Patrick
Anderson County Commissioner Buzz Patrick was appointed to his seat last year, and now he’s seeking to be elected to the 16-member legislative body in an Aug. 2 special election.
The Commission appointed Patrick to the District 8 seat in March 2011, filling it after former commissioner Myron Iwanski was named Anderson County interim mayor.
Oak Ridge Today has added a 2012 election section, hoping to keep voters informed about the candidates and campaign issues. Think of it as our version of a voter’s guide.
The section can be accessed by clicking on the 2012 Election link in the navigation bar at the top of every page.
Please let us know if there are features you’d like to see, or particular election-year stories you’d like us to cover.
Green Lacewing
An exhibit that opened Friday at the American Museum of Science and Energy features artistic pictures of hard-to-see objects such as green lacewing larva and a blade of grass.
The 20 award winning photomicrographs are part of the 2011 Nikon Small World exhibition.
“Celebrating its 37th year, Nikon Small World has become the top forum for showing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope, and it celebrates the world’s best photomicrographers who create beautiful imagery while demonstrating a variety of scientific principles,” an AMSE press release said.
Harold Fairchild
Harold Dwight “Sonny” Fairchild, age 82, a resident of Oliver Springs, passed away Saturday, June 9, at Tennova Hospice in Knoxville.
Sonny was born on Feb. 11, 1930, in Petros. He and his family moved to Oliver Springs during his early childhood.
James Donald “Donnie” Finks, age 53, a resident of Oliver Springs, passed away Friday, June 8.
Mr. Finks was born June 2, 1959, in Oliver Springs. He was a lifelong resident of this area.
Terry Frank, left, a candidate for Anderson County mayor, talks to Oak Ridge resident Mike Henderson during a Saturday grand opening ceremony at her campaign headquarters on Oak Ridge Turnpike.
Advocating free market principles, business owner and mayoral candidate Terry Frank has been knocking on doors in Anderson County for three months, delivering a message of less regulation and lower taxes.
“It’s just time for a strategy change,” Frank said at a Saturday grand opening ceremony at her campaign headquarters on Oak Ridge Turnpike. “Tax-and-spend isn’t working. We can’t tax our way to prosperity.”
Oak Ridge Today has added the ability to post guest columns.
Our inaugural column is from Tennessee Rep. John Ragan, an Oak Ridge Republican. It’s a speech he gave Saturday endorsing business owner Terry Frank, a Clinton Republican, for Anderson County mayor.
If you have a guest column you’d like to submit, please send it to news@oakridgetoday.com.
The Oak Ridge Community Band will play its Independence Day concert at 7:30 p.m. July 4 at A.K. Bissell Park.
The free concert, which will precede the city’s fireworks display, will feature the traditional “1812 Overture,” Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever,” some swing, Gershwin’s best pieces, a medley of Henry Mancini’s tunes, and “even some Glenn Miller big band tunes,” a press release said.
As more homes are built in wooded areas, the threat posed by wildfires increases, so the Oak Ridge Fire Department has launched a new fire prevention program called Fire Wise.
Announced by Fire Chief Darryl Kerley on Friday, the new program is an effort to make residents more aware of the potential for a wild land fire.
Starting next week, Oak Ridge Fire Department employees will begin distributing Fire Wise materials via a door-to-door campaign to homes located off of Scenic Drive on the east end of town and Whippoorwill Drive on the west end.
The city’s federal lobbying firm could have its annual compensation reduced by about 70 percent under a contract the Oak Ridge City Council will consider Monday.
The Ferguson Group of Washington, D.C., has earned up to $102,000 per year to lobby for Oak Ridge in the nation’s capital.
However, under the proposed contract, The Ferguson Group could earn $30,000 at an hourly rate of $425 per hour. Once the firm reaches the $30,000 cap, the city manager would have to approve extra hours.
The first regional small business summit by the U.S. Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration will be held in Knoxville from July 9 to 11.
During the summit at the Knoxville Convention Center, small businesses will be able to speak with government and industry representatives, and information specifically focused on awarding prime contracts and subcontracts to small businesses will be highlighted.
The Super Dave 5 perform at Lincoln's Sports Grille in Oak Ridge tonight. (Photo courtesy of The Super Dave 5)
Rock and reggae bands will perform in Oak Ridge this weekend.
Knoxville band The Super Dave 5 will play at Lincoln’s Sports Grille on South Illinois Avenue tonight. The band performs classic rock and R&B with a splash of funk.
The show starts around 8 or 8:30 p.m.
