Winners are invited to a picnic on April 2 at Pat's Summit Pavilion, at the entrance of the Jasper Highlands community, and checks will be handed out then. Third prize, and $2,500, went to both Griffith Elementary School and Whitwell Elementary School, for the entry "Ole' Smokey." Second prize, and $7,500, went to Richard Hardy Memorial School in South Pittsburg, for the entry "Big Squirt." Neyland won four national championships at Tennessee. Army officer Robert Neyland, who coached the last team in NCAA football history (the 1939 Volunteers) to hold all of its regular-season opponents scoreless.
The top, grand prize-winning entry was "General Neyland," after legendary former University of Tennessee head football coach and former U.S. "There are only four of these trucks in the world, and I guarantee it's the only one with an orange-and-white checkerboard," said John "Thunder" Thornton, CEO of Thunder Enterprises and developer of the 3,000-acre Jasper Highlands residential development. The goal was to come up with a name for the largest of the three trucks, which dons a genuine, University of Tennessee orange-and-white paint job, applied by a company in Knoxville. The new department's fleet is made up of three pre-owned trucks, including a large, former military firetruck capable of running 60 MPH, equipped with a water cannon and a 6,100-gallon tank, as well as two other trucks, including a tanker and standard firetruck. Jasper Elementary School is the top, $10,000 winner in the Jasper Highlands Fire Department firetruck naming competition, which was announced two weeks ago with the unveiling of the new volunteer department.
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