Posted on August 11th, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
Joan Cronan was 12 years old and growing up in the town of Opelousas in southern Louisiana. “I was a tomboy before it was cool for women to be in sports,” the UT women’s athletic director told a lunch gathering this week.
She was really looking forward to signing up to play Little League baseball so, [...]
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Posted on July 26th, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
There was so much material this year that the annual Front Page Follies show was bound to be funny! Held Saturday at the Knoxville Convention Center, it did not disappoint.
The Follies show is the annual performance by area journalists and PR folks to raise funds for communications scholarships and poke fun at area newsmakers in the [...]
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Posted on February 22nd, 2010 by Cynthia Moxley
The Evergreen Ball, a fundraiser for Friends of the Smokies, was held at Cherokee Country Club Feb. 12th after being postponed from its original date by inclement weather.
Of course there was the usual silent auction, dinner, live auction, dancing routine. But my favorite thing about it each year is that the Chillbillies are usually the performers. Yes, that [...]
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Posted on October 14th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
The invitation said Monte Kiffin was to be the guest speaker Tuesday at the United Way’s Tocqueville Society dinner.
The party, which is an annual “thank you” to those who contribute $10,000 or more to the United Way, as well as a few prospects, was held at Jim and Kay Clayton’s lovely home, aptly named “Lake [...]
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Posted on April 29th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
Ninety-one-year-old Mary Ellen Allen was only 5-foot-2 but she played basketball in elementary school, high school and two years of college. Wednesday, the Jacksboro woman fulfilled one of her dreams when she got to meet Lady Vols Head Coach Pat Summitt.
Summitt was the keynote speaker at the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women” lunch [...]
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Posted on April 29th, 2009 by Cynthia Moxley
Confidence, courage and character.
That’s what Lady Vols Head Coach Pat Summitt said she tries to instill in her teams. Summitt spoke Tuesday night to the Girl Scouts‘ “Women of Achievement” dinner at the Knoxville Convention Center. She said the key to success - in athletics and in life - is to have a vision, to [...]
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