 2 to 4 […]
The Boys Of Summers Past, JCHS Alumni Games
The boys of summers past hit the field on Saturday to have a little fun and support their favorite home team. Jefferson County High School Patriots Baseball Team hosted an alumni game at Holland Field. Past members of the Patriot Baseball Team dusted off their gloves to help raise funds for 2013 team. Events started […]
Greene County Airport Receives Over $1 Million Aeronautics Grant for Relocating Airport Access Road Including Utilities
The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) announced today that state aeronautics grants totaling $4,413,873 have been approved for fifteen Tennessee airports. For more details on each of these grants visit: http://www.tdot.state.tn.us/news/2013/AeronauticsGrantDetails.pdf The grants are made available through the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s Aeronautics Division. The Division administers federal and state funding to assist in the […]
Curbing Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Card Advances
On Tuesday, Republican lawmakers on the House Health Subcommittee gave approval to a bill designed to help curb abuse of purchases made using Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. House Bill 119, if passed by the legislature, will prohibit use of a welfare recipient’s EBT card in liquor stores, adult cabarets, casinos, and other gambling facilities. […]
Dungy message to C-N football: “It’s what you do in the long run that counts.”
Referencing Matthew 16:26, former NFL coach Tony Dungy told Carson-Newman’s football team Friday afternoon that the most important thing about football was not winning championship, but using football as a way to become a better person. “I’ve lived 31 years in the National Football League,” Dungy said to the 140 players in the Ken Sparks […]
Cyber Command Adapts to Understand Cyber Battlespace
Since the Defense Department officially made cyberspace a new domain of warfare in 2011, experts in the public and private sectors have been working to make that inherently collaborative, adaptable environment a suitable place for military command and control. In July of that year, the first initiative of the first DOD Strategy for Operating in […]