This month’s “Breakfast with the Legislators” will be Monday morning at the Oak Ridge Civic Center.
The hour-long breakfast starts at 7:30 a.m. in the Oak Ridge Civic Center Social Room. A free, light continental breakfast will be served.
‘Operation Medicine Cabinet’ on Saturday
Information from WYSH Radio
The Oak Ridge Police Department and Allies for Substance Abuse Prevention—or ASAP—of Anderson County will hold an “Operation Medicine Cabinet” event from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Oak Ridge police station.
This is an opportunity to clean out your medicine cabinet to not only prevent the misuse of unused or unwanted drugs but also to make sure that those medications are properly disposed of and don’t end up in the community’s water supply. No questions will be asked and no names will be given.
For more information, you can call Oak Ridge Police Officer Daniel McFee at (865) 556-6696 or visit www.ASAPofAnderson.org.
Firefighters extinguish engine fire in Walmart parking lot
Firefighters extinguished an engine fire in the Walmart parking lot on Wednesday afternoon, an Oak Ridge Fire Department report said.
Firefighters responded to the fire at about 3:06 p.m. Wednesday. They reported a red Dodge pickup had flames coming from the engine compartment when they arrived.
Firefighters quickly extinguished the flames, and the vehicle, which had been driven by Jerald Miller, was towed from the parking lot.
Father-daughter hike at UT Arboretum on Saturday
Jeff Holt, pictured above in the green jacket and baseball cap, will lead a Saturday morning hike for fathers and daughters at the University of Tennessee Arboretum in Oak Ridge. (Submitted photo)
The University of Tennessee Arboretum Society will have its 2013 Father-Daughter Hike on Saturday at the UT Arboretum in Oak Ridge.
The hike starts at 9 a.m. Saturday in the UT Arboretum parking lot at 901 S. Illinois Ave.
To learn more about the Arboretum Society, go to www.utarboretumsociety.org.
Medicaid expansion discussed at next Interagency Coalition Meeting
A possible expansion of Medicaid will be discussed at an Anderson County Interagency Coalition meeting next week.
Representatives of all health and social service providers in Anderson County are invited to attend, a press release said.
The meeting will be held at the Anderson County Health Department from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Anderson mayor to address ‘false allegations’ on Monday
Terry Frank
Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank has called a Monday morning press conference to address what she has called “false allegations,” a Thursday afternoon press release said.
“During that time, Mayor Frank will address false allegations brought against her by county commissioners,” the release said. “No other information will be released prior to Monday’s press conference.”
Sons of the Revolution honor Anderson mayor
Members of the John Rice Irwin-Anderson County Chapter of Sons of the Revolution present Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank with a framed patriotic image in appreciation of her commitment to historic preservation. (Submitted photo)
The John Rice Irwin-Anderson County Chapter of Sons of the Revolution honored the county mayor earlier this month for her commitment to historic preservation, a press release said.
It said chapter members delivered a surprise token of appreciation at Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank’s office on Feb. 4.
UT’s Joan Cronan to give keynote address at federal women workshop
Joan Cronan
Joan Cronan, University of Tennessee women’s athletic director emeritus and consultant and adviser to the chancellor, will be the keynote speaker at a women’s workshop in March.
The 2013 Oak Ridge Women’s Workshop is co-sponsored by the U. S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Federal Women’s Program and the Federally Employed Women Oak Ridge Chapter.
Powell man charged with attempted murder in brother’s shooting
Jamie Lynn Lowe
Note: This story was updated at 9:54 a.m.
A Powell man has been charged with attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault in the shooting of his brother on Johnson Gap Road on Feb. 1, authorities said.
Jamie Lynn Lowe, 30, of Powell, was arrested Tuesday at a home on Mehaffey Road in Claxton on a fugitive from justice warrant for a parole violation in Michigan, the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department said in a Thursday morning press release. Warrants for the new charges were served at the Anderson County Detention Facility in Clinton on Wednesday.
Lowe’s brother, Jeffery Allen Lowe, 28, was flown to the University of Tennessee Medical Center with a potentially life-threatening wound after the Feb. 1 shooting at their mother’s home on Johnson Gap Road near Clinton, authorities said.
Catch the Leprechaun 5K moves to Melton Lake Park
This year’s Catch the Leprechaun 5K, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, has moved to Melton Lake Park, organizers said.
The 5K is scheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday, March 9. The race course will follow Melton Lake Drive and greenway, a press release said.
Keep Anderson County Beautiful has clean-up challenge
Keep Anderson County Beautiful is having two clean-up kickoff events and litter awareness campaigns in March.
It’s part of the 2013 Great American Cleanup Clean-up Challenge, a press release said.
Community Band concert Sunday features composers who aren’t well-known
The band director at Oliver Springs High School will be the featured soloist in a Sunday afternoon concert in Oak Ridge.
It’s the Oak Ridge Community Band’s “One Note Wonders” concert, and it features the music of composers who aren’t well-known, a press release said. The concert is at the Grove Theater Performing Arts Center, and it starts at 3:30 p.m.
