There’s a thin line between normal and insane. I think I’m standing on it… which would explain the big blob of crazy on my shoe.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2008
Sandra Odene Majors Cinnamon, wife of Hawkins County Property Assessor Don Cinnamon, died Wednesday from injuries she received in a Monday automobile accident.
The family will receive friends 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Friday, February 1, 2008, at Christian-Sells Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Billy Ray Courtney and Rev. [...]
Posted in The South on Jan 31st, 2008
George Martin, captain on the Giants 1986 Super Bowl championship team, is walking across the United States to call attention to the plight of rescue and recovery workers who risked their lives in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.
Martin, who made his way through Hawkins County last November, tells NYT Columnist Williams [...]
Posted in Hawkins County on Jan 31st, 2008
Last Tuesday, a video-production crew from Knoxville spent a full day in the Dickson-Williams Mansion in Greeneville shooting Civil War home front scenes for a permanent historical exhibition at the East Tennessee History Center in Knoxville.
The scenes for the documentary are based on diaries written by three women during the Civil War, each with their [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 31st, 2008
Last night, I was working on the taxes, cursing the government and watching CNN when Mr. Smartypants flopped down on the sofa.
“I sure hope that Obama guy doesn’t win the and move into the White House,” he said pointing at the television.
“Why?”
“I want that other person to win. The one Daddy thinks is a [...]
Posted in Iraq on Jan 31st, 2008
The 776th Maintenance Company in Elizabethton and its detachment in Mountain City have received a warning alert for possible mobilization for Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom.
If the unit is mobilized, it would mark its third mobilization in the past 17 years.
Posted in Hawkins County on Jan 31st, 2008
On Tuesday, a Rogersville Middle School student was the victim of an alleged assault by two boys claiming to be members of the R@R (Rock@Roll) gang.
The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. in a RMS boys restroom and may have been captured partially by school video surveillance. Rogersville police and juvenile court officials will [...]
Posted in Blog on Jan 30th, 2008
Cowboy Kim and Ms. Meg
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 30th, 2008
As I was driving down Main Street this morning, I noticed there was nothing to attract tourist on the street corners. So, I was thinking, if we could get some dark brown entertainers (tap dancers, blues guitarist, singers of Negro spirituals and such) this attraction might bring a crowd.
It would be preferable if [...]
Posted in Hawkins County, The South on Jan 30th, 2008
Hawkins County Property Assessor Don Cinnamon’s priorities took a huge turn Monday evening after his wife, Sandra, was badly injured in a single-vehicle accident on Route 113 west of Rogersville.
Next week, voters will decide whether to re-elect Cinnamon to a third term of office, or elect one of his three challengers: Kathy Cradic; Jess [...]
Posted in David Davis on Jan 29th, 2008
Bill Grubb @ the Rogersville Review reports:
Johnson City Mayor Dr. Phil Roe is seeking the Republican party’s nomination for the First District congressional seat held by incumbent Congressman David Davis.
Roe and Davis were among the 13 candidates in the 2006 primary race to replace former Congressman Bill Jenkins following his retirement.
There were 74,713 votes [...]
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