Updated: Central Baptist Church has canceled the Vacation Bible School Preview at the Paradox on Sunday, June 5, due to the forecast for rain.
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Secret City Festival to feature World War II re-enactment
A Flak 88 firing during a Battle of Normandy re-enactment at the 2015 Secret City Festival in Oak Ridge. (Photo by Rob Welton)
The Secret City Festival next week will feature a World War II re-enactment.
The re-enactment of the Battle of Bloody Gulch will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at Alvin K. Bissell Park in central Oak Ridge. It’s presented by NSPS, or National Strategic Protective Services.
Here is some of the equipment scheduled to be involved, according to a press release:
- Returning from the 2015 reenactment, the only fully live firing German Flak 88 in the United States, which will perform firing demonstrations.
- Authentic Allied vehicles including jeeps, armored halftracks, scout cars, and anti-tank artillery.
- Authentic Axis vehicles including a German Stug III Ausf G assault tank, Panzer III command tank, a Sd. Kfz 251 halftrack, and a M3 Antitank Gun just to name a few.
- Static display pieces include a 1940 Ford 20mm gun truck with gun, a Russian 1944 T34 main battle tank, a 1943 British 25 pound field howitzer with limber, and more.
- Re-enactors representing American infantry, German Wehrmacht, assault troops, Fallschirmjagers, and more.
Lavender Festival on June 18 celebrates herbs, crafts, food, music
Several thousand people visit Jackson Square Lavender Festival each year, now in a newly renovated Jackson Square. (Photo by Shawn Millsaps)
The 18th annual Lavender Festival on Saturday, June 18, will celebrate herbs, crafts, food, and music.
It’s scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. June 18 in the renovated Jackson Square, which now features a fountain and pleasant sitting area in the center, a press release said.
The festival will celebrate the “Herb of the Year,” Capsicum, or hot peppers.
New this year, “A Taste of Tennessee Wines” brings wine tasting to Lavender Festival, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The tasting is hosted by Great Valley Wine Trail, which is made up of five independent wineries in East Tennessee. Many of these Tennessee wines earned silver, gold, and concordance gold medals in the Wines of the South Regional Wine Competition in October 2015 at the University of Tennessee, the press release said. Adults over 21 may purchase a $10 tasting ticket, and will receive a free glass and wine tote, and the opportunity to buy bottles of Tennessee wine and meet the winemakers. Customers may enjoy the wine at seating areas at the festival, with lunch served all day by several food trucks, caterers, and restaurants. A portion of the proceeds of the wine tasting will benefit the Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge. [Read more…]
City representatives attend Energy Communities Alliance conference, meet with DOE officials
Oak Ridge City Manager Mark Watson, left, and City Council member Chuck Hope, right, meet with David Klaus, the U.S. Department of Energy under secretary for management and performance, at DOE Headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy City of Oak Ridge)
Oak Ridge City Councilman Chuck Hope and City Manager Mark Watson recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend a conference sponsored by the Energy Communities Alliance, or ECA. The ECA is the membership organization of local governments that host or are located near U.S. Department of Energy sites. The ECA supported attendance at the meeting with travel grants to the participants.
The two-day conference focused on DOE’s Environmental Management program. DOE staff made presentations on topics such as waste disposition, accomplishments in the cleanup mission, fiscal year 2017 budget planning, and a “view from the secretary’s office,” a press release said.
Additional sessions were held on the local government role in cleanup agreements, and working with local communities to improve contracting, the press release said. Hope helped lead a session on fiscal year 2017 appropriations and implications for DOE cleanup, while Watson was a panelist in a session on the future of DOE contracting. [Read more…]
Photos by Culiat: Oak Ridge High School graduation, II
The Oak Ridge High School commencement ceremony was Thursday evening, June 2, 2016, on Blankenship Field. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
The Oak Ridge High School commencement ceremony was Thursday evening, June 2, on Blankenship Field. Here are photos by Julio Culiat.
The Oak Ridge High School commencement ceremony was Thursday evening, June 2, 2016, on Blankenship Field. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
The Oak Ridge High School commencement ceremony was Thursday evening, June 2, 2016, on Blankenship Field. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
Photos by Culiat: Oak Ridge High School graduation, I
The Oak Ridge High School commencement ceremony was Thursday evening, June 2, 2016, on Blankenship Field. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
The Oak Ridge High School commencement ceremony was Thursday evening, June 2, on Blankenship Field. Here are photos by Julio Culiat.
The Oak Ridge High School commencement ceremony was Thursday evening, June 2, 2016, on Blankenship Field. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
The Oak Ridge High School commencement ceremony was Thursday evening, June 2, 2016, on Blankenship Field. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
Burglars caught in Butcher Mansion when SWAT team arrives for training, ACSD says
Gerald Lynn Brummett
Two burglars were caught inside the former Butcher Mansion when the Anderson County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team arrived for monthly training on Thursday, May 26, authorities said.
The owner of the property allows deputies to conduct training exercises at the home, which is under renovation, Anderson County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Mark Lucas said. The Butcher Mansion is on Whirlwind Point off Old Emory Road in Claxton.
The SWAT team arrived for monthly training at about 7:30 a.m. May 26, Lucas said. They found two people had broken into the home and were preparing to steal several items, including appliances, Lucas said. [Read more…]
After ‘stellar spring,’ Wildcat tennis team honored at banquet
2016 ORHS Boys Tennis Team (From left: Eric Thorton, Jeremy Simmons, Wilder Dodson, Peter Magill, Joshua Bridges, Viet Quach, Christian Thompson, Trystan Bordeau, Jaipal Narula, Archer Marlow, Stuart Dorman, Ethan Brady, and Arthur Nelson. Not pictured: Oumar Diallo and Curtis Rookard)
Oak Ridge High School’s 2015-2016 tennis team was honored at its post-season banquet for players and their families on Wednesday, May 18, at the Comfort Inn in Oak Ridge.
“Both of Oak Ridge High School’s tennis teams had a stellar spring,” said ORHS tennis coach David Bowman.
The Wildcats finished second in District 3 with a regular-season record of 7-1. The Lady Wildcats finished third in the district with a 6-2 record for the regular season.
The doubles team of senior Jaipal Narula and junior Viet Quach led the way for the Wildcats in the post-season, capping off 2016 with a TSSAA berth in the Region 2 semifinals, where they played the eventual 2016 state champion doubles team. [Read more…]
Westcott photo exhibit of Oak Ridge during World War II opens Friday
Ed Westcott, right, was the only official photographer in Oak Ridge during the Manhattan Project in World War II, a top-secret project to build the world’s first atomic bomb. Westcott is pictured above with D. Ray Smith, Y-12 National Security Complex historian and newspaper history columnist. (Photo courtesy D. Ray Smith)
An exhibit of more than 50 historic photographs by James Edward “Ed” Westcott, the official photographer of the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge during World War II, will open Friday in Knoxville.
The exhibit is titled “Through the Lens of Ed Westcott: A Photographic History of World War II’s Secret City.” It’s scheduled to be on display from June 3 to August 6 at the University of Tennessee Gallery at 106 South Gay Street in Knoxville.
A First Friday Opening Reception is scheduled from 5-9 p.m. Friday, June 3. Westcott will be in attendance from 6:30-8:30 p.m., a press release said.
There will be a gallery talk with Baldwin Lee, UT art professor emeritus, starting at 7 p.m. Friday. Baldwin will discuss the photos in the exhibition, the press release said.
Here is more information from the press release: [Read more…]
Photos: Oak Ridge High School Convocation
Oak Ridge High School seniors are pictured at Convocation in the ORHS Performing Arts Center on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. (Photo by Julio Culiat)
Convocation for Oak Ridge High School seniors was Wednesday. Graduation is today (Thursday, June 2).
Here are two pictures from the Wednesday night Convocation by Julio Culiat.
The Commencement ceremony starts at 7 p.m. today on Blankenship Field.
Graduation Celebration, a free, all-night party for high school graduates in Oak Ridge, starts at 10 p.m. in the Oak Ridge Civic Center. [Read more…]
Lawrence Hahn Golf Classic to benefit Boys, Girls Club on Saturday
The Lawrence Hahn Golf Classic on Saturday will benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Oak Ridge.
A shotgun start is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 4, at the Oak Ridge Country Club.
The Lawrence Hahn Golf Classic is held annually by the Oak Ridge Boys Club Alumni Association to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Oak Ridge. [Read more…]
Norris Dam added to National Register of Historic Places
TVA Norris Hydoelectric Project (Submitted photo)
Norris Dam is one of three Tennessee sites added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 20, state officials said Wednesday.
The Tennessee Historical Commission announced the addition of the three sites. Besides Norris Dam, the other two sites are Jefferson Street Historic District in Brownsville in Haywood County and Kenner Manor Historic District in Nashville.
Norris Dam is referred to as the Norris Hydroelectric Project. Built in Anderson and Campbell counties between 1933 and 1936, the Norris Hydroelectric Project was the first project for the newly established Tennessee Valley Authority, a press release said. Named after Nebraska Senator George Norris, who advocated for public power facilities, the dam and associated properties provided electricity to the rural areas of Tennessee and the surrounding states, helped with seasonal flood control, and provided power for wartime industries.
Norris Hydroelectric Project had a dramatic impact on the landscape since people were displaced when Norris Lake was flooded, recreation areas were created, and the community of Norris was built, the press release said. [Read more…]
