The first Atomic City Bowl will feature football games at the Boys and Girls Club on Saturday, November 8. The games will be played on the football field at 102 South Jefferson Circle.
“We would like to invite the community to come out and watch the future of Oak Ridge football,” a press release said.
Here is the schedule:
Admission is $3 for adults and $1 students.
The Clinch Bend Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Saturday afternoon in Oak Ridge.
The meeting starts at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 8, at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church.
The chapter will be honoring the nation’s veterans with a guest speaker, (retired) Lieutenant Colonel Nancy Johnson, a press release said. Johnson will present “My Life as a Soldier Girl.”
Refreshments will be served. For information, call (865) 945-5605 or visit http://tndar.org/~clinchbend/.
The main Roane State Community College campus in Harriman. The college also has a branch campus in Oak Ridge.
Students will learn the hidden rules of the ACT in an ACT Prep Workshop presented by Roane State and SailAway Learning at the college’s Roane County campus in December.
Seating is limited. The deadline to register is November 29.
At the workshop, students will learn valuable test-taking tips and receive helpful review materials and resources. According to data from SailAway Learning, 66 percent of past workshop attendees raised two or more subtest scores, and 60 percent improved their composite score. [Read more…]
The television show “Let’s Talk Frank” is returning to the local airwaves, host Lee Frank said.
The show will air live every Thursday on Comcast Channel 12 from 7 to 8 p.m., and it will feature state and local guests, commentary, and news. The show will also accept calls from the viewing audience, a press release said.
Founded in 2002, the conservative-oriented local show aired for seven years on BBB Comcast Channel 12 in Anderson and Roane Counties. [Read more…]
Lindsay M. Long
The U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Office will have a Veterans Day program on Thursday, November 6, and it will feature keynote speaker and Marine Corps veteran Lindsay M. Long.
The program is designed to honor the “courageous men and women who serve and have served in our nation’s armed forces,” a press release said.
The program is scheduled from 10-11 a.m. Thursday at the American Museum of Science and Energy at 300 South Tulane Avenue. It’s open to employees and the public.
Performances include the Oak Ridge Celebration Choir, Lloyd Jones, and a recognition of veterans, and it will conclude with the sounding of “Taps” by USMC Retired Master Sergeant Maurice Parks.
The deadline to apply for Oak Ridge boards and commissions is Friday, November 7. The applications are due by 5 p.m. Friday.
With less than a week remaining, city staff would like to encourage those who are interested in serving on a board to complete the 2014 Boards and Commissions Application, which is available on the City Clerk’s website, or residents can obtain paper copies in the City Clerk’s Office located in Room Number 109 in the Municipal Building, a press release said.
The election for these boards in the end-of-year recruitment will take place at a special meeting of the Oak Ridge City Council scheduled for Monday, December 15. [Read more…]
Karla McKanders
An associate professor in the University of Tennessee College of Law will discuss the migration surge of vulnerable immigrants to East Tennessee during a lunchtime meeting Tuesday, a press release said.
Karla McKanders will be the guest speaker at Lunch with the League on Tuesday, November 4. The program will be held at noon in the Social Hall of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church’s new location at 809 Oak Ridge Turnpike.
The press release said vulnerable immigrants are those who have migrated to the United States and are not afforded full protections under national and state laws. [Read more…]
The Clinton Church of Christ will be giving away clothing of all types this Saturday, November 8, from 9 a.m. to noon at their building at 500 North Main Street in downtown Clinton, a press release said.
All are welcome to come get as much as they need, the release said.
Contact the church at (865) 457-0803 or churchofchristclinton@gmail.com for more information.
The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcat basketball team has a free basketball clinic for girls in the second through sixth grade on Tuesday.
The clinic will be in the Oak Ridge High School Arena. It will start at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday and end at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday.
There is no registration required, a press release said. The clinic will be conducted by the Lady Wildcat basketball staff and the players on this year’s team.
The Oak Ridge Track Club youth program will hold its annual Youth Turkey Trot on Tuesday, November 4.
This is a fun race for children from kindergarten to fifth grade, a press release said.
The children will be divided into three groups: K-1, 2-3, and 4-5, each running a one-mile race. The K-1st grade race will start at 4:30 p.m., with the other grades following.
There is a cost of $5 per athlete.
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Kern United Methodist Church in Oak Ridge is offering an exciting, new Sunday evening service beginning on Sunday, November 2, a press release said.
“We will have a free dinner at 5 p.m. followed by an awesome energizing experience at 6 p.m.,” the release said. [Read more…]
Resurfacing work on Emory Valley Road is expected to start on Monday, November 3, officials said.
The work will be done by Rogers Group Inc., working under contract for the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
The portion of Emory Valley Road to be resurfaced will begin west of Davidson Lane and proceeds west about 1.3 miles to Lafayette Drive, a city press release said. [Read more…]
