Sparks prepared to welcome Dungy, Gailey to C-N coaching clinic
Carson-Newman head football coach Ken Sparks is geared up to welcome hundreds of coaches to the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., for the annual Carson-Newman Championship Coaching Clinic. Former NFL coaches Tony Dungy and Chan Gailey highlight the roster of speakers for the event from March 8-10. “Tony wrote a […]
Carson-Newman falls in conference opener to Anderson University
Carson-Newman (2-3) pulled out wins at no. 1 and no. 2 singles before dropping a 7-2 decision against Anderson (5-3) Monday afternoon at the Carson-Newman tennis complex. Freshman Juan Perez (Ecuador) secured an important win against Abdoulaye Camara at no. 1 singles 6-3, 6-4. At no. 2 singles, Paul Birdsong (Woodstock, Ga.) clinched a big […]
BURSTROM NAMED SAC PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Carson-Newman freshman Tatum Burstrom (Maryville, Tenn.) earned South Atlantic Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Week honors after a pair of sterling performances last week for the Lady Eagles. The award is the first for Burstrom in her career, and the first SAC weekly honor for a Lady Eagle this season. Burstrom started her award-winning […]
LADY EAGLES FIFTH SEED IN SAC TOURNAMENT
The Carson-Newman Lady Eagles basketball team (15-10, 9-9 South Atlantic Conference) earned a fifth seed for the 2013 Food Lion SAC Women’s Basketball Championship, announced by the league office Saturday. Carson-Newman will play its quarterfinal game at fourth-seeded Newberry on Wednesday March 6 at 7 p.m. inside Eleazer Arena. The Lady Eagles and Wolves split […]
2012-13 HUNTING, FISHING LICENSES NOW EXPIRED
Tennessee’s 2012-13 hunting and fishing licenses are now expired, as of the conclusion of Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013. The new 2013-14 licenses went on sale Feb. 18 and are valid through February 2014. Licenses may be purchased at any TWRA regional office, license agents, or online at TWRA’s website: www.tnwildlife.org. Licenses may be purchased at […]
UT forms community advisory council for proposed gas and oil research initiative
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has formed a volunteer advisory council of local and statewide representatives for its proposed gas and oil research initiative. The initiative calls for the study of environmental and other risk factors related to oil and gas development on the UT Forest Resources AgResearch and Education Center Cumberland Forest […]
INVITATION TO BID – Horizontal Baler for Jefferson County Landfill
Invitation to Bid The Jefferson County Purchasing Department will be accepting sealed bids from qualified vendors for a New Horizontal Baler for the Jefferson County Landfill. For a complete bid specification sheet please contact the Jefferson County Sanitation Department at 650 Grove Rd. Dandridge,Tn., 37725 or call 865-397-3544 or the Jefferson County Finance Department at […]
UT, NC State scientists secure nearly $2 million grant to improve produce safety
A group of scientists at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and North Carolina State University are working together to improve the safety of organic produce — naturally. Their study, “Alternative Post-harvest Washing Solutions to Enhance the Microbial Safety and Quality of Organic Fresh Produce,” began last fall. The four-year project is supported by […]
SEYMOUR M. (MACKIE) COUNTS
SEYMOUR M. (MACKIE) COUNTS, age 71, of Dandridge, TN passed away Friday afternoon, March 1, 2013 at his home. He was the son of the late Orville E. and Mable Fleming Counts. Preceded in death by his brother and sister-in-law, Harry T. and Judy Counts. He was a retired coal miner and employee of Bristol […]
Mary Burton’s: The Seventh Victim
Occasionally, I get the opportunity to sit in for Jake as he takes a day or two off and I relish the chance to share a good book with fellow readers. I just finished reading Mary Burton’s The Seventh Victim and I just could not put it down. Burton is no novice author and it […]
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 Bobby Vesser! Bobby was the first to guess last week’s Mystery Pic correctly. The correct answer was: A Rose
Lots of Assumptions
I often wish that things were as easy as they seem to be, yet very few things ever are. I have spent a considerable amount of time looking for information on the Megasite proposal. Sure, I know that it is temporarily out of the spotlight. But, when the time comes for a request for additional […]
Dixie Cups
If you are 50 or older, you probably remember coming out of the store or school cafeteria with a 5 or 10 cent Dixie Cup in one hand and a flat wooden spoon in the other. You pulled the tab, and the cardboard lid slowly lifted from the cup, revealing chocolate, vanilla or strawberry ice […]
Commissioner Hagerty Addresses East TN Megasite During TN State House Budget Hearings
The Jefferson County Budget Committee is heading into the Budgeting season for the 2013-2014 fiscal year. In addition to the usual requests that are presented to the Budget Committee, EDOC by way of the Industrial Development Board is expected to request nearly $2 million additional dollars to continue the certification process for the proposed Megasite. […]
Gun Owner’s Rights Fears Driving Increase in Handgun Carry Permits
The State of Tennessee House and Senate have passed the Guns in Trunks bill and it is on the way to the Governor’s desk for his signature. The issue of gun rights has been a concern across the Nation and, especially, in Tennessee. Jefferson County Representative Jeremy Faison sponsored the Guns in Trunks bill in […]