Marble City Opera will present two performances of “Il Tabarro” by renowned composer Giacomo Puccini in Oak Ridge and Vonore in June.
The first performance will be at the Port of Tellico in Vonore on Saturday, June 22.
The Oak Ridge performance will be at Melton Lake Park on Melton Lake Drive in Oak Ridge on Sunday, June 23.
[Read more…]The Oak Ridge Police Department and ASAP of Anderson will participate in the national DEA Drug Take Back Day next Saturday.
The Drug Take Back Day is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27. Anyone in the community can drop off their expired or unused medication to a police officer at the ORPD at 200 South Tulane Avenue in Oak Ridge, a press release said.
According to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, the most common method of obtaining pills is through family and friends.
“Prescription drugs could be easily stolen at home when they are left in unlocked cabinets and drawers,” the press release said.
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Charlotte Blake Alston (Submitted photo)
The Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival, inspired by the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee, will bring three nationally known storytellers to Oak Ridge on June 7 and 8 with performances at the Historic Grove Theater, the Oak Ridge Public Library, and the Oak Ridge Senior Center.
The storytellers are Charlotte Blake Alston, Josh Goforth, and Bil Lepp.
“Each uses the power of storytelling to entertain and educate audiences, with hilarious, exaggerated tales or with true stories that shed light on cultures and historic events,” a press release said.
All three storytellers will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, June 7, and at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, June 8, at the Grove Theater. [Read more…]
Signed Dalton Knecht jersey, professionally framed (Submitted photo)
On Friday, May 3, ADFAC (Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties Inc.) will host “Murder at the Lake,” its fourth murder mystery fundraiser.
“Event guests will put their sleuthing skills to the test as they enjoy a catered dinner, and a few attendees will be fortunate enough to bring home one of the live auction items,” a press release said.
“We are pleased to have five amazing auction items,” said Jamie LaRose, ADFAC development Director. “Our community has been very generous in providing a wonderful array of items and experiences.”
Auction items include a signed and framed Dalton Knecht jersey and a baseball signed by University of Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello, both courtesy of Melissa Charles. Sheila Michel is offering a traditional shrimp boil for 12, and Ron and Annie Cacheiro are providing a four-hour boat ride with water sports. Lastly, Tara and Brian Kneiser are donating a three-night cabin rental in the Smokies for six people.
The event will be held at Calhoun’s Event Center in Oak Ridge from 5 to 8 p.m. May 3. Tickets are $100 each and can be found at https://tinyurl.com/adfacmurder, and on ADFAC’s website and Facebook page. Ticket sales end on April 24. [Read more…]
Oak Ridge Schools Superintendent Bruce Borchers will discuss the state of the schools during a lunchtime meeting on Tuesday.
The presentation will be hosted by the League of Women Voters of Oak Ridge. The Lunch with the League is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
“All are welcome to bring their lunch or purchase a boxed lunch for a nominal fee,” a press release said. “Coffee and tea will be served. The presentation will begin at noon.”
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Close to two miles of pipes were replaced at waste treatment systems at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
The two-year, $18 million project was completed three months ahead of schedule and $900,000 under budget, according to federal officials. The project replaced above-ground pipes and valves at the 3608 Process Waste Treatment Complex, “making the system more efficient and reliable and helping avoid the possibility of disrupting ongoing ORNL operations,” federal officials said.
The piping replacement was a project of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and its contractor UCOR. The goal was to extend the life of the Liquid and Gaseous Waste Operations (LGWO) system at ORNL. DOE said the LGWO system is critical to ORNL’s ongoing missions, and an outage would result in immediate impacts at the site.
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Jens Dilling has been named associate laboratory director for the Neutron Sciences Directorate at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, effective April 1.
“ORNL pioneered neutron scattering in the 1940s, developing a new technique that enables scientists to explore and create new materials, batteries, and more,” ORNL Director Stephen Streiffer said. “Today, ORNL remains at the forefront of this science, and Jens will play a critical role in ensuring the nation’s leading neutron sources continue to deliver significant scientific impact for the United States and the world.”
Dilling has served as interim associate laboratory director for neutron sciences since August 1. He leads more than 700 employees at the High Flux Isotope Reactor and Spallation Neutron Source—two of the most powerful scientific research facilities in the world—as well as in projects focused on improving the lab’s neutron capabilities.
“Dilling demonstrated strong leadership in his interim role and will continue the (Neutron Sciences Directorate) team’s efforts to expand the scientific impact of the lab’s neutron sources while also growing the neutron user community across the United States,” ORNL said.
Neutron scattering uses beams of neutrons (parts of atoms that have no charge) that pass through samples. Detectors collect information about where (and possibly when) the neutrons are scattered to learn more about the materials. The Spallation Neutron Source uses a particle accelerator to send protons (positively charged parts of atoms) to collide with a heavy metal target to produce the neutrons in a process known as spallation. Meanwhile, at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, neutrons are produced by a nuclear reactor.
ORNL said neutron scattering is used in industries that include automotive, aerospace, steel, defense, industrial materials, energy storage, data storage, and biomedicine. Researchers use the process to find stronger glass for mobile devices, drugs that treat diseases more effectively, aircraft and rocket engines that are more reliable, vehicles with better gas mileage, better armor for the military, and batteries that are safer, charge faster, and last longer.
Dilling is an experimental nuclear physicist with “more than 20 years delivering breakthroughs in fundamental and applied nuclear physics,” the lab said. He started at ORNL in 2021, serving as director of Institutional Strategic Planning. In 2023, he took a joint faculty appointment as a research professor in the Department of Physics at Duke University, a core university of UT-Battelle LLC, the partnership that operates ORNL for the U.S. Department of Energy.
Before ORNL, Dilling worked for two decades at TRIUMF, Canada’s national laboratory for accelerator sciences at the University of British Columbia. He started at TRIUMF in 2001 as a research scientist before moving into various leadership positions, concluding his tenure as the associate laboratory director for physical sciences, a press release said.
Dilling earned his undergraduate and doctoral degrees in physics from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He is a fellow of the American Physical Society, or APS, and received the APS Francis M. Pipkin Award, the Vogt Medal from the Canadian Association of Physicists, or CAP, and the Rutherford Memorial Medal from the Royal Society of Canada for “breakthrough discoveries in the field of experimental nuclear physics studying the fine details of the interactions of the atomic building blocks, the nucleons.” He is a professional member of APS, the German Physical Society, CAP, the Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association has appointed Joy Bonamarte as executive director. The appointment was announced by ORCMA President Larry Vance.
ORCMA is home to the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra, Oak Ridge Chorus, Chamber Music Series, and Coffee Concerts, and the organization is gearing up to celebrate its 80th anniversary in the upcoming 2024-2025 season.
“Bonamarte brings a dynamic blend of artistic passion and strategic leadership to her new role,” a press release said. “With over a decade of experience in arts management, marketing, and a deep commitment to community engagement, Joy is poised to lead ORCMA into its next phase of growth and impact.”
[Read more…]The Oak Ridge Youth Advisory Board will host the first Art in the Park, and it will feature local artists, interactive art displays and crafts, face painting, refreshments, and local musician performances.
Art in the Park is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at the Alvin K. Bissell Park Amphitheater Pavilion.
[Read more…]The citywide household trash pickup program will begin Monday, April 1. Household trash, old appliances, and minor remodeling materials will be picked up, a press release said.
The city said its collections will follow the published schedule as closely as possible.
“Residents have always been very cooperative, and we ask for their continued cooperation this year by following a few guidelines,” the press release said.
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The Secret City Radio Show next week will feature Dom Flemons, who won a Grammy Award for best folk album in 2023, a press release said.
The show will also feature Kelle Jolly, the “Tennessee Ukulele Lady,” the press release said.
The show is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Friday, April 5, at the Grove Theater, and it will be broadcast on East Tennessee radio station WDVX, 89.9 FM. [Read more…]
The motorcyclist who died in a crash on South Illinois Avenue on Saturday has been identified as Eric M. Barnes, 54, of Knoxville.
Barnes was riding a motorcycle south on South Illinois Avenue (State Route 62) at the Bethel Valley Road overpass at about 6:13 p.m. Saturday when the motorcycle hit another vehicle and left the road, the City of Oak Ridge said in a press release. Barnes died at the crash site.
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