Tennessee State Parks Kick Off 2013 with First Hikes of the New Year
Tennessee State Parks will sponsor free, guided hikes on New Year’s Day in commemoration of the park system’s 75th Anniversary. Each state park will host its own special hike in the first few days of the New Year. “We are very excited to continue the celebration of Tennessee State Parks’ 75th Anniversary in 2013, beginning […]
Resolve to Give Blood
Medic Regional Blood Center hopes that blood donation is on top of the list for New Year’s Resolutions. “If all donors gave just one more donation per year, our area would rarely experience a blood shortage,” explains Christi Fightmaster, Director of Public Relations. Medic is the sole provider of blood for 21 counties and 27 […]
Libraries to Get Cheaper, Faster and More Extensive Loan Service in 2013
Tennessee’s public libraries will soon have more books available – cheaper and faster than before – thanks to a new interlibrary loan service set to debut next year. The new Firefly Courier service, developed by the Tennessee State Library and Archives, will link rural, suburban and urban public libraries throughout the state, as well as […]
Looking Ahead
This holiday season, as we enjoy time with our families and loved ones, let’s all take a moment to say a prayer for those in Newtown, Connecticut. In difficult times like these, it’s human nature to search for causation and look for someone or something to blame, but we may never be able to explain […]
Building Maintenance to Impact TDOT Web Services
Emergency maintenance will be performed this weekend on the James K. Polk Building in downtown Nashville, which houses the Tennessee Department of Transportation’s (TDOT) headquarters offices. This maintenance will cause outages to many TDOT web-based services. Beginning at midnight tonight, December 28, 2012, the TDOT website, Tennessee 511, and the new TDOT SmartWay mobile application […]
INVITATION TO BID
The Jefferson County Director of Facilities and Safety will be accepting sealed bids for installation of “LIGHT FIXTURES / ELECTRICAL WORK” in the Jefferson County Workhouse. Complete background checks, Insurance, Company Business License, and References must be included with the Bid Package. For a tour of the Facilities and/or Specifications and Bid Documents you may […]
Dandridge Christmas Parade 2012
Jefferson County had its fourth and final Christmas Parade last weekend as the Town of Dandridge hosted its annual parade. Local fishing legend Ott Defoe served as Grand Master of the Parade and followed the Sheriff and Dandridge Police Chief in leading a stream of cars, floats, tractors, horses and, of course, First Responders, through […]
Tennessee Electoral Votes Cast for Mitt Romney
Eleven Electoral College representatives from across Tennessee met in Nashville Monday to cast the state’s presidential votes for Republican nominee Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate, Paul Ryan. Like most states, Tennessee’s votes in the Electoral College are allocated based on a “winner take all” system – which means the electors pledged to award […]
JCHS JV Basketball Matchups
The Jefferson County Patriots were victorious in defeating cross County rival Morristown West 60-25 last week. The Trojans traveled to Dumplin Valley in hopes of improving their record but met with a determined Patriots team and ultimately fell in defeat in the match up. The Lady Patriots hosted the Lady Trojans earlier in the evening […]
Late Christmas Gift
My daughter came down with the flu during the last week of school and she missed her class Christmas party. I meant to take gift bags to the school for her classmates and teachers but just did not get it done. I would like to do something for her little friends and teacher but don’t […]
John Grisham’s: Skipping Christmas
John Grisham’s: Skipping Christmas I love Christmastime like I love a good book. I look forward to it all year and enjoy sharing the things that I like with my family and friends. Stockings are big in my family and it is always interesting to see what one holds. Usually, a quirky read can be […]
Ready Or Not
Ready or not, here it comes! Christmas often creeps up before we are ready. Every Christmas, I get the feeling that I have forgotten something or someone. I am a list maker and I go over and over the many lists of things to do. There is a list of food for Christmas breakfast, a […]
Christmas is here… now what?
Sometimes Christmas gets such a big hype, it becomes impossible to live up to the expectation. After all, the media has been telling us what Christmas should be. Your child has been inundated by commercials trying to sell their goods. Most children want what they see and believe Santa has unlimited resources. On Christmas morning […]
Wonderful Time Of The Year
Ah, my lovelies, it is that most wonderful time of the year! This week will find me fluttering from family event to family event and I will adore every moment of the time with those that I love. This week, I will be the welcomed guest and it is a role that I plan to […]
Editorial – World Didn’t End
This is the season of giving and hope, peace and love. If you are reading this editorial then you obviously know that the world did not end last Friday. For those that were putting off making decision and changes because it just might not matter…well, guess what…the sun rose on Saturday and the world still […]
Dining With Democrats, Jan 4, 2013
The Jefferson County Democratic Party invites county Democrats to gather for our January First Friday Dining With Democrats dutch treat lunch. The lunch will be Friday, January 4, at 11:30 a.m. at Perkins Family Restaurant in Dandridge. Come join with others as we kick off the new year in the company of our Democratic friends. […]