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One day, the whole world will know Peggy Miller’s story.

Chris Flynn
Age: 29
Married to Leah McClanahan Flynn
Occupation: Project Manager for Joseph Construction

Maryville Bookstore, serving the students of Maryville College, joined 280 other college bookstores across the country in the nationwide “Buy a Book, Build a Forest” campaign throughout this past school year.

Southern Kids in Theatre (SKIT) is holding auditions for new members for their summer programs and productions, which will run from June 17 through August 2.

Tommy Kerr and the BMS racing team raced twice in a weekend and a combination of mechanical problems and a locked down race track made it seem more like a week than a weekend.

TN-791’st AFJROTC at Heritage High School has been selected as one of 328 units to receive the 2007-2008 Air Force Junior ROTC Distinguished Unit Award and one of 80 to receive the award with Merit.

Christy Taylor, Heritage High sophomore and two-year member of the TN-791 AFJROTC has been focusing on participating in majorette competitions.

The newest kid on the education block in West Knoxville, the Goddard School for Early Childhood Development, opened in February 2007, thanks in part to Randy and Rosemary Overtons’ decision to enlist the help of the Tennessee Small Business Development Center.

Lenny’s Subshop owner Sean Norris has a pretty accurate barameter for determining how good his Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches are. He counts the number of former New Jersey and Philadelphia residents who stop in his new restaurant, Lenny’s Sub Shop.

Eric Harrell knows how he wants his wine and spirits store to be known for - customer service and good selection.

Spring has arrived, and it is time for many to pull out that two-wheeler for another year of riding. Blount County boasts an expansive greenway for walking, bicycling and the like, not to mention the miles of opportunity in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The turnout keeps growing for the Last Friday Art Walk as more than 650 people strolled the streets downtown and enjoyed art of all kinds during the evening of April 25.

Sara Trombley of Maryville knew she wanted to lose weight. But she wasn’t sure about all the risks and potential side effects of various surgical weight loss procedures.

In conjunction with National Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month, the Blount Memorial Cancer Center and dermatologist Dr. Lewis Slawsky offer free skin cancer screenings on Saturday, May 10 from 10 a.m. to noon on the center’s second floor.

Patients who have trouble sleeping because of sleep-disordered breathing no longer have to suffer as there are a number of treatment options available.

For the sixth year, Keep Blount Beautiful and Little River Watershed Association have joined together to recognize those individuals, businesses and organizations that make significant contributions to the betterment of our Blount County environment.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced that geological work will be performed to stabilize a large rock face along Little River Road for a two-week period, May 5-19.

Noise from a Blount County shooting range created much discussion during a two-hour commission work session Tuesday night.

A new course may be added to the Blount County School’s curriculum next year that will help students transition into higher level Spanish courses.

The Strawberry Jam controversy got somewhat less sticky Tuesday as Blount County Chancellor Telford E. Forgety Jr. denied an injunction that would have prevented the owners of Maple Lane Farm from holding their annual concert.