NASHVILLE – More than 600 Tennessee Army National Guardsmen from the 1/230th Air Cavalry Squadron departed March 30 and 31 from their home stations in Jackson, Alcoa and Smyrna bound ultimately for Iraq. Their immediate destination is Fort Sill, Okla., where they will complete a number of weeks of pre-deployment training before leaving for Iraq. [...]
Joann Margaret Shuler, 1938-2009
March 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Member of Macedonia Baptist Church Joann Margaret Shuler age 70 of Townsend, died Monday, March 30, 2009 at Blount Memorial Hospital. She was member of Macedonia Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wade & Bessie Effler; grandparents, Jerry & Della Effler, George & Jane Stephenson; brothers-in-law, Ralph, Dillard and Doyle Shuler; [...]
Dresser joins Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont as Program Specialist
March 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont has added a new position to its Programming Team. Mary Dresser has joined the Tremont staff as Program Specialist. Her responsibilities include developing, planning and coordinating program schedules for all school groups and some non-school programs. Dresser will also assist with teaching and leading hikes. She is a member [...]
Tennessee Army National Guard’s Air Cavalry headed to Iraq
March 24, 2009 By Leave a Comment
NASHVILLE – More than 600 soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard’s 1/230th Air Cavalry Squadron, with units in Smyrna, Alcoa, and Jackson will depart their home stations enroute to Fort Sill, Okla., on Monday and Tuesday, March 30 and 31. The Squadron will complete pre-deployment training at the southwest Oklahoma post prior to their [...]
City Council Meeting for March 2009
March 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
From City of Townsend Commission Meeting Minutes, March 17, 2009 Attending the meeting was Mayor Pat Jenkins; Vice Mayor Ron Palewski, Commissioner Shannon Skidmore, Commissioner Charles Tippitt, Commissioner David Wietlisbach, Police Chief Ron Suttles, Recorder Shelia Moss, Iva Butler, Don Headrick, Mary Ann Ashworth, Lorraine Palewski, Tim Byrd, Teresa Culp, Bud and Mary Grace McCaffery, [...]
Ronald “Yogi” Wilson, 1943-2009
March 10, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Former Heritage High School coach MARYVILLE, Tenn. – Ronald “Yogi” Wilson of Maryville passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at Blount Memorial Hospital. Preceded in death by: wife, Mary Jo Wilson; parents, Beecher and Susie Williams Wilson; brothers, Beecher Wilson Jr., John Wilson, Max Wilson, Everett “Toot” Wilson, and Glen Wilson; Survived by: Wife, Maleia [...]
George Herbert Davis Sr., 1919-2009
March 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Member of Tuckaleechee United Methodist Church George Herbert Davis Sr., age 89, of Townsend, passed away Sunday, March 8, 2009 at Blount Memorial Hospital. He was a member of Tuckaleechee United Methodist Church and a Veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in World War II. He was retired from Alcoa Aluminum Company after thirty-five [...]
Two indicted for conspiring to steal trade secrets from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
March 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Roberts was a 1980 graduate of Heritage High School WASHINGTON – An indictment was unsealed today charging Clark Alan Roberts, 46, and Sean Edward Howley, 38, both engineers with Wyko Tire Technology Inc., located in Greenback, Tenn., with conspiring to steal trade secrets from the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and scheming to defraud Goodyear [...]
Experience a Summer in the Smokies at Tremont
March 6, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Kids age 9 to 17 who love the outdoors can spend five or 10 days in the Great Smoky Mountains. Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont offers a variety of overnight programs “geared towards our mission of connecting people and nature,” said Meredith P. Goins of the institute’s public relations office. Tremont rests [...]