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For the past five months, one can hardly drive past the intersection of Eastman Road & Center Street without witnessing the exhaustive practice sessions of the Dobyns-Bennett Band and witness the parental support system in action. The hard work paid off! This is the first time an East Tennessee school has won the prestigious award.
For the first time in the school’s history, Dobyns-Bennett High School Marching Band was named the Grand Champions of the 2006 Contest of Champions competition held in Murfreesboro, TN on October 28.
The event, hosted by Middle Tennessee State University, is considered the premier invitational marching band competition in Tennessee. More than 21 bands competed for the coveted Grand Champion Governor’s Cup, considered the highest honor a Tennessee marching band can receive.
The Dobyns-Bennett High School Marching Band includes more than 380 members and is the largest marching band in the state of Tennessee. The Band is directed by Lafe Cook, with assistant directors Ryan Gilbert and Jason Walsh. Phil Ledford is the Color Guard director. Their competitive show entitled, Symphonies of Gaia, is based on a new work written for concert band and was adapted by Gilbert for marching band. The percussion music was arranged by Walsh. Ledford choreographed the Color Guard.
Dobyns-Bennett High School’s Band was also recently named as a 2006 Grammy Signature School by the Grammy Foundation, and was awarded the Sudler Flag of Honor by the John Phillips Sousa Foundation in December 2005. The Sudler Flag of Honor is the highest international honor a band can receive. The Dobyns-Bennett Band is the first and only band in the State of Tennessee to receive this prestigious award.
For more information on the Dobyns-Bennett High School Band, contact Director Lafe Cook at (423) 378-8400.
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In case you haven’t been by the site lately, a permit was issued to the new Kingsport Pavilion shopping center for grading, earthwork and site preparation.
The work was estimated at $10,000,000. The permit fee was $20,000.
The shopping center will be located at 2626 East Stone Drive beside Lowe’s.
1.1 miles – Wellmont Corporate Offices
1.3 miles – East Stone Commons
1.8 miles – Indian Path Hospital
3.0 miles - Fort Henry Mall
3.4 miles – Holston Valley Hospital
3.7 miles – Wal-Mart (Fort Henry)
4.4 miles – Eastman Chemical Company
4.9 miles – Downtown Kingsport
5.6 miles – Colonial Heights
6.3 miles – Wal-Mart (W Stone)
6.3 miles – MeadowView Convention Center
7.2 miles – Ridgefields/Rotherwood/Allandale
7.9 miles – Indian Springs/Fall Creek
8.4 miles – U.S. 11W/SR 394 intersection
8.6 miles – Sullivan Gardens
9.2 miles – Rock Springs
9.9 miles – Mount Carmel
10.5 miles - Gate City/Weber City, VA
12.4 miles – Blountville
13.3 miles – Fall Branch
13.4 miles – Church Hill
14.6 miles – Bristol Regional Medical Center
15.8 miles – Gray
17.6 miles – Bristol Motor Speedway
19.0 miles – Downtown Bristol
22.5 miles – Surgoinsville
24.9 miles – Nickelsville, VA
29.7 miles – Duffield, VA
32.2 miles – Baileyton
32.5 miles - Rogersville
43.8 miles – Big Stone Gap, VA
48.9 miles – Jonesville/Pennington Gap, VA
51.0 miles – Norton/Wise, VA
69.6 miles – Harlan, KY
72.6 miles – Jenkins, KY
I want to say a special thanks to our new city engineer, Hank Clabaugh, as well as Andrew Tolley of the Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation for their professional and timely review of the various environmental and stormwater permits.
Based on what I’ve seen thus far, this project could be a role model. The double-row silt fencing installed the creekbank is exemplary. The developer’s approach to the step-by-step instructions on TDEC’s website made for a smooth process of plans submittal and review.
Thanks for your hard work,
Jeff
Tilden J. Fleming, AICP
Assistant City Manager for Development
City of Kingsport, Tennessee
423-229-9381 (desk/cell)
For the end of Fire Prevention Month, the Kingsport Fire Department would like to remind you, “Change Your Clock, Change Your Batteries!”
The end of daylight savings time is October 29th, and as a safety reminder the Kingsport Fire Department suggests that you change the batteries in you smoke detectors.
Smoke Detectors should be tested monthly. If your smoke detectors are not working, replace the batteries or the entire unit. Kingsport Fire Marshal Robert Sluss stated, “If your smoke detectors are over 10 years old they may have lost their ability to properly detect smoke and they need to be replaced.”
Over the last year the Kingsport Fire Department in cooperation with Operation Fire Safe have distributed over 18,000 smoke detectors to families in our region. The Kingsport Fire Department would like to thank the following Volunteer Fire Departments for their help distributing smoke detectors in their communities: Nickelsville VFD, Weber City VFD, Hiltons VFD, Dungannon VFD, Piney Flats VFD, Avoca VFD, Bloomingdale VFD,
For More Information Contact:
Barry Brickey, Public Education Officer,
423-229-9440 or barryjbrickey@gmail.com
The Following Fact Pages are from the National Fire Protection Association. www.nfpa.org
Make smoke alarms work for your safety
Smoke alarms are the residential fire safety success story of the past quarter century. Smoke alarm technology has been around since the 1960s. But the single-station, battery-powered smoke alarm we know today became available to consumers in the 1970s, and since then, the home fire death rate has been reduced by half. Most states have laws requiring them in residential dwellings.
Important: Working smoke alarms are essential in every household. It is necessary to practice home fire drills to be certain everyone is familiar with the smoke alarm signal, and to determine if there are any obstacles to a quick and safe evacuation (including the inability for some to awaken to the smoke alarm signal).
Facts & figures
Source: NFPA's "
Installation and maintenance tips
A life-saving test: check your smoke alarms regularly
Sensing systems
Most smoke alarms use one of two common sensing systems for detecting a fire.
Ionization vs. photoelectric
Photoelectric alarms respond slightly faster to smoldering fires; ionization alarms respond slightly faster to flaming fires. Since, as a practical matter; you cannot predict the type of fire that will occur; the slight difference is irrelevant. Either type of alarm will detect nearly every type of fire quickly. Some manufacturers offer dual-chamber alarms that use both sensor systems.
NFPA does not test, label or approve any products.
NFPA's position statement on smoke alarms
NFPA is aware of the recent research indicating that sleeping children don't always awake when a smoke alarm activates. While these dramatic results are worrisome, we shouldn’t allow them to obscure the fact that smoke alarms are highly effective at reducing fire deaths and injuries.
NFPA would like to reaffirm the value of the smoke alarms already available to protect people from home fire deaths and voice our concern about the number of
We also want to emphasize the need to continue planning and practicing home fire escape plans and to make sure everyone in a home can be awakened by the sound of the smoke alarm. We continue to reinforce the importance of developing and practicing a home fire escape plan during which the smoke alarm is activated so all family members know its sound.
Every home fire escape plan is different, and every family should know who will – and who won't – awaken at the sound of the smoke alarm so that it can accommodate any special needs. Parents should make sure their smoke alarms can rouse their children, even from a deep sleep. If someone doesn't wake up when the alarm sounds during a drill, suggest installing additional hard-wired, interconnected alarms inside every bedroom. And if this doesn't work, the family should design an escape plan that assigns a grown-up who is easily awakened by the alarm to wake the sleepers, perhaps by yelling "FIRE," pounding on the wall or door, or blowing a whistle.
React quickly to the alarm, get out of the building as fast as possible, and stay out until the fire department says it's all right to return.
-NFPA 2006
The Ramada Inn in its early years was the hub of civic activity for the community and a place that thousands would meet for brunch on Sundays. However, in the early 2000’s the hotel was not what many remembered and was actually close to demolition in July 2005 when Pinnacle Hospitality, Inc. bought the property.
The company has spent some time cleaning it up and is now changing the name to Americourt Hotel and spending ½ million dollars on revamping the outside. Pinnacle Hospitality, Inc. is in the process of a significant exterior enhancement including new paint, added columns in front of the rooms, a new metal roof line and a large courtyard space complete with a 30 foot fountain that will expand the conference space into the outside.
“We want to be very involved in the community and make this hotel even better than what it once was,” said Michael Little, VP of Pinnacle Hospitality, Inc. “We are already gaining back the community business and this hotel is again the place the community considers its home for civic groups.”
The hotel’s employees are also very dedicated. The staff includes 450 years of experience and many employees who have been there since it opened.
Prices are around $65 a night and the hotel has a 100% money back guarantee. Rooms have been renovated within the last 5 years, along with the restaurant which serves lunch Monday-Friday from
The KCVB is a partnership between the Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce and the city of
Published 2006-10-16
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Burdine is receiving the medal for his service as a member of the 6th Civil Affairs Group during 2005-2006.
He was activated in 2005 and assumed duties as the commander of Detachment 1, 6th Civil Affairs group during his seven month deployment to AL Anbar Province.
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For more information on starting a small business in
Local Perspective on “Establishments With No Paid Employees” (i.e. “small business”)
Traditionally known for its large manufacturing base and major corporate employers, it might be surprising to note that Kingsport-Bristol MSA posted 6,500 more individual small businesses with nearly $200 million more in annual receipts than the Johnson City MSA.
National Perspective:
The image of a typical “mom and pop” business is getting a makeover, according to new data on these burgeoning enterprises released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Yesterday’s notion of a family-run corner store is giving way to Internet-based auctions, nail salons and even motorcycle dealerships, according to Nonemployer Statistics: 2004 [PDF].
The nation added nearly a million businesses with no paid employees between 2003 and 2004 to reach 19.5 million, a growth rate of 4.7 percent over a one-year period. Businesses without a payroll make up more than 70 percent of the nation’s 27 million-plus firms, with annual receipts over $887 billion.
The report has data on 17 million individual proprietorships and on more than 1.3 million corporations and 1.2 million partnerships. Nonemployer firms may be run by one or more individuals, can range from home-based businesses to corner stores or construction contractors and are often part-time ventures with owners operating more than one business.
Among the fastest-growing: building finishing contractors (22.5 percent), Internet service providers (18.7 percent), nail salons (14.7 percent), electronic shopping and mail-order houses -- including Internet-based consumer trade (12.7 percent), lessors of real estate (9.7 percent), formal wear and costume rental stores (8 percent) and motorcycle dealers (7.4 percent).
The Census Bureau cautioned that the numbers released today may be understated because the hurricane-impacted areas of
Other highlights:
The detailed Internet tables show the number of establishments in nearly 300 industries and their receipts for the nation, states, counties and metropolitan areas. The data do not cover all self-employed individuals, since many self-employed business owners have paid employees.
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Nonemployer statistics data originate chiefly from administrative records of the IRS. The data are subject to nonsampling error such as errors of self-classification as well as errors of response, nonreporting and coverage. Further information about methodology and data limitations is available at <http://www.census.gov/epcd/nonemployer/view/covmeth.htm>
National Physical Therapy Month brings PT’s from across the state to
The Tri-Cities District of the TPTA is hosting this year’s fall event in
“This is a very exciting opportunity for our end of the state to host such a function. We are calling the meeting: Ladies and Gentlemen, Start your Engines for the Tri-Cities 500,” Meade said. “We are using a racing theme in order get people here to this community so they can achieve some of their required continuing education credits.”
The program committee led by Scott Reynolds, PT, ATC, Carol Wheelock PT, MBA from Wellmont and Alan Meade promises a tremendous qualifying round of dynamic speakers/presenters who will bring a wealth of knowledge in physical therapy topics and health care related issues.
Entertainment includes a Friday night reception to meet local legislators David Davis and Jason Mumpower, rehab vendors and to review student poster presentations. Saturday night, the group will be entertained in an elaborate style at the Bristol Motor Speedway.
The KCVB is very proud to host such an event during the month of October which is recognized as “National Physical Therapy Month” by the American PT Association.
The Kingsport Convention and Visitors Bureau (KCVB) is a partnership between the Kingsport Area Chamber of Commerce and the city of
Click here è Greeneville Band Classic Draws Crowd Of Thousands
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Note: article also includes award recognitions for Sullivan Central, Sullivan North, Sullivan East, Elizabethton,
The “daily commute” is certainly not isolated to the Tri-Cities region.
According to the U.S. Census, 7,200 workers leave
I guess they must pass each other on I-26 or
Well, statistics show that the majority of Tri-Cities residents do choose to live close to their workplace.
48,100 Sullivan County, TN residents (72%) live and work in their home county.
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10,899 Carter County, TN residents (44%) live and work in their home county.
A few people drive 2 counties away for work.
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346
266 Lee County, VA residents commute to Sullivan County, TN
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Who is the most “self-contained” county in the Tri-Cities?
Who sends the most residents to another county to work? Scott County, VA, where 40% of the population works in Sullivan County, TN.
County-by-County Breakdown:
72% of Sullivan County, TN residents also work in Sullivan County, TN
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