Beth Drinnen

• Drinnen: Students present check to nonprofit Published 03/17/2010 at midnight

  The students at Chilhowee Intermediate School have been busy. They have worked odd jobs to earn change, given their allowance and donated birthday money to help with "Chilhowee Makes a Change," a Haitian relief effort sponsored by the school. Recently, ...

• Celtic dancer committed to sharing her talent with students, daughters Published 03/17/2010 at midnight

  This St. Patrick's Day, Margaret Merrill, a certified Irish dance teacher with the Drake School of Irish Dance in Oak Ridge, is celebrating the holiday with a dinner of corned beef and cabbage and soda bread. Irish music will be ...

• Drinnen: Proud Chilhowee students present check to nonprofit Published 03/16/2010 at midnight

  The students at Chilhowee Intermediate school have been busy. They have worked odd jobs to earn change, given their allowance and donated birthday money to help with "Chilhowee Makes a Change," a Haitian relief effort sponsored by the school.

• A Seuss-like Day: Library hosts poetry contest in honor of author Published 03/10/2010 at midnight

  "I didn't get introduced to Dr. Seuss real young, because I'm not real young myself," said Linda Helms, first assistant of the Burlington branch library. "I discovered Dr. Seuss when I was in high school or college. I just like ...

• Teachers don skirts, wigs at fundraiser pageant Published 03/03/2010 at midnight

  The Maryville school pageant was like any other beauty contest with lots of lipstick, big hair and short skirts, except the contestants were a bit hairier than normal.

• Drinnen: Woman celebrates 100th birthday with sister by her side Published 03/03/2010 at midnight

  Want to know the secret to long life? Southern food and well water, says Guy Alice Johnson, who shared this secret on the occasion of her sister, Sallie Little's, 100th birthday.

• Taking the plunge: Area groups make a splash for adoption awareness Published 02/24/2010 at midnight

  Sixty-five employees from area adoption and foster care agencies donned crazy costumes and took flying leaps, belly flops and fearless cannonballs into the icy-cold waters of the Little River in Townsend on Friday.

• Dock dog: Rescued weimaraner leads owner to new hobby Published 02/17/2010 at midnight

  For Trent Steele, spending the day at the park is more than just a way to relax; it's dock training time with his dog, a rescued blue weimaraner named Alex.

• Drinnen: Site next to library pegged for 'passive' park Published 02/17/2010 at midnight

  There is something rejuvenating about a green space in a sea of concrete. Something that causes us to reprioritize our "to do" lists and our stress to temporarily melt away. Urban green spaces remind us to exhale, to reflect, and ...

• Our School Rocks: Central High School Published 02/16/2010 at midnight

  “Once a Centralite,” said Central High School principal Danny Trent, “always a Centralite.” Trent is in his first year as principal, but he has already experienced the loyalty the community feels toward the school. “It’s a unique place,” he said. ...

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