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Today's Features

  • Harriman Memorial Day parade slated

    The city of Harriman will have a 2011 Memorial Day parade on May 28.

    The event will honor all military veterans who have served to protect U.S. It will extend the gratitude to all emergency service workers who have paid the ultimate price while protecting United States citizens.

    The parade will begin near Harriman High School on Roane Street, and extend to Harriman Riverfront Park along the banks of the Emory River.

    In case of rain, the parade will be postponed until May 29.

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  • Mr. & Mrs. Ladd

    Tami Hamby and Steve Ladd were married on Jan. 1 in South Harriman Baptist Church.

    The Rev. Todd Dorsey officiated during the private ceremony.

    The bride is the daughter of Tom and Patsy Hamby of Harriman and the late Glenda Hamby.

    The groom is the son of R.W. and Edith Ladd of Harriman.

    A reception dinner at Lakeside Tavern in Knoxville followed the ceremony.

    After a wedding trip to the Caribbean, the couple is at home in Roane County.
     

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  • Conservation program signup starts March 14

    A general signup for the USDA’s Conservation Reserve Program will run from March 14-April 15.

    During the signup period, farmers and ranchers may offer eligible land for CRP’s competitive general signup at the Roane/Loudon Farm Service Agency office at at 424 N. Kentucky St., Kingston.

    The phone number is 376-2392.

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  • Salvation Army honors Young for years of service

    The Roane/Morgan County Salvation Army Unit recently honored Jim Young of Kingston for his years of public service in the organization.

    Young is moving from the area and will be resigning from the board.

    His attention to the plight of others started when he was a young man. He attended Emory and Henry University in Atlanta and participated in the early fight against segregation by organizing and participating in marches.

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  • Taylor Ann Smith

    Taylor Ann Smith turned 4 years old on Nov. 21.

    She celebrated with a Pinkalicious party.

    She is the daughter of Will and Kristy Smith of Harriman.

    Grandparents are Steve and Mona Bolden of Harriman and Diane Smith of Oakdale.

    Taylor has a 2 1/2-year-old brother, Liam.
     

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  • The Garden Gate: There’s a lot for the gardener to do in February

    By Ellen Probert Williamson

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  • Look Back: A Little Something From Our Files From the Week of Feb. 9

    25 Years Ago
    In the eyes of Virginia Hackler of Harriman, her son, Robert Hackler, was a hero. When the 36-year-old man of Lansing, Mich., learned that his sister, Linda Demo, 41, of Knoxville, would never lead a normal life again without a kidney transplant, he offered her one of his. Demo lost one kidney from a congenital kidney disease 16 years previously and had been dependent on a dialysis machine for survival since January 1985.

    10 Years Ago

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  • Marriage licenses: January 2011

    Marriage licenses granted at the Roane County Courthouse in January:

    James Allen Spriggs to Stacy Lynn Beaty

    Elvis Aaron Turpin to Kalia Nadine Butler

    Steven Adam Thurman to Amanda Michelle Bryant

    Tyler Brian Parsons to Kacie Ann Cunningham

    Bernard A. Fisher to Nellie Sue Buxton

    Xavier Samone Murphy to Mary Ellen Wolfe

    Jason Wayne Morris to Stephanie Jane Parker

    Benjamin Heath Clark to Tiffany Renee Shepherd

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  • Divorces: Nov. 4-18

    Divorces granted Nov. 4-18 at the Roane County Courthouse:

    Amanda J. Ramsey vs. Daniel J. Ramsey

    Jimmy Keith Watson vs. Amanda Caroline Noble

    Sonya Renee Woodall Gould vs. Derwin Wayne Gould

    Jill Marie Stonecipher Goldschmitt vs. Richard Frederich Goldschmitt III

    Pamela June Bledsoe Wallace vs. Roger Stephen Wallace

    Kimberley Marie Hailey vs. Richard Wayne Hailey

    Gregory Adam Vann vs. Christine Page Vann

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  • Christian life-skills workshop planned at Roane SDA

    Award-winning author Lee Gugliotto is coming to Roane County to present a Christian life-skills 101 workshop.

    The workshop will be Feb. 11-16 in Roane Community Seventh-day Adventist Church.

    Sessions will begin at 7 p.m. daily in the church at 336 Patton Lane. Call 354-3410 for details.

    The workshop is designed to train people to develop a more dynamic relationship with Christ through inductive Bible study, deep personal prayer and by showing others how it’s done through biblical homes and home Bible fellowships.

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