Hayes-Coffey Aden Cole Coffey announces the upcoming wedding of his parents, Nikki Hayes and Bobby Coffey. The bride-elect is the daughter of Scott and Kim Hayes. She is the granddaughter of Charles and Cora Hayes and Johnny and Debra Westmoreland. The groom-elect is the son of Bobby and Tina Coffey. He is the grandson of Malcolm and Betty Dalton and Ray and Midge Boyd. The ceremony will be held May
Dean-Davis Jordan Elizabeth Dean and Brandon Scott Davis announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage. The bride-elect is the daughter of Hank Dean and Kimberly Williams. She is the granddaughter of Randy Lowe, Linda Lowe, Raymond and Pauline Dean and the late Roy and Doris Horsewill. She is the great-granddaughter of Beatrice Barnes, the late Bruce Barnes and George Dean and the late Mr. and Mrs. Bill Lowe. She is a
Bush-Blazer Terry and Kathy Bush of Morristown announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Kelly Lynn, to Dustin Blazer of Parrottsville. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Maxine and the late William A. Yount and the late Rev. Billy and Georgia Bush. She is a 2003 graduate of Morristown East High School. She received her Bachelor of Science in Allied Health in 2007 from East Tennessee State University.
SALUDA, N.C. (AP) — A new adventure tour in opening in the North Carolina mountains. Green River Adventures gives visitors a grand tour of the Green River Gorge near Saluda through nine zip lines, two sky bridges and three rappels. Co-owner Tim Bell says the tour takes about 2½ hours and heads down 1,100 feet into the gorge. The platforms for the descent are built into trees, and nine of
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jazz guitarist Raphael Bas says French Quarter Festival is as close as it gets in the U.S. to the music festival he grew up attending with his family in Bourges, France. Bas recalls hearing American jazz singer Nina Simone, trumpeter Miles Davis and singer-pianist Jerry Lee Lewis perform with French musicians during the days-long Le Printemps de Bourges, the festival that loosely translated means Springtime of
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Aquarium will partially reopen on May 25, a milestone that will be celebrated about seven months after Superstorm Sandy devastated the 14-acre aquarium campus. “We have worked nonstop to ensure that the marine life in the aquarium was safe and secure,” Cristián Samper, president and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society, said in a statement Friday. “We want to share this progress with
King University will offer a new health care administration bachelor’s degree in the summer and fall terms of 2013. “We are excited to offer health care administration as a Bachelor of Science degree for the region,” Mona Salyer said. Salyer is the director of recruitment for King University’s Graduate and Professional Studies and Online Programs. “The program is designed for working adults and combines a health care administration program with
Cornerstone Academy Summer Camps is offering a full day camp as well as a half day camp to students currently in grades K through 7. The full day camp will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the half day camp will be held from 8 a.m. to noon. There will be two different sessions offered on June 10-14 and June 17-21, with different camps offered both weeks.
Lincoln Memorial University President B. James Dawson conferred degrees on 445 students Saturday in the school’s Tex Turner Arena. Of those, 163 were associate’s degrees, 178 were bachelor’s degrees, 102 were master’s degrees and two were doctoral degrees. Family and friends of more than 400 students participated in the commencement ceremony, and six individuals received special honors from the university. Professor Richard Carwardine, president of Corpus Christi College in Oxford,
Morristown Covenant Academy Early Learning Center in Morristown will be offering a summer camp program from June 3- July 26 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $75 per week. Each week will have a different theme. June 3-7 will be Playing it Safe week. Attendees will learn valuable safety habits such as emergency 911, fire prevention, water safety and more. June 10- 14 will be Little Einstein
Bewley’s Chapel Church in Russellville will host its annual Community Memorial Day Service Monday, May 27 at 10:30 a.m. for the Russellville Cemetery. Special guests presenting the program will be the Metro/Knoxville Buffalo Soldiers. There will be special singing and a Walk of Respect to the Cemetery after the service with an honor guard ceremony at the cemetery by VFW Post No. 5266. After the ceremony, those in attendance are
Adriel Baptist Church in Bean Station will start revival Sunday morning during the worship service at 10:45 and continue nightly at 7. Beulah Land Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Road, Talbott, will have Joyful Noise, a North Carolina Southern gospel group, singing Sunday, May 26. Pastor is Mike Taylor. Bewley’s Chapel, Russellville, will host its annual revival Sunday, May 26 at 4 p.m. and Monday, May 27, through Tuesday, May 28,
The Tri-Cities Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure has awarded a $6,856 grant to the Breast Health Outreach Program at The University of Tennessee Medical Center Cancer Institute to remove barriers and improve access to breast health screenings. The program will provide digital screening mammograms and clinical breast exams in Hancock County onboard the Medical Center’s state-of-the-art mobile mammography unit. “Many factors, such as transportation issues and access
Editor’s Note: To submit a calendar event, e-mail: ctstate@lcs.net The New Life Group, a drug and alcohol support group meets at 8 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 601 W. Main St., Morristown. For more information or a calendar of meetings, visit etror.org or call 1-877-354-0353. Not Alone, a drug and alcohol addiction support groups meets at 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 p.m. on
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital was recently recognized by a national ratings agency for being among the top 10 percent of hospitals in the nation in patient satisfaction. The hospital received the honor from CareChex, a division of Comparion that independently evaluates hospitals on multiple components of hospital quality. Hawkins County Memorial is part of an elite group in the nation for patient satisfaction in overall hospital care, medical care and
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — Walters State’s five-year wait to take the field
JEFFERSON CITY — A day after making the NFCA All-America first team,