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"Daniel Choma",
"August",
"Jerard Fagerberg",
"City Pages Staff",
"Michael Nordine",
"Tuesday",
"Aug All Day",
"Sheila Regan"
] | 2016-08-26T13:03:26 | null | null | I ride to work every morning, rain or shine, with a 30-pound pannier on the back of my bike. It took a little bit of… | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Farts%2Fdear-obviously-male-cyclist-who-defaced-my-sweet-sign%2F390980742.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp+spandex+bros.jpg?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | Dear obviously male cyclist who defaced my sweet sign | null | null | www.citypages.com | This morning, after riding in to the University of Minnesota with my partner, who had 60 pounds of anthropology books in her back pannier, I came home for one extra cup of coffee and passed a white male screaming from his carbon fiber road bike at a woman with two panniers. I would estimate this white male had been traversing at 25 mph or more.
Apparently said woman had merged onto the road traveling at a slower rate than he was on his speed machine. He was very clear in his screaming that he felt this was her fault.
Dudes. Dudes. Dudes. We need to have a little talk about male entitlement.
I love being a cyclist. It has literally changed my life and made me a better person. I also love the camaraderie of my other dude friends. I often lovingly refer to my dude male bike friends as "bros" in a sarcastic, loving way.
But my sweet sweet bros, something is very, very wrong with us.
My favorite part about riding a bicycle is seeing the vast diversity of people who ride bikes. There are little kids. There are moms and dads. There are angry looking Lance Armstrong types. There are mountain bikers with jean shorts. (Holla!) There are artists riding devices that do not look safe.
All of this is okay. In fact, this diversity is fantastic. It empowers individuals to find the best features of themselves and share that with the world. That’s really cool.
But when male cyclists raised in Velominati culture refuse to yield to all other types of cyclists while traversing on a path that’s designed to celebrate the diversity of our bike culture, we have a very serious problem.
That’s not bike culture. That’s pure patriarchal sexism and it frankly needs to stop.
I will not stop being different. And I hope the women, children, men, dogs in burleys, and artists whistling while they ride continue to be individuals that respect and love both the diversity and safety of those around them.
By the way, your butt doesn’t look “awesome” in those pants. Frankly, you can kiss mine. | http://www.citypages.com/arts/dear-obviously-male-cyclist-who-defaced-my-sweet-sign/390980742 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/80234ad11ba6088723436f9edf9ca82314313fbad3343203cc4071abfc4fe900.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T08:46:33 | null | null | Reader Michelle Willinganz responds to "I got heckled onstage for being fat. And it sucked" :… | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Fnews%2Fa-vote-of-sympathy-for-an-actress-heckled-for-being-fat%2F391665001.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp_lauren-anderson.jpg?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | A vote of sympathy for an actress heckled for being fat | null | null | www.citypages.com | First, you rock because you are awesome at your job. I love coming to see you and the rest of the talented crew, and thank you for always making me laugh and think.
Second, thank you for pouring your soul out. I've been there, struggled with my weight my whole life, been called names, joked about, and I too have done the fast food eat for two, maybe three. It takes me back five steps.
Food is tough when it's your emotional outlet, but I would rather have that struggle than be the horrible excuse of a human who puts someone else down to make themselves feel better. And hey, what you have they will never have pure talent! Looking forward to the next show! | http://www.citypages.com/news/a-vote-of-sympathy-for-an-actress-heckled-for-being-fat/391665001 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/51bacbc1d5a6335386b2238eebebcc035be5e3ec244c74ba3250681c11911978.json |
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"Mecca Bos",
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"Hannah Sayle",
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] | 2016-08-26T14:45:50 | null | null | Strap on your fanny packs, your walking shoes, and your stretchy pants. It's State Fair time and that means one thing and one thing only:… | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Frestaurants%2Fnew-foods-of-the-2016-minnesota-state-fair-the-ultimate-guide%2F391365051.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp_minnesota-cord-dog.jpg?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | New foods of the 2016 Minnesota State Fair: The ultimate guide | null | null | www.citypages.com | Minnesota State Fair Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Aug 27th 6:00 am - 12:00 am
Aug 28th 6:00 am - 12:00 am
Aug 29th 6:00 am - 12:00 am
$11-$13
Behold, your ultimate guide to the new foods of the Minnesota State Fair 2016. Plan your visit accordingly.
Candied Bacon Donut Sliders
Sliced glazed donut holes with thick candied bacon and a chocolate red wine ganache. At Minnesota Wine Country. $9
Minnesota Wine Country is the most soulless, pandering food stop in the fairgrounds. Decorated like an off-brand HGTV chalet, Wine Country preys on lowest-common-denominator trends. So of course they have bacon donut sliders. If it sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is. While the candied maple bacon is a nice blend of sweet and smoky, the delicate doughnut buns are desperately dry. Too much pizazz, not enough execution.
SPAM® Sushi
Grilled SPAM®, sushi rice, fried egg, and wasabi rolled in nori (dried seaweed). At Sushi Rolls. $6 for three, $8 for five.
Spam is salty. So is soy sauce. You’d think that the two would make for a particularly stifling pair, but Sushi Rolls does a great job offsetting the sodium levels with spongy fried egg. Spam sushi is also a great excuse to try wasabi on canned meat -- and that sort of anarchic culinary experimentation is what the State Far is all about.
Minnesota Corn Dog
Custom ground sausage on-a-stick made with blueberries, apples, wild rice, maple syrup, and cayenne dipped in a homemade corn dog batter and deep-fried. At Gass Station Grill. $5
As lovers of corn dogs and Minnesota, we wanted so badly to like this simple, cheap twist on a Fair classic. But whatever interest the ground sausage offered was lost in the greasy, loose batter-casing surrounding it. The key to good frying is crispness and levity. This had neither. Minnesota deserves a better namesake corndog.
Carpe Diem
A Taiyaki (fish-shaped) buttermilk miso waffle cone filled with balsamic-roasted strawberry compote and topped with vanilla ice cream, graham cracker crumble, and a fresh strawberry. At the Rabbit Hole. $6
This ice cream treat has it all: clever name, whimsical presentation, and knockout ingredients. The Carpe Diem from Rabbit Hole is served in a miso waffle cone shaped like a fish with a gaping mouth, the better to hold your sweet treat. A ladle of luxurious strawberry-balsamic sauce goes in first, followed by a generous serving of ultra-rich vanilla ice cream, topped with graham cracker crumbs and a strawberry. The miso gives the cone an unusual depth of flavor; it’s an integral part of the dish, not just a receptacle for the ice cream. Seize the day and get one of these cones.
Rustic Beef Pastry
Moroccan-spiced, grass-fed beef and baby spinach topped with creamy goat cheese and nestled in a flakey butter crust. At French Meadow Bakery & Café. $6
It’s disappointing when food looks much better than it tastes, and so it was with the rustic beef pastry from French Meadow. Moroccan-spiced grass-fed beef and baby spinach are layered into a croissant shaped like a tiny life boat, then topped with nuggets of goat cheese. The pastry was room temperature and tasted like it had been sitting out for a while. The filling was sparse, the goat cheese cold and firm instead of soft and melty. If your timing is right and you can snag one of these fresh out of the oven, they might be pretty good.
Macaroni & Cheese Curds
Rich macaroni & cheese blended with fresh cheese curds. At Oodles of Noodles. $9
This is nacho average plate of macaroni and cheese! By which we mean this incomprehensible mix of cheese curds, fancy cavatappi noodles, and honest-to-god orange nacho cheese is unlike anything you’ve ever tasted or would ever want to taste. It’s salty, it’s one-note, and it all comes served up with a dense breadstick to send your pancreas into overdrive, baby! Did we mention these are just noodles doused in nacho cheese and tossed with cheese curds for a whopping $9?
Cheesy French Onion Monkey Bread
Savory, pull-apart artisan bread loaf filled with caramelized onions, cheese, and beef broth, then baked in a wood-fired oven. At Blue Moon Dine-In Theater. $7
If you prefer your soup on a bread bowl, Blue Moon’s Cheesy French Onion Monkey Bread is ideal. A globe of stringy swiss sits atop the pullapart bread and translucent onions with a savory jus poured over the top. It’s a clever reverse engineering of the classic starter, though it’s a bit odd to eat soup with your hands. Do it anyway and gobble it quickly before the bread gets too soggy.
Gumbo Frites
A bed of crispy French fries topped with Ragin’s traditional New Orleans gumbo made with andouille sausage, chicken, bell peppers, onions, celery, and a rich roux-based sauce, then finished off with cheese and green onions. At Ragin Cajun. $7
We were thoroughly surprised by these guys. At first glance, before the shredded cheese had a chance to melt atop the gravy-laden fries, we thought it would be a sloppy, two-bit rendition of a Canadian classic. But this bayou-poutine proved us wrong. It’s not exactly gumbo gracing these crispy French fries, but it’s a damn tasty gravy with bits of spicy ham that had us reaching in for more. Don’t sleep on this curious wonder.
Iron Range Meat & Potatoes
A hearty portion of seasoned beef with a layer of cheddar cheese, topped with mashed potatoes, baked, and drizzled with a wild rice gravy. At Giggles’ Campfire Grill. $8
So maybe you didn’t come to the State Fair to get a solid, rib-sticking meal. But let’s say you did, eh? The Iron Range Meat and Potatoes would be your first and only stop. This hearty shepherd’s pie is actual food in a sea of gimmicky pretenders. Real meatloaf with bits of sweet corn is frosted with real mashed potatoes (with bits of red potato skin!) and dressed with a savory gravy. If you’re looking for sustenance -- and flavor -- look no further.
Italian Taco
A flour tortilla baked with butter and shredded parmesan, filled with Italian sausage and mozzarella, topped with roasted bruschetta, romaine lettuce, Caesar dressing, pesto, pizza sauce, and parmesan cheese, and then drizzled with a balsamic glaze. At Green Mill. $5
When a pizza has “everything but the kitchen sink” we still expect a bit of thought will go into the combination of toppings. But here, we truly have the kitchen sink. This amalgam of Italian flavors runs roughshod over any sense of propriety and order. Caesar dressing, pesto, marinara, balsamic -- find all this and some sausage bits, soggy lettuce, and cheese wrapped in a parmesan-crusted flour tortilla. It’s cheap at just $5, but what cost dignity?
Strawberry Donut Delight
A fresh glazed donut sliced in half and filled with strawberries and whipped cream – like a shortcake sandwich! At the Strawberry Patch. $6
While we give them an “A” for using local donut juggernaut Grandma’s Bakery donuts in this anted-up version of a strawberry shortcake, this is more proof that classics are rarely improved upon. A glazed donut, split and filled with macerated strawberries and whipped cream is still too sweet for its own good, and in the end begs for the time-honored subtlety of shortcake. Luckily, they’ve got that too, so don’t be like us and succumb to the siren song of “new.”
Sheep Dog
Lamb dog served hot in a bun with garlic sautéed kale, raw fermented sauerkraut, quinoa, and honey mustard drizzle. (Gluten-free option without the bun.) At Lamb Shoppe. $8
It may seem like a strange juxtaposition to top a hot dog with fresh, healthy ingredients, but the fair is all about odd food combinations. The centerpiece of the sheep dog from the Lamb Shoppe is a honey-infused lamb dog that is a standout on its own, made from grass-fed sheep raised by Doug Rathke and Connie Karsten in Hutchinson. But it is buried beneath three of-the-moment foodie ingredients: quinoa, kale, and raw kraut. The kale and the kraut added some crunch, along with some tang from the kraut, but the quinoa gave a strange texture to every bite.
Deep Fried Nachos Supreme
Pepper jack cheese cubes coated with a mixture of crushed seasoned tortilla chips and nacho cheese, then deep-fried, covered with taco meat, guacamole, more nacho cheese, and sour cream, and served with jalapeños on the side. Also available traditional-style without the supreme toppings. At Texas Steak Out. $9
We chuckle at the thought that there is a “traditional style” of deep-fried nachos. Nothing about this dish speaks to tradition. What it does speak to -- scream, in fact -- is a desire to be the most outrageous, state-fairiest food of all. And in that contest, this would be a serious contender. Otherwise, this one's a clunker. The crushed nacho tortilla chips feel already chewed. (It gave us hideous flashbacks to a girl in middle school who used to chew up Doritos and store them in the top of her retainer for later.) These are then balled up around cheese, fried into a crust, and served with lunchroom-quality ground beef, salsa, sour cream, and a squirt of liquid guacamole. Nothing supreme about it.
Paneer On A Spear
Deep-fried Indian-seasoned paneer cheese coated with a local craft beer batter and served with tomato garlic chutney. (Gluten-free) At Hot Indian at the Midtown Global Market booth. Available Aug. 31-Sept. 5 only.
Barbecued Shrimp Taco
Sweet, smoky, slightly spicy barbecued shrimp and cool, fresh jicama slaw in a warm flour tortilla. At Tejas Express. $10
The barbecued shrimp tacos at Tejas Express were the most pleasant surprise of the day. It can seem like seafood and the State Fair don’t really go together. But the shrimp were big and succulent, and there were lots of them. The chipotle barbecue sauce was definitely a few notches past Minnesota spicy, and the fresh and crisp jicama slaw provided a crunchy and cooling counterpoint. It would have been a nice touch to warm the corn tortillas on the griddle, but that’s a quibble.
Candied Bacon BLT
Crispy, thick candied bacon, rancher’s slaw, and green tomato spread on a sweet egg bun. At The Blue Barn. $8
Because the phrase “candied bacon” sells like wine at a “Mommy and Me” club, you absolutely have to have it at the fair, and here it is. But don’t rush right over. This is more candy than bacon, all lacquered down sugar and very little smoke. And the bigger crime is that in place of real tomato, during tomato season(!), there is but a dim swipe of tomato jam and another of smoked tomato mayo. The brioche-like bun is nice, but this doesn’t come close to your own BLT with garden-fresh produce and straight-up Miracle Whip.
Saucy Shrimp & Slaw
Breaded shrimp tossed in your choice of parmesan garlic, sweet chili, or buffalo sauce on a bed of fresh coleslaw. At Fish & Chips Seafood Shoppe. $10.95
For kind of a jazzed-up turn on popcorn shrimp, Saucy Shrimp & Slaw takes crispy breaded shrimp bits and slathers them in a choice of Parmesan garlic, sweet chili, or buffalo sauce.The seasoned batter is really the standout here. You could roll anything in the nicely peppered meal and drop it into boiling grease and you’d have a dish worth serving. Having that breadiness balanced by sauce and well-creamed slaw makes this a satisfying bite.
Spicy Pork Bowl
A mix of adobo pulled pork, rice, black beans, spinach, charred salsa, and fried onion strings. At the Blue Barn.$9
The ubiquity of the rice bowl being what it is, we’re not sure why we should encourage you to get one at the fair, except that this is a damn good bowl. The pork is at once smoky yet lightly sweet, performing an impressive balancing act that many porks cannot. The rice is tinged with herbaceous goodness, and hard cooked greens and tender black beans provide a solid base. A dollop of also excellently balanced “charred” salsa plus a finishing shower of fried onion makes this one of the most balanced things we’ve ever had at the fair, though you’re not at the fair for balance, we know.
Cajun Peel-N-Eat Shrimp
A half-pound of shrimp seasoned in a blend of Caribbean spices and served cold with a side of cocktail sauce. At Café Caribe. $10
Grease, batter, and sodium. This is the pedigree of fair foods. But that’s where Club Med-themed margarita house Café Caribe changes things up. Their cajun peel-n-eat shrimp are a fresh reprieve from the slog of deep-fried whatever on a stick. Tender and firm tails in split shells are lightly dusted with a zesty off-the-shelf cajun spice. The only real criticism is that you lose a lot of the seasoning when removing the shell, but overall, this is a welcome addition to the fairgrounds.
Reuben Pickle Dog
A dill pickle spear with sauerkraut and Thousand Island dressing wrapped in a slice of corned beef. At Pickle Dog. $7
Roast beef and cream cheese were never part of the Reuben recipe, but the State Fair is all about culinary iconoclasm. Pickle Dog swaddles its famous dill spears in a half inch of cream cheese and wraps it all in a slice of deli roast beef (which they claim is pastrami?). Voila, Reuben Pickle Dog. Despite the liberal interpretation of the New York City classic, there are strands of sauerkraut, and this new addition to the outside-the-bun hot dog cart is a strange and refreshing delight.
Burnt Butt Ends
Premium cuts of pork, seasoned with a BBQ rub, then smoked over oak and served with onions and jalapeños. At RC’s BBQ. $8
Happy to see the name Famous Dave’s removed from the experience of BBQ at the fair, we still found the burnt butt ends lacking where it comes to the knee-buckling experience of good ‘que. There’s a bad old joke that goes something like: “the food wasn’t very good and there wasn’t enough of it!” And so it is at RC’s. The burnt butt ends are a minuscule portion for the $8 price tag, and the accompanying jalapeños and raw onions feel like space filler. All that said, the reasonably tender and smoky nuggets beat last year’s Famous Dave’s “buffalo’d bones” debacle, so there’s that.
Deep Fried Grilled Cheese Bites
White cheddar cheese blended with beer batter, cubed, and deep-fried for a taste reminiscent of a grilled cheese sandwich. Served with a bloody Mary mix marinara. At O’Gara’s at the Fair. $8
We know it’s the fair and we know we’re dousing everyone’s fun in gasoline and tossing a match on it, but hear us now: There is only so much a coat of batter and grease can do to augment a food. Did grilled cheese need to be deep-fried? Wouldn’t adding another layer of breading to the mix only upset the balance of bread to cheese? We found these too greasy to enjoy, the cheese too mild to sing through the overpowering breading, and the marinara with nary a hint of Bloody Mary mix.
Beer Brat Buddies
Oktoberfest beer brat in a German pretzel bun with sauerkraut, chopped onions, and a choice of mustards — a serving for two! At Sausage Sister & Me. $7
The Oktoberfest beer brat buddies from Sausage Sister & Me are mini-brats in German pretzel buns, served two to an order. They’re tasty, but at the end of the day, they’re just diminutive brats. They come unadorned, so take advantage of the variety of condiments and toppings to jazz things up to your liking. There are the usual suspects: ketchup, mustard, ranch dressing, onions, and sauerkraut. But try some of the more unique offerings. The sriracha sauce has some zip to it, but the hands-down favorite was the Thai-inflected peanut sauce. Somehow it just works with the brats.
SPAM® Curds
Cheese-flavored SPAM® that has been cubed, battered, and deep-fried, served with a side of ranch dressing. At SPAM®. $7
Every year, the fair has to have a true dog, and this one is it. We almost hate that it’s so bad because it’s such an easy target, but there it is. This thing is as much cheese curd as Spam is meat. Which is to say, not very. Breaded and deep-fried spam cubes hide an insignificant trickle of processed cheese sauce within. The top note is salt, the bottom note is salt, the middle note is salt. If you want any of these, just inspect nearby trash receptacles. Intact containers full are sure to be found.
Bang Bang Fresh Chicken Tenders
Lightly breaded, fresh, never-frozen fried chicken tenderloins served with Bang Bang sweet and tangy chili sauce. At LuLu’s Public House. $6
Chicken tenders. Is there any more snooze-worthy phrase in the food universe? But here on Dan Patch Avenue at one of those generic-seeming beer vending stalls, we dare say we just ate the chicken tender of our lives. Which is kind of like drinking the bottled water of your life. Subtly exciting, yet exciting! For once not an oxymoron, these tenders are in fact tender, with sophisticated breading and frying and a handmade buffalo sauce (also available with BBQ) riding sidecar that’s at once fiery, creamy, and cracking fresh. One of our favorite bites. Wonders do not cease at the Minnesota State Fair.
New frozen treats:
La La Palooza Sundae
At Bridgman's Ice Cream. $25
For their 80th birthday, Bridgeman’s brought their behemoth La La Palooza sundae to the State Fair. It’s a hulking, eight-scoop monstrosity that defies any and all rationale. Pineapple chunks sit atop butter brittle ice cream. Strawberry topping covers pecans and mounds of chocolate. Everything melts into a Neapolitan nightmare that will draw gasps from fairgoers and Bridgeman’s employees alike. It’s such a spectacle that each buy comes with an “I ate a La La Palooza” button that’s the size of a softball. Pure, beautiful spectacle.
CRACKER JACK® Caramel Sundae
At Goertze's Dairy Kone. $7
The folks at Goertze’s Dairy Kone get bonus points for presentation and personality. The jocular mien of our server put a smile on our face – as did the Cracker Jack caramel sundae he handed us. The monster concoction features Goertze’s famous vanilla soft serve “Ice Kreme,” topped with caramel sauce, mini M&Ms, and a drizzle of hot fudge all swathed in whipped cream. It’s piled into an actual Cracker Jack box, so you find a surprise layer of caramel corn on the bottom. It’s big enough to share, which is good, because everyone will want some.
Call It Breakfast
At Dairy Goodness Bar, Midwest Dairy Association. $5
You can get the Call It Breakfast as a malt or a sundae, but to be honest, there isn’t much difference between the two. They’re both extremely creamy iced treats topped with doughnut sprinkles and chunks of what taste like A Baker’s Wife doughnuts. Would you actually eat this dessert for breakfast? Maybe if you’re a hedonist with no sense of self-preservation, to wit a fairgoer. Whatever the hour, the Dairy Building should be proud to host this democratically elected sweet treat.
Chocolate Agate Crunch
At Hamline Church Dining Hall. $5 for a single, $7 for a double.
Ice cream fans, and especially Izzy’s fanatics, should get over to the Hamline Church Dining Hall for some chocolate agate crunch, a new flavor inspired by the Minnesota state gemstone, the Lake Superior agate. There is a lot going on with this frozen treat. It starts with Izzy’s chocolate caramella ice cream, streaked through with a salted caramel swirl, then adds Oreo cookie crumbles and edible chocolate “rocks.” And of course, you get an Izzy’s scoop on top. May we suggest the mini-donut batter crunch?
The Elvis
At R&R Ice Cream. $5
Real-deal homestyle ice cream is churned with the help of John Deere engines at this ice cream stand. As the machines pump away noisily, you’ll enjoy a soft cool vanilla treat, laced with peanut butter and the flavor of real fresh bananas. It comes in (gasp!) a reasonable portion and feels slightly healthier for the addition of bananas. Wishful thinking? Perhaps. But it’s tasty and pure and feels right at home at the State Fair.
Minnesnowii Shave Ice Maple Bacon
At Minnesnowii Shave Ice. $6
Bacon is a trope at the fair as tired as a mom dragging three kids through the midway, but we give this credit for actually working. Working, that is, if you ever thought of icing down your pancake breakfast. Maple flavored ice sends “breakfast” straight to your dome. The bacon is just bacon bits from a Kirkland bag, but whatever. Add a squeeze of “snow cream” (sweetened condensed milk) for that extra dash of crazy.
Banana Cinnamon & Cream Dipped in Dark Chocolate
At JonnyPops. $5
So pure, they almost don’t belong at the fair, Minnesota’s own JonnyPops taste of what they are. In this case, real ripe banana, excellent dark chocolate, and spice-cabinet levels of cinnamon. It's perhaps a little heavy on the latter; you gotta be a true lover of that potent spice to go for this particular flavor. If you’re not, try one of their many others including strawberries and cream, mangoes and cream, and pineapple coconut, all made with real fruit and real cream. A portion of their proceeds always goes to Hazelden and the Betty Ford Foundation.
All photos by Jerard Fagerberg, Mary Jo Rasmussen, and Mecca Bos. | http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/new-foods-of-the-2016-minnesota-state-fair-the-ultimate-guide/391365051 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/56e2a603655ec4dfae1c0911f1c175ce49e40b88033a378f62ae57ace5798be9.json |
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Trash picked up regularly, lawns mowed regularly, alley garages not falling apart, life free from the worry that you are one day from your garage broken into, and my downstairs tenant not having to request a motion detector in the back yard as she has felt unsafe multiple times parking next to random people in the alley at late hours.
The overall tolerance for crime and bad citizen behavior is frustrating. Yes to sacred lands, but let's focus on our ward please. | http://www.citypages.com/news/councilwoman-alondra-cano-wheres-the-solidarity-with-the-people-of-powderhorn/391762151 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/9391c98237b02bad60a56ba6af9e6f4134ea5eb9ac96bbe9d0147b0b0f6e22de.json |
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In St. Cloud, the school district estimates that some 300 students will face homelessness at some point during the academic year.
The man, whom the church refers to as John Doe, has been living in the house for nearly three months. He’s a about 40 or 50 years old, contributes by doing janitorial work, and sits quietly in the back during Sunday sermons.
He was chosen by parishioners who volunteer with the St. Cloud Homeless Men’s Coalition, who determined that he would be the best fit.
He’s a “gentle soul, very delightful guy” with some physical deformities, says church attorney Robert Feigh. “Homeless people are messy, messy in the sense that a number of them have mental health problems, past addiction problems, and he probably has the least of that. He’s very, very quiet, but he’s a very nice fellow.”
St. Cloud doesn’t have any zoning rules concerning tiny houses, but city inspectors have been employing various tactics to separate St. John’s from its homeless resident, Feigh says.
The problem began when the church applied for a conditional use permit in July 2015, which St. Cloud promptly denied. The church argued that the city lacked the authority to infringe on their right to exercise their religion on their own property. Helping the poor was part of their religion, St. John’s insisted.
But the city wouldn’t leave St. John’s alone. Inspectors served a notice of violation, which came with threats of fines. They ordered the church to first bury electrical cable running to the house, and then requested it be dug up, inspected, and reburied.
“The threat is somehow to remove electricity, somehow evict him. I don’t know what they were gonna do, fine us,” Feigh says. “They just wouldn’t go away.”
So St. John’s filed suit against the city in federal court, citing the Bill of Rights and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000.
Feigh says communication with the city have dwindled down to legal filings between him and the city attorney, who has declined to comment.
“I don’t wanna say they have tunnel vision, but they see it as a vague potential problem if there were tiny houses all over the city, that that wouldn’t be good, and it probably wouldn’t be,” he says. “Or there should be a legislative solution where the city council passes something to rectify this. But they haven’t done that. … That’s the big distinction here. The government cannot interfere with churches rendering to the poor on their own property. That’s what it amounts to.” | http://www.citypages.com/news/st-cloud-wants-to-evict-gentle-homeless-man-from-churchs-tiny-house/391632461 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/d5457ca1f338f91b47bb3122907a899153b7110217c75ef8b5ad142e63792eed.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T12:54:38 | null | null | A harrowing story that puts the company's crash safety to the test. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Fnews%2Ftwin-cities-surgeon-says-tesla-suv-saved-his-family-photos%2F391271772.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp+tesla+crash+1.PNG?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | Twin Cities surgeon says Tesla SUV saved his family [PHOTOS] | null | null | www.citypages.com | Nine years ago, he was the surgeon on call the day the I-35W bridge collapsed on campus. Before and since that tragedy, Braman's steadied the knife on plenty of people who have just been pulled from automobiles and rushed into surgery.
"I've taken care of lots of different people in mass casualty events, with multiple injuries," Braman said. "I was fortunate not to be one of them."
Braman's referring to a harrowing car accident he and his family survived this past weekend, with everyone packed into the car and scheduled for a trip to a family cabin. Driving south on East Bush Lake in suburban Bloomington, Braman was looking to turn left, east, onto Interstate 494.
His 76-year-old father rode shotgun in Braman's new Tesla Model X. Braman's wife, two kids, and mother were in the backseat. The family dog was somehwere back there, too.
Braman got the green arrow. He waited a couple beats, didn't see any red-light stragglers coming through on the other side, and pulled out.
A half-instant later, a white killer whale of an SUV came into Braman's line of sight.
"I did see him coming," Braman says. "The [Model X] has the largest windshield ever put in a car. This was the largest windshield ever, filled-up by a GMC."
Braman slammed on his brakes, and guesses the other SUV might've been traveilng at 45 miles an hour at impact. The GMC hit the Tesla on its right front fender, closest to Braman's dad.
Both airbags deployed -- "like a shotgun going off in each ear," Braman says -- and, after a silent moment, the driver wanted very badly to get himself and everyone else out of the car. A group of good samaritans, young men, had pulled over to check on passengers of both vehicles.
There were no major injuries. Braman says he knows why.
"The [Tesla] car did its job," he says. "It sacrificed itself so my family could be safe. The car absorbed the impact to protect, even, the occupants of the other vehicle. The fact that my car is destroyed, and his isn't, doesn't mean my car did something wrong."
In fact, it did exactly what it had advertised. From Tesla's own description about the car:
"Without a gasoline engine, the large front trunk acts as a giant impact-absorbing crumple zone," Tesla writes. This is what Braman saw in his own accident, with the GMC having "sheared off" the front of the car, with minimal impact on the rest of the body.
"We actually didn't even move that much," Braman says. "We just deflected off the other car."
The California company's first SUV hasn't been tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) yet, but is already bragging that, based on its internal test, it will be the first sport utility vehicle ever to receive the highest safety rating in all categories.
Prior to this spring, Braman drove a pickup truck, and before that he and his wife had a station wagon the family outgrew. How much did Braman know about Tesla's safety claims when he bought the Model X back in April?
"Everything," he says. "That's why I was in the car. That's why my family was in the car."
Braman takes the same turn off East Bush Lake Road to get to work every day. God forbid he ever meets another vehicle in that intersection. If it does happen, he's sure -- now more than ever -- what kind of car he wants to be in. | http://www.citypages.com/news/twin-cities-surgeon-says-tesla-suv-saved-his-family-photos/391271772 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/c6518eb16aeb2464b2f2e700f0c112badbfc28b1409d9d85715434fec2467810.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T12:56:31 | null | null | The Dubliner Cafe on University Avenue in St. Paul is here, now, and new. It's a shiny replacement for the old Bonnie's Cafe that thrummed… | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Frestaurants%2Fthe-dubliner-cafe-cant-fill-the-shoes-of-bonnies-on-university-avenue%2F391167661.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp_dublinercafeinterior.jpg?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | The Dubliner Cafe can't fill the shoes of Bonnie's on University Avenue | null | null | www.citypages.com | A brief history: Bonnie's was an old-timey place, a scratch-cooking cafe born out of the lifelong dream of owner Bonnie Rolle. She was a bit of a mother figure for all those who passed through the doors, some say a saintly presence who made sure everybody got fed, whether they could pay or not.
Her memory, and the sentiment of Bonnie’s, lived on through her daughter Becky Moosbruger, after Bonnie died in 2013. But early this year, Moosbruger received word that their lease would not be renewed. The adjacent Dubliner Pub would be taking over the space.
The reasons for the change remain somewhat unclear (read more about the story here), but what we know is that the keys were turned over, the space has turned over, and the menu has changed over. Everything is new.
Nothing remains of Bonnie’s old mint-green diner-style cafe with the gingham tablecloths. The new digs are open, airy, and pretty sleek. Wooden floors gleam, swiveling stools perch at the breakfast bar and window, and wooden booths invite you to sink in
The decision to implement a modernized Irish menu is a no-brainer for the longtime, hard-drinking Irish pub, though you won’t find anything overly authentic, or really, overly thought out on the menu.
Since they’re only open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (the menu is served in the bar after 2 p.m. but the cafe shutters), breakfast all day was a good decision. It’s short-order stuff — eggs how you like them with choices of meats and toasts, plus a smattering of omelets. There was also something called "Irish French Toast" that looked too sickly sweet to contemplate: cinnamon brioche with “Irish mist liquor” topped with “Irish mist whipped cream, served with choice of starch.”
We passed.
Thinking that the Irish(-like) selections would be the best way to avert disaster, we went with the usually safe bet of fish and chips, the “Scotchless Egg," and the Reuben.
A heavily battered filet of fish was indeed the best bite of the bunch, tasting fresh and of the sea and flaking away prettily beneath the significant crunch of the batter. Chips are just frozen fries, choose from wedge or “stealth” (when we enquired what a “stealth” fry is — it’s trademarked on the menu — we were told that they’re just “thinner and crisper” fries). What arrived were standard frozen fries.
Curiouser still, the venerable Scotch Egg, a favorite grab-and-go and drinking snack around Britain (and the Minnesota State Fair for that matter), eschews the most important ingredient: the sausage. So what ultimately arrives on the plate are overcooked, deep-fried, hardboiled eggs, with a couple wan accompaniments of pickles and horseradish sauce.
The Reuben won’t excite you if you’re a connoisseur, but if you’re just in it for a sandwich this one's passable. On whole grain toast instead of the imperative tang of rye, it's layered with a little fatty corned beef, a little cheese, a little kraut. It is in fact a sandwich, but we wouldn’t send a Reuben lover over for one.
Service is perky and trying very hard, in spite of being obviously understaffed and harried.
Either the Dubliner Cafe has some work to do before it continues to unleash itself on the general public, or perhaps they’ll just punch a hole in the wall and expand the bar, which might be their best bet.
For the moment, you might think of waiting until the wee hours before ordering this food. Next to a enough whiskey and Guinness it might look a little better.
2162 University Ave., St. Paul
651-646-5551
thedublinerpub.com | http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/the-dubliner-cafe-cant-fill-the-shoes-of-bonnies-on-university-avenue/391167661 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/2a5e860b3c92c8602e6047af480615283ee8c3a022d48441aca92380de053b97.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T16:46:07 | null | null | Minneapolis City Pages is the definitive source of information for news, music, movies, restaurants, reviews, and events in Minneapolis. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Fslideshows%2Fprince-fans-turn-the-minnesota-state-fair-purple%2F391494661.json | http://www.citypages.com/img/faviconit/favicon-310.png | en | null | Prince fans turn the Minnesota State Fair purple | null | null | www.citypages.com | Gallery Grid 1/39 2/39 3/39 4/39 5/39 6/39 7/39 8/39 9/39 10/39 11/39 12/39 13/39 14/39 15/39 16/39 17/39 18/39 19/39 20/39 21/39 22/39 23/39 24/39 25/39 26/39 27/39 28/39 29/39 30/39 31/39 32/39 33/39 34/39 35/39 36/39 37/39 38/39 39/39
The Minnesota State Fair honored the legendary Prince with its Unite in Purple event Friday. Fairgoers were encouraged to dress in purple, as some of the fair buildings and Midway rides were lit purple. Musicians at various stages covered Prince tunes and DJ Dudley D led a dance party before the night capped with a fireworks show honoring his funkiness. All photos by Lucy Hawthorne on August 26, 2016. | http://www.citypages.com/slideshows/prince-fans-turn-the-minnesota-state-fair-purple/391494661 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/d684c2fab8e01ef413b8f9a630a4a969be117e160fa6742cdfd3783b5f08a4d0.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T14:46:58 | null | null | When Peter Kelsey, founder of The New French Bakery began his line of chocolate and energy bars a year ago, I was among the… | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Frestaurants%2Fkul-has-a-new-line-of-candy-like-chocolate-bars%2F391759511.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp_kul_chocolate.jpg?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | K'ul has a new line of candy-like chocolate bars | null | null | www.citypages.com | But then I tasted these bars. I was an instant convert. They're designed to be an energy bar that actually tastes good, and is actually good for you too (because not all of them are, no matter what you try to tell yourself). Very cool, indeed.
K’ul maintains that chocolate is not candy. Chocolate is food, and the health benefits are well established, as long as you don’t add too much sugar. So, even though you can eat K’ul as an energy bar, and you should, Kelsey had many clients that just wanted to eat it as a candy bar.
“People kept saying, your chocolate is so good. Can’t you make some without all of this weird stuff in it?”
And so he did.
The new line of Single Origin 70% dark chocolate bars are the “sweet spot” designed to hit all the right notes for both candy-like appeal, and the appeasement of serious chocolate aficionados.
Kelsey had a bunch of beans that he purchased from individual farms or co-ops that he visited around the world, and they made for the perfect line of highly nuanced chocolate bars. The Haitian bar is acidic and spicy, the Brazilian is sweet with no bitterness, and so on.
Chocolate can quickly get esoteric like coffee, cheese, and wine, and the best thing to do is just go and taste. The showroom in Seward is a great way to do it. You can get a customized bar made before your eyes while you wait, you can chat them up about what things like fair trade, co-ops, and chocolate percentages all mean, or you can just eat chocolate, which is what this new line is all about. It's chocolate for candy eaters, without all the guilt.
So delicious is this healthy chocolate, that Izzy’s Ice Cream and local pastry goddess Diane Yang of Spoon & Stable are both using it in new ice creams and desserts.
The Single Origin line will be available everywhere by the holidays, and at Lunds & Byerly's stores by October. Also watch for them at a supermarket or co-op near you in the coming weeks.
Kelsey is also tinkering with a milk chocolate using high-quality Dutch powdered milk. We'll let you know if and when that one arrives on store shelves. K’ul is otherwise gluten and dairy free.
K'ul Chocolate
2211 E. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis
612-344-4300
kul-chocolate.com | http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/kul-has-a-new-line-of-candy-like-chocolate-bars/391759511 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/1247315d87c1ed8ff1be879f9c59929702fbe8ba069efdbcf47ea87ae45eab77.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:01:15 | null | null | We have nothing to be ashamed of. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Fnews%2Fin-defense-of-the-drunkest-texts-in-minneapolis-history%2F391055621.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp+drunk+text.jpg?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | In defense of the drunkest texts in Minneapolis history | null | null | www.citypages.com | Now, for the first time, a public defender rises to the aid of Minneapolis’ greatest drunks:
(612): We walked through the hotel lobby in slow-mo taking huge steps because we were astronauts, and astronauts obviously can't be drunk. — TextsFromLastNight (@TFLN) August 16, 2009
The archival record on this is clear, and settled. NASA has prohibited the consumption of alcohol during a space mission since 1972.
The Russian cosmonauts, and before them the Soviets, have allowed drinking. Perhaps the prosecution is trying to accuse my client of being a communist? A communist and a drunk? It’s an insult to the brave men and women who keep us safe from... space, your honor, and it has no place in this court.
(612): i love how he claims to not know english but when i ask him to come over and fuck me he's all of a sudden fluent — TextsFromLastNight (@TFLN) February 24, 2010
The contention that my client has knowingly been involved in the harboring, aiding, and abetting of an illegal alien is outrageous. The defendant had every reason to believe that Mr. Martinez was a naturalized citizen.
I ask you: Who but a red-blooded American patriot would find that their English actually improved in the throes of passion?
(612): I dont know why people are racist. Both the mexicans and the irish gave us holidays where everyone drinks on a wednesday. — TextsFromLastNight (@TFLN) May 6, 2010
The text message cited by the prosecution does not indicate that the defendant was consuming lethal doses of tequila on the afternoon of May 5. No, in fact he was reflecting on the beauty of the cross-cultural sharing that has made this country great.
(612): My mom just covered me while I peed in the street. I love her. i also love parents weekend. — TextsFromLastNight (@TFLN) January 19, 2013
To criminalize an act of familial caregiving risks putting a chilling effect on the increasingly tenuous state of the American family. In such a moment of need, only a loving parent would stand by my client — or in front of him, shooing people away during a natural act of physiological urgency.
(612): You were talking to yourself and eating cold cuts in the kitchen when I found you — TextsFromLastNight (@TFLN) June 15, 2014
The defense’s exhaustive review of legal precedent finds no clear link between the commission of property crimes and the consumption of chilled deli meats.
(612): I got written up at work for smelling like sex and vodka. Still not sure how they put that into professional terms. — TextsFromLastNight (@TFLN) September 30, 2014
The prosecution can bring in all the expert witnesses it wants. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, there is no way to prove that a smell detected on one’s person is proof of alcohol consumption or sexual activity the previous night. Or during a very long lunch break.
(612): but seriously, if you see a redhead running down the street tonight in a carrot costume, call 911. He's tripping hard. — TextsFromLastNight (@TFLN) November 3, 2014
The prosecution suggests evidence of possession and distribution of illicit and hallucinogenic substances. The defense sees nothing more than a citizen concerned for his community. This is a man who wants to ensure the safe passage of people who might look like — or for a few confusing hours, feel like — a vegetable.
(612): She is dumping me if she doesn't get a ring by Valentines. So one more month of free sex and it will be back to the right hand. — TextsFromLastNight (@TFLN) January 11, 2015
The term “free” has many synonyms, and can be used as a substitute for “uninhibited,” or “bountiful,” to name just two. Its invocation here does not, from a legal standpoint, demonstrate that the end of “free sex” means my client would have to start paying for it.
(612): should we try and roll a cross joint since its good friday? you know, for jesus — TextsFromLastNight (@TFLN) April 7, 2015
As you are no doubt well aware, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the rights of religious adherents to practice spiritual rituals with the aid of sacred materials. That’s from the Supreme Court, your honor. As high as you can get. Let me rephrase that.
(612): We had sex on his sofa while his friend cheered and threw bugles at us — TextsFromLastNight (@TFLN) February 6, 2016
The warranty attained with this purchase guarantees the consumer’s right to a full refund if the product is damaged during “normal use,” a term not defined anywhere in the reams of paperwork submitted by La-Z-Boy, Inc.
Based on her conversations with a sales representative, my client was led to believe the sofa she purchased could withstand her needs as a consumer, be they sexual, snack-related, or both.
(612): Idk how much of a virgin he is but I'm tryna find out. — TextsFromLastNight (@TFLN) August 12, 2016
My client is prepared to enter a plea of guilty. She throws herself at the mercy of this court, and affirms that she thought, on information and belief, that the man in question was super hot.
More from Mike Mullen: | http://www.citypages.com/news/in-defense-of-the-drunkest-texts-in-minneapolis-history/391055621 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/2d1ccdb3232281b1218872444d9fc79c3c575dcd34f7df4e40616f04899fb6c1.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T12:51:04 | null | null | Prince's Paisley Park recording studio/music venue/living space is scheduled to open for daily tours beginning Oct. 6. … | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Fmusic%2Fprinces-paisley-park-to-open-for-daily-tours-oct-6%2F391208641.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/1462918982_10069521+1paisley051116.JPG?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | Prince's Paisley Park to open for daily tours Oct. 6 | null | null | www.citypages.com | That news arrived Wednesday via a press release from Bremer Bank, which is overseeing the estate of the late music icon. In corporation with Bremer, Prince's family made the decision to "realize Prince's long-term vision for the property" located in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Prince Rogers Nelson was discovered dead of a drug overdose April 21 at Paisley.
"Opening Paisley Park is something that Prince always wanted to do and was actively working on," Prince's sister, Tyka Nelson, said in the press release. "Only a few hundred people have had the rare opportunity to tour the estate during his lifetime. Now, fans from around the world will be able to experience Prince's world for the first time as we open the doors to this incredible place."
Fans will likely be guided through the performance stage, recording studio, and rehearsal rooms of the 65,000-square-foot compound, according to the press release. Thousands of pieces of Prince memorabilia will also be on display.
Minnesota Public Radio notes that management for the Paisley Park site will involve Graceland Holdings, the same company that oversees Elvis' famed estate.
Prince, who opened Paisley in 1987, once told friends he hoped to transform the space into a museum.
Tickets for guided 70-minute tours -- $38.50-$100 -- go on sale 2 p.m. Friday via this website. Also on Friday: "Unite in Purple" day at the Minnesota State Fair. | http://www.citypages.com/music/princes-paisley-park-to-open-for-daily-tours-oct-6/391208641 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/e4bed7f3a4b2681293005537cad2e7092566128a0811d442a2fa53c565f4e67c.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T18:46:13 | null | null | The only guy in America looking forward to Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Fnews%2Fteddy-bridgewater-ruins-chargers-players-whole-weekend-with-nasty-juke-move-video%2F391542651.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp+bridgewater+juke.PNG?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | Teddy Bridgewater ruins Chargers player's whole weekend with nasty juke move [VIDEO] | null | null | www.citypages.com | Early on in the Vikings' final preseason game, it was Teddy's legs that required attention. They seem good.
On one play midway through the first quarter, the pocket collapsed around the Vikings' second-year quarterback. The San Diego Chargers appeared to have him in trouble.
Instead, Bridgewater took off up the middle running into open space and approaching Chargers safety Adrian Phillips. What happened next will be a thrilling, encouraging moment for fans of the Vikings, or Bridgewater. (Can you even imagine how well this went over at the "Hey Teddy" kid's house?)
Meanwhile, the family of Adrian Phillips should begin contacting an attorney, and explore their options on forcing the NFL to destroy this footage.
The long run led to a field goal, the Vikings' second, and after one quarter they led 6-0 on the scoreboard and 1-0 on plays that make everyone go "Ohhhhh."
Adrian Phillips is the only guy in America looking forward to Monday. | http://www.citypages.com/news/teddy-bridgewater-ruins-chargers-players-whole-weekend-with-nasty-juke-move-video/391542651 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/3660a8b918b5815f1ab1ca182418050a55fab33ad6a2f37b2760a40dcf15f315.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T10:46:45 | null | null | Attorney Jeffrey Dean makes a living helping guys who have been convicted of soliciting children. … | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Fnews%2Fwith-kids-who-lie-about-their-age-internet-sex-is-no-longer-a-crime%2F391797731.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp_catfishing.JPG?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | With kids who lie about their age, internet sex is no longer a crime | null | null | www.citypages.com | Last month, Dean won a major exoneration for 44-year-old Mark Moser, who was caught talking dirty to a 14-year-old girl on Facebook in 2014.
The girl he was chatting with online lied about her age. She claimed she was 16, the legal age of consent in Minnesota. The two never met in person, and though Moser asked, the girl never sent him a picture of herself.
Moser tried to say he was legitimately misled about the girl’s age. A judge would have none of it. Minnesota law expressly prohibits the “mistake of age” defense in order to deter willfully ignorant pedos. Moser was convicted as a felon, sentenced to prison, and ordered to register as a sex offender.
So Dean took the fight to the Court of Appeals, arguing that Minnesota’s laws were obsolete. In the age of the Internet, he said, people chat and flirt with relative anonymity all the time.
“You have a statute that allows for innocent people to be convicted as sex offenders,” Dean says. “To me that’s very serious. I mean, you could have a child who just for fun goes on and represents himself or herself as 35 years old, somebody buys it, and the talk turns sexual. That’s all it takes. That person is now a convicted sex offender.”
The Court of Appeals agreed, ruling that banning the “mistake of age” defense was unconstitutional in Internet cases.
It’s an even bigger deal for Dean in an uncannily similar case involving a St. Paul man who had cybersex with a 15-year-old boy whom he believed to be at least 20. In that case, the court cleared the man on grounds that the prosecutors had insufficient evidence to prove that he knew the boy was underage.
In 2015, Dean notably defended women charged as prostitutes after undercover Minneapolis Police officers were found to have received handjobs from them before arresting them. | http://www.citypages.com/news/with-kids-who-lie-about-their-age-internet-sex-is-no-longer-a-crime/391797731 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/6f41a39d42decc7f350cfd68a36317cca7be3c251b3aa8418d5605045bd4f90d.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:01:41 | null | null | Everybody loves documentarian Ken Burns. There’s no doubt about that. The Roosevelts was a delight.… | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Fnews%2Fwisconsin-sen-ron-johnson-says-ken-burns-documentaries-are-better-at-teaching-history-than-teachers%2F391078501.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp_ronjohnson.JPG?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson says Ken Burns documentaries are better at teaching history than teachers | null | null | www.citypages.com | Also, everybody agrees that college tuitions are too damn high, student loans out of control.
So, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) recently proposed a solution.
“If you want to teach the Civil War across the country, are you better off having, I don’t know, tens of thousands of history teachers that kind of know the subject, or would you be better off popping in 14 hours of Ken Burns’ Civil War tape and then have those teachers proctor based on that excellent video production?”
Bam. Money saved.
Johnson is a rookie accountant-turned-congressman up for reelection this year. Last week, he interviewed with WisPolitics.com about how higher education got so expensive, and what could be done about it.
During that interview, he blamed the “higher education cartel” for standing in the way of technological reform of American education.
“We’ve got the internet – you have so much information available,” Johnson said. “Why do you have to keep paying different lecturers to teach the same course? You get one solid lecturer and put it up online and have everybody available to that knowledge for a whole lot cheaper? But that doesn’t play very well to tenured professors.”
Teachers were pretty quick to lambaste Johnson’s terminology, his intellect, and the legitimacy of his own college diploma. (He graduated from the University of Minnesota, by the way.)
“We know Ron Johnson graduated from college 40 years ago, but we assumed it was from a university here on planet Earth,” said Scot Ross of liberal advocacy organization One Wisconsin Now. “Not only does Ron Johnson oppose common sense measures like student loan refinancing that would immediately reduce costs for 515,000 hardworking Wisconsin borrowers, but he apparently thinks the solution to the nation’s higher education student debt crisis is getting rid of diplomas and watching more television.”
“To be fair to Sen. Johnson, a VCR is cheaper than the salary of an educated and trained professor.”
Ken Burns himself tweeted Tuesday that he does not have designs on displacing teachers and singlehandedly taking on the education of an entire nation’s history students.
So what is a “higher education cartel” exactly? We enjoyed the thought of armchair academics sporting horn-rimmed glasses and machine guns. However, Johnson’s office clarified Tuesday that it wasn’t a phrase that Johnson coined.
Instead, it refers to the Republican theory that federal student loan programs, colleges, and accreditation programs (the quality control of colleges, which separate for-profit rackets from the real deal) collude to keep tuition high and students in debt to the government.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R – Fla.) has brought it up in interviews in the past. Rubio was also infamously linked to for-profit Corinthian Colleges this election season, when he tried to go after the Donald over his Drumpf University.
Johnson spokesman, Pat McIlheran says the candidate was only trying impress upon voters how prospective students could gain access to better, cheaper college via things like mass open online courses.
“If you’ve got a fabulous lecture on any subject, you put on videotape,” McIlheran says. “Let other professors go off of that, expand on that, dramatically improve the quality of higher education while lowering the price. In other words, find people who are really good at teaching something or have taught it in a particularly good way and make that more widely available."
As for the Ken Burns remark, well that was “a rather clumsy example that he wound up transitioning into,” McIlheran says. “He’s not talking about popping in a video and replacing teachers.” | http://www.citypages.com/news/wisconsin-sen-ron-johnson-says-ken-burns-documentaries-are-better-at-teaching-history-than-teachers/391078501 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/59b9754bc5549fe8e082094b2621745291dc537e429d588e84ffeaebc9c9993a.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T12:58:38 | null | null | The Minnesota State Fair started today. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Fnews%2Fskip-the-state-fair-and-watch-this-live-stream-of-some-fish-video%2F391288372.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp+state+fair+fish+video.PNG?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | Skip the State Fair and watch this live-stream of some fish [VIDEO] | null | null | www.citypages.com | Or maybe yesterday, we don't know.
What we do know is that the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has a wonderful excuse to skip the whole thing. The lines, the smell of fried oil that'll take two washes to get off your clothes, the exercising and dieting you'll have to do to get rid of the pounds you packed on eating those foods but won't do, and instead you'll just look like this forever, and there's no way she'll take you back if this is how you look, and smell.
Point is: Don't let the Minnesota State Fair ruin your life! Watch this live-stream the DNR set up to advertise its fish pond at the fair. Watching the video is just like being at the Minnesota State Fair, looking at the fish pond... but if they let you get into the water and swim around (well, sit, stationary) (drowning) surrounded by all these proud Minnesota fish!
Later today, they'll replace the water with oil and fry 'em all up!*
Click below to skip the Great Minnesota Get Together™ for the first-ever Great Minnesota Stay Home And Watch Fish Separately™!
*Not true. | http://www.citypages.com/news/skip-the-state-fair-and-watch-this-live-stream-of-some-fish-video/391288372 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/2f2d71a93ef190e5940742bccd606e9eabaa1288cca5ae62e634b9b0e9badb1d.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T16:45:58 | null | null | Lizzo's global takeover continues unabated this weekend. … | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Fmusic%2Flizzos-taking-over-mtv%2F391413902.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/lizzzz.png?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | Lizzo's taking over MTV | null | null | www.citypages.com | The Twin Cities-launched rapper/singer announced Wednesday that she'll be hosting the MTV Video Music Awards pre-show alongside DJ Khaled and Charlamagne Tha God. The VMA pre-show begins 7 p.m. this Sunday. We should see some gloriously wild shit from Kanye West during the main show, which starts at 8 p.m., along with performances from VMA queen Britney Spears, Ariana Grande, Future, and others.
But MTV's love affair with Lizzo won't stop there. The multi-talented 28-year-old will serve as co-host of forthcoming series Wonderland, the Star Tribune reports. MTV teased the new music/comedy show plus the return of MTV Unplugged with a very self-aware headline -- "MTV's New Shows Will Make Your Uncle Shut Up About How We Don't Play Music Anymore." Set to debut this fall, Wonderland, a collab with Comedy Central, will showcase live music and comedy.
Elsewhere in TV land, Lizzo has guest starred three times on new Adult Swim show Brad Neely's Harg Nallin’ Sclopio Peepio. The voices of Ilana Glazer (Broad City), Darrell Hammond (SNL), Gabourey Sidibe (Precious) make up the main cast of the animated series. Andre 3000 (Outkast, duh), Chelsea Peretti (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), and Kristen Schaal (BoJack Horseman) have made guest appearances, and Father John Misty is scheduled to appear soon.
Lizzo, who signed to Atlantic Records in March, is still riding high off her "Good As Hell" single from the Barbershop: The Next Cut soundtrack. Might as well bump it now! | http://www.citypages.com/music/lizzos-taking-over-mtv/391413902 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/c2d4334a622b1d0d1701d9d36d00feaa4ea62af5e8d8b8374547823794713a4a.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:02:36 | null | null | Eagan is a far cry from the beer haven of Nordeast, but it's earned its own taproom. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Frestaurants%2Fbald-man-brewing-brings-charm-and-dad-rock-to-an-office-park-in-eagan%2F391147461.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp_bald-man-3.jpg?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | Eagan gets its neighborhood taproom in Bald Man Brewing | null | null | www.citypages.com | The Eagan brewery is awash in a sea of character-less boutiques and abutting a Marvin Windows and Doors. It is one of only two production breweries in the south metro -- the other being Badger Hill, which is a 20-minute drive on a good day.
Eagan is a far cry from the post-industrial beer haven of northeast Minneapolis, but that neighborhood doesn’t need a drink like Eagan needs one.
From the outside, Bald Man doesn’t erupt into view. They’re barred by the office park owners from making any significant changes to their brewery’s face, so the banal tan facade isn’t as attractive as some of the standalone breweries in Minnesota.
But once you’re inside, the vibe utterly transforms.
Claustrophobic concrete and brick opens up into 11,357 square feet of open-floor magnanimity. Bold, quirky filigrees are painted on enormous walls. A stainless steel bar top gleams in the light spilling in through the glass garage doors to the loading dock. There are some high-end touches -- three 65” TVs perch around the bar, and there’s a VIP function room that companies can rent out -- but Bald Man definitely has a homier feel than other brewhouses of its ilk.
The facade of Bald Man Brewing is pretty boring, but there's much to be explored inside. Jerard Fagerberg
Eschewing the cold, trendy-to-death factory feel of many urban breweries, Bald Man stays true to its suburban environs with woodsy, rustic touches. Floating beams of reclaimed wood hang above the bar; 12-foot-tall barn doors stretch from floor to ceiling. President/co-founder Dan Jacobs has created a “northwoods chic” aesthetic he thinks will resonate with the locals.
“This area is thriving with all the new high-end retail and the Minnesota Vikings coming in, so we thought it was a cool, up-and-coming area,” he says. “[Eagan] never used to be cool. Now, it’s really growing.”
Jacobs, the CEO of VedaloHD Performance Eyewear, is a serial businessman. Bald Man is only one of eight ventures he’s embarked on.
This fact, along with the brewery’s $1.2 million startup fund, may have cynics dismissing Bald Man as another cash grab in already overly commercial Eagan. But brewing isn’t in Jacobs’ portfolio because it’s good business. It’s a family tradition that’s finally gone commercial.
“The industry is growing so fast, so a lot of people get into it for the money,” Jacobs says. “Well, I think that’s the wrong reason. I’m here for one reason. The Bald Man.”
Jacobs met co-founder/head brewer Tristan Kusnierek -- whom he lovingly refers to as the Bald Man -- a decade and a half ago when Kusnierek started a relationship with Jacobs’ second cousin. Now, the two are married, and Jacobs and the Bald Man are more than just kin. They’re partners in helping suburban Minnesotans elevate their palates.
“He’s been brewing since 1992,” Jacobs says of Kusnierek. “We’d always have our family gatherings, and he’d always bring beer. Back in a time when there was no good beer, he brought good beer. Now, there’s all this good beer out there finally, and he still brings the best beer.”
The family tradition has extended into the next generation, as Jacobs has hired his daughter Natalie -- a former employee of Urban Growler -- as his taproom manager. His other daughter Andrea designed their logo and bottle labels and hand-drew the massive murals in the brewery’s taproom and VIP room.
“We have three passions here,” Jacobs says. “Fresh beer, friends and family, and rock music.”
The third item on that list -- rock music -- has become the defining milieu of Bald Man Brewing. Beers like Tupelo Honey Brown Ale, Young American Pale Ale, Misty Mountain Hops IPA, and Heart of Glass Blond Ale carry on the theme.
Natalie Jacobs confirms that classic rock will be spun heavily on the brewery’s turntable. Rock bands will also perform on a rolling stage located by the brewery’s entrance, giving Bald Man a definitive dad-rock vibe that the younger Jacobs absolutely relishes.
“It’s not necessarily leaning into the dad vibe,” she says, “but you know, it’s just fun.”
For now, Bald Man will only sell beer on tap and in growlers, though there are plans to package 750 mL bottles for on-site purchasing and 22 oz bombers for liquor stores. Their 10 tap lines will support five flagships, three seasonals, and two nitro beers.
The business plan is solid, and there’s space for three more fermenters in their brewery should the expansion call for it. For now, they’re just focused on giving the people of Eagan an option for drinking local.
“We just wanna be a microbrewery with a 12-mile radius,” Jacobs says. “It feels like people south of the river are really gravitating towards neighborhood, community brewers. That’s what we are.” | http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/bald-man-brewing-brings-charm-and-dad-rock-to-an-office-park-in-eagan/391147461 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/fb40f6868b1fecc5b37f20545c95ab325e3a1604e9d30aa6aadc73998e37d6ad.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T12:52:07 | null | null | This week in free things to do we have a few pop-up markets, live music, and more. Come take a look at our list and… | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Farts%2Ffreeloader-friday-27-free-things-to-do-this-weekend%2F391350101.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp+leslie+barlow+13934593_1066297070113151_6565495553265721999_n.png?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | Freeloader Friday: 27 free things to do this weekend | null | null | www.citypages.com | FRIDAY:
Summer Pop-Up Art Exhibit and Patio Party
Presented by Hennepin Theatre Trust's Made Here, featuring work by five local painters, and a DJ set by Keith Millions. 6-9 p.m. Kieran's Irish Pub, 85 6th St. N., Minneapolis.
Despise
With Distant Friends, Hildifyr, and Violence Condoned. 9 p.m. Hexagon Bar, 2600 27th Ave. S., Minneapolis.
Eric Sommer
9 p.m. Viking Bar, 1829 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis.
Harrison Street
9 p.m. Schooner Tavern, 2901 27th Ave. S., Minneapolis.
Jeremy Walker, Southside Aces
6, 9 p.m. Vieux Carre, 408 St. Peter St., St. Paul.
Little Man
With the Boot. 10 p.m. 331 Club, 331 13th Ave. NE, Minneapolis.
Music and Movies: The Parent Trap
With Cactus Blossoms. 7:30 p.m. Lake Harriet Bandshell, 4135 W. Lake Harriet Parkway, Minneapolis.
Woodbury Days
Featuring live music, sports tournaments, Taste of Woodbury, carnival rides, fireworks, and more. For more info visit www.woodburydays.com. 4-10 p.m. Fri., 9:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Sat., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Ojibwe Park, 2695 Ojibwe Dr., Woodbury.
Sweet Tea
7:30 p.m. Crooners Lounge & Supper Club, 6161 Hwy 65 NE, Minneapolis.
The Canopic Jar of My Sins
Justin Maxwell reads from his play about Ralph Wiley, the inventor of modern plastic, as he is forced into a show trial adjudicated by an angel, a dead bird, and Roger Waters. Every Fri.-Sat. 6 p.m.Swandive Theatre Headquarters, 2313 E. 35th St., Minneapolis.
The Comedy Corner Open Mic Night
10 p.m. The Corner Bar, 1501 Washington Ave. S., Minneapolis.
Free at the Fair (with admission):
Unite in Purple
With Prince tributes on free music stages, a dance party at Carousel Park, buildings and rides lit purple, and fireworks. Score glow bracelets and purple buttons while supplies last. Visit www.mnstatefair.org for more info. 5 p.m. to midnight. ($11-$13.) Minnesota State Fairgrounds, 1265 Snelling Ave. N., St. Paul.
G. Love and Special Sauce
Fri.-Sat. 8:30 p.m. Leinie Lodge Bandshell, 1265 Snelling Ave. N., MN State Fairgrounds, St. Paul.
SATURDAY
Art Unloaded: End of Summer Art & Supply Sale
Discounted art supplies and prints. With snacks, drinks, and music from DJ Egypto Knuckles. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Public Functionary, 1400 12th Ave. NE, Minneapolis.
Animal Lover
With Dimensionals, Channel Surf, and Muscle Beach. 9 p.m. Hexagon Bar, 2600 27th Ave. S., Minneapolis.
Chalk Walk
The sidewalks will be the canvas at Chalk Walk, a daylong festival where artists will create live art for all to see. During the celebration, guests will be invited to help out or merely appreciate the work. Bring chalk and create your own piece as well. The day will also include live music, food and drink, and other fun. Noon to 6 p.m. Harrison Park, 1518 5th Ave. N., Minneapolis.
Guthrie Open House
Featuring backstage self-guided tours, storytelling corner, mask-making station, mini-classes, costumes, and props. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guthrie Theater, 818 S. 2nd St., Minneapolis.
Nikki Roux and Rich Rue
6 p.m. Vieux Carre, 408 St. Peter St., St. Paul.
Snak Attack
9 p.m. Schooner Tavern, 2901 27th Ave. S., Minneapolis.
The Halley DeVestern Band
7 p.m. Wild Tymes Sports Bar & Grill, 33 W. 7th Pl., St. Paul.
SUNDAY
Five Watt Flea Market
Books, records, vintage wear, artisan treats, ceramics, and jewelry from vendors like Black Spoke Leather, Caroline Sebastian Vintage, Borealis Wool Co., Double Peace Studio, Shiznit Vintage, Motelprint Studio, and Soft Abuse Records. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Five Watt Coffee, 3745 Nicollet Ave S., Minneapolis.
Boy Kisses Comedy Showcase
7:30 p.m. Universe Games, 711 W. Lake St., Minneapolis.
Hot Black Funky
8:30 p.m. Whiskey Junction, 901 Cedar Ave. S., Minneapolis.
International Go Topless Day
Go topless. Event is dog- and kid-friendly. For more info on the national movement, visit facebook.com/gotopless. 1 p.m. Gold Medal Park, 900 S. 2nd St., Minneapolis.
Pet Party
Featuring pet-related family activities, pet costume party, photographer, story time, balloon animals, art projects, and K-9 demo from Plymouth Police Department. 1-4 p.m. Sabes Jewish Community Center, 4330 Cedar Lake Rd. S., St. Louis Park.
Vikings First Home Game Party
Game shown on all six screens, with music from a DJ following the game. Noon. Viking Bar, 1829 Riverside Ave., Minneapolis.
Voices of Wisdom
Group show featuring artwork by the Jewish Artists' Laboratory. Closing party in conjunction with Art Beat. 6-9 p.m. Sabes Jewish Community Center, 4330 Cedar Lake Rd. S., St. Louis Park. | http://www.citypages.com/arts/freeloader-friday-27-free-things-to-do-this-weekend/391350101 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/157010ea60245ed3ae68928a72d0fecd4218244ca8abcc0db4c5d47b3fefb28d.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T12:46:24 | null | null | Former teammates, current rivals. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Fnews%2Fvikings-lineman-alex-boone-says-colin-kaepernick-should-have-some-fucking-respect%2F391591391.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp+alex+boone1.PNG?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | Vikings lineman Alex Boone says Colin Kaepernick should 'have some fucking respect' | null | null | www.citypages.com | Now it sounds like Boone would like to inflict some.
Boone, who joined the Minnesota Vikings this offseason, has forged a reputation as an outspoken character in the National Football League, not one to bite his tongue when it comes to tjhe topic of league commissioner Roger Gooddell -- or even Barack Obama.
And everyone's got an opinion about Kaepernick these days. Last week, the quarterback drew praise from some and criticism for refusing to stand during the national anthem, telling reporters that he'd deliberately sat out the song as an act of protest.
“I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color," Kaepernick said. In a reference to police shootings such as Philando Castile's, Kaepernick added: "There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."
This didn't quite resonate with Boone, who has a brother serving in the U.S. Marines. After the Vikings' 23-10 preseason victory over the San Diego Chargers, the mountain of an offensive tackle sounded off on Kaepernick's protest.
Of all the NFL players who have volunteered an opinion, Boone's view of his former teammate is the harshest.
"You should have some fucking respect for people who served," Boone said, according to ESPN.com, "especially people that lost their life to protect our freedom.We're out here playing a game, making millions of dollars. People are losing their life, and you don't have the common courtesy to do that. That just drove me nuts."
Boone added that Kaepernick's pregame demonstration during an August 26 game against the Green Bay Packers was 'shameful," and that "there's a time and a place" for that kind of political speech. Kaepernick's movement backers might point out that if his intention was to get eyeballs and force a conversation, this was the time and place to do it. And it seems to have worked.
Boone suggested that Kaepernick is lucky the 6-foot-8 Ohio native is no longer in San Francisco. That kind of protest would not be welcome from one of his own teammates, according to Boone, who said "we probably would have had a problem on the sideline" if he'd been present for Kaepernick's sitdown. | http://www.citypages.com/news/vikings-lineman-alex-boone-says-colin-kaepernick-should-have-some-fucking-respect/391591391 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/26445fbfe0fc24fc8bcc67318e95123cbb0bb0eca4021ce340f2e8bcb03cca8b.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T14:46:59 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Maybe you think getting fair food without going to the fair would take away the fun. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Frestaurants%2Fguy-on-craigslist-will-bring-you-state-fair-food%2F391746361.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/Screen+Shot+2016-08-31+at+8.26.04+AM.png?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | Guy on Craigslist is offering State Fair food delivery | null | null | www.citypages.com | Minnesota State Fair Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Sep 1st 6:00 am - 12:00 am
Sep 2nd 6:00 am - 12:00 am
Sep 3rd 6:00 am - 12:00 am
$11-$13
Or, maybe you're of the mindset that joining the crush of sweat, livestock feces, and sticky children isn't all that fun after all.
If you're in the latter camp, this Craigslist offer has got you. This enterprising citizen claims he will deliver "anything" you want to eat from the fair, and he'll deliver it by bike within five miles of the fairgrounds.
'Tis the season of deep fried glory
Are you craving cheese curds, but just don't want to deal with the hassle of going to the fair?
Deep fried Oreos are calling your name,
but you don't want to rub elbows with everyone and their great uncles.
Well lucky for you, I have a solution.
I'll be at the MN State Fair, you text me ANYTHING you want to eat from the great MN get together
and I will deliver it to you (within 5 miles) of the fair on my bicycle.
Placing orders in advance is recommended, 20% gratuity added to total.
We're not sure why he chose to present the ad as a poem with no discernible rhyme or meter, but then again just the notion of state fair food delivery is like floating on the wings of poesie. What could be more beautiful than taking delivery of a bucket of Sweet Martha's cookies, direct from the fair?
Find the Craigslist ad here. | http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/guy-on-craigslist-will-bring-you-state-fair-food/391746361 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/c4feef7c93f1bcadd058fd63e57f79306572bd000ed7e591cb45971a0ef3b4c4.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T20:46:38 | null | null | Busy week for G-Eazy, tonight's Minnesota State Fair grandstand headliner. … | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.citypages.com%2Fmusic%2Ftonights-state-fair-headliner-spent-the-week-getting-rejected-by-britney-possibly-snorting-coke-off-boobs%2F391782731.json | http://stmedia.stimg.co/ows_145220944648848.jpg?w=1200&h=630 | en | null | G-Eazy -- tonight's Minnesota State Fair headliner -- spent the week getting rejected by Britney, possibly snorting coke off boobs | null | null | www.citypages.com | The Bay Area pop-rapper, 27, started things off at MTV's Video Music Awards on Sunday. That's where he spit a guest verse on "Make Me ...," the comeback single from Britney Spears. The performance received lukewarm praise, with many critics deeming it cruel to put Britney's appearance next to Beyoncé's, as the latter pop star is a goddamn force of nature.
And the "Make Me ..." moment wasn't without viral controversy. G-Eazy sleazily tried to improv a mid-song kiss, which Britney coolly rejected. The moment quickly dominated the gossipy corners of internet, including, it turns out, this one:
G-Eazy goes in for the kiss and Brit is like NOOOPE: https://t.co/LSgDj9XCch pic.twitter.com/PPImEMyM9n — BreatheHeavy (@breatheheavycom) August 29, 2016
His tabloid-y week was not complete. An anonymous Snapchat video emerged Tuesday via Perez Hilton of what appears to be G-Eazy snorting ... something ... off the chest of a young woman. If movies have taught dorks like me anything, it's that the substance is usually cocaine -- a drug!!! Anyway, here's the clip:
LIFE OF A RAPPER pic.twitter.com/DfjPtxgBt8 — LASTCALL (@SmackDatBooty69) August 30, 2016
Will G-Eazy ride that (alleged) high to a successful state fair showing? Tickets are still available. Billy Bob Thorton and his Boxmasters should restore some sanity when they hit the free Bandshell Tonight! stage Wednesday and Thursday. | http://www.citypages.com/music/tonights-state-fair-headliner-spent-the-week-getting-rejected-by-britney-possibly-snorting-coke-off-boobs/391782731 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/f49264cbc422c8cc1ccd39a08b7282106750824498684d8716c4991bdfc8d541.json |
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In his definitive performance to date, Schoenaerts stars as a PTSD-racked mercenary named Vincent who’s deemed unfit to return to the fray. Lacking any better options, he tries his hand at private security. There are vague, passing allusions to missions in Malta and elsewhere. His thousand-yard stare eventually focuses on Jessie (Diane Kruger), the wife of his wealthy employer and virtually a single mother to her and her away-on-business husband’s son.
Disorder is known abroad by its original title of Maryland, the name of the estate Vincent is tasked with protecting. Director Alice Winocour’s camera makes its way through the large, stately grounds like a slow-burning fuse. Often seen in shadow or cool, morning-blue light, it’s a sealed-off arena that should have been a safe haven.
Vincent knows little about the man paying him good money to protect his family while he’s abroad, which sets off all his internal alarms. But recent events — a failed physical, his friend’s growing concern for his well-being — have him questioning whether his own instincts are the signal or the noise.
Gesaffelstein’s synth score floats between soundtrack and sound design, with some passages resembling trance beats and others closer to onscreen noise. His work combines with Winocour’s tight focus on her rattled hero to put us in Vincent’s fractured headspace. Within the span of a single scene, the composer’s semi-ambient score might have you nodding your head and then looking over your shoulder once the faint ringing in your ear sets in.
Every abrupt noise is a reminder of the battlefield for Vincent, each silence a void to fill with nervous energy. He’s visibly uncomfortable among his new hosts’ black-tie party guests but derives comfort from their German Shepherd — familiar signifiers of movie PTSD all, rendered tense and almost sensual by Winocour.
Everyday moments aren’t everyday for Vincent. Events are slowed down, sounds are amplified, and his paranoia is eventually fulfilled: Vincent’s well-off boss isn’t the most law-abiding of citizens, and those who mean the arms dealer harm are apparently happy to settle for harming his wife and child instead. This, coupled with an ineffectual (if not complicit) police force, puts our man on the front line when the house is invaded late one night.
Winocour, who deserves to be at the helm of a sleek spy franchise as much as her star, works with 90 percent tension, 10 percent release — the ideal ratio for a low-key thriller in which mood trumps muscle. The co-writer/director subverts genre expectations for so long that, by the time she delivers on them — home intruders in ski masks, quick eruptions of bloody violence — not a moment feels unearned or out of place.
Disorder keeps the particulars pleasingly vague, though we never lose the narrative thread. Ever restrained, Winocour manages to give us just enough of what we want to leave us wishing for more as the credits roll on her brief, arresting final scene.
Disorder
Directed by Alice Winocour
Opens Friday, Lagoon Cinema | http://www.citypages.com/movies/alice-winocours-disorder-is-a-brilliant-exercise-in-tension-and-release/391053311 | en | 2016-08-01T00:00:00 | www.citypages.com/edc5b165eee3e86b780db9d07676a6b8d72bb1d71fc205282cecffe2a19b74dc.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T18:50:36 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | GATE CITY, VA - Linda Carol Bray Hammond, 72, Gate City, VA passed away, Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2FLinda-Bray-Hammond.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Linda Bray Hammond | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Linda Bray Hammond
GATE CITY, VA - Linda Carol Bray Hammond, 72, Gate City, VA passed away, Saturday, August 27, 2016 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Monday, August 29, 2016 at the Gate City Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. in the Gene Falin Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with Rev. Bill Tignor officiating. Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at the Bray Family Cemetery. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10:15 a.m. to go in procession to the graveside service. An online guest register is available for the Hammond family at www.gatecityfunerals.com. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Shriners Hospital for Children, 2900 Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607 or to a charity of one’s choice. Gate City Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Linda Carol Hammond. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/27/Linda-Bray-Hammond.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/965c5b679af9f1ee2dd082da3eb4145317a2dfadc09a20b7cb977f1ed50c3ae2.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T18:50:15 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | ROGERSVILLE — An ongoing domestic dispute boiled to a head at a Hawkins County school bus stop Tuesday afternoon when a mom waiting for her child allegedly beat another woman | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FLaw-Enforcement%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2FOngoing-domestic-dispute-turns-violent-at-Hawkins-school-bus-stop.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/25/x720_q60/Elizabeth-Ann-Wallen-Jpg.jpg | en | null | Ongoing domestic dispute turns violent at Hawkins school bus stop | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Hawkins County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Tony Allen said the altercation actually began a short time earlier when the victim’s daughter reportedly began tailgating and cursing at Elizabeth Ann Wallen, 28, 111 Mt. View School Road.
The alleged altercation occurred at the school bus stop at the intersection of Mt. View road and Mt. View School Road in the rural southeast corner of Hawkins County near Bays Mountain and the Sullivan County line.
Chief Allen told the Times-News the dispute apparently relates to one of the women being involved with an ex of the other, but he didn’t know the exact details.
HCSO Sgt. Michael Allen responded to a report of a possible assualt at the school bus stop Tuesday afternoon.
Wallen reportedly told Sgt. Allen that Hailie Head of Church Hill had followed her as she was driving, “cussing her and riding her bumper.”
“She (Wallen) advised that she then went home and rode her four-wheeler down to the intersection to pick her daughter up from the school bus,” Sgt. Allen stated in his report. “That’s when Hailie and her mother Kimberly Jones pulled up cussing. (Wallen) advised she picked up a stick to defend herself.”
According to witnesses Head and Jones got out of the vehicle, at which time some pushing took place.
“By her own admittance Mrs. Wallen struck Mrs. Jones in the right temple with the stick, knocking her to the ground,” Sgt. Allen said. “While on the ground she (Wallen) struck her (Jones) again on the back with the stick before separating.”
The physical aspect of the altercation was reportedly wrapping up as the school bus arrived.
Wallen was charged with aggravated assault, a Class C felony punishable by 3-6 years.
Wallen was arraigned Wednesday in Hawkins County Sessions Court, and released from jail Wednesday afternoon on $500 bond.
She is scheduled to appear in Sessions Court again on Oct. 18. | http://www.timesnews.net/Law-Enforcement/2016/08/26/Ongoing-domestic-dispute-turns-violent-at-Hawkins-school-bus-stop.html | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/d2c6d09cad9041990ffdaf50a684d1e3c1aa8038b764aa64fe262ff362f510af.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:51 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | ROGERSVILLE - Eddie Wilson, age 55, of Rogersville, went to be with the Lord, Monday (8/22/16). The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wednesday (8/24/16) at Christian-Sells | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FEddie-Wilson.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Kingsport Times-News: Eddie Wilson | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Eddie Wilson
ROGERSVILLE - Eddie Wilson, age 55, of Rogersville, went to be with the Lord, Monday (8/22/16). The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wednesday (8/24/16) at Christian-Sells Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 8:00 pm with Rev. George (Fuzz) Bradley, Jr. and Rev. Jonathan Carver officiating. Graveside services will be 11:00 am Thursday (8/25/16) at Dodson Creek Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.christiansells.com. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/23/Eddie-Wilson.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/3c9ad5023a3de42415eeaf8dc0c92ce39a0a44ebe687b803905683693b8c78b6.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:15:15 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | ROGERSVILLE — UT Extension Hawkins County would like to welcome Susan Conner who will serve as the new Family Consumer Science agent.
Susan is a native of Greene | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2Ffrontpage%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FHawkins-UT-Extension-Office-welcomes-two-new-staffers.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/23/x720_q60/Conner-McCoy-jpg.jpg | en | null | Hawkins' UT Extension Office welcomes two new staffers | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Susan is a native of Greene County and a graduate of East Tennessee State University.
Susan is excited and ready to go to work.
She will offer educational classes on health and financial management.
She will also be teaching the Parting Apart classes and facilitating the FCE clubs in the county.
Hawkins County’s UT Extension also welcomes new arrival Lauren McCoy.
Lauren serves as the 4-H agent in the county.
Lauren is a graduate of East Tennessee State and resides in Hawkins County.
Please contact Lauren if you have questions about 4-H opportunities in Hawkins County.
4-H will be starting back in the schools in September.
Contact UT-TSU Extension Hawkins County at 423-272-7241 for more information. | http://www.timesnews.net/frontpage/2016/08/23/Hawkins-UT-Extension-Office-welcomes-two-new-staffers.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/a35773c7b46a149d5e186193e3e7145bc2997dc49754886a1216dd0af1a1ad91.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T14:52:13 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | ROGERSVILLE - Elmer J. Johnson, 68, of Rogersville, passed away Monday, August 29, 2016. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2Ffrontpage%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2FElmer-J-Johnson-1.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Elmer J. Johnson | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Elmer J. Johnson
ROGERSVILLE - Elmer J. Johnson, 68, of Rogersville, passed away Monday, August 29, 2016. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at Christian-Sells Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 7:00 pm with Rev. Bryan Thurman and Rev. Rickey Parker officiating. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 pm Thursday, September 1, 2016 at Johnson Family Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.christiansells.com. | http://www.timesnews.net/frontpage/2016/08/30/Elmer-J-Johnson-1.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/d855221b8a8cf5dee344af43546470a0de05b9a24b4f62891a67ce9281410d63.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:49:45 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | CHURCH HILL - Robert Eugene Lloyd, age 77, of Church Hill, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at his home following an extended illness. Calling hours are from 6 to 7 pm Saturday at the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2FRobert-Eugene-Lloyd-2.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Robert Eugene Lloyd | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Robert Eugene Lloyd
CHURCH HILL - Robert Eugene Lloyd, age 77, of Church Hill, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at his home following an extended illness. Calling hours are from 6 to 7 pm Saturday at the Johnson - Arrowood Funeral Home and anytime at the residence. Memorial service will be conducted 7 pm in the funeral home chapel with Chaplain Tom Edwards officiating. To leave an online message for the Lloyd family please contact us @www.jfhonline.com Johnson - Arrowood Funeral Home of Church Hill is honored to serve the Lloyd family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/26/Robert-Eugene-Lloyd-2.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/753f14abc89364ee72734997e8286c2fe241ae8793ea678a004568119ae4ee29.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:05:03 | null | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | DUFFIELD — For the second year in a row, Natural Tunnel State Park will host the Clinch River Food Festival.
The event, which is set for 5 p.m. Saturday at the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FLocal%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2FClinch-River-Food-Festival-set-for-Saturday-at-Natural-Tunnel-State-Park.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/24/x720_q60/082416gore-tomatoes-jpg.jpg | en | null | Clinch River Food Festival set for Saturday at Natural Tunnel | null | null | www.timesnews.net | The event, which is set for 5 p.m. Saturday at the park’s Cove Ridge Center, will be a dinner to showcase items that have been raised or produced on Scott County farms. The meal will include lamb, pork and a variety of vegetables.
The cost is $25 per plate.
Megan Krager, the park’s education specialist, said the event, sponsored by Natural Tunnel State Park, the Scott County Master Gardeners and the Scott County Extension Office, is designed to introduce folks in the community to new items they may have not considered growing in their own gardens.
“It will give individuals a better idea of what's available, what can be purchased, who you can purchase stuff from and how you can prepare these particular items in a quick, simple, affordable manner,” said Krager.
To kick the evening off, Krager said tomato aficionados can put their taste buds to the test during a tasting of more than 15 heirloom varieties.
Some of the corn, squash and peppers that will be used in Saturday’s dinner will come from Natural Tunnel’s own Jane Livingston Brown community garden.
During the event, Krager said, Scott County Extension Agent Scott Jerrell will be on hand to explain what is being served.
“He’ll talk about what went into each dish, who donated the fruit or vegetables for it, where individuals can purchase such items and what was used to infuse the particular flavors in that dish,” she said. “I don’t want to give too much away, but we’ll have some locally grown mushrooms, a tomato bisque, lamb and ham. This will be a seven-course meal, including dessert, for just $25, and you don’t have to worry about any by-products or MSG in anything you will be served.”
Reservations are required and can be made by calling (276) 452-2772. | http://www.timesnews.net/Local/2016/08/25/Clinch-River-Food-Festival-set-for-Saturday-at-Natural-Tunnel-State-Park.html | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/11417b257f570521ff2694ecae2e9a8c3d1859006a8711f904fc87c1f30baf17.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:15:24 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT -— The owner of Kingsport payday and title loan businesses has pleaded guilty in a botched attempt to purchase 50 pounds of pot in Texas and plotting to harm an | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FLocal%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FKingsport-businessman-pleads-guilty-in-drug-conspiracy.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/23/x720_q60/mims-jpg.jpg | en | null | Kingsport businessman pleads guilty in drug conspiracy | null | null | www.timesnews.net | On Monday, Raymond B. Mims, 54, and Bradley J. Hirst, 32, of Kentucky, appeared in Sullivan County criminal court. They pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy to possess more than 10 pounds of marijuana for sale or delivery and two counts of criminal conspiracy to commit assault.
Mims owns Check Cash Xpress locations on the John B. Dennis Highway, Fort Henry Drive and Lynn Garden Drive. He and Hirst were originally arrested by the Kingsport Police Department on April 28, 2014.
According to a KPD press release that was issued at the time, Mims had entrusted Hirst and another individual with $20,000, instructing that they travel to Houston and purchase marijuana. It would then be brought back to Sullivan County and redistributed at higher prices.
But the third accomplice claimed that he was robbed of the money and returned to Kingsport empty handed. Hirst and Mims then threatened to kill him, his wife and their juvenile daughter, according to Kingsport police. Prior to their Monday pleas, Mims and Hirst had been charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
According to Sullivan County Assistant District Attorney Gene Perrin, the cohort of Mims and Hirst originally fled Kingsport for fear of reprisal. It was a separate individual who contacted the KPD to express concerns for the safety of the third accomplice and his family, along with the possibility that a hit could be put in place.
According to the District Attorney's Office, KPD investigators later monitored conversations in which Mims instructed the victim to regain his losses, through either cash or more marijuana.
According to Perrin, Mims told the victim that he "had a tail on him" and threatened that he "would not leave Kingsport." The victim and Mims arranged a drop location for Mims to pick up new drugs, but Mims backed out and tried to reach Hirst.
Unbeknownst to Mims, according to the Sullivan County District Attorney’s Office, Hirst's cell phone was already held in KPD evidence. In approximately two hours, seven calls were made to Hirst's phone, with Mims leaving messages about the agreed pickup and his fears of being monitored by police.
Both Mims and Hirst are scheduled for sentencing on Nov. 2. Their most serious charge, the Class E felony of conspiracy to obtain more than 10 pounds of marijuana, is punishable with up to two years imprisonment and a $1,000 fine.
As for why a business owner would embark on such an endeavor as trafficking drugs from Texas, Perrin stated: "It's well known within the drug business that drugs such as marijuana can be purchased at considerably lower prices on a wholesale level in Texas and brought back to Sullivan County, where they are then marked up and sold for much higher prices or broken down into smaller amounts with considerable profit." | http://www.timesnews.net/Local/2016/08/23/Kingsport-businessman-pleads-guilty-in-drug-conspiracy.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/8602b0d78ef8d7fe402f7ff39612140a84d8e88b4114be9d195968be528f90a3.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:52:19 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | BULLS GAP — We have a Reading Buddies program at Bulls Gap School Library.
Students in kindergarten, first, and second grade are invited to the library | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2Ffrontpage%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2FReading-Buddies-Bulls-Gap-upperclassmen-reading-regularly-to-grades-K-2.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/30/x720_q60/IMG-9340-1-JPG.jpg | en | null | Reading Buddies: Bulls Gap 'upperclassmen' reading regularly to grades K-2 | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Students in kindergarten, first, and second grade are invited to the library on Tuesday and Thursday mornings before school starts, where they read with middle school students.
We're having fun, reading books, and making new friends! | http://www.timesnews.net/frontpage/2016/08/30/Reading-Buddies-Bulls-Gap-upperclassmen-reading-regularly-to-grades-K-2.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/f645d751420c23eb1a7ffd530e295412d21713d5f8e9787b96d998a38ee89a8f.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T20:52:01 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | DUFFIELD, VA - Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick, 81, Duffield, VA, passed away, Sunday, August 28, 2016. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at the Gate City | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2FAlma-Eloise-Fitzpatrick-1.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick
DUFFIELD, VA - Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick, 81, Duffield, VA, passed away, Sunday, August 28, 2016. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at the Gate City Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. in the Gene Falin Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with the Rev. Ron Adams and Pastor Brian Haggard officiating. The Pleasant View Independent Baptist singers will provide the music. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., on Thursday, September 1, 2016, at Lane Cemetery in the Copper Creek Community. Family will serve as pallbearers. Family and friends are requested to meet at the cemetery for the graveside service. An online guest register is available for the Fitzpatrick family at www.gatecityfunerals.com. Gate City Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/29/Alma-Eloise-Fitzpatrick-1.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/801356bf16e9ae8f4b1fd714dabbb79c218afc67a1c0234c6f23251d48c8e38e.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:52:19 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT — Studio 6, an apparel business catering strictly to women, has opened its fourth boutique in the Reedy Creek Terrace Shopping Center off North Eastman Road. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FBusiness%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2FStudio-6-opens-fourth-boutique-in-Kingsport.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/30/x720_q60/SuziMadison-jpg.jpg | en | null | Studio 6 opens fourth boutique in Kingsport | null | null | www.timesnews.net | The business’ motto is: Where style isn't an age, it's a frame of mind.
“Our target customer is really anywhere from high school up, but we do have middle schoolers,” said business owner Suzy Griffin. “I feel we’re unique because we offer so many other resources to buy our merchandise. We have a website. We have different exchange groups I sell from. I could carry from any vendor and they would tell me ‘Oh this is the best.’ I carry what I feel is the most trending thing and what I feel is going to be hot.”
Studio 6 sells dresses, tops, shoes, jewelry and accessories.
Brands include HaydenNatural, Life, Umgee, HYFVE, Entro, GIVE HER SIX, Golden Stella, Triumph, Two's Company and Velzera.
Griffin opened the business in 2009 in Bristol, Va., and expanded to Knoxville and Chattanooga.
For more go to www.shopstudio6.com. | http://www.timesnews.net/Business/2016/08/30/Studio-6-opens-fourth-boutique-in-Kingsport.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/7e3b619edb15efdfbb5e1efa60825ab607cfe860ca18c89f6e43f35d77d7d5c9.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:15:47 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | CHURCH HILL — A Mount Carmel contractor was arrested last week, accused of failing to do any work on a $1,370 job that was paid for more than a year ago by a Church Hill resident. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FBusiness%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FContactor-accused-of-failing-to-do-work-more-than-a-year-after-1-370-was-paid.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/23/x720_q60/Ison-Allen-Thomas-jpg.jpg | en | null | Contractor accused of failing to do work more than a year after $1,370 was paid | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Allen Thomas Ison, 42, 5836 Carters Valley Road, was arrested Thursday on one count of contractor fraud over $1,000.
On June 29, Michael Robinson reported to Church Hill Police Department Officer Ethan Calhoun that he entered into a verbal contract with Ison for construction work at his residence on Murphy Avenue in Church Hill.
Robinson said he met with Ison on July 28, 2015, and wrote a check for $1,370 for the work that was suppose to be performed.
The check was deposited the next day and endorsed by Allen Ison and Melissa Ison.
Since that date, no work has been completed at Robinson's residence.
This past July 1, Robinson sent a certified letter to Ison seeking a refund of the money that was paid to him for the work he was suppose to complete.
On July 21, the letter was returned to Robinson as being unclaimed.
Calhoun said that due to the time frame and the return of the certified letter, Ison has failed to comply with the request.
Based on the information, there was probable cause to issue an arrest warrant for Ison.
Ison was arraigned Monday in Hawkins County Sessions Court.
He was released on $1,000 bond, and an Oct. 4 preliminary hearing was scheduled. | http://www.timesnews.net/Business/2016/08/23/Contactor-accused-of-failing-to-do-work-more-than-a-year-after-1-370-was-paid.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/c5999547e842cbcc6edb88a37c47cdd5df40b5dd061e9275ae022f087410f956.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:04:44 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | \KINGSPORT - George B. Smith 84, of Kingsport went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Holston Valley Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 5PM to | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2FGeorge-B-Smith.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | George B. Smith | null | null | www.timesnews.net | George B. Smith
\KINGSPORT - George B. Smith 84, of Kingsport went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Holston Valley Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 5PM to 7PM on Saturday, August 28, 2016 at Scott-County Funeral Home. A funeral service will follow in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Bryan Moore and Pastor Justin Smith officiating. A graveside service will be conducted at 2PM on Sunday, August 29, 2016 at Holston View Cemetery. Rusty Smith, Jimmy Dale Hite, Keegan Norris, Randy Jennings, Brandon Smith, and Donnie Littleton will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Fordtown Men's Bible Class. Those wishing to attend are asked to meet at the funeral home by 1:30PM to go in procession to the cemetery. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the people that helped take care of their dad Edith Maden, Margaret Gilreath, Bea Maness, and Jimmy Dale Hite. They would also like to thank Meals on Wheels, and the staff at Wellmont 5th floor nursing staff and hospice care. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Fordtown Baptist Church Cemetery Fund at, 444 Old Fordtown Rd. Kingsport, TN 37663. To send a condolence to the family please visit our website at www.scottcountyfuneralhome.com. Carter-Trent/Scott County Funeral Home is serving the Smith family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/25/George-B-Smith.html | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/3cb40e28e99169de6558568ea74ba82295de9b8cf5a4cf73b9d75188f8a287c1.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T06:52:07 | null | 2015-12-14T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT — Jordan Humphreys and Blake Taylor combined on a five-hitter and the Kingsport Mets shut out the Danville Braves 4-0 on Monday night in the rubber game of their | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2Ffrontpage%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2FK-Mets-blank-Braves-for-Appy-League-series-win.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2015/12/14/x720_q60/K-Mets-long-logo-for-web.jpg | en | null | K-Mets blank Braves for Appy League series win | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Humphreys (3-5) started and went seven innings to join Adonis Uceta and the now-departed Max Wotell as the only three-game winners on the K-Mets’ staff this season.
The right-hander allowed four hits and struck out seven without walking a batter. Over his last three starts encompassing 20 innings, Humphries has allowed only three earned runs.
Taylor gave up just the one hit over his two innings of work for his first save.
The shutout was just the K-Mets’ second this year. They beat Greeneville 11-0 on July 3.
Kingsport’s runs came via Reed Gamache’s RBI double, a pair of RBI singles from Jeremy Wolf, a Jose Miguel Medina RBI single, and an unearned run.
Cespedes finished 4-for-4 with three singles, a triple and two runs scored. Wolf went 2-for-4.
Kingsport (24-41) opens its final three-game series of the season Tuesday night at 7 o’clock at home against Bristol. | http://www.timesnews.net/frontpage/2016/08/30/K-Mets-blank-Braves-for-Appy-League-series-win.html | en | 2015-12-14T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/82b01a05e78fffb5fe498d938b2493179d60c333bab3cea889789a52a4bfdb36.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T22:51:27 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Virginia State Police Senior Trooper P.J. Battel is investigating a single-vehicle crash in Washington County, Va.
The crash occurred Friday at 5:45 p.m. on Route 58, | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FLocal%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2FVirginia-State-Police-investigating-fatal-motorcycle-crash.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/26/x720_q60/local-news-3-jpg-6.jpg | en | null | Virginia State Police investigating fatal motorcycle crash | null | null | www.timesnews.net | The crash occurred Friday at 5:45 p.m. on Route 58, approximately one mile west of Route 890.
According to a press release from Corinne N. Geller, VSP public relations director, a 2008 Yamaha YZFR1 was traveling west on Route 58 as it came through a curve. The motorcycle crossed the centerline and ran off the left side of the road where it struck the guardrail. Its rider, Ramakrishna Guttikonda, 45, of Stone Ridge, Va., was thrown from the bike.
Guttikonda was transported to Bristol Regional Medical Center, where he died Saturday morning. He was wearing a helmet.
Cause of the crash remains under investigation at this time. | http://www.timesnews.net/Local/2016/08/28/Virginia-State-Police-investigating-fatal-motorcycle-crash.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/cf25e7433e985f247f3e48a393344f1d7c57dbbfef4a74760403084591f90133.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:11 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT — The American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee responded to flooding in Louisiana more than a week ago — and is seeking more volunteers | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FLocal%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FLocal-volunteers-donations-sought-for-American-Red-Cross-relief-effort-to-Louisiana-flooding.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/23/x720_q60/APTOPIX-Deep-South-Weather-2.jpg | en | null | Red Cross seeks local volunteers, donations for Louisiana flood relief effort | null | null | www.timesnews.net | When the nonprofit, nongovernmental agency sends volunteers to help in such efforts, they are deployed for two-week periods. So those who left Kingsport on Aug. 14 bound for the area around Baton Rouge will return Sunday as a second group of local volunteers heads south to relieve them.
Glenda Bobalik, the agency’s executive director, said that considering the scope of the flooding, it is likely that several more such two-week turnovers will occur in the weeks ahead. She described the flooding as the worst natural disaster to happen in the U.S. since 2012.
To prepare would-be volunteers for deployment now to the crisis in Louisiana or to help with the agency’s year-round response to local disasters, the American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee is offering a series of classes this week.
Bobalik said no special skill set is required to become a volunteer.
“All you need to be helpful is to want to help,” Bobalik said Tuesday, noting that local volunteers already in Louisiana are providing a wide variety of assistance — from heading up tech support for the organization’s onsite computer needs to simply delivering prepared meals to those in distress. Volunteers also spend a lot of time taking information and filling out paperwork with and for the flood’s victims.
“Really, a lot of what you are doing is just listening to them,” Bobalik said. “They need to know someone is there to help and to listen.”
Unlike other large-scale natural disasters in the nation in recent years, the flooding in Louisiana did not get an advance buildup to lead the general public elsewhere to expect such a level of destruction. It was not caused by a hurricane, for example, which might have been forecast and tracked by national media for days ahead of time. And it did not occur along a coastal area.
“People really haven’t gotten a vision of the scope of it,” Bobalik said. “Partially because it wasn’t a hurricane. But the damage in Louisiana is as large as anything we’ve had since 2012. And it’s not on the coast. It’s inland, up around Baton Rouge.”
In other words, those residents are not used to the threat of flooding.
“I think what brought it home to me ... they had done all this about it rained 24 inches in one day, but that didn’t really do it for me,” Bobalik said. “The thing that finally made me understand the scope of it is that there is a parish east of Baton Rouge that 75 percent of the homes in that parish, which to us would be a county, were destroyed. I got to thinking about that in terms of our community. And it’s just unbelievable, just unbelievable.”
The American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee also will be providing cleanup materials to those affected by the flooding, such as shovels, but volunteers try to purchase those items as close to the damaged area as possible to help restart the local economy, Bobalik said, noting that after a disaster of this magnitude 40 percent of small businesses in the damaged area fail to reopen.
The following upcoming training sessions will be held at the Northeast Tennessee Chapter office, located at 660 Eastern Star Road in Kingsport. Preregistration is not required.
Wednesday, Aug. 24, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Disaster Services Overview; Logistics; Logistics Simulation; Deployment Fundamentals.
Thursday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Disaster Services Overview; Shelter Fundamentals; Shelter Simulation; Deployment Fundamentals.
Friday, Aug. 26, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Disaster Services Overview; Feeding Fundamentals; Emergency Relief Vehicle (ERV) — Ready Set Roll; Deployment Fundamentals.
Saturday, Aug. 27: Emergency Relief Vehicle (ERV) — Driving (by appointment).
Monday, Aug. 29, 5:30 p.m.: Virtual Casework (current volunteers).
“Initial reports indicate responding to this disaster could cost at least $30 million,” Bobalik said in a press release late last week. “The Red Cross depends on the generosity of the public to support our work. We urgently need people to join us in supporting Louisiana by making a financial donation today as well as to consider volunteering to help us provide relief on the ground.”
Donations may be made by visiting redcross.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS or texting the word LAFLOODS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. Donations enable the Red Cross to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from these disasters. Checks may also be mailed to The American Red Cross of Northeast Tennessee, 660 Eastern Star Rd., Kingsport, TN, 37663, with a notation that the donation is for Louisiana flood relief.
“The Red Cross honors the designation of any donor,” Bobalik said. “So if you send us anything and it says it is for the Louisiana flood, then 100 percent of that will go to the Louisiana flood.”
Bobalik encouraged anyone interested in volunteering, but not traveling to far-off disasters, to come to the classes to become prepared to help out in local situations. | http://www.timesnews.net/Local/2016/08/23/Local-volunteers-donations-sought-for-American-Red-Cross-relief-effort-to-Louisiana-flooding.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/e331d5c7c3ea8bd788a43505ccb831fb2e20466c594c26743273dd2b80ea40cf.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T00:52:25 | null | 2015-11-13T00:00:00 | KNOXVILLE — Tennessee has announced seven home dates for future football schedules ranging from 2018 to 2022.
The school issued a release Tuesday saying the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FSports%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2FTennessee-announces-7-future-home-opponents-from-2018-22.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2015/11/13/x720_q60/University-of-Tennessee-logo-UT-logo-T-for-website.jpg | en | null | UT announces seven future home opponents | null | null | www.timesnews.net | The school issued a release Tuesday saying the Volunteers would host UTEP in 2018, Chattanooga and UAB in 2019, Charlotte in 2020, Bowling Green in 2021 plus Ball State and Army in 2022.
The UTEP game is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2018. The additions to the 2019 schedule include Chattanooga on Sept. 14 and UAB on Nov. 2. The Charlotte game is Sept. 5, 2020. Bowling Green visits Neyland Stadium on Sept. 4, 2021. During the 2022 season, Ball State will come to Knoxville on Sept. 3 and Tennessee will host Army on Sept. 17.
Tennessee also released contract information for each of the games. Tennessee is paying $1.4 million to UTEP, $500,000 to Chattanooga, $1.55 million to UAB, $1.3 million to Charlotte, $1.5 million to Bowling Green, $1.5 million to Ball State and $1.4 million to Army. | http://www.timesnews.net/Sports/2016/08/30/Tennessee-announces-7-future-home-opponents-from-2018-22.html | en | 2015-11-13T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/2fb8aa915b7cbab2d00124ed9054ad12d8bdb4fbf51f0a96a070a4ddfc732032.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:50:21 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT - George B. Smith 84, of Kingsport went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Holston Valley Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 5PM to 7PM on | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2FGeorge-B-Smith-2.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | George B. Smith | null | null | www.timesnews.net | George B. Smith
KINGSPORT - George B. Smith 84, of Kingsport went to be with the Lord on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Holston Valley Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 5PM to 7PM on Saturday, August 28, 2016 at Scott-County Funeral Home. A funeral service will follow in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Bryan Moore and Pastor Justin Smith officiating. A graveside service will be conducted at 2PM on Sunday, August 29, 2016 at Holston View Cemetery. Rusty Smith, Jimmy Dale Hite, Keegan Norris, Randy Jennings, Brandon Smith, and Donnie Littleton will serve as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Fordtown Men's Bible Class. Those wishing to attend are asked to meet at the funeral home by 1:30PM to go in procession to the cemetery. The family would like to extend a special thank you to the people that helped take care of their dad Edith Maden, Margaret Gilreath, Bea Maness, and Jimmy Dale Hite. They would also like to thank Meals on Wheels, and the staff at Wellmont 5th floor nursing staff and hospice care. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Fordtown Baptist Church Cemetery Fund at, 444 Old Fordtown Rd. Kingsport, TN 37663. To send a condolence to the family please visit our website at www.scottcountyfuneralhome.com. Carter-Trent/Scott County Funeral Home is serving the Smith family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/27/George-B-Smith-2.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/93109af3256010c01788326cc3601b27509a54d44833cfaed50d946564f977fb.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:52:18 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | A federal prisoner with a violent past escaped from the Washington County Detention Center this morning.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a release | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FLaw-Enforcement%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2FDangerous-federal-prisoner-escapes-from-Washington-County-Detention-Center.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/30/x720_q60/federal.jpg | en | null | 'Dangerous' federal prisoner escapes from Washington County Detention Center | null | null | www.timesnews.net | The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said in a release authorities were actively searching for Timothy Eugene England and investigating how England escaped from the facility.
England, 37, was in federal custody awaiting trial on charges of bank robbery and violating his federal supervised release.
England is white, stands about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighs 145 pounds. He was last seen wearing his burgundy prisoner suit. England is known to have local ties throughout East Tennessee, but specifically in Northeast Tennessee and Blount County.
Continue reading this story at JohnsonCityPress.com | http://www.timesnews.net/Law-Enforcement/2016/08/30/Dangerous-federal-prisoner-escapes-from-Washington-County-Detention-Center.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/c1e34e1e208c3d663ffc49929750633115cb768c47dd79e27303e2c6f5dbb219.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:15:04 | null | 2016-08-22T00:00:00 | WASHINGTON, D.C. — Longtime Kingsport elementary school teacher Theresa Feliu, who this school year became an instructional design specialist for Kingsport City Schools, is among | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FEducation%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FAdams-Elementary-math-teacher-honored-by-President-Obama.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/22/x720_q60/Feliu.jpg | en | null | Theresa Feliu, KCS instructional specialist, former Adams teacher, honored by Obama | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Feliu, the third KCS employee to receive the award since its inception in 1983, up until this school year was a math teacher at Adams Elementary. On Monday, Obama named recipients of the award, with recipients representing 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories and the Department of Defense Education Activity schools.
Dwain Arnold, former Adams principal and present elementary supervisor for KCS, and retired teacher Karen Reed-Wright, now a KCS Board of Education member, have previously won the award.
“I just found out today,” Feliu said Monday. The 25-year educator was nominated by KCS math coordinator Pam Stidham in 2013 and in November of that year submitted a 50-minute video of a lesson from start to finish with no interruptions and a 10-page paper. In October 2015, she was one of seven Tennessee winners in grades K-6, with four from math and three from science. She also has served as a TNCore math coach, at the regional level as a math teacher leader and at the state level on Gov. Bill Haslam’s Tennessee math standards review team.
Feliu said she is proud and humbled to be chosen for the award, adding that she hasn’t decided what she’ll do with the prize money, which has no strings attached except for federal income taxes. She and the other educators will receive their awards at a ceremony in Washington on Sept. 8, and Feliu said her three days in D.C. will include professional development, listening to guest speakers at night and a tour of the White House.The award includes free transportation and hotel accommodations for Feliu and her husband, Mike.
According to a White House news release, the awards recognize outstanding K-12 science and mathematics teachers from across the country. The winners are selected by a panel of scientists, mathematicians and educators following an initial selection process at the state level. Each nomination year of the award alternates between teachers in the kindergarten through sixth-grade level and those teaching in grades 7-12. The recipients named Monday represent two nomination years, one of K-6 teachers, the other 7-12 classrooms.
Winners receive a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation to be used at their discretion and are invited to the awards ceremony, educational and celebratory events and visits with members of the Obama administration.
"The recipients of this award are integral to ensuring our students are equipped with critical thinking and problem-solving skills that are vital to our nation’s success,” Obama said in the news release. “As the United States continues to lead the way in the innovation that is shaping our future, these excellent teachers are preparing students from all corners of the country with the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics skills that help keep us on the cutting edge.”
For more information about Obama’s commitment to science, technology and innovation, go online to whitehouse.gov/the-press-office.
Feliu has a Bachelor of Science in elementary education from Illinois State University and a master’s in counseling from East Tennessee State University. She is certified in grades 1-8. The other Tennessee winner in K-6 is Nichole Resmondo of Greshman Middle School in science, and in 7-12 the winners are Laura Carnall of Goodpasture Christian School in science and Mary Vaughan of Oak Ridge High School in math. For more information about recipients, go online to https://recognition.paemst.org. | http://www.timesnews.net/Education/2016/08/23/Adams-Elementary-math-teacher-honored-by-President-Obama.html | en | 2016-08-22T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/084f0492ac6e878410da769fcdb6723e9b7a7504ba651f8db0ccb3a195053bc1.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T18:50:06 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | JOHNSON CITY - Donald Franklin Lane, 47, Johnson City, TN was called home on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 in Johnson City, TN. The family will receive friends from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., Saturday, | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2FDonald-Franklin-Lane.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Donald Franklin Lane | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Donald Franklin Lane
JOHNSON CITY - Donald Franklin Lane, 47, Johnson City, TN was called home on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 in Johnson City, TN. The family will receive friends from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., Saturday, August 27, 2016 at the Gate City Funeral Home. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 p. m., Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, VA. Pastor Greg DePriest will be officiating. Jason Boyd & Rob Price will provide the music. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 1:15 p.m., Sunday to go in procession to the graveside service. An online guest register is available for the Lane family at www.gatecityfunerals.com. Gate City Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Donald Franklin Lane. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/26/Donald-Franklin-Lane.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/4a83d0b1880ec70981346f1e89ad4ec452ee1dd0f61bee6c0be9de5b4fb0ca47.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:56 | null | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | ROGERSVILLE - Eddie Wilson, age 55, of Rogersville, went to be with the Lord, Monday (8/22/16). The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wednesday (8/24/16) at Christian-Sells | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F24%2FEddie-Wilson-1.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Kingsport Times-News: Eddie Wilson | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Eddie Wilson
ROGERSVILLE - Eddie Wilson, age 55, of Rogersville, went to be with the Lord, Monday (8/22/16). The family will receive friends from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wednesday (8/24/16) at Christian-Sells Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 8:00 pm with Rev. George (Fuzz) Bradley, Jr. and Rev. Jonathan Carver officiating. Graveside services will be 11:00 am Thursday (8/25/16) at Dodson Creek Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.christiansells.com. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/24/Eddie-Wilson-1.html | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/91b77edcb6d5577789fb85ea7a13ba2aed4b9f924a62d5d22658d5af67bd0c9e.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T04:51:30 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT — The hits came in bunches for the Kingsport Mets and Danville Braves on Sunday. The runs, however, were a bit harder to come by in the K-Mets’ 5-4 Appalachian | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FSports%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2FK-Mets-fight-off-Braves-even-Appy-series.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/29/x720_q60/K-mets-Danvilel.jpg | en | null | K-Mets fight off Braves, even Appy series | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Combined the teams had 26 base hits, left 25 runners on base and totaled 35 at-bats with runners in scoring position.
Danville left the bases loaded twice, including the top of the ninth when the Braves loaded the bases with nobody out but failed to push across the tying run. Cristian Pache singled, Ramon Osuna reached on a force attempt and fielding error, and Carlos Martinez singled starting the inning. But K-Mets reliever Darwin Ramos got Elias Arias to line out to left, struck out Bradley Keller looking and enticed Darien McLemore to ground out to end the game and pick up his first save.
Danville took a one-run lead in the top of the second before Kingsport grabbed the lead in the bottom half. Scott Manea doubled home Jose Miguel Medina and later scored on Santo Marte’s forceout for a 2-1 Mets advantage.
The Braves bounced back to tie the game at 2 in the top of the third, but the K-Mets took the lead for good in the bottom half. Will Barring walked leading off, stole second before going to third on a throwing error and scored on Reed Gamache’s single.
The Mets added two more in the bottom of the fourth after a leadoff walk, this time to Yeffry De Aza, got things going again. He reached second on a passed ball, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Raphael Ramirez’s single. Ramirez scored on Gamache’s second run-scoring single of the night.
Gamache finished 2-for-5 with the two RBIs. Jose Miguel Medina and Ricardo Cespedes both finished 3-for-5 with a double. Manea and De Aza added two hits apiece.
Pache and Matt Hearn led Danville at the plate, each going 3-for-4 with a run scored. Carlos Martinez finished 2-for-4 and scored a run.
K-Mets starter Sixto Torres (2-4) went five innings for the victory — allowing six hits and just one earned run — and his ERA dipped to 2.70. Trent Johnson surrendered two runs in two innings before Ramos tossed a scoreless eighth and ninth.
Braves starter Jaret Hellinger (2-4) was charged with all five Mets runs.
Danville (30-32), which won the series opener 2-0, and Kingsport (23-41) meet in the rubber game Monday night at 7 o’clock. The K-Mets begin their final series of the season Tuesday against Bristol. | http://www.timesnews.net/Sports/2016/08/28/K-Mets-fight-off-Braves-even-Appy-series.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/8af24416bde3ab4d37a63194d6cc538a3b82783b289fc76348954927ca402126.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:05:26 | null | 2015-10-17T00:00:00 | BIG STONE GAP — Bullitt Park was rocking and Union was rolling in Thursday’s Southwest Virginia high school football opener. A 27-point fourth-quarter outburst propelled | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FSports%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2FUnion-overwhelms-Burton-in-SWVa-football-season-opener.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2015/10/17/x720_q60/High-school-football-WEB-logo.jpg | en | null | Union overwhelms Burton in SWVa. football season opener | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Bears quarterback Bailey Turner was 9-of-11 passing for 186 yards and three touchdowns on the night while Cameron Fannon rushed for 115 yards on 10 carries including a stunning 71-yard scamper to paydirt that broke the contest open.
Union standout junior James Mitchell had six receptions for 127 yards and two TDs. He also had an interception on defense.
Mitchell’s first touchdown reception came in the first quarter after he took a swing pass from Bailey, stiff-armed a defender and danced down the sideline into the end zone.
The Raiders answered with a 10-play, 45-yard drive that ended with quarterback Houston Thacker pounding the ball in from 2 yards.
With just 1:56 left in the half, Turner orchestrated a five-play, 39-yard drive that ended with Luke Stidham punching it in from the 1-yard line and shifting the momentum back to the Bears.
“That wasn’t the difference in the game,” said Burton coach Jim Adams. “But it sure didn’t help.”
With the game still up for grabs, the Raiders took the second half kickoff and went on a 10-play, 95-yard drive that ended with a 34-yard run to the end zone by Tyree Bolling. Burton went for two, but the pass from Thacker was ruled to have hit the ground before it was caught, leaving the Raiders down 14-13 with 6:02 left in the third quarter.
On the ensuing kickoff, Dakota Owens returned the ball 47 yards to the Burton 27, and two plays later Turner connected with Zack Qualls for an 18-yard touchdown pass and Union began to steamroll.
After a Raiders punt, Cameron Fannon culminated another Bears scoring drive with a 2-yard run and extended the Union advantage to 27-13 as the third quarter came to an end.
On the Bears’ first possession of the fourth quarter, Fannon broke through the Burton defense and raced 71 yards for a TD and a 34-13 lead.
The Raiders, who had only 22 players in uniform, were wearing down, and the Bears seized the moment.
Union scored three more touchdowns in the final nine minutes of the game.
“Fatigue and turnovers were the difference in the second half,” added Adams. “We’re just not deep enough right now, and I’ll tell you, Union has a very good football team.”
After seeing his team in a battle over the first two quarters, Union coach Travis Turned made the necessary adjustments at halftime.
“Burton had a good game plan; they were going to stop the run,” said Turner. “So we put the ball in the air and got some big plays. Once we got the momentum, we took control of the game.
“I thought our kids played hard, and eventually we started to wear Burton down.”
Bolling led Burton with 96 yards on 15 carries while freshman fullback Mikey Culbertson added 17 rushes for 63 yards.
Burton will travel to Chilhowie next Friday while Union is at Richlands. | http://www.timesnews.net/Sports/2016/08/26/Union-overwhelms-Burton-in-SWVa-football-season-opener.html | en | 2015-10-17T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/a06dbc081181e378b2f95c3b67140851313ce87833f14166f436ac1019a7508c.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T14:51:50 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | COEBURN — The town of Coeburn launched into its annual week-plus Guest River Rally festival on its annual roll toward a smashing Labor Day weekend bash starting with the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FFairs-Festivals%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2FSaturday-pageant-launches-Coeburn-s-Guest-River-Rally.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/26/x720_q60/Guest-River-Rally-2016-png.jpg | en | null | Coeburn's Guest River Rally in full swing | null | null | www.timesnews.net | The town’s annual Rally fest funs — rather than works — its way toward the weekend’s huge Labor Day festivities with a little bit of everything every day this week, starting Monday with the annual Paint A Can Contest (3:30-5:30 p.m.), fifth annual Patriotic Workshop — learn how to make a wooden ink pen as a Christmas gift for wounded warriors at Woodspin Studio with Bill Dotten at (276) 395-2163 — and the cash prizes Medallion Hunt that concludes next Saturday.The free Antiques Appraisal will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, and the 23rd annual Community Service spree will begin from the Depot Stage at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The Rally Shack featuring hot dogs, drinks, nachos, cheesesticks and more opens on Thursday, and that day’s lineup will include a 6 p.m. Meet the Spartans event, and 7:30 p.m. Movie Night at Lay’s Center for the Arts. The movie is free and concession items like popcorn, candy and drinks will be available for purchase.
Things start to get really simmering into a hot and furious Labor Day weekend with vendors setting up from noon through 10 p.m. Friday. Events include Magic by Eugene Mullins from 6-7 p.m.; Freddie Bradley the DJ on Stage at 7 p.m.; and live music at Lay’s Hardware at 7 p.m. featuring the Bluegrass Travelers with admission $5 for adults, $1 ages 6-12, and under age 6 free.
It will be the usual no-holds-barred Saturday with the Rally Municipal Go To Jail fundraiser to expand Ringley Parks Special Needs Area (a judge will set bail to get out of jail, so it’s nice to have friends); a pancake breakfast from 7-10 a.m. hosted by Methodist Men’s Group inside the Train Depot; and the 19th annual Justin’s Walk at Ringley Park at 8 a.m.; the Elite Fitness & Nutrition competition at 10 a.m. on Front Street; and the 19th annual Art Show in the MEOC Building starting at 11 a.m. Vendors will be open for business at 10 a.m.
And that’s just for Saturday’s starters. The dunking booth gets splashy from noon to 5 p.m.; the Immortals Wild West Shootout will blast away on Front Street at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Other attractions include a silent auction from 1-8 p.m.; the Lady Spartan Basketball Corn Hole Tournament at noon; cakewalks from noon to 9 p.m.; Highlands Dance Academy from noon to 1 p.m.; Fund for the Kids Inflatables at Ringley Park from 1-7 p.m.; the Farmers Market from 1-4:30 p.m.; Talent Show registration from 12:30-1:30 p.m., with the Talent Show starting at 2 p.m.
But wait! There’s more! Saturday’s lineup will include performances by Coeburn’s Center Stage Cloggers at 6 p.m. and Southwest Virginia’s own Katilyn Baker on stage from 7:30-9:30 p.m. to send festival fans home happy for a well deserved rest.
Vendors will open at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 4, Fund for the Kids Inflatables at Ringley Park will be 1-7 p.m., and the Hillbilly Dog Show will begin at 1 p.m. Gospel Music on Stage will include performances beginning at 2 p.m. with His Way, Jerry Barnette, King’s Messengers, and special speaker Tom Renfro. The annual Duck Race will get underway at 4 p.m.
On Monday, Sept. 5, the annual 5K Run will wrap things up with registration starting at 7 a.m. and the run at 8 a.m. | http://www.timesnews.net/Fairs-Festivals/2016/08/29/Saturday-pageant-launches-Coeburn-s-Guest-River-Rally.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/778266117f61ade52795bafd43a16b09a989a4549b246ee6a158e960faedfc31.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:51:55 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | ROGERSVILLE — The Hawkins County Commission approved its 2016-17 budget Monday and avoided a county shutdown, concluding nearly three hours of discussion with a 12-9 vote. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FLocal%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2FHawkins-approves-Band-Aid-budget-12-9.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/29/x720_q60/budget-vote-jpg.jpg | en | null | Hawkins County Commission approves 'Band-Aid' budget by narrow vote | null | null | www.timesnews.net | The commission also approved the state certified tax rate of $2.5323 per $100 of assessed property value.
That’s 6.73 cents higher than last year’s rate due to this year’s property value reassessments coming in lower.
The budget was approved as presented Monday with only one difference.
Instead of approving the specific changes to non-profit contributions that were recommended by the Budget Committee, the commission voted to reduce all contributions by 2 percent.
As presented Monday the 2016-17 budget leaves about $823,000 in reserve at the end of the 2016-17 fiscal year.
But, a revenue deficit of more than $2 million will still exist next spring when the Budget Committee begins working on its 2017-18 budget.
That means the Budget Committee could be faced with a budget deficit of approximately $1.2 million right off the bat next year, not taking into account any possible revue increases or cost increases between now than then.
If the county commission hadn’t approved its budget by Aug. 31, it faced a shutdown of all offices except the sheriff and school son Sept. 1 until a budget was passed.
Check back later for a more detailed report on the Hawkins County Commission’s meeting Monday. | http://www.timesnews.net/Local/2016/08/29/Hawkins-approves-Band-Aid-budget-12-9.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/8cbdcbb68a992fadb1e97e8bcd62aa1ee562e0681eab388c1ae84e578b511926.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T04:52:25 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | BLUFF CITY — Challenge made. Challenge accepted.
Unhappy with the proceedings in Monday night’s sweep of Sullivan South by Dobyns-Bennett, Lady Rebels | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FSports%2F2016%2F08%2F31%2FSouth-rises-to-challenge-sweeps-East.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/29/x720_q60/High-school-volleyball-logo.jpg | en | null | South rises to challenge, sweeps East | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Unhappy with the proceedings in Monday night’s sweep of Sullivan South by Dobyns-Bennett, Lady Rebels coach Wendy Ratliff’s gantlet was loud and clear: Who was going to step up and be the supporting pieces for this year’s squad?
The answers were just as loud and just as clear.
With four Lady Rebels notching at least a half-dozen kills, an improved block by the defense at the net and the stellar work of new libero Meredith St. Clair, South rolled to a 25-12, 25-20, 25-14 over Sullivan East in a battle of Three Rivers Conference league unbeatens Tuesday night inside the Dyer Dome.
“I think we corrected a lot of things,” Ratliff said. “We hadn’t been blocking at all. We needed to be able to play defense better – blocking and digging — and we did.”
Emma Fake was among those who felt particularly challenged. Her answer was genuine in the form of a team-high 11 kills.
“Monday night was pretty hard,” Fake admitted. “We talked about the things we needed to fix and I took it as a challenge. Somebody had to step up and I tried to fill that role.”
After East got off to hot start in the opening set, Fake had two kills in a key stretch that allowed South not only to take the set but also the momentum. Another Fake winner gave the Lady Rebels the lead in the second stanza.
“I’ve always had a low elbow, so keeping it up helps especially when the girls blocking me are bigger,” Fake noted. “You just have to break it high over them and hit the spots.”
The vertically challenged outside hitter added a block and another kill out of the gates in the third frame to send the Lady Rebels on their way.
“We fixed our blocks and fixed our defense,” Fake added. “We changed our defense a little bit from perimeter to rotational and I think that really helped us because we are a lot shorter than we were last year.”
Also defensively, St. Clair had 18 digs and three aces from her new position.
“Meredith reads the hitters well,” Ratliff said. “She’s fearless and played with a lot of confidence.”
Still, the Lady Patriots got off to a tremendous start, leading 5-1 following an ace by Kelseay Smith. But South quickly wrestled away the momentum with a five-point run punctuated by back-to-back kills from Hannah Price.
With Price rotating to the service line, the all-stater delivered four aces in a five-point span and the Lady Rebels forged a 15-8 first-set cushion.
“Volleyball is a game of momentum,” said East coach Anthony Todt. “South got the momentum and took it back every chance they got. It’s hard to get the momentum back when you don’t have it. It’s like fighting uphill.”
Price finished with a dozen assists, 11 digs, six aces and a modest by her standards 10 kills.
“Hannah is one of the better hitters and best players in the state and we set out to stop her,” Todt noted. “We had almost 40 digs, so I think we did a pretty decent job digging her.”
But turning those digs into offense never materialized for the Lady Patriots, who finished with just 13 kills and nine assists as a team.
“I think we focused so much on getting the ball up we forgot we then actually have to play offense and swing,” Todt added.
Smith led East (4-2, 4-1) with five kills and 11 digs.
South (7-7, 3-0) got six kills each from Maddie Townsend and Olivia Kent, who also had four solo blocks on the night. Other defensive contributors were Courtney Gibson with nine digs and Madeline Leslie with five. Rachel DeLung handed out 22 assists and served a pair of aces. | http://www.timesnews.net/Sports/2016/08/31/South-rises-to-challenge-sweeps-East.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/bc9f3c5e4db77a3883238af01ed03b28fb3612c9230da52d6f7a022e67eee752.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T06:50:53 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT — Five Danville pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout and the Braves took the opener of a three-game Appalachian League set against the Kingsport Mets, 2-0 on Saturday | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FSports%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2FBraves-pitching-shuts-down-K-Mets.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/28/x720_q60/8-27-16-K-Mets-1.jpg | en | null | Braves pitching shuts down K-Mets | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Ian Anderson, the third overall pick out of Shenendehowa High School in Clifton Park, N.Y., in this year’s major league amateur draft, got the start for the Braves.
The right-hander had signed with Vanderbilt but instead inked a professional contract with the Braves in late June that included a $4 million signing bonus.
Anderson appeared in five games earlier this season with the Gulf Coast Braves, tossing 18 innings without surrendering an earned run. His first three starts with Danville hadn’t gone as smoothly. In 11 2-3 innings, Anderson had allowed eight runs on 13 hits and suffered his first professional loss in his most recent start against Bluefield.
But Anderson was splendid against the K-Mets, working four shutout innings, allowing four hits and striking out five. Adam McCreery (2-0) tossed two innings of scoreless relief to earn the victory. Brady Feigl, Connor Gilmore and Brandon White worked an inning each with White eventually earning his seventh save.
The K-Mets did outhit the Braves 6-4, with catcher Dionis Rodriguez going 2-for-3 with a walk. Kingsport also struck out 13 times in the game and hit into three double plays.
Danville’s scoring came with single runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Elias Aria singled first to score former Walters State Senator Ramon Osuna to give the Braves a 1-0 advantage. In the seventh, Bradley Keller singled, stole second, advance to third on a throwing error by K-Met catcher Dionis Rodriguez and scored on a Connor Buchmann wild pitch to stretch the advantage to 2-0.
Neither team produced an extra base hit in the game and three K-Met pitchers also struck out 13 Braves.
Joel Huertas started for Kingsport and tossed five no-hit innings before leaving on a pitch count. Huertas struck out eight, but also walked five. Buchmann (0-1) surrendered all four Danville hits in his two innings and was tagged with the loss. Gregorix Estevez retired all four Brave hitters he faced, four on strikeouts.
The series continues Sunday afternoon with first pitch at 4 p.m. | http://www.timesnews.net/Sports/2016/08/28/Braves-pitching-shuts-down-K-Mets.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/021436348301ee062d23c3372efdfee205fe0e3b3feabe47c440b488d0c9535d.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:52:01 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | SURGOINSVILLE - Velda E. Russell, age 90, of Surgoinsville, formerly of St. Clair, went to be with the Lord peacefully, Saturday, August 27, 2016, at Indian Path Hospital. The family will | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2FVelda-E-Russell-1.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Velda E. Russell | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Velda E. Russell
SURGOINSVILLE - Velda E. Russell, age 90, of Surgoinsville, formerly of St. Clair, went to be with the Lord peacefully, Saturday, August 27, 2016, at Indian Path Hospital. The family will receive friends anytime at the home of Clifford Russell 198 Dickerson Lane, Surgoinsville, and from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Christian-Sells Funeral Home in Rogersville. Funeral services will be at 6:00 p.m. with Rev. Greg Fletcher and Rev. Andy Sensabaugh officiating. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Burial will follow in the Russell-Johnson Cemetery. Condolences may be sent at www.christiansells.com. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/29/Velda-E-Russell-1.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/16dc533be57a5cc99317fe664762d398c015fd363b428f82d6eb300adcddfbdb.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:06 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT - Teresa Morrison Aesque, 59, Kingsport, passed away Monday, August 22, 2016 after a brief illness at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. In lieu of flowers, memorial | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FTeresa-Asque.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Kingsport Times-News: Teresa Aesque | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Teresa Aesque
KINGSPORT - Teresa Morrison Aesque, 59, Kingsport, passed away Monday, August 22, 2016 after a brief illness at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 5 to 7:00p.m. at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport. The service will follow at 7:00 p.m. with Rev. Jack P. Weikel officiating. A private family graveside will be conducted with Pastor David Salley officiating. Pallbearers will be Ed Ragsdale, Eddie Ragsdale, Joe Franklin, Ron Puckett, David Horne and Matthew Puckett. Please visit www.hamlettdobson.com to leave an on-line condolence for the family. Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport is serving the family of Teresa Morrison Aesque. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/23/Teresa-Asque.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/1db6eab5bec6ec8f096a81c6d386940aff0e0eaa72118b9a3f0ad80f4508c9d0.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:03:15 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT — A man who was arrested twice last year after high-speed chases — and once bragged how he “smoked” pursuing officers — | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FLocal%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2FMan-who-smoked-cops-bagged-on-felony-pot-charges.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/25/x720_q60/FLETCHER-GREGORYnew-jpg.jpg | en | null | Man who 'smoked' cops bagged on felony pot charges | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Records in Kingsport General Sessions Court show that Gregory Allan Fletcher, 21, of 1601 Harrison Ave., was arrested on Tuesday night. At approximately 7:30 p.m., detectives with the Kingsport Police Department Vice Unit descended on his residence with a search warrant.
According to an affidavit, officers entered the home after knocking several times and announcing their presence, but receiving no answer. A subsequent sweep of the residence found Fletcher, who allegedly admitted that he had been trying to flush marijuana down a toilet, in a bedroom.
The search located marijuana on the bathroom floor, according to court records, as well as in a “large plastic baggie” that was inside the toilet bowl. A separate baggie containing more than $3,100 in cash was reportedly in Fletcher’s bedroom, along with digital scales.
Fletcher was arrested and charged with tampering with evidence and possession of drug paraphernalia. A felony count of possession of more than a half-ounce of marijuana for resale within a school zone stems from his residence being within 1,000 feet of Cedar View Christian School.
The incident marks at least the fourth arrest of Fletcher in 19 months — and the second in one week.
Last Wednesday, officers were alerted to Fletcher causing a disturbance by yelling inside his residence. The complainant added that Fletcher had also assaulted his mother earlier in the day, but initial attempts by police to reach anyone at the home were not successful.
Later, a neighbor called to report that Fletcher had come to their residence making threats while armed with a handgun. When police responded, Fletcher ran with an item in his hand.
Once Fletcher collided with a chain link fence, a pursuing officer deployed a Taser, due to the report of a weapon and the suspect carrying an object. Fletcher then fled through a backyard, according to a police report, before he was cut off by another officer and Tasered a second time.
Once apprehended, Fletcher reportedly admitted to smoking marijuana. The object he carried was found to be a container holding $2,700 cash. He was arrested and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest.
In March of 2015, Fletcher was arrested by the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office for driving more than 100 mph, along with felony evading arrest, simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.
At about 11:30 p.m. Mount Carmel police spotted Fletcher’s 2004 Pontiac GTO traveling 125 mph on Highway 11-W. The HCSO reportedly picked up the pursuit in Church Hill, clocking Fletcher in excess of 100 mph. He was eventually stopped and arrested at the intersection of 11-W and Goshen Valley Road.
In that incident, Fletcher later pleaded guilty to a reduced misdemeanor evading arrest charge as well as speeding and simple possession of marijuana. He was sentenced to 15 days in jail, probation and 96 hours of community service.
Fletcher was also arrested in January of 2015 by Kingsport police, following an early morning, high-speed pursuit on Lynn Garden Drive. He allegedly exceeded 100 mph before police ended the pursuit, but was soon located and arrested at his home.
When questioned about his motives for the incident, Fletcher reportedly told an officer, “I just wanted to see how bad I smoked your ass. I was watching you in my rearview mirror.”
Fletcher was initially charged by the KPD with reckless driving, reckless endangerment, felony evading, speeding and driving left of center. Court records show that all those charges were later dropped, save for evading arrest.
In regard to this week’s drug arrest in Kingsport, Fletcher’s next scheduled court appearance is Sept. 1. | http://www.timesnews.net/Local/2016/08/26/Man-who-smoked-cops-bagged-on-felony-pot-charges.html | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/79a4ca9a673baccb0064892e567446bd0aa20f7a4e1ab5d538f10f0985c07c55.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T22:50:02 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | JOHNSON CITY – East Tennessee State University is partnering with the Umoja Cultural Arts Committee for the Umoja Festival, being held this year in downtown Johnson City on Labor | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FPhotos%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2FETSU-partnering-with-Umoja-Festival-downtown-on-Labor-Day-weekend.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/26/x720_q60/Zebulon-Ellis.jpg | en | null | ETSU partnering with Umoja Festival downtown on Labor Day weekend | null | null | www.timesnews.net | ETSU and Umoja Committee members moved the date of the Umoja Festival from mid-August to Labor Day weekend to encourage newly-arrived ETSU students to attend.
The Friday daytime activities include a selection of festival food for sale from vendors and various arts and crafts offerings, from tie-dyed shirts and face painting to merchants selling jewelry, t-shirts and other items. Opening ceremonies will be held at 3 p.m.
There will be a special area for children throughout both Friday and Saturday. In addition, health screenings and informational booths featuring ETSU and other non-profits will be prominently located on the streets of downtown Johnson City. From New Orleans, festival favorite, the Shaka Zulu Stilt Walkers, will perform throughout the day.
The Youth Stage on Friday will feature Latin dance demonstrations from B.J. Goliday, DJ/Star Plus, a Free Style Battle and Afro Pop artists.
The Friday evening Main Stage lineup will include the Jay Storm Project Band, Kryss Dula and Friends and the headliner that night, The Zapp Band.
Saturday will begin with the annual parade leading off from Carver Recreation Center at 10 a.m. and ending downtown.
Starting at 1 p.m., there will be the Gospel Fest, featuring BET "Sunday Best" all-star, Zebulon Ellis. The lineup also includes various Afro Pop artists, the Holloway Dance Group and the UCFreestylers.
Saturday night, the Main Stage features Jordan Copas, the Billy Crawford Band and The Company Band from Charlotte, North Carolina. The headliner for the Main Stage will be the group iHeartMemphis, performing the hit release, "Hit the Quan" which is featured on the album, "The TurnUp Kid." | http://www.timesnews.net/Photos/2016/08/26/ETSU-partnering-with-Umoja-Festival-downtown-on-Labor-Day-weekend.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/9634f21f1b6b46ca8a6da35503863a2a5ab016805b6dd406f94d541192dedc44.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:06:57 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT — The Kingsport Mets matched their season-long winning streak of three games Thursday, toppling visiting Princeton 10-4 at Hunter Wright Stadium.
The | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FSports%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2FKingsport-hammers-Princeton-10-4-for-third-straight-victory.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/26/x720_q60/082616kmets1-jpg.jpg | en | null | Kingsport hammers Princeton 10-4 for third straight victory | null | null | www.timesnews.net | The Mets plated three runs in the third, a pair in the fourth and four in the sixth to forge a 9-2 lead on their way to the win.
After the Rays took a 1-0 lead in the top of the third, the K-Mets answered with three in the bottom half. Reed Gamache singled home one run, another scored on a wild pitch and Jeremy Wolf capped the inning with an RBI double.
In the fourth, Raphael Ramirez reached on a throwing error on a sacrifice bunt attempt that allowed Dionis Rodriguez to score from first. Ramirez came home on another Princeton error as the lead swelled to 5-1.
Ricardo Cespedes followed a walk to Cecilio Aybar leading off the bottom of the sixth with his first homer of the season, a two-run shot to right. Another Wolf double plated Gamache, who had singled and moved to second on the Rays’ fourth error of the night. Wolf later scored on Yeffrey De Aza’s single.
Cespedes finished 4-for-5 on the night with two runs scored and two driven in for the K-Mets (22-39). Gamache was 2-for-3 with a walk and also scored twice and drove in a pair. Wolf had the pair of doubles and two RBI’s in five trips.
Eleardo Cabrera led the Rays (32-27) at the plate, going 3-for-5 with a double, two singles and an RBI. Robbie Tenerowicz finished 2-for-4 with two runs scored and one drive in. Joshua Lowe, the Rays’ 2016 first-round draft pick, had two triples in four at-bats and drove in two runs.
Kingsport starter Jake Simon (2-5) went seven innings for his second victory. Simon scattered nine hits and allowed two runs while striking out five and walking none. Max Kuhns and Jose Carlos Medina both worked an inning out of the Mets bullpen. Princeton starter Resly Linares (2-3) suffered the loss.
The K-Mets go for their first four-game winning streak and first series sweep of the season tonight at 7:00 p.m. | http://www.timesnews.net/Sports/2016/08/25/Kingsport-hammers-Princeton-10-4-for-third-straight-victory.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/74ce8fae4e0bc05584ab598c7f4c9b92bd2967f0777d08c333b0b46ce486c895.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:50:19 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | JOHNSON CITY - Donald Franklin Lane, 47, Johnson City, TN was called home on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 in Johnson City, TN. The family will receive friends from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2FDonald-Franklin-Lane-1.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Donald Franklin Lane | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Donald Franklin Lane
JOHNSON CITY - Donald Franklin Lane, 47, Johnson City, TN was called home on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 in Johnson City, TN. The family will receive friends from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., Saturday, August 27, 2016 at the Gate City Funeral Home. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 p. m., Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, VA. Pastor Greg DePriest will be officiating. Jason Boyd & Rob Price will provide the music. Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 1:15 p.m., Sunday to go in procession to the graveside service. An online guest register is available for the Lane family at www.gatecityfunerals.com. Gate City Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Donald Franklin Lane. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/27/Donald-Franklin-Lane-1.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/cb1875e94fac0eeadf860bde243c740c2fdab157e932aa622103cc207f8e050f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:47 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | KINGPORT - Betty Joan Cruz, 80, passed away on August 22, 2016 at Holston Manor in Kingsport. The family will hold services at a later date. Please visit our website for updated service | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FBetty-Joan-Cruz.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Betty Joan Cruz | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Betty Joan Cruz
KINGPORT - Betty Joan Cruz, 80, passed away on August 22, 2016 at Holston Manor in Kingsport. The family will hold services at a later date. Please visit our website for updated service times. To leave an online message for the Cruz family, please visit us @www.tribute-services.com. Tribute Funeral and Cremation Services is serving the Cruz family. 240 Suncrest St., Johnson City, 207-0771. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/23/Betty-Joan-Cruz.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/2d54bdd655372ba7242c50fad593111ac4ec23db51dca58fcfddd9c10379ab3d.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T20:51:23 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT - Eddie D. “Ed” Robinson, 45, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, August 27, 2016, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2FEddie-D-Ed-Robinson.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Eddie D. “Ed” Robinson | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Eddie D. “Ed” Robinson
KINGSPORT - Eddie D. “Ed” Robinson, 45, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, August 27, 2016, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes. Please go to www.hamlettdobson.com to leave an online condolence for the family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/28/Eddie-D-Ed-Robinson.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/92d904106ea58928a029dc9a92b1598f03cde2346a7396c3ca596b7598abb11c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:37 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | SURGOINSVILLE - Zackary Vance Livesay, age 22, of Surgoinsville, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center surrounded by family and close friends. The | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FZackary-Vance-Livesay-1.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Zackary Vance Livesay | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Zackary Vance Livesay
SURGOINSVILLE - Zackary Vance Livesay, age 22, of Surgoinsville, passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center surrounded by family and close friends. The family will receive friends from 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Saturday (8/27/16) at Christian-Sells Funeral Home. Funeral services will follow at 7:00 pm. Graveside services will be 11:00 am Sunday (8/28/16) at Hawkins County Memorial Gardens. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.christiansells.com. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/23/Zackary-Vance-Livesay-1.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/59af0fbf4c9fed009d52d462f8c752c527e4573d1f0c65c04fe4f136b4100205.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:50:18 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT - Audrey Darnell McNew, 87 of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Elmcroft of Kingsport following a long illness. The family will receive friends | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2FAudrey-Darnell-McNew-1.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Audrey Darnell McNew | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Audrey Darnell McNew
KINGSPORT - Audrey Darnell McNew, 87 of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Elmcroft of Kingsport following a long illness. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday, August 26, 2016 at Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport. Friends may also call anytime at the residence. A funeral service will follow at 7 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Jonnie Darnell and Rev. Daniel Clark officiating. Music will be provided by Pastor Derek McElhenny, Jody Matney, Valerie Hammonds, Christy Hicks, Reverends Greg and Kim Peterson. An entombment will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday at Oak Hill Memorial Park (Mausoleum #4). Those wishing to attend the committal service are asked to meet at the mausoleum at 10:55 a.m. The family would like to extend a special thanks to Amedisys Hospice and the staff at Elmcroft at Kingsport for the care given to Audrey during her illness. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.cartertrent.com. Carter-Trent Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport is serving the McNew family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/26/Audrey-Darnell-McNew-1.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/4ab8c5dfce3a7fc68973560e94db363c9a0f55922ac0c38070c776690ce8e9a3.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:11 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | JOHNSON CITY - Janet Sue Rogers, 50, of Johnson City, went to be with her Heavenly Father and her earthly father on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at her home. Arrangements are incomplete | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FJanet-Sue-Rogers.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Janet Sue Rogers | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Janet Sue Rogers
JOHNSON CITY - Janet Sue Rogers, 50, of Johnson City, went to be with her Heavenly Father and her earthly father on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at her home. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport. Please visit www.hamlettdobson.com to leave an on-line condolence for the family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/23/Janet-Sue-Rogers.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/27649c5840c9b2acd5cf55886d23d1814133cf6bec23f68391ba538b84d59806.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T02:52:24 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | ST. PAUL — An old coal gob pile, a major source of pollution into the Clinch River, is nearly gone, with a half-million tons of it fed into Dominion Power’s | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FBusiness%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2FOld-gob-pile-feeds-power-plant.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/30/x720_q60/BeforeGob-png.jpg | en | null | Old gob pile feeds St. Paul power plant | null | null | www.timesnews.net | On Tuesday, Dominion said the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals & Energy (DMME) long considered the 12-acre Hurricane Creek gob pile its highest priority for reclamation in the Dumps Creek watershed, a tributary area that flows into the Clinch.
“This is a major environmental success story,” said Paul Koonce, chief executive officer for the Dominion Generation Group. “A unique power station is taking a waste product from a century-old coal mine and using it to responsibly make energy for Virginia today. This gob coal piled along the banks of a Clinch River tributary has been polluting the river for decades and desperately needed to be cleaned up.”
Located near Carbo on Dumps Creek, just about a half-mile from the Clinch River, the gob site dates back to 1907, when the Moss No. 2 mine was first operated by Clinchfield Coal Co. The operation was shut down for a few years, then reactivated in the 1940s and operated for several more decades.
Since 2014, when the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement approved DMME’s and Dominion’s plans to reclaim the site by essentially mining it, in a fashion, approximately 1 million tons of waste coal and rock have been removed and properly disposed of, with about 500,000 tons of gob coal gleaned, transported and fed into Dominion’s state-of-the-art power generating station to produce electricity.
Dominion partners with Gobco LLC of Abingdon, a company that has won multiple awards for its reclamation work, to identify and reclaim old waste coal sites in Southwest Virginia. Gobco screens out the waste coal and provides it to Dominion for use in the St. Paul facility.
A gob site is cleaned down to the original ground, Dominion said, covered with topsoil where needed, sloped as needed for proper drainage, and seeded with a special grass that supports wildlife. The area is then replanted with native hardwood tree seedlings.
Eleven other gob piles have already been reclaimed by Gobco, although the Hurricane Creek/Dumps Creek site has been the largest, with an estimated 200 tons of waste from that site making it into the Clinch River annually for decades. Gobco, Dominion and DMME say approximately 2.65 million tons to date from all gob sites have gone the reclamation/power generating route.
The cleanup of the Hurricane/Dumps Creek site received accolades from The Nature Conservancy’s area director.
“The reclamation of the Hurricane Creek gob pile is an important step toward improving water quality in the nationally important Clinch River watershed,” said Brad Kreps, director of the Clinch Valley Program for the Nature Conservancy.
“Finding creative solutions to address pollution from abandoned mined lands is a crucial part of a larger effort underway to ensure the Clinch River can provide clean water for the people, wildlife and the local economies that depend on it.”
Dominion’s Hybrid Energy Center is a 600 megawatt, mostly coal-powered generating station that began operating in 2012. The St. Paul facility can also burn biomass as part of its fuel stock, with about 10 percent of renewable sources for its fuel stream. The facility was also designed with waste coal and reclamation of those sites in mind as part of the fuel mix as well, yet still operates under some of the most stringent air quality requirements in the nation for a coal-powered generating station.
“To see these old waste coal sites restored is really a joy for us. I have worked 40 years in the coal industry and the last 13 years overseeing these reclamation efforts,” said Gobco co-owner and manager Walt Crickmer.
“However, it was not until (the St. Paul power plant) came online that our company really had the opportunity to clean up some of the worst problems. The irony is that a new type of coal-fired power station is crucial to cleaning up the waste of a bygone era in coal mining.”
Over the coming months, Dominion said the utility will work with Gobco and DMME to evaluate other major gob pile sites in the Clinch River watershed and begin planning for their reclamation. | http://www.timesnews.net/Business/2016/08/30/Old-gob-pile-feeds-power-plant.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/8dbc068dd1a17ac5079eb7bb3eb60e95e4486ac611144ab16aa85ed6805bbcec.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:03:39 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT -- Kingsport police have arrested a Southwest Virginia man who allegedly downloaded images of sexual assault against children less than 10 years old, with the suspect reportedly | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FNews%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2FGate-City-man-faces-child-porn-charges-in-Kingsport.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/25/x720_q60/JONES-KEVIN-jpg.jpg | en | null | Gate City man faces child porn charges in Kingsport | null | null | www.timesnews.net | According to records at the city jail, Kevin L. Jones, 42, was booked into the facility on Wednesday night.
An investigation into Jones, of Ruritan Run Road in Gate City, was launched in mid-July.
KPD records state that the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alerted investigators to child porn possibly being uploaded at a Kingsport residence. During subsequent interviews with individuals at that home, the residents consented to a search and a hard drive was seized for analysis.
It was also learned that Jones had been a visitor on multiple occasions, and he was tabbed as a suspect in downloading the images. Jones was interviewed at the Kingsport Police Department on Wednesday.
According to records, he admitted to downloading the child porn at the Kingsport residence, then transferring them to a computer at his Gate City home via thumb drive. Kingsport police say they had documented 45 images that Jones had uploaded depicting children between the ages of 4 and 10 "being sexually assaulted and posed in a manner of sexual gratification."
During his Wednesday interview, Jones allegedly stated that he actually had approximately 5,000 separate pieces of child porn.
Jones is charged with both sexual exploitation of a minor and aggravated sexual exploitation. During his arraignment his bond was set at $30,000. He is currently held in the Sullivan County jail in Blountville. | http://www.timesnews.net/News/2016/08/25/Gate-City-man-faces-child-porn-charges-in-Kingsport.html | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/067ce24a47a38f34e18d0bf1c1583116b01891c985600ffe444b131c96b40094.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:32 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT - La Keoviengxai, 79, Kingsport, entered into rest, Friday, August 19, 2016 at Indian Path Medical Center. The family will greet guest and share memories from 4-7 pm Thursday and | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FLa-Keoviengxai.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Kingsport Times-News: La Keoviengxai | null | null | www.timesnews.net | La Keoviengxai
KINGSPORT - La Keoviengxai, 79, Kingsport, entered into rest, Friday, August 19, 2016 at Indian Path Medical Center. The family will greet guest and share memories from 4-7 pm Thursday and Friday August 26 and 27, 2016 at Tetrick Funeral and Cremation Services, Johnson City, TN. Services will be held at 1:00 pm Saturday at the funeral home. Cremation will follow at Heritage Cremation Care Center. Online condolences may be shared through www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral and Cremation Services, 3001 Peoples Street, Johnson City, TN 37604 (423) 610-7171 is serving the family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/23/La-Keoviengxai.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/0a853668b9fbb0d9d9a060fbc1c9870c3a42c42af27ea2f655a18cef08027015.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T20:51:54 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | BRISTOL - Mrs. Louise Wyatt, formerly of Bristol,TN departed this life Sunday August 27, 2016 at UT Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. Arrangements are incomplete. Online | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2FMrs-Louise-Wyatt.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Mrs. Louise Wyatt | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Mrs. Louise Wyatt
BRISTOL - Mrs. Louise Wyatt, formerly of Bristol,TN departed this life Sunday August 27, 2016 at UT Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. Arrangements are incomplete. Online condolences may be sent to the family at raclarkfuneralservice@yahoo.com Professional service and care of Mrs. Louise Wyatt and family are entrusted to R.A.Clark Funeral Service Inc. (423) 764-8584 | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/29/Mrs-Louise-Wyatt.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/1ee64c4aa3d834eb268742b2c4d3b1e00ba18c0dad7bed7d18e4bfea7bd4f925.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:51:59 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | SPARTANBURG, SC - William Steve Edens, 80, passed away Wednesday (August 24, 2016). The family will receive friends on Wednesday (August 31, 2016) from noon to 1 p.m. at East Lawn | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2FWilliam-Steven-Edens.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | William Steven Edens | null | null | www.timesnews.net | William Steven Edens
SPARTANBURG, SC - William Steve Edens, 80, passed away Wednesday (August 24, 2016). The family will receive friends on Wednesday (August 31, 2016) from noon to 1 p.m. at East Lawn Funeral Home. Funeral services will immediately follow at 1:00 p.m. in the Chapel of East Lawn Funeral Home with Pastor Phil Whittamore officiating. Entombment will follow Wednesday (August 31, 2016)) at 2:00 p.m. in Chapel of Memories at East Lawn Memorial Park. Online condolences may be made to the Edens family at www.eastlawnkingsport.com. East Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park has the honor of serving the Edens family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/29/William-Steven-Edens.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/20d695c2e10710b45a9c5ecd15d0e3d4b19e344c2cf3c26ee085e2962db02187.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:51:56 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | BLOUNTVILLE The Sullivan County Retired Teachers Association (SCRTA) will have it 50th Anniversary meeting and luncheon Saturday, Sept, 17 at Sullivan Central High School. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FCommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2FRetired-teachers-set-50th-anniversary-meeting.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/29/x720_q60/education-1-jpg-10.jpg | en | null | Retired teachers set 50th anniversary meeting | null | null | www.timesnews.net | There will be a social time which will start at 10:30 a.m. Many past SCRTA Presidents, past superintendants and directors of schools, past and present school board members or a member their families will be in attendance. Scrap books from past years will also be on display for viewing. State Legislators is to be in attendance and Sullivan County Mayor Richard Venable will be making a presentation to the organization. Tennessee Retired Teachers Association Executive Director Donna Cotner will is to be in attendance.
The Sullivan County Retired Teachers Association was organized Sept. 1, 1966. when 45 teachers attended the organizational meeting. W.I. Spahr was elected SCRTA’s first President. The original purpose of SCRTA was to keep retirees interested in educational affairs of the county and state and in legislative matters dealing with retired teachers. That same purpose is still the purpose of SCRTA today.
The current membership of SCRTA is 302 members and all members are invited to make their required reservation for themselves and their guest to attend the Sept. 17 meeting and complimentary luncheon by calling Al Doty at (423) 323-3197 or emailing him at alddoty@yahoo.com by Wednesday, Sept. 7. Membership in the Sullivan County Retired Teachers Association is open to any teacher, administrator, or support staff who has retired from the Sullivan County School System. More information about SCRTA is welcomed and available through the same contact. | http://www.timesnews.net/Community/2016/08/29/Retired-teachers-set-50th-anniversary-meeting.html | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/2a0b5b54af7c8d8d83a6706f166cc18ac3dca93455e924f466e65deb83395391.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T00:52:23 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | ROGERSVILLE — One of two Hawkins County Jail inmates who escaped Monday was captured Tuesday at an apartment less than a half-mile from the jail, while a truck possibly stolen by | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FLaw-Enforcement%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2FOne-Hawkins-jail-escapee-captured-one-at-large.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/30/x720_q60/Short-and-Rose-jpg-2.jpg | en | null | One Hawkins jail escapee captured, one at large possibly in Kingsport | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Around 3 p.m. Monday, inmates Derek Nathaniel Short and Timothy Millard Rose escaped by climbing the recreation yard fence while three other inmates blocked jailers.
Short was arrested by HCSO deputies on Tuesday around 12:30 p.m. at the East Ridge Apartments on Hawkins Street just off of Highway 11-W, less than a half-mile from the jail.
He was transported to Hawkins County Memorial Hospital for treatment of a broken ankle and several deep cuts and bruises.
Sheriff Ronnie Lawson said two people have been detained in connection with Short’s escape, and the investigation is ongoing.
As of Tuesday night, Rose remained at large.
Lawson said a white 2015 Dodge Ram pickup which was apparently stolen near the Justice Center Monday night was recovered Tuesday in a store parking lot in Kingsport.
It is suspected that Rose may have used that truck to flee toward Kingsport, where he resides.
Lawson noted that Rose has cut his hair short and appears different than he does in his most recent mugshot.
Rose, 33, 1162 Moreland Drive, was being held on $10,000 bond for charges including maintaining a dwelling where narcotics are sold, possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of a weapon.
Anyone who has any information about Rose’s whereabouts is asked to call Hawkins County Central Dispatch at (423) 272-7121 or their local law enforcement agency.
Short, 30, 107 Hendricks St., Rogersville, was being held without bond on four counts of violation of probation, theft under $500, evading arrest by foot, resisting arrest, assault, criminal impersonation and failure to appear. | http://www.timesnews.net/Law-Enforcement/2016/08/30/One-Hawkins-jail-escapee-captured-one-at-large.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/35d48eade7173c7c69659c5925d4daf07326b6546454edd25c3e92867a005cfb.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:50:13 | null | 2015-10-17T00:00:00 | CHURCH HILL — It would appear that Week 2 of the Northeast Tennessee high school football season should be renamed “Rivalry Week.” All across the schedule, | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FSports%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2FVolunteer-hosts-North-in-rivalry-game.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2015/10/17/x720_q60/High-school-football-WEB-logo.jpg | en | null | Volunteer hosts North in rivalry game | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Sullivan North and Volunteer will butt heads in Church Hill at 7:30 p.m. in a game that has rivalry written all over it.
“It’s like community vs. community,” said Falcons coach Barry Jones. “There’s just a great deal of excitement when these two programs get together.”
Last year, the Golden Raiders prevailed 35-21 in a hard fought contest.
Both teams are coming off impressive wins last week. North (1-0) blanked Sullivan Central 41-0 while Volunteer (1-0) prevailed 42-38 on the road at Cocke County.
“The kids learned to persevere last week,” said Jones. “They were resilient and continued to counter punch every time we got down. They kept their heads up the whole game.
“I told them one win doesn’t make our season, but they are believing in themselves right now.”
What does Jones think of the showdown with North?
“I think North is as talented now as they have been since 2010,” Jones said. “They have a wealth of talent across the board, great size and they just do what they do very well.”
For the second straight week, the Golden Raiders, who are classified in the 2A division, will take on a 4A opponent.
“Our kids play with a great deal of effort and have a lot of chemistry,” said North coach Robbie Norris. “It’s just a lot of fun coming to work and coaching them.”
And Norris’ take on Volunteer?
“They are well coached and their line play is very good,” said Norris. “This will be a good test for us and can’t do anything but make us better as we prepare for our conference schedule.”
In spite of impressive wins last week, both coaches see room for improvement.
“We’ve got to cut down on our penalties,” added Norris. “Our special teams play and defense need to step up.”
For Volunteer, it’s playing at a different level — literally.
“Our offensive and defensive lines need to play a lower game,” said Jones. “They have to drop their level about six inches and just get after it.”
In other games across Northeast Tennessee tonight, Dobyns-Bennett travels to Oak Ridge while Cherokee opens its season at Daniel Boone.
Sullivan South is at Tennessee High, with Cocke County at Sullivan Central, Unicoi County at Sullivan East, Science Hill at Elizabethton and Howard at David Crockett. | http://www.timesnews.net/Sports/2016/08/26/Volunteer-hosts-North-in-rivalry-game.html | en | 2015-10-17T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/25490683a3378894ba75bffb36c3bab4195fb3874277382c88139eb4a77da76f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:15:36 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan County schools will dismiss two hours early on Friday, Sept. 9, because of the Battle at Bristol preparations for Saturday and the Kenny Chesney | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2Ffrontpage%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FSullivan-schools-dismissing-two-hours-early-Sept-9.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/23/x720_q60/education-1-jpg-9.jpg | en | null | Sullivan schools dismissing two hours early Sept. 9 | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Sullivan schools dismissing two hours early Sept. 9
BLOUNTVILLE — Sullivan County schools will dismiss two hours early on Friday, Sept. 9, because of the Battle at Bristol preparations for Saturday and the Kenny Chesney concert Friday, both occuring at Bristol Motor Speedway. Director of Schools Evelyn Rafalowski said that the parking lots of Sullivan East, Central and North high schools will be used for parking related to the Friday and Saturday events at BMS. | http://www.timesnews.net/frontpage/2016/08/23/Sullivan-schools-dismissing-two-hours-early-Sept-9.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/e1345fa8430c390d0ce60f419157e62f572128396034155a46cc1aa473495f3c.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:50:27 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | ROGERSVILLE — A Hawkins County grand jury returned a finding Monday that there was no criminal liability on the part of a Kingsport day care center where an infant died earlier | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FLaw-Enforcement%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2FHawkins-grand-jury-finds-no-criminal-liability-in-death-of-infant-at-daycare-center.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/26/x720_q60/SIDS-jpg.jpg | en | null | Hawkins grand jury finds no criminal liability in death of infant at day care center | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Third Judicial District Attorney General Dan Armstrong told the Times-News Friday, however, that the futon where the child was placed prior to her death wasn’t appropriate for an infant.
However, he said that would be a matter for a civil court and that it didn’t rise to the level that merits criminal prosecution.
The child was just over 3 months old when she passed away Jan. 4.
“The day care worker noticed the child was not breathing appropriately, so 911 was called,” Armstrong said. “That resulted in an investigation after it was determined that the child had passed. The DHS (Department of Human Services) did an investigation on the day care center, and we instigated an investigation as well to see if there was any criminal wrongdoing.”
When the investigation was completed, Armstrong concluded that no criminal charge was warranted.
Nevertheless, as a matter of routine in such cases, he presented the evidence to the grand jury.
“If they (the grand jury) disagree, then obviously I’ll take another look at it,” Armstrong said. “In this case, they agreed with us that it didn’t warrant criminal prosecution.
“Civil liability is another thing. There was a futon in the newborns’ room that this child was placed on that I believe had passed inspection by DHS. But I think everybody now agrees (the futon) should not have been in there.”
The grand jury’s finding cited “suspected respiratory problems and SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) as the cause of death.
Among other indictments returned Monday were:
• Jeffery Ray Combs, 53, 413 Gallup Ave., Mount Carmel, for DUI third offense.
• Randall Scott Jobe, 53, 1490 Mountain View Road, Rogersville, for violation of the Habitual Motor Offender Act.
• Randy Glen Head, 42, 150 Rimer Road, Surgoinsville, for violation of the Habitual Motor Offender Act, DUI, driving on a revoked license, leaving the scene of an accident, and violation of the Implied Consent Law.
• Carlos Adams, 26, 226 S. Holston Ave., Church Hill, for DUI.
• Stephanie Michelle Bailey, 25, 3017 Main St., Surgoinsville, for simple possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Stacie Ann Dykes, 30, 1031 Jarvis Road, Rogersville, for simple possession of meth.
• Thomas Arthur Snyder, 45, 152 Hamilton St., Rogersville, for simple possession of meth and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Karen Lynne White, 55, 180 Old Highway Road, Rogersville, for maintaining a dwelling where drugs are used or sold and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Rebecca Lynn Roberts, 34, 286 Woodland Lane, Church Hill, for maintaining a dwelling where drugs are sold.
• David DeWayne Hall, 34, 2365 Clinch Valley Drive, Rogersville, for facilitation of possession of meth with intent to deliver and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Jerrell Price, 70, 108 Cradic Drive, Surgoinsville, for possession of a handgun by a convicted felon.
• Phyllis Ann Car, 52, 122 W. Ellis Lane, Mount Carmel, for four counts of forgery.
• Michael Lynn Shelton, 61, 209 Jones Road Lot 8, Church Hill, for two counts of violation of the Habitual Motor Offender Act, two counts of DUI, two counts of no insurance, light law, muffler law, and failure to provide immediate notice of an accident.
• Brittany Ann Willis, 27, 132 Eagle Drive, Rogersville, for possession of contraband in a penal facility.
• Shenessa Leigh Lawson, 33, 8949 Route 66-N, Rogersville, for aggravated burglary, theft over $500, and possession of drug paraphernalia. | http://www.timesnews.net/Law-Enforcement/2016/08/27/Hawkins-grand-jury-finds-no-criminal-liability-in-death-of-infant-at-daycare-center.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/b21ede4586c44c14464ea69bb796ad5fa20b499323e1447f2c5ffc6f91f9de97.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T14:52:11 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Sullivan County taxpayers must be hiding their wallets. With taxpayers facing tens of millions of dollars in new schools, a study says the county also needs more jail space to house 300 | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FEditorial%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2FState-should-build-new-prison-in-NE-Tennessee.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/30/x720_q60/Times-News-logo-jpg-20.jpg | en | null | Editorial: State should build new prison in NE Tennessee | null | null | www.timesnews.net | The study says the most costly thing for taxpayers is to do nothing. The county jail already is overcrowded, and that threatens lawsuits. The study also says overcrowding could lead to loss of state certification, which would trigger such sanctions as the loss of state funding of millions of dollars per year.
There’s another way to read that, which might be a good thing for county taxpayers.
The reason county jails in Tennessee — and in lots of states — are crowded is because states are out of prison capacity and don’t want to spend the money to build more prisons. That forces counties to house state prisoners.
They get money for that — indeed, they make a profit on housing state prisoners — but part of that cost is paid by county taxpayers, and if the state wants to decertify the Sullivan County jail and take its prisoners somewhere else, county taxpayers might not need a new jail.
That doesn’t solve the state’s problem. What will is a new prison, built right here in Northeast Tennessee.
The Tennessee Department of Correction consists of 14 state prisons. Ten are operated by the state and four by contract. Nine are in Middle Tennessee, three in West Tennessee, and two in East Tennessee — the Morgan County Correction Complex west of Knoxville and Northeast Correctional Complex at Mountain City in Johnson County. Three hundred offenders are located at the minimum annex site at Mountain City, and another 180 offenders who are within 10 years of their eligible release date are housed in Carter County.
The last time the state built a new prison was three years ago at Pikeville in Bledsoe County, north of Chattanooga. It was built to house 1,500 prisoners, cost $208 million, and created 425 permanent jobs.
The state says that prison is in “East Tennessee,” but anybody who’s from these parts knows East Tennessee begins where the state line turns north. And that’s a fur piece east of Chattanooga.
State prisons are at 99 percent capacity, and the department is projecting a 6,364 unmet bed demand by 2018. The state’s prison budget has skyrocketed, from $786 million in 2012 to $929 million in 2014. The largest increase is paying local governments to house state inmates in county jails. That represents nearly a quarter of the department’s budget.
The state needs new prisons, and East Tennessee should get one of them. State senator in waiting Jon Lundberg and the region’s representatives should make that a priority.
An ad hoc committee headed by Wally Boyd was created several years ago to examine long-term solutions to the overcrowded, 30-year-old Sullivan County jail.
The committee will examine the recent study and meet in the near future to consider what may be the first steps in a new jail: architectural design fees.
Even with a new state prison, the Sullivan County jail may need expansion. A new pris on will take years of design and construction. So county taxpayers likely are looking at even more long-term debt than new schools.
But unless we get more state prisons, there’ll be another committee doing the same thing in about 10 more years. | http://www.timesnews.net/Editorial/2016/08/30/State-should-build-new-prison-in-NE-Tennessee.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/6885b087eafe650eb44376c8a5e2af12678a59be844876efd00e599f9a14b76b.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T22:50:02 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT — Asbury Place is celebrating National Grandparents Day by sponsoring a free senior swim day on Sept. 11 at the Kingsport Aquatic Center. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FUpcoming-Events%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2FFree-senior-swim-day-at-KAC.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/26/x720_q60/082816lane-seniorswim.jpg | en | null | Sept. 11 is free senior swim day at the Kingsport Aquatic Center | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Seniors 55 and over will be admitted for free, while attendees 54 and under will enjoy half-price admission to the facility.
Sandra Brown, executive director of the Kingsport campus of Asbury Place, said the second annual event ties in well with the not-for-profit organization’s mission of service and focus on wellness.
“Swimming is a low-impact activity that uses all muscle groups, so it’s perfect for senior exercisers,” Brown said “We hope this event encourages all area seniors to be physically active and enjoy time with loved ones.”
Admission for those 54 and under is based on height: those less than 48 inches tall will be $3, and those more than 48 inches tall will be $4. Children ages 2 and under are free with a paying adult. The facility’s outdoor water park will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., and the indoor pool complex will be open from noon to 6 p.m.
“This is an excellent opportunity for senior swim enthusiasts and guests of all ages to enjoy our outdoor and indoor water features,” Kingsport Aquatic Center director Kari Matheney said. “We appreciate Asbury Place making senior swim day available to area residents and visitors.”
The outdoor water park features a large pool with a water playground and lily pad crossing, two water slides and a 900-foot lazy river. The aquatic center also has a 46,000-square-foot indoor complex with three heated pools, including the region’s only indoor Olympic-sized pool.
Guests are encouraged to visit the center’s “Know Before You Go” page at http://www.swimkingsport.com for guidelines intended to ensure the safety and comfort of all guests. | http://www.timesnews.net/Upcoming-Events/2016/08/26/Free-senior-swim-day-at-KAC.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/597703e3d224e146f1341425975e79df9c52a7f3e1fbe83d6aa1828cb7d42596.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T18:50:30 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | CHURCH HILL - Elsie Kate Stapleton, age 85, beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away Friday, August 26, 2016 at the Church Hill Health Care & Rehab following an | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2FElsie-Kate-Stapleton-1.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Elsie Kate Stapleton | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Elsie Kate Stapleton
CHURCH HILL - Elsie Kate Stapleton, age 85, beloved mother, grandmother, sister and friend, passed away Friday, August 26, 2016 at the Church Hill Health Care & Rehab following an extended illness. Calling hours are from 4 to 6 pm Sunday at the Johnson – Arrowood Funeral Home and anytime at the residence. Funeral services will be conducted 6 pm in the funeral home chapel with Dr. Chris Crabtree officiating. Graveside services will be conducted 11 am Monday at the Church Hill Memory Gardens with Josh Rutledge, Jonathan Jennings, Jonathan Tilley, Tim Belbey, Gale Rutledge and Jimmy Baumgardner serving as pallbearers. Those wishing to attend are asked to meet at the funeral home by 10 am Monday morning to leave in procession to the cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 1000 Dept. 142 Memphis, TN 38101-9908. To leave an online message for the Stapleton family, please contact us @www.jfhonline.com Johnson – Arrowood Funeral Home of Church Hill is honored to serve the Stapleton family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/27/Elsie-Kate-Stapleton-1.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/25856b31fd750e784e0d5878c7d1432f7fb23bef54ca04d175d95831b5b0ccc9.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:02:26 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FBusiness%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2FHawkins-EMS-to-cover-whole-county-while-commission-considers-options.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/25/x720_q60/DSC-0007-JPG-9.jpg | en | null | Hawkins EMS to cover whole county while commission considers options | null | null | www.timesnews.net | ROGERSVILLE — Hawkins County EMS will continue providing ambulance service to the entire county for at least the next 30 days while county commissioners consider options for a permanent solution to filling the void left by Church Hill EMS closing earlier this week.
One solution offered by Hawkins EMS Director Wayne Elam was to simply give his agency the go-ahead to continue covering the entire county.
Elam told the commission’s Budget Committee Thursday he has hired about 20 former CHEMS staff members part-time, and CHEMS has loaned some of its ambulances for the time being.
But, the insurance on the CHEMS ambulances expires Sept. 1. CHEMS should know more soon about if, and how, it will be dissolved, and what will happen to its assets.
But, Elam couldn’t tell the committee Thursday if he will be allowed to use those ambulances after Sept. 1.
A couple of years ago it was Hawkins EMS that was reportedly suffering a financial crisis, cutting back on units and staff.
“The consensus is there’s fear this is going to put such a strain on you — you’re going to end up in the same boat that Church Hill is,” said Commissioner John Metz.
Elam noted, however, that the volume of calls generated countywide would make a single county agency more economically viable than two agencies splitting the county.
“This puts us in a great situation to have a countywide service,” Elam told the committee. “With a single service for the county there’s no arguing over lines. We can move trucks around where we need to cover areas and not have to wait until you’re hollered at.”
Hawkins EMS board member Chili Sanders told the committee that Hawkins EMS has lower overhead and is more fiscally conservative than some other agencies. He said a countywide move looks good on paper.
“I’ve heard some comments from commissioners in the past they’d like to have one organization,” Sanders said. “This is your chance to have it.”
A second option presented to the Public Safety Committee was to give Lifeguard EMS a franchise to cover CHEMS’s territory, which is east of Surgoinsville including Phipps Bend..
Lifeguard regional director Erin Downey told the committee Thursday that Lifeguard would want the same arrangement that CHEMS had, including a three-year franchise and $30,000 annual county contribution.
Downey said Lifeguard would also likely be willing to put up a $1 million performance bond if it received the same franchise agreement CHEMS had.
“What you’re seeing in different counties across Tennessee is the smaller companies are dissolving, and it’s getting tougher and tougher in health care,” Downy told the committee. “Reimbursement is a challenge. What we offer as a larger company is the economies of scale. For example, if we were to come into Hawkins County to start up, we could very rapidly bring in several H.R. people. We wouldn’t have to stand up a new billing company. We already have that infrastructure in place. The dispatch portion of non-emergency calls, we have that infrastructure in place. We have the capital backing to buy ambulances and come in and start operating.”
Public Safety Committee Chairman Stacy Vaughan scheduled a meeting for Friday, Sept. 2, to give both Hawkins EMS and Lifeguard time to gather call volume data and other information needed to generate potential revenue projections.
The committee wants to see those numbers on Sept. 2 to determine the financial viability of both agencies.
Metz, a member of the committee, also presented commissioners a third option in which the county starts its own ambulance agency.
Metz said the proposal would require a $20 wheel tax increase to pay for, but he said he believes it’s the only way to avoid the possibility of another private EMS agency folding and creating a service void in the county.
A $20 wheel tax increase would generate approximately $1.06 million in new revenue.
Hawkins County currently allocates a total of $465,000 in contributions to fire, rescue, EMS, and other safety related agencies.
Metz proposes eliminating those contributions and funding them with the new wheel tax revenue.
He said he’d budget $275,000 toward countywide fire protection, which is an $8,000 increase over the current contributions.
The tax revenue would also cover the $50,000 allocation to each of the two rescue squads, $6,000 for the Red Cross, and $25,000 to the Humane Society, which would be a $2,000 over last year’s contribution.
He would then allocate $400,000 toward a county-operated EMS agency.
That would leave a “buffer” of about $250,000 in unallocated new revenue, as well as eliminating the $465,000 from the contributions budget.
“I know everybody don’t like the wheel tax, but I would be more than happy to pay a $20 wheel tax just to know that if my family is in an auto accident, or somebody is having a stroke, the propensity of somebody being there within the allotted time is going to happen,” Metz said. “We would then be able to control where stations are located, and secure the livelihood of the employees.”
Metz added, “If we continue with what we’re doing right now we’re going to be right back here. It may be six months. It may be a year, but I’ll see you back here sometime during that time period, I guarantee it.” | http://www.timesnews.net/Business/2016/08/25/Hawkins-EMS-to-cover-whole-county-while-commission-considers-options.html | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/4c86893d7f0d3352a7b0bd93706d13b574666a52bbdb30b443a55bdcaa526b20.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T22:52:02 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | ROGERSVILLE — Despite the rain, the Ride Like Hale bicycle ride to benefit Rogersville’s Chip Hale Center this past Saturday attracted more than 100 riders and met the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FCommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2FRide-Like-Hale-funds-will-make-wish-come-true-for-CHC-clients.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/26/x720_q60/cropped-1-jpg-2.jpg | en | null | Ride Like Hale funds will help make wish come true for CHC clients | null | null | www.timesnews.net | CHC Executive Director Randi Linkous said the funds will go toward improvements at the facility as well as programs for the developmentally challenged adults served by the center.
She added, however, that a small portion of the funds will also help pay to make a wish come true for several of CHC’s clients.
“Some of the individuals served here have asked to go to the ocean ever since I have been executive director,” Linkous said. “So, on Sept. 12, a group of staff and clients will be going to Myrtle Beach. We will use a small portion of the money raised to help cover expenses for this trip. Nearly all of the individuals going have never seen the ocean, never been to a beach, never taken a real vacation.”
The event was the CHS’s sixth annual Ride Like Hale.
It’s the main fundraiser each year for the Rogersville-based nonprofit organization, which has provided support for intellectually and developmentally disabled adults since 1971.
There were 61 riders who preregistered online, and 47 riders registered the morning of the ride. The riders staged at Hawkins Elementary School in Rogersville and took a scenic tour around central Hawkins County’s back roads.
“We had a great turnout and despite the rain, most everyone had a good time with no injuries or accidents,” Linkous said. “Fausto Crapiz finished the 62-mile ride first and did so in 2 hours and 30 minutes. He first came to this ride when he was 16 and had to have parental consent, and now he is the fastest cyclist in the state of Tennessee.”
Linkous added, “We had over 20 riders who finished the Metric Challenge — the 62-mile ride in 3 hours or less.”
After returning to the school, the riders were served hamburgers and hot dogs, baked beans, potato and pasta salad, chips, dessert, and due to the rain, towels.
The CHC has fundraisers throughout the year. The next fundraiser is Thursday, Sept. 1 when it will be selling a pulled pork BBQ luncheon.
For more information, call the center at (423) 272-3966. | http://www.timesnews.net/Community/2016/08/29/Ride-Like-Hale-funds-will-make-wish-come-true-for-CHC-clients.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/6acb2b3c362f0c6fe9562a4a7f6aa8f4b6fa51e3ebe7829cf457a543fbb2455e.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:15:31 | null | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT - Teresa Morrison Aesque, 59, Kingsport, passed away Monday, August 22, 2016 after a brief illness at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. In lieu of flowers, memorial | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F24%2FTeresa-Morrison-Aesque.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Teresa Morrison Aesque | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Teresa Morrison Aesque
KINGSPORT - Teresa Morrison Aesque, 59, Kingsport, passed away Monday, August 22, 2016 after a brief illness at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 5 to 7:00p.m. at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport. The service will follow at 7:00 p.m. with Rev. Jack P. Weikel officiating. A private family graveside will be conducted with Pastor David Salley officiating. Pallbearers will be Ed Ragsdale, Eddie Ragsdale, Joe Franklin, Ron Puckett, David Horne and Matthew Puckett. Please visit www.hamlettdobson.com to leave an on-line condolence for the family. Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport is serving the family of Teresa Morrison Aesque. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/24/Teresa-Morrison-Aesque.html | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/7b349ddf6037be9c97727acd5aec143d0e38690acf2a542488932028b2f77ae6.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:13:16 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | John Adam Catlett Jr. went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 20, 2016 at Holston Valley Medical Center. You may view arrangements and leave online condolences for the family | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FJohn-A-Catlett-Jr-2.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | John A. Catlett, Jr. | null | null | www.timesnews.net | John A. Catlett, Jr.
John Adam Catlett Jr. went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 20, 2016 at Holston Valley Medical Center. You may view arrangements and leave online condolences for the family by visiting www.cartertrent.com Carter-Trent Funeral Home in Church Hill is serving the Catlett family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/23/John-A-Catlett-Jr-2.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/52d30a021570c88a18585ade4f1c1439778912bc51a06163f6d0e6728713abaa.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:04 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT - Ray “R.V.” Vincent Matthews, 97, passed away on August 20, 2016 at NHC Health Care Center. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Wednesday in | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FRay-R-V-Vincent-Matthews.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Ray “R.V.” Vincent Matthews | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Ray “R.V.” Vincent Matthews
KINGSPORT - Ray “R.V.” Vincent Matthews, 97, passed away on August 20, 2016 at NHC Health Care Center. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Wednesday in the chapel of Tribute Funeral and Cremation Services. Mr. Matthews will be laid to rest at Oak Lawn Cemetery in Ossian, Indiana. To leave an online message for the Matthews family, please visit us at www.tribute-services.com. Tribute Funeral and Cremation Services is honored to serve the Matthews family. 240 Suncrest St., Johnson City, (Gray Community) 207-0771. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/23/Ray-R-V-Vincent-Matthews.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/f60640eeafeb87cdb59bef4e55386a5784c92436c356d4ad3378533b23fbf69a.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T04:52:00 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT — Dobyns-Bennett volleyball coach Megan Devine knew what to expect when her Lady Indians invaded rival Sullivan South on Monday night.
The former D-B | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FSports%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2FFast-start-boosts-D-B-to-sweep-of-South.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/30/x720_q60/D-B-over-South-volleyball.jpg | en | null | Fast start boosts D-B to sweep of South | null | null | www.timesnews.net | The former D-B all-stater and state champion had been a part of several epic battles in the Lady Rebels Den and expected no less as a first-year head coach.
What Devine may not have expected was a solid 25-22, 25-21, 25-16 sweep by the rapidly improving Lady Indians (9-3).
“It’s great to win in this gym,” Devine said. “It’s hard to win in this gym. South always has a great team and we just came in knowing we needed to better ourselves.”
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A slow-starting team for most of the early season, the Lady Indians forged an early lead in the opening set and slowly expanded the cushion. Kills by Abby Byington and McCoy Hensley were followed by a Staley Humphries ace for a 15-10 lead. Another hammer by Hensley and an Olivia McMakin ace pushed the margin to 18-12. The advantage was still six points after a Chelsie Crussell winner at 23-17, but the Lady Rebels managed to get within two late before Hensley closed out the frame with a rocket from the right pin.
“It feels really good to get this win,” Hensley said. “We started strong and we haven’t been doing that.
“We’ve been playing from behind so it felt good to come out strong early.”
The Lady Indians also led early in the second set before South rallied for ties at 10 and 11 on a pair of Hannah Price zingers. But then D-B unleashed yet another weapon at the net in the form of all-state basketball player Courtney Whitson.
A Whitson kill and ace erased a two-point South lead before another pair of Byington kills each gave D-B a one-point edge. After South regained the lead, 19-18, the Lady Indians rolled off six straight points, capped by two more Whitson kills, to close out the second set.
Devine said Whitson, an all-conference performer as a freshman last year, simply missed the game too much.
“Courtney reached out to me and I couldn’t say no,” Devine said. “She’s a great player but also a great person, and that’s what it came down to.”
Whitson finished with four kills, two blocks and the ace.
“She did a great job the past couple of weeks getting in the gym with us and getting back in the volleyball flow,” Devine added. “She brought it tonight.”
The third set waffled before the Lady Indians took the lead for good on another Byington kill from the middle, 13-12. Back-to-back Humphries aces and a kill from southpaw setter Sydney Carrier closed out the 8-1 run, giving D-B a 20-13 lead. Down the stretch, a Hensley block, a Crussell kill and a Whitson kill ended the match.
Byington led the Lady Indians with 11 kills, Hensley finished with nine and Crussell went 7-for-7 for hers. Carrier finished with 26 assists and three aces. McMakin had 27 mostly flashy, diving and tumbling digs.
The Lady Rebels could never maintain any momentum gained. Most frustrating was an early 5-0 lead in the final set that quickly evaporated.
Price, the two-time all-stater, was her usual self with 15 kills, 14 digs, nine assists and two blocks, but she can do only so much, South coach Wendy Ratliff said.
“Hannah does just so much,” Ratliff said. “She just needs some help and we are going to keep looking until we find it.”
Rachel DeLung delivered 24 assists, seven kills, 12 digs and three aces for the Lady Rebels (6-7). Maddie Townsend finished with six kills and Meredith St. Clair had eight digs.
“It’s a long season and I’m waiting on some people to step up,” Ratliff said. “Hopefully that happens soon.” | http://www.timesnews.net/Sports/2016/08/29/Fast-start-boosts-D-B-to-sweep-of-South.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/fcc3fc466c985da71004de37cb555dce6bd5f418df8f11a8fadc1999ab675f01.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:14:04 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT - Oscar Lee Bailey, 87, of Kingsport, was called by Jesus and he went home on August 19, 2016. The family will receive friends, Tuesday, 5-7:00pm at Carter-Trent Funeral Home, | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FOscar-Lee-Bailey-3.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Oscar Lee Bailey | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Oscar Lee Bailey
KINGSPORT - Oscar Lee Bailey, 87, of Kingsport, was called by Jesus and he went home on August 19, 2016. The family will receive friends, Tuesday, 5-7:00pm at Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport. Services will immediately follow at 7:00pm with Rev. Johnny Gibson officiating. Special music will be provided by Way of Life Singers. A committal service will be held, Wednesday, 10:45am, at Mountain Home National Cemetery. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.cartertrent.com Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport is serving the family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/23/Oscar-Lee-Bailey-3.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/271db60a36fd7d442bb05f8ecb4d9bf9de103b690be43f7247de68bfb2d03673.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:11:22 | null | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT - Eric Wayne Page, 47, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord, surrounded by family, friends and pastor, on Saturday, August 20, 2016, at his residence following injuries | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F23%2FEric-Wayne-Page-2.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Eric Wayne Page | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Eric Wayne Page
KINGSPORT - Eric Wayne Page, 47, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord, surrounded by family, friends and pastor, on Saturday, August 20, 2016, at his residence following injuries sustained in an automobile accident 6 years ago. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 5-7:00 pm at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport. The funeral service will follow at 7:00 pm with Pastor Wayne Baker officiating. A graveside service will be held on Thursday at 1:00 pm at Emory United Methodist Church Cemetery. Those attending committal services are asked to assemble at Hamlett-Dobson at 12:00 pm Thursday and then proceed to the cemetery. Pallbearers will be Dave Kilgore, Alvin Hunt, Alan Ward, Billy Dingus, J.R. Piercy and Jonathan Page. Those wishing may make memorial contributions to the United Spinal Association, http://www.spinalcord.org. Please visit www.hamlettdobson.com to leave an on-line condolence for the family. Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport is serving the family of Eric Wayne Page. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/23/Eric-Wayne-Page-2.html | en | 2016-08-23T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/77cb447d45f734b61e324fceca973d06702dd6dbabe94ccb885c38a9abb678bb.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:00:06 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT - Terry Arnold Begley, 48, Kingsport, TN was welcomed into the arms of our Father in Heaven on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. The family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2FTerry-Arnold-Begley.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Terry Arnold Begley | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Terry Arnold Begley
KINGSPORT - Terry Arnold Begley, 48, Kingsport, TN was welcomed into the arms of our Father in Heaven on Wednesday, August 24, 2016. The family will receive friends from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m., Saturday, August 27, 2016 at the Gate City Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. in the Gene Falin Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with Evangelist Kenneth Neeley officiating. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Brickey Cemetery in the Wood Community of Scott County, VA. Greg Parker, Steve Laney, Ronnie “MacDow” Stallard, Herman Soares, Sean Javens, Tommy Sawyer and Matt Begley will serve as pallbearers. In lieu of flowers, the family request donations to be made to Gate City Funeral Home to help with final expenses. Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 1:15 p.m., Sunday, August 28, 2016 to go in procession to the graveside service. An online guest register is available for the Begley family at www.gatecityfunerals.com. Gate City Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Terry Arnold Begley. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/25/Terry-Arnold-Begley.html | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/08ddcec76512ee2f6a56c6dd40cba194e076b8a82453dfdda1cbf418fa4fb652.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T12:51:48 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | ROGERSVILLE — For the third consecutive year, Hawkins County’s ACT scores showed substantial improvement overall, increasing from 18.0 in 2013 to 20.1 in 2016 — | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FEducation%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2FHawkins-ACT-scores-exceed-state-average-after-third-consecutive-improvement.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/26/x720_q60/ACT-SCORES-jpg.jpg | en | null | Hawkins ACT scores exceed state average after third consecutive improvement | null | null | www.timesnews.net | The state average for public schools only was 19.4.
Each of the three high schools set individual benchmarks as well:
• Clinch had an ACT composite of 20.4, an increase of 1.4 points from 19.0 in 2014. Clinch also improved scores in all four subject areas with the largest gain in science of 2.9 points (19.7 to 22.6).
• Cherokee posted improved scores in all four subject areas for the second consecutive year. The school saw an increase in the composite score of 1.3 points from 19.3 to 20.6. The largest gains made by Cherokee were in the areas of science by 1.2 points (19.2 to 20.4) and reading by 1.8 points (19.1 to 20.9).
• Volunteer improved its scores in all four subject areas with English showing a significant increase from 18.6 in 2015 to 19.3 in 2016. The composite increased by four-tenths of a point from 19.3 in 2015 to 19.7 in 2016.
Overall, Hawkins County’s composite score improved from 18.0 in 2013, to 18.8 in 2014, 19.3 in 2015, and 20.1 in 2016.
By comparison, the state’s ACT composite score remained the same, with the average composite rising slightly from 19.8 in 2015 to 19.9 in 2016 for public and private schools combined.
The state average for public schools remained unchanged in 2016 with a 19.4 average composite.
Tennessee is one of 18 states nationwide that require all students to take the ACT.
Director of Schools Steven Starnes noted that the ACT is designed to assess the general educational development of high school students and their ability to complete college-level coursework.
The tests represent a curriculum-based measure of the percentage of students meeting the college readiness benchmark scores established in the four core areas: English 18, math 22, social studies 22, and biology 23.
In Hawkins County, 27 percent met the math benchmark, compared to the state average of 30 percent.
In reading, 41 percent met the benchmark, compared to 38 percent for the state.
In English, 62 percent met the benchmark, compared to 58 percent for the state.
In science, 31 percent met the benchmark, compared to 30 percent for the state.
The percent of students meeting all four benchmarks in Hawkins County was 17 percent in 2016, an increase of 3 percent from 2015, but still short of the state average of 20 percent.
Starnes said Hawkins County’s ACT score improvement indicates that the system’s core instruction is improving and that the programs and interventions in the classroom are paying off.
“Our teachers are to be commended for increasing the rigor within their classrooms, along with our high schools for increasing the opportunity for students to take challenging courses, as well as meeting each student’s needs through Response to Instruction and Intervention,” Starnes said. “Certainly, the students in the Class of 2016 deserve recognition as well for posting the highest composite ACT scores in Hawkins County in the last 6 years. We will continue to monitor and assess our core instruction and educational programs across the district as we focus on making sure our graduates are prepared for college and career.”
On October 22, seniors who have already taken the ACT will have the opportunity to retake the test at no cost.
Starnes added, “In looking ahead to continued ACT growth, we are encouraging Hawkins County seniors to see their school counselor prior to the Sept. 16 registration deadline for details.”
Combined data from Tennessee public and private school students show that students who retake the exam increase their scores by at least one point on average when retaking the exam and score at least three points higher than juniors who take the test only once. | http://www.timesnews.net/Education/2016/08/29/Hawkins-ACT-scores-exceed-state-average-after-third-consecutive-improvement.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/d99ca25a67baf4a4540fb836a909f4f21ba592982e71fadeba2d167a4e6278cb.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:09:54 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | CHURCH HILL - Robert Eugene Lloyd, age 77, of Church Hill, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at his home following an extended illness. Calling hours are from 6 to 7 pm Saturday at the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2FRobert-Eugene-Lloyd-1.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Robert Eugene Lloyd | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Robert Eugene Lloyd
CHURCH HILL - Robert Eugene Lloyd, age 77, of Church Hill, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at his home following an extended illness. Calling hours are from 6 to 7 pm Saturday at the Johnson - Arrowood Funeral Home and anytime at the residence. Memorial service will be conducted 7 pm in the funeral home chapel with Chaplain Tom Edwards officiating. To leave an online message for the Lloyd family please contact us @www.jfhonline.com Johnson - Arrowood Funeral Home of Church Hill is honored to serve the Lloyd family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/25/Robert-Eugene-Lloyd-1.html | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/571038f97f30bc6af6bcf00bbd652484875554b45a39d960b85cbbe6919c45ec.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:15:07 | null | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | BRISTOL, VA - Charles D. White, 62, of Bristol, VA passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. on | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F24%2FCharles-D-White-1.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Charles D. White | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Charles D. White
BRISTOL, VA - Charles D. White, 62, of Bristol, VA passed away Sunday, August 21, 2016 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 25, 2016 at Blevins Funeral & Cremation Services, 417 Lee St., Bristol, VA. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be sent to Susan G. Komen Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 650309, Dallas TX 75265-0309. Condolences for the family may be sent and viewed by visiting www.BlevinsCares.com. Mr. White and his family are in the care of Blevins Funeral & Cremation Services. (276) 669-6141. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/24/Charles-D-White-1.html | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/ae918387a6e58a7b09f5fa188dd750f1550a5e895b2c4cb613b25c7d29117b28.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T22:52:22 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | DUFFIELD, VA - Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick, 81, Duffield, VA, passed away, Sunday, August 28, 2016. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at the Gate City | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2FAlma-Eloise-Fitzpatrick-2.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick
DUFFIELD, VA - Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick, 81, Duffield, VA, passed away, Sunday, August 28, 2016. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at the Gate City Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be conducted at 7:00 p.m. in the Gene Falin Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with the Rev. Ron Adams and Pastor Brian Harget officiating. The Pleasant View Independent Baptist singers will provide the music. Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., on Thursday, September 1, 2016, at Lane Cemetery in the Copper Creek Community. Family will serve as pallbearers. Family and friends are requested to meet at the cemetery for the graveside service. An online guest register is available for the Fitzpatrick family at www.gatecityfunerals.com. Gate City Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Alma Eloise Fitzpatrick | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/30/Alma-Eloise-Fitzpatrick-2.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/0789ada043977996a39605423d734fc6012b80126b9fce09016d8aad24da0f32.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T18:50:26 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | WEBER CITY, VA - John Paul Blanton, 83 of Weber City, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 26, 2016 at Bristol Hospice House following a brief illness. The family will receive friends | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2FJohn-Blanton.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Kingsport Times-News: John Blanton | null | null | www.timesnews.net | John Blanton
WEBER CITY, VA - John Paul Blanton, 83 of Weber City, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 26, 2016 at Bristol Hospice House following a brief illness. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City. A funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home with Rev. Paul Blessing officiating. Burial will follow in Holston View Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Brent Meyers, Freddie Barnett, Ronnie Tipton, Harold Blanton, John Thomas Blanton and Bryson Gillenwater. Honorary pallbearers will be Burl Jennings, Howard Tipton, Paul Roark, Jordan Graham, Larry Thompson and Mike Grizzle. The family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Wellmont Foundation (Bristol Hospice House), PO 1069, Kingsport, TN 37662-9968. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.scottcountyfuneralhome.com. Carter-Trent/Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City is serving the Blanton family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/27/John-Blanton.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/82c9354870452ef59158ecf92d2857a190e3e98ff5ae1dc08daa3342d0f5bfcd.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:12:57 | null | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | BRISTOL, VA - Eva Virginia Booher Reed, age 90, of Bristol, Va., went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 22, 2016 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. The funeral service will be held at 7 | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F24%2FEva-Virginia-Booher-Reed-1.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Eva Virginia Booher Reed | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Eva Virginia Booher Reed
BRISTOL, VA - Eva Virginia Booher Reed, age 90, of Bristol, Va., went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 22, 2016 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. The funeral service will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, August 25, 2016 in the Weaver Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Austin Cook officiating. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 p.m. prior to the service. The interment will be held 11 a.m. on Friday at Gardner’s Chapel Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Grandsons. Online condolences may be registered at www.weaverfuneralhome.net. Arrangements have been made with Weaver Funeral Home and Cremation Services. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/24/Eva-Virginia-Booher-Reed-1.html | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/726ba91ae9385076ef0b1ca979de694a054a9d5db201bdb834ea168241bb22fc.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T02:50:50 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | BLUFF CITY — Members of Christ the Savior Greek Orthodox Church are | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FCommunity%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2FHundreds-turnout-for-full-day-of-food-fun-and-fellowship-at-Tri-Cities-Greek-Fest.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/27/x720_q60/Father-Stephen-Mathewes-pastor-of-Christ-the-Savior-Greek-Orthodox-Church.jpg | en | null | Hundreds turnout for full day of food, fun and fellowship at Tri-Cities Greek Fest | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Food is a big draw, as elsewhere whenever you find a Greek festival. So is the traditional music and dancing.
But it’s really about community, and more specifically, hospitality.
“It’s one of the most common questions we get,” Mathewes said. “And it’s a great question. ‘Why do we put it on?’ Obviously, a lot of us in the church here are Greek, but not all of us — myself included. But for those of us who are, and even those of us who aren’t, we like to celebrate the Greek heritage, the Greek culture. The Greek food and all the dancing and the music and so on that we get to do here. But more than anything else we want to celebrate the Greek hospitality. Because we are Orthodox Christians here, and we want to show the love of God that we have in our hearts, and everything that we do here, we want to take the opportunity to show it to others and everyone in our community, everyone around. We’re inviting people into our spiritual home today, to let them get to know us and let us get to know them, and hopefully demystify the Greek Orthodox Church, too. But mostly just to have some fun and fellowship together.”
The day’s activities included live Greek music by George Karras and his band, authentic Greek dancing performed by the church’s dance troupe — including dances from the islands as well as the mainland — tours of the church and hourly door prizes. And then there was the food. And more food. And more food. And don’t forget the baked goods, already prepackaged for easy take-home if you found yourself too full of the food, food, and more food.
Another tradition that has become a big draw returned as well, the rummage sale, known to local Greeks as “Poseidon’s Treasure Cove.”
This year’s menu, which included platters or “a la carte” choices, varied from traditional gyros and souvlaki sandwiches outside under the tent, to Grecian chicken, moussaka, pastitsio, spanakopita and tiropita, among others offerings inside.
The bakery offered more than twice as many pastries as last year, including baklava, kok (two round vanilla sponge cakes filled with Bavarian cream and topped with chocolate ganache), ergolavos (an almond cookie with apricot filling), tsourekia (braided loaves of sweet bread), and new this year, outside under the tent, was loukoumades (little yeast-risen dough puffs deep-fried to a golden brown then drizzled with honey syrup and sprinkled with cinnamon).
There also was a children’s area from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. behind the church.
A portion of the money raised will go back into the community in the form of local charities. Some of those charities include the Kingsport Times-News Rescue Fund, Bristol Motor Speedway Children’s Charities and Good Samaritan, among many others. | http://www.timesnews.net/Community/2016/08/27/Hundreds-turnout-for-full-day-of-food-fun-and-fellowship-at-Tri-Cities-Greek-Fest.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/962aa3d93448f36bbc8befe7c13833a3c07278469a06bc81164dae997d0df8d5.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T18:51:24 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Sara Elizabeth Swinson Dubuque, 78, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2016. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Trinity Memorial Centers Funeral Home (423-723-8177) | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F28%2FSara-Elizabeth-Swinson-Dubuque.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Sara Elizabeth Swinson Dubuque | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Sara Elizabeth Swinson Dubuque
Sara Elizabeth Swinson Dubuque, 78, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2016. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Trinity Memorial Centers Funeral Home (423-723-8177) is honored to serve the family. You may visit Trinitymemorialcenters.com to send a message of condolence or flowers to the family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/28/Sara-Elizabeth-Swinson-Dubuque.html | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/83c68ecf5237aa76e4262a0f0a9edf388da35ddcd510c943a0cca9c34cc3b667.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:10:35 | null | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | LOUISVILLE - Silas R. "SR" Fuller, age 83, of Louisville, passed away on August 22, 2016. The family will receive friends on Friday, August 26, 2016 from 12:00-2:00pm in the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F24%2FSilas-R-SR-Fuller.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Silas R. "SR" Fuller | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Silas R. "SR" Fuller
LOUISVILLE - Silas R. "SR" Fuller, age 83, of Louisville, passed away on August 22, 2016. The family will receive friends on Friday, August 26, 2016 from 12:00-2:00pm in the mausoleum chapel of Sherwood Chapel and Memorial Gardens, with a funeral service to follow at 2:00pm, with Rev. Kenny Armstrong officiating. The graveside service will follow the funeral service at Sherwood Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Copper Creek Primitive Baptist Church (Send to Flo Minton, 439 Farmhouse Dr. Nickelsville, VA 24271). Condolences may be offered at www.sherwoodchapel.net. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/24/Silas-R-SR-Fuller.html | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/54a92bef3115677a07ef4f4df823a560bb59f7fa189ae93d44ed7fd9cddfb5f2.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:04:01 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | POUND, VA - Jimmy Dane Stanley, 56, passed away in his home on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services for Jimmy Stanley | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2Ffrontpage%2F2016%2F08%2F25%2FJimmy-Dane-Stanley.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Jimmy Dane Stanley | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Jimmy Dane Stanley
POUND, VA - Jimmy Dane Stanley, 56, passed away in his home on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services for Jimmy Stanley will be conducted at 7:00 P.M. Friday, August 26, 2016 at the Sturgill Funeral Home Chapel in Wise, VA with Pastor Eddie Rose and Rev. Billy Mullins officiating. The Family will receive friends from 5:00 P.M. till time of services at 7:00 P.M. Friday at the Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise, VA. Graveside committal services and burial will be held at 1:00 P.M. Saturday, August 27, 2016 in the Bolling Cemetery Pound, VA. Family and friends will meet at 12:15 P.M. Saturday at the funeral home to go to the cemetery in procession. Various family members and friends will serve as pallbearers. Please visit www.sturgillfuneral.com to leave online condolences for the family. Sturgill Funeral Home 1621 Norton Road SW Wise, VA 24293 is in charge of arrangements. | http://www.timesnews.net/frontpage/2016/08/25/Jimmy-Dane-Stanley.html | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/537d1aa0e254ebc7269bd223cdbe3cf584bfded14ca28dfa5ebff16c29228a43.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:50:04 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | CHURCH HILL - Elsie Kate Stapleton, age 85, of Church Hill passed away Friday, August 26, 2016 at the Church Hill Health Care Center. The arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2FElsie-Kate-Stapleton.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | Elsie Kate Stapleton | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Elsie Kate Stapleton
CHURCH HILL - Elsie Kate Stapleton, age 85, of Church Hill passed away Friday, August 26, 2016 at the Church Hill Health Care Center. The arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by the Johnson - Arrowood Funeral Home of Church Hill. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/26/Elsie-Kate-Stapleton.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/ba8d4c01b8fa20010f3d98a1fab4c652ad6d110001fe478562cc35b31b61ed99.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:50:24 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Did you know that the Kingsport Mets Pitching Coach played in the Major League for 12 years and pitched against Barry Bonds? Meet him and the other coaches and the catchers in our last | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FBaseball%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2FMeet-the-Kingsport-Mets-Catchers-and-Coaches.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/26/x720_q60/still-for-story-jpeg-4.jpg | en | null | Meet the Kingsport Mets - Catchers and Coaches | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Meet the Kingsport Mets - Catchers and Coaches
Did you know that the Kingsport Mets Pitching Coach played in the Major League for 12 years and pitched against Barry Bonds? Meet him and the other coaches and the catchers in our last installment of Meet the Kingsport Mets. We interviewed each player to learn more about them and give you a closer look at the next Darryl Strawberry or Dwight Gooden that is currently playing in Kingsport. | http://www.timesnews.net/Baseball/2016/08/27/Meet-the-Kingsport-Mets-Catchers-and-Coaches.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/f207beede3dd5634f4014c7b743f17d7af98c9412489304c20301192d14dcd91.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T12:52:12 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | SEATTLE (AP) — Donald Trump and his aides used to say that voters didn't care about the nitty-gritty of policy details. But now those details are tripping up his campaign. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FNews%2F2016%2F08%2F30%2FTrump-s-deportation-waffle-highlights-campaign-weaknesses.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/30/x720_q60/Campaign-2016-Trump-15.jpg | en | null | Trump's deportation waffle highlights campaign weaknesses | null | null | www.timesnews.net | For more than a week now, as he's tried to shine the spotlight on his rival, Trump has appeared to wrestle with one of his signature proposals: A pledge to expel everyone living in the U.S. illegally with the help of a "deportation force."
At a Fox News town hall taping last week, in the face of pressing questions, the GOP nominee proceeded to poll the audience at length on the fate of an estimated 11 million people. It was a stunning display of indecision from a candidate who has asked voters to put enormous faith in his gut instincts.
Trump is now planning a major speech Wednesday, during which he's expected to finally clarify his stance. Supporters are hoping for a strong, decisive showing. But the episode underscores how little time his campaign has invested in outlining how he would accomplish his goals as president, especially when compared with the detailed plans of his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton. And for critics, many already disposed to vote against him, his wavering on what has been his signature issue seems like a warning that he's unable to handle a central element of any president's job — making decisions.
"It's just puzzling," said Lanhee Chen, who has served as a policy adviser to several Republican presidential candidates. "This is the issue on which he rose to prominence in the primary and the issue on which he continues to stake much of his campaign."
From the start, Trump has never been the kind of candidate to pore over thick policy books.
Indeed, he has mocked Clinton on the subject.
"She's got people that sit in cubicles writing policy all day. Nothing's ever going to happen. It's just a waste of paper," he told Time Magazine in June. "My voters don't care and the public doesn't care. They know you're going to do a good job once you're there."
To date, Trump's campaign has posted just seven policy proposals on his website, totaling just over 9,000 words. There are 38 on Clinton's "issues" page, ranging from efforts to cure Alzheimer's disease to Wall Street and criminal justice reform, and her campaign boasts that it has now released 65 policy fact sheets, totaling 112,735 words.
"I've laid out the best I could, the specific plans and ideas that I want to pursue as your president because I have this old-fashioned idea," Clinton said during a recent speech in Colorado. "When you run for president, you ought to tell people what you want to do as their president."
Trump's new campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, has said she's pushing her boss to get more specific. Yet his positions on a host of issues remain vague at best.
For example, while Trump has slammed the Common Core education standards and touts the benefits of local control of education, he has no formal, detailed plans for improving public schools. He talks about student loan debt and the increasing costs of higher education, but has yet to propose solutions. He has teased plans to make childcare more affordable, but has missed his own deadline for unveiling them.
Trump's supporters say questions about his recent waffling on the deportation question are overblown. His running mate, Mike Pence, describes him as "a CEO at work" as he consults with various stakeholders.
"You see someone who is engaging the American people, listening to the American people," Pence told CNN on Sunday. "He is hearing from all sides."
But Chen, the Republican policy adviser, said a President Trump arriving at the White House without detailed plans could be limited in how much he might achieve, since a new president's power is at its apex early on.
"If you're not able to hit the ground running, chances are you're going to run into serious resistance if you sit there studying something for the first 100 days," he said. | http://www.timesnews.net/News/2016/08/30/Trump-s-deportation-waffle-highlights-campaign-weaknesses.html | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/ddf450d3c74df82d9f05b5334f371203233fe7b7c74ac092b84e66e1aa4b2ded.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T13:15:00 | null | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT — Eastman Chemical Co. Chairman and CEO Mark Costa held a global town hall-style meeting with 15,000 employees on Tuesday to talk about the company’s status and | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FBusiness%2F2016%2F08%2F24%2FEastman-s-Town-Hall-meetings-aren-t-open-to-the-public.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/24/x720_q60/MarkCosta-jpg-9.jpg | en | null | Eastman's town hall meetings aren't open to the public | null | null | www.timesnews.net | The global specialty chemical company, based in Kingsport, isn’t sharing with the Times-News what Costa said.
“Mr. Costa did host a global town hall for employees as members of our senior leadership, including Mr. Costa, normally do throughout the year,” Eastman spokeswoman Tracy Kilgore Addington noted in an email. “These are regular meetings that are for employees only and are not open to the public. They serve as an opportunity for our leadership to share company information with employees. Oftentimes this information is confidential or restricted to an internal audience, therefore, as is our normal practice, we don’t externally publicize these meetings, nor do we publicly share non-material content. Beyond the information that is shared by our leaders, town halls are primarily seen as an opportunity to create for our employees an open environment to ask questions directly to our senior management. Therefore, the comments that are shared during these meetings are not transcribed or disclosed.”
Late last month, Eastman reported it will not achieve a seventh straight year of earnings growth and told Wall Street to expect its 2016 adjusted earnings per share to be up to 10 percent below 2015’s earnings. The announcement accompanied its second quarter report with the company disclosing lower revenues compared to second quarter 2015.
Eastman said the next day it is using “every lever in a challenging environment” — $100 million in cost reductions; accelerating growth from innovation platforms and improving its product mix; transforming its portfolio toward specialties; and executing a balanced capital allocation.
The company also insisted it’s still well positioned for long-term earnings growth and expected to generate $900 million in free cash flow this year.
That cash flow, Eastman said, is being deployed to pay dividends and repurchase shares.
Following the second quarter report, Costa told Wall Street analysts Eastman remains on track to sell its ethylene and certain commodity olefin product lines.
The “near term challenges,” said Eastman, included excess global capacity in olefins and methanol; uncertain global economic growth; a strengthening U.S. dollar against Asian currencies; increasing competitive pressure, particularly from the Asia Pacific region; and issues in its fibers business.
Eastman serves customers in approximately 100 countries and had 2015 revenues of approximately $9.6 billion.
For more go to www.eastman.com. | http://www.timesnews.net/Business/2016/08/24/Eastman-s-Town-Hall-meetings-aren-t-open-to-the-public.html | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/de959f7c4b7f54d66975ed9df73054252730c9e8ccd1c2186a0e521391c55af8.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T22:51:59 | null | 2012-11-14T00:00:00 | RIO DE JANEIRO — Paralympic sprinter Blake Leeper has lost his appeal to run at the upcoming 2016 Paralympics, an international court announced.
Leeper, who was | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FSports%2F2016%2F08%2F29%2FParalympic-sprinter-Blake-Leeper-deemed-ineligible-for-2016-Paralympics.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2012/11/14/x720_q60/6081615blake2-jpg.jpg | en | null | Paralympic sprinter Leeper ineligible for Paralympics | null | null | www.timesnews.net | Leeper, who was born without lower legs and runs on prosthetics, now appears to have reached the end of a long battle to compete in Rio de Janeiro this summer.
“We’ll keep training,” said Bob Lorsch, his adviser. “Nothing is going to stop him.”
Leeper became something of a celebrity after finishing second to Oscar Pistorius in the 400 meters at the 2012 London Paralympics. He made numerous television appearances, played in the celebrity game during NBA All-Star weekend and was negotiating a book deal.
But the Tennessee native later acknowledged to the Los Angeles Times that he had been battling alcoholism and occasional drug use since his teens.
In June 2015, Leeper tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine at the U.S. Paralympic championships. He initially received a two-year suspension, which the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency reduced to one year after he cooperated with authorities.
The International Paralympic Committee did not agree with USADA’s decision, insisting Leeper serve the full suspension. The case ultimately went before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
“The International Paralympic Committee has no obligation to recognize the settlement agreement,” the court said.
Leeper says he has been sober for months. At the recent U.S. Paralympic trials, he qualified for the American team in the T43 classification, finishing second in the 100 meters despite losing one of his prosthetics near the finish line.
“Leeper will be eligible to return to competition on June 21, 2017,” the IPC said in a statement. “In addition, the athlete shall make a contribution towards the legal fees and expenses incurred by the IPC in connection with the CAS arbitration proceedings.”
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[] | 2016-08-27T16:50:28 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | KINGSPORT - George Stewart Warwick, 72, passed away Wednesday (August 24, 2016) after a long battle with COPD. The family will receive friends on Monday (August 29, 2016) from 4:30 to 6:30 p. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FObituary%2F2016%2F08%2F27%2FGeorge-Stewart-Warwick.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net | en | null | George Stewart Warwick | null | null | www.timesnews.net | George Stewart Warwick
KINGSPORT - George Stewart Warwick, 72, passed away Wednesday (August 24, 2016) after a long battle with COPD. The family will receive friends on Monday (August 29, 2016) from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Crossroads Christian Church (1300 Sunset Drive Gray, TN 37615). Funeral services will immediately follow at 6:30 p.m. with Pastors Clint Andrews and Rob Aubrey officiating. Committal services will be held Tuesday morning (August 30, 2016) at 11:00 a.m. in the Garden of Good Shepherd at East Lawn Memorial Park. Online condolences may be made to the Warwick family at www.eastlawnkingsport.com. East Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park has the honor of serving the Warwick family. | http://www.timesnews.net/Obituary/2016/08/27/George-Stewart-Warwick.html | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/6f98bc0e5db062d27194295a6e716d2a835ecbc2e43d64fa5cb6d02927f8f86c.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T00:50:07 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | MOUNT CARMEL — After a two-year hiatus that was caused by a lack of help and a lack of sponsorship, Mount Carmel’s annual block party will be back next year, according to | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.timesnews.net%2FArt-Culture%2F2016%2F08%2F26%2FMayor-says-Mount-Carmel-s-Block-Party-will-be-back-in-2017.html.json | http://www.timesnews.net/image/2016/08/26/x720_q60/Block-party-5-jpg.jpg | en | null | Mayor says Mount Carmel's block party will be back in 2017 | null | null | www.timesnews.net | In 2014, block party committee members told the Board of Mayor and Aldermen that would be their final year organizing the event.
They gave the city a year to find someone else to perform the work, but when no one stepped up, 2015 was the first year in exactly 30 years that Mount Carmel didn’t host a downtown block party.
During the “mayor’s comments” portion of Tuesday’s BMA meeting, Mayor Larry Frost reported that a new group is now ready to take on the event beginning next year.
“There’s been some controversy about the city not having a block party,” Frost said. “Well, the city doesn’t have a block party. That fell under the Merchant’s Association. The city always helped sponsor it.”
Alderman Paul Hale stated he’d met with representatives of the Horizon Credit Union who have expressed an interest in sponsoring the event.
“They were adamant about having a block party,” Hale said. “I talked to a gentleman. ... He said they had been doing a lot of planning for other cities for the same type thing, and he would love to do that (in Mount Carmel). I’m not sure about details.”
Traditionally Mount Carmel’s block party was held on the eve of the kickoff of Kingsport’s Fun Fest. No specific plans have been announced for the 2017 block party date, but the matter will have to come back before the BMA for approval before the date is finalized.
“The way it’s looking right now, we’re going to have a block party, and I did say that the town of Mount Carmel would do their share, that we’ve always done concerning the block party,” Frost told the board. “Of course, that will come under next year’s agenda.”
Frost added, “They did say that they wanted to sponsor the whole thing except the part the city does.” | http://www.timesnews.net/Art-Culture/2016/08/26/Mayor-says-Mount-Carmel-s-Block-Party-will-be-back-in-2017.html | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.timesnews.net/7dc36cf29a200ce519b9525ebe6cb08c6319f3780a62de86d721ad71b4996db9.json |
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