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Children play and learn at Children’s Museum summer camps

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Childrens Museum of Oak Ridge

Children can garden during summer camps that start on June 11 at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge. (Photo courtesy of Kay Brookshire)

Children will blend imagination, education and interactive play as they become puppeteers, storytellers, model railroaders, chefs, potters, globetrotters, gardeners, and more during Imagination Station Summer Camps at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge.

The summer camps, from June 11 through Aug. 3, offer activities for children ages 3-5 in preschool classes, and for children entering grades 1 through 7. Clay camps with professional clay artist Sherrie Carris will be offered throughout the summer for children ranging in age from 6-12. See the Children’s Museum website, www.childrensmuseumofoakridge.org, for a listing of all summer camps.

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Frank has grand opening of campaign headquarters Saturday

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Terry Frank, candidate for Anderson County mayor

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Business owner Terry Frank, who is running for Anderson County mayor this fall, is hosting a grand opening of her campaign headquarters at 11 a.m. Saturday.

There will be refreshments, fellowship, and “good, old-fashioned campaigning,” a press release said.

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Roane State art students earn awards

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Winners from RSCC art show

RSCC art students were recognized at the annual Student Art Show. Front row, from left, are Stephany Huston, Emily Walkup, Susan Rosenbaum, Elizabeth Long, and Breanna Wright. Second row, from left, are Minh Nghiem, Ivan Cornejo, Alli Schatzer, and Elizabeth Findley. (Photo submitted by RSCC)

Roane State Community College art students earned awards for their work in the college’s Student Art Show, according to a press release from the college. The show is held at the end of the spring semester.

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Y-12 safety program recognized

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Y-12 VPP Star Site

A new VPP Star Site flag at Y-12 National Security Complex recognizes achievements in safety and health programs. From left are Dan Hoag, acting Y-12 site manager; Bill Klemm, B&W Y-12 senior vice president and deputy general manager; and Steve Jones, Atomic Trades and Labor Council president.

A Tuesday flag-raising ceremony recognized the efforts by workers at Y-12 National Security Complex to keep employees safe, preventing injuries and reducing the number of lost work days.

Y-12 has been recognized as having outstanding safety and health programs under the U.S. Department of Energy Voluntary Protection Program, or DOE-VPP, and the plant has been designated as a VPP Star Site, the highest achievement level.

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ORNL tests sensors that could save money, energy

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A team led by an Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher is testing wireless sensors that could help the steel industry save money and reduce energy use and emissions.

Led by ORNL’s Glenn Allgood, the team recently installed these wireless sensors at Commercial Metals Co. in Cayce, S.C. The sensors are designed to withstand harsh conditions and provide instant information that will improve monitoring and control of a steel mill’s equipment, according to information provided by ORNL.

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Kelley turns down Oliver Springs city manager job

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It’s a decision that he regrets having to make, but Eddie Kelley will not accept the city manager’s job in Oliver Springs.

The son of former Oliver Springs Mayor Ed Kelley, the 51-year-old Kelley said he is not close enough to being able to retire from his job at the Y-12 National Security Complex, where he is a tactical training supervisor for WSI-OR.

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School board picks superintendent search firm Wednesday

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In a special meeting Wednesday, the Oak Ridge Board of Education will pick a company that will help recruit the school system’s next superintendent.

The new superintendent will replace Tom Bailey, who is retiring at the end of the year. Bailey has been superintendent since 2002.

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Officials break ground for Roane State building

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Roane State Groundbreaking

Local and state officials break ground Tuesday for a three-story Health Sciences and Technology Building at Roane State Community College in Oak Ridge.

Several hundred people watched Tuesday morning as local, state, and education officials dug up the first shovelfuls of dirt for a new three-story building at Roane State Community College.

Construction work on the 63,000-square-foot Health Sciences and Technology Building will start next week and could be complete by January 2014, RSCC President Gary Goff said during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Oak Ridge campus.

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Fairy Folk Festival at Erin’s Meadow

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Kathy Burke Mihalczo

Kathy Mihalczo gives presentation on fairy gardens. (Photo submitted by Heather Debord)

The annual Fairy Folk Festival was held at Erin’s Meadow Herb Farm on Saturday.

Owner Kathy Burke Mihalczo presented workshops on how to design a fairy garden in your own yard and a class on putting together a container fairy garden.

For more information on other workshops, visit Erin’s Meadow Herb Farm online.

Here are a few pictures from the event.

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Anderson County Commission gives sheriff an extra $203,000

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Anderson County Commission

Anderson County commissioners vote to give the Sheriff's Department an extra $200,000 to hire five jailers for a minimum-security dormitory expected to open this month.

CLINTON — Trying to find a compromise, Anderson County officials used more optimistic projections for property and sales tax revenue collections to give the Sheriff’s Department an extra $203,000 in next year’s budget, enough to hire five jailers.

However, Anderson County Sheriff Paul White had requested 15 jailers to staff a 128-bed minimum security dormitory expected to open this month.

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Resident reports black bear caught on East Drive

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Black Bear on East Drive

Wildlife officers and residents gather around a black bear caught on East Drive around 8 p.m. Saturday. (Photo submitted by Kelli Parsons)

An east Oak Ridge resident reported that a black bear was caught at about 8 p.m. Saturday.

The bear was caught at about the 390 block of East Drive, said resident Kelli Parsons, who submitted a photo taken by a neighbor.

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Roane property assessor candidate withdraws from race

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Cheryl Laxton, a candidate for Roane County property assessor, has announced she is ending her campaign. Her primary reason, according to a press release last week, was the health concerns of her mother.

“Everyone knows that I come from a very close and tight-knit family,” Laxton said. “My mother now has a serious illness which will require constant and continuous care and supervision. My mother is the most important thing in the world to me, and I look forward to being able to take care of her.”

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