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Jim Gerding and the staff of the Pancake Pantry will celebrate 50 years in business on Wednesday, serving up selections from their 1960 menu at 1960 prices. Pancake Pantry celebrating 50 years in business
GATLINBURG — Jim Gerding said when he opened the Pancake Pantry back in 1960, that first week had him wondering if the restaurant would make it through the second.
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A server delivers ham, eggs and pancakes to Charlie and Barenetta Boston of Danville, Ky., as they speak with Pancake Pantry owner Jim Gerding on Wednesday. Relationships develop in half century of service
GATLINBURG — Jim Gerding and the staff at Pancake Pantry hear the stories all the time of how generations of families have returned to the restaurant again and again.
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<b>Jeanette Peterson, owner of Coffee & Company in Gatlinburg, is a finalist in the Dream Big Small Business of the Year Awards.</b> Business owner brews up success
GATLINBURG — As Nancy Knipp walks through the door at Coffee & Company, owner Jeanette Peterson welcomes her.
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Lee Warren puts finishing touches on carvings on the post of a new merchandising building next to Adventure Mountain at Dollywood. Warren worked in snow and freezing temperatures to get the project completed in time and was thankful for the recent warmer weather. Stunt work dovetails into wood carving
PIGEON FORGE — The sunshine and 67-degree temperature were welcome to everyone earlier this week, but perhaps more so for Lee Warren, the master wood carver at Dollywood.
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Karen Arwine talks about the addictive hobby of quilting in the room her husband Jim added on to their home specifically for that purpose. She won two ribbons during last year’s A Mountain Quiltfest. Got you covered: Quilting proves addictive to Sevierville woman
Karen Arwine suffers from an addiction. She freely admits it. They say that’s the first step to recovery, but she has no interest in being cured.
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Karen Wyatt holds a baby to be transported back to the clinic while on a mobile clinic in Haiti. With prayer and purpose: Wyatts, Patterson determined to minister to Haitians
Mike and Karen Wyatt and their friend Brandon Patterson of Gatlinburg came back from Haiti with more stories than they can possibly tell in a two-hour presentation, but they offered up the highlig...
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Karen Wyatt listens as a mother reads from a Creole Bible while her daughter is being treated for burns suffered during an altercation with another woman. Local missionaries forever changed by mission to Haiti
When they arrived in Haiti, Mike and Karen Wyatt and Brandon Patterson were greeted with days and nights were filled with chaos.
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Three of the five members of Cutthroat Shamrock include from left, Guido, Derek Mize and Ben Whitehead. Other members include Johny Hyena and Suavo. Band combines three genres to create their own sound
As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, a group of musicians is looking back on seven years together as a band that’s grown and developed their own sound in that time.
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Native American musician Arvel Bird educates and entertains students, faculty and visitors with his blend of Native American/ Celtic music during a performance at WSCC. Native American musician performs
Native American musician Arvel Bird performed at Walters State Community College Wednesday, an event sponsored by the college’s International Fee Oversight Committee.
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Kent Rollins adds pork fat to a dutch oven as he prepares a meal for Smith Family Theater’s Chuckwagon Dinner Show Thursday. Rollins helps keep chuckwagons on the front burner
Growing up on a working cattle ranch in Oklahoma, Kent Rollins has consumed more than his fair share of chuckwagon-prepared meals. Some were better than others.
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