Former Vice President Al Gore speaks to over 4000 in attendance at the 27th Annual Leading Voices in Public Health Lecture Series at ETSU on Thursday. Here he responds to the crowd after being introduced.
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Showing posts with label march 09. Show all posts
Showing posts with label march 09. Show all posts
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Spring Fire Season begins.
A tree trunk still burns after a brush fire started Monday afternoon in Bluff City, TN. Shown are East Vol Fire Dept. working hot spots. Hickory Tree Vol. Fire Dept also responded. It all started with a small fire to burn dead limbs and leaves. Wind caught it and the rest is a news story.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Monday, March 23, 2009
Sunday Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway
By looking at the fans you can feel the love at the end of the Food City 500 on Sunday in Bristol.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Sunday Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway
Fly over during opening ceremony at Food City 500. It was close but did sell out again this year. Not many crashes but good racing.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Saturday Night Racing at Bristol Motor Speedway
Kevin Harvick celebrates after winning ScottsTurfbuilder 300 at Bristol Motor Speedway on Saturday.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Saturday Night Racing at Bristol Motor Speedway
Cale Yarborough prior to the Legend drivers race. Bristol Motor Speedway brought several drivers back for racing.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Saturday Night Racing at Bristol Motor Speedway
Sterling Marlin, left, and Andy Petree kiss LInda Vaughn after winning the team race for the Saturday night Special. I guess this speaks for itself.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Saturday Night Racing at Bristol Motor Speedway
Junior Johnson came back to Bristol to race on Saturday night.
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Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Saturday Night Racing at Bristol Motor Speedway
Celebrity Andy Petree shakes hands with Brad Dougherty after winning their race during the Saturday Night Races at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Friday, March 20, 2009
Food City Race Night at Bristol Motor Speedway
Kevin Harvick signs the autograph for Madison Ricketts,4, of Kingsport and her mom Crystal Ricketts at the Food City Race Night Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Food City Race Night at Bristol Motor Speedway
Kasey Kahne, right. and AJ Allmendinger WII Box during the Food City Race Night Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Practice Day Food City 500 Bristol Motor Speedway
Driver Mark Martin sits in his car and talks to Jeff Gordon after getting the pole during qualifing on Friday.
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Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier..
Practice Day Food City 500 Bristol Motor Speedway
Driver Michael Waltrip sits atop a stack of tires to watch qualifying. He wrecked his first car during practice.
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Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier..
Practice Day Food City 500 Bristol Motor Speedway
Driver Denny Hamlin signs autographs for fans outside the track on Friday. The young drivers still stop for the fans. The sport is changing though.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier..
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier..
The Fans are the reason they should race.
Breanne Parrish,8, from Ohio made a sign to get drivers to sign her t-shirt she brought to the races. This is her first race at Bristol, mainly because her parents were able to bring she and her brother this year because tickets are still available. Her first autograph was Junior Johnson.
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Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier..
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Property at Exit 7 still empty.
This property at the Villages in Bristol, Va. is still empty except the Cracker Barrel. A hotel and shops were to be built on the land that may now be foreclosed on.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
After School Learning
Teacher, George Denny, Jordan Lambert and Bradley Abert work in the afterschool engineering club at Virginia Middle School.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Bristol Virginia's new Drug Dog.
Bristol Va's Bobby Nichols is shown with Hooch after graduating from the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office K-9 class. Hooch was a pound dog that was given to the dept. for this purpose.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier.
Spring Race is getting closer.
Workers paint the white and black pattern on the Victory Lane area at Bristol Motor Speedway on Tuesday. Race week is this week and the racing goes all weekend long with the Food City 500 on Sunday.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Brisotl Herald Courier..
Photo Earl Neikirk/Brisotl Herald Courier..
Spring Race Prep is on
Danny Trivett washes off the front area of the Bruton Smith Building after planting new flowers for race week at Bristol Motor Speedway. He works for Green Acres Landscaping in Bristol, TN.
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier..
Photo Earl Neikirk/Bristol Herald Courier..
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